| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 1 | hold firmly within arms |
1 clasp 2 ingenue 3 brat 4 blade 5 sour | |
| 2 | not wise; not expedient; not politic |
1 impolitic 2 ignite 3 aseptic 4 imposture 5 codify | |
| 3 | close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion); watching; guarding |
1 rainfall 2 surveillance 3 spendthrift 4 unsightly 5 imbecility | |
| 4 | one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics) |
1 stoke 2 contrite 3 centigrade 4 bigot 5 equipoise | |
| 5 | solid material made of fats or oils which change to a thick liquid when melted by heat; Ex. earwax; V. |
1 anecdote 2 dys- 3 percolate 4 quiescent 5 wax | |
| 6 | noxious(harmful) smell |
1 effluvium 2 shuck 3 prate 4 compliant 5 credulity | |
| 7 | no longer in fashion or use; no longer stylish; old-fashioned |
1 interloper 2 allegory 3 outmoded 4 severity 5 wanderlust | |
| 8 | firm bendable plastic |
1 corridor 2 reconnaissance 3 counterpart 4 indigent 5 vinyl | |
| 9 | commence; go on board a boat; begin a journey |
1 embark 2 daredevil 3 preponderance 4 misogynist 5 compliant | |
| 10 | slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels) |
1 fluster 2 prong 3 brochure 4 ramp 5 self-indulgence | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 11 | not normal; not typical |
1 sip 2 hold 3 imbalance 4 titter 5 atypical | |
| 12 | group sharing a common cause or opinion |
1 acclivity 2 camp 3 loll 4 urbane 5 pageant | |
| 13 | difficulty that must be dealt with; V: leap over (a barrier); overcome; surmount |
1 strident 2 congruence 3 cacophonous 4 hurdle 5 fluctuate | |
| 14 | rash; reckless; foolishly daring |
1 chronic 2 dart 3 recline 4 foolhardy 5 rabble | |
| 15 | bunch of loose threads bound at one end (used as an ornament); ; |
1 litany 2 peruse 3 bleak 4 tassel 5 wizardry | |
| 16 | climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble |
1 bile 2 wield 3 coop 4 polarity 5 clamber | |
| 17 | imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner) |
1 ape 2 skiff 3 germ 4 recline 5 unobtrusive | |
| 18 | small surgical tool for making incisions |
1 lancet 2 plasticity 3 underbid 4 congruent 5 cantata | |
| 19 | metal disk struck to produce a loud sonorous tone; |
1 artifacts 2 sorority 3 premonition 4 shrivel 5 gong | |
| 20 | horse suited for routine riding or driving |
1 cohere 2 actuary 3 bungle 4 languish 5 hackney | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 21 | explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF. explicable |
1 explicate 2 clown 3 asteroid 4 stratum 5 ballot | |
| 22 | retaliation |
1 reprisal 2 incontinent 3 defame 4 mien 5 perceptive | |
| 23 | support on which a lever rests or pivots |
1 askew 2 fulcrum 3 lyric 4 excise 5 reprimand | |
| 24 | title; chapter heading; text under illustration |
1 culture 2 layman 3 glaciate 4 caption 5 bohemian | |
| 25 | (of something thin and stiff) break suddenly in two parts; make a sharp cracking sound |
1 abusive 2 camaraderie 3 simper 4 snap 5 corpulent | |
| 26 | number of votes cast at an election; giving votes at an election |
1 poll 2 gruel 3 memorial 4 slacken 5 excoriate | |
| 27 | unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ. hostile |
1 outmoded 2 heretofore 3 reverie 4 hostility 5 sodden | |
| 28 | objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable |
1 effervescence 2 conspiracy 3 exceptionable 4 obloquy 5 otherworldly | |
| 29 | stone at the side of a road; turning point; important event which changes the course of someone's life or history |
1 supernumerary 2 acclivity 3 sobriety 4 crevice 5 milestone | |
| 30 | seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally) |
1 specious 2 gallows 3 immutable 4 nullify 5 slate | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 31 | nearing; approaching; about to happen |
1 unfledged 2 impending 3 exude 4 executor 5 epaulet(epaulette) | |
| 32 | painting on wet plaster (usually fresh) |
1 obituary 2 fresco 3 mucus 4 earmark 5 miscellaneous | |
| 33 | study of word parts; study of the origins of words |
