| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 1 | thin; slight; barely discernible |
1 wispy 2 defalcate 3 apologist 4 regicide 5 obdurate | |
| 2 | as in an office, court, or legislative body |
1 dyslexia 2 clerk 3 aristocracy 4 viscous 5 clique | |
| 3 | postponement or cancellation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of |
1 legislature 2 reprieve 3 convulsion 4 mollycoddle 5 collage | |
| 4 | theory or belief emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts (believing that a whole thing is more than just a collection of parts); ADJ. holistic; Ex. holistic medicine |
1 anarchist 2 bluff 3 bewitch 4 deliberate 5 holism | |
| 5 | disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death) |
1 rabies 2 wizardry 3 mollify 4 skewer 5 genesis | |
| 6 | manlike; resembling a human being; N. |
1 attire 2 flounder 3 anthropoid 4 extrude 5 gruel | |
| 7 | go backwards; recede; degenerate; deteriorate; ADJ. |
1 mores 2 myriad 3 amphibian 4 remit 5 retrograde | |
| 8 | readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others; yielding; conforming to requirements |
1 posture 2 indomitable 3 simian 4 inclined 5 compliant | |
| 9 | government by a privileged few |
1 dribble 2 mutter 3 amulet 4 oligarchy 5 uphold | |
| 10 | imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall |
1 inception 2 oar 3 immure 4 sidestep 5 automaton | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 11 | vibrate pendulum like; waver |
1 oscillate 2 dormant 3 handbill 4 emulate 5 chlorine | |
| 12 | misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion |
1 willful 2 arsenal 3 dissension 4 spasmodic 5 illusion | |
| 13 | utensil with perforated bottom used for straining |
1 colander 2 malcontent 3 prognosticate 4 somnambulist 5 unaccountable | |
| 14 | all-powerful; having unlimited power |
1 omnipotent 2 recast 3 compress 4 gourmet 5 deliberate | |
| 15 | count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose |
1 combustible 2 zenith 3 reckon 4 fancier 5 dogmatic | |
| 16 | report; record (in chronological order) |
1 apothecary 2 inquisitive 3 chronicle 4 orthography 5 comeback | |
| 17 | not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit |
1 evasive 2 deterrent 3 thunderbolt 4 mirage 5 discriminate | |
| 18 | yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession |
1 orator 2 assail 3 cede 4 espionage 5 linoleum | |
| 19 | neglect of duty; abandonment |
1 dereliction 2 balm 3 assay 4 bilk 5 undulating | |
| 20 | fashionable; elegant |
1 uniformity 2 subside 3 calorific 4 stylish 5 recital | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 21 | sudden violent windstorm with rain or snow |
1 derogatory 