1 rostrum 2 sidestep 3 emetic 4 cohorts 5 etymology | |
| 34 | admit fresh air into to replace stale air |
1 descry 2 ventilate 3 sinister 4 defrock 5 catalyst | |
| 35 | painting in only one color; ADJ. |
1 monochrome 2 indentation 3 isthmus 4 doggerel 5 wardrobe | |
| 36 | murder of a king or queen |
1 coalition 2 sere 3 haggle 4 regicide 5 palliate | |
| 37 | mass of bubbles on the surface of a liquid |
1 foam 2 infraction 3 abbreviate 4 eulogistic 5 actuate | |
| 38 | begin and continue (a war) |
1 wage 2 diatribe 3 glutinous 4 falter 5 advocate | |
| 39 | additional object; useful but not essential thing |
1 accessory 2 prepossessing 3 ravenous 4 sheaf 5 sphinx-like | |
| 40 | small articles for sale |
1 aberration 2 transcribe 3 wares 4 verbalize 5 recondite | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 41 | lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger |
1 glossary 2 negate 3 ruse 4 inhibited 5 careen | |
| 42 | vain about dress and appearance; N. fop: man who takes too much interest in his clothes and appearance |
1 equivocal 2 boggle 3 cram 4 foppish 5 lineaments | |
| 43 | druggist; pharmacist |
1 deputize 2 adversary 3 apothecary 4 deviate 5 volley | |
| 44 | a place where bees are kept |
1 vying 2 apiary 3 parity 4 ascribe 5 malapropism | |
| 45 | (sitting or standing) straight up; honest; moral |
1 sonnet 2 mock 3 grumble 4 maverick 5 upright | |
| 46 | reduce; exhaust |
1 convex 2 deplete 3 immune 4 felicity 5 sacrilegious | |
| 47 | coat (a metal) with an oxide; CF. anode(+), cathode(-) |
1 explicate 2 assiduous 3 religious 4 anodize 5 blithe(blithesome) | |
| 48 | revive |
1 quagmire 2 flamboyant 3 gesticulation 4 voluminous 5 resurrect | |
| 49 | venomous spider |
1 tarantula 2 scapegoat 3 mediocre 4 ambrosia 5 treasure | |
| 50 | holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent |
1 vilify 2 defunct 3 aviary 4 writhe 5 pertinacious | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 51 | doctrine; dogma |
1 acidulous 2 pittance 3 perigee 4 tenet 5 germane | |
| 52 | belittle |
1 espouse 2 abrogate 3 ichthyology 4 disparage 5 vitreous | |
| 53 | older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman |
1 magnitude 2 chaperon 3 doom 4 morgue 5 ignominy | |
| 54 | walk or behave with an over-confident or insolent manner; strut |
1 feign 2 eerie 3 swagger 4 vie 5 erudite | |
| 55 | cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb |
1 garret 2 dismember 3 bland 4 allege 5 quaff | |
| 56 | filled with great surprise or fear; horrified |
1 stride 2 superannuated 3 indite 4 clipper 5 aghast | |
| 57 | largest blood vessel leaving the heart; CF. capillary |
1 aorta 2 beget 3 prerogative 4 smudge 5 feckless | |
| 58 | touchy; peevish; ill-tempered |
1 petulant 2 adulation 3 projectile 4 emancipate 5 mansion | |
| 59 | able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market |
1 admonish 2 cleave 3 buoyant 4 navigable 5 servile | |
| 60 | student of the history and science of humankind |
1 optometrist 2 abut 3 apposite 4 anthropologist 5 circumvent | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 61 | pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology |
1 physiological 2 quaint 3 caste 4 purse 5 rendition | |
| 62 | spot; blot; CF. blot+botch |
1 tenancy 2 subjugate 3 contrite 4 foreclose 5 blotch | |
| 63 | army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers |
1 protean 2 ambrosia 3 rider 4 subservient 5 militia | |
| 64 | (of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a person) lonely; forlorn; joyless |
1 paramour 2 passive 3 desolate 4 forswear 5 polygamist | |
| 65 | disheveled; uncared for in appearance; not combed; CF. comb |
1 quill 2 cogent 3 emancipate 4 unkempt 5 bud | |
| 66 | injure without breaking the skin; N. |
1 alluvial 2 trample 3 miserly 4 chafe 5 bruise | |
| 67 | elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language |
1 inestimable 2 rudimentary 3 veer 4 scaffold 5 vagabond | |
| 68 | Disease, lacking red blood cells. |
1 foresight 2 seasoned 3 reportorial 4 hemophilia 5 cultivated | |
| 69 | shack; small wretched house |
1 impel 2 hovel 3 effervescence 4 chasm 5 trite | |
| 70 | flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable |
1 censor 2 encipher 3 pliable 4 bump 5 beleaguer | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 71 | suggested or implied meaning of an expression; V. connote |
1 procurement 2 connotation 3 impious 4 hegemony 5 pedagogy | |
| 72 | strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end |
1 maneuver(maneuver) 2 summation 3 verbatim 4 comatose 5 epitaph | |
| 73 | CF. fungus |
1 mold 2 introspective 3 luggage 4 conundrum 5 scaffold | |
| 74 | having only one color |
1 dolorous 2 phylum 3 aria 4 lethargic 5 monochromatic | |
| 75 | assist (someone in difficulty); aid; comfort; N. |
1 succor 2 comestible 3 ravel 4 incentive 5 nomenclature | |
| 76 | produce a design in raised relief; decorate with a raised design |
1 emboss 2 impenitent 3 flange 4 nauseate 5 sidetrack | |
| 77 | conceited person; N. narcissism; CF. narcissus |
1 subjugate 2 shrivel 3 adjuration 4 narcissist 5 coercion | |
| 78 | superiority of power, quantity, etc.; V. preponderate: be greater in power, weight, or importance; ADJ. preponderant |
1 preponderance 2 mortar 3 whittle 4 traumatic 5 declaim | |
| 79 | produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud); crush; squash; CF. |
1 philistine 2 ellipsis 3 squelch 4 gambit 5 poignancy | |
| 80 | throb; beat regularly; vibrate regularly |
1 sagacious 2 besmirch 3 vixen 4 metaphor 5 pulsate | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 81 | length of time something lasts |
1 duration 2 partisan 3 jibe 4 tenant 5 colonial | |
| 82 | fear; nervous apprehension |
1 banal 2 holism 3 trepidation 4 tempestuous 5 bourgeois | |
| 83 | smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly |
1 breach 2 blowhard 3 rejuvenate 4 larva 5 simper | |
| 84 | spread out (troops) in an extended though shallow battle line; distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically |
1 centrifugal 2 refectory 3 deploy 4 purchase 5 reiterate | |
| 85 | opposite |
1 inverse 2 pawnbroker 3 equity 4 anthology 5 quaff | |
| 86 | words formed in imitation of natural sounds |
1 blas\'e 2 trickster 3 menagerie 4 onomatopoeia 5 insurgent | |
| 87 | tip; summit; climax; highest point |
1 ephemeral 2 amputate 3 vassal 4 reprobation 5 apex | |
| 88 | dwarf; underground spirit who guards treasure hoards |
1 stentorian 2 demise 3 gnome 4 inclined 5 mane | |
| 89 | object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor |
1 cynosure 2 cistern 3 courier 4 dexterous 5 rejoinder | |
| 90 | split into opposite extremes or camps |
1 polarize 2 remittance 3 cramped 4 dynamic 5 ventriloquist | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 91 | irritable; impatient and bad-tempered; short-tempered; N. testiness |
1 objective 2 raconteur 3 patronize 4 testy 5 belligerent | |
| 92 | one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects |
1 mishap 2 geyser 3 optometrist 4 agglomeration 5 febrile | |
| 93 | suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate |
1 frame 2 cohesion 3 stifle 4 saboteur 5 filch | |
| 94 | close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony |
1 flashy 2 glib 3 rapport 4 agility 5 requisite | |
| 95 | highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war |
1 occult 2 muddle 3 pacify 4 culmination 5 prurient | |
| 96 | make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach) |
1 prosperous 2 supposition 3 diorama 4 rumble 5 religious | |
| 97 | excessive indulgence of one's own desire |
1 accomplice 2 practicable 3 squelch 4 suckle 5 self-indulgence | |
| 98 | ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living |
1 vampire 2 berate 3 tolerate 4 intrinsic 5 strut | |
| 99 | underline; emphasize |
1 vernal 2 delude 3 bolt 4 trifling 5 underscore | |
| 100 | (of a person) worthy of esteem; admirable; deserving esteem; possible to estimate |
1 myopic 2 exasperate 3 estimable 4 figurine 5 poll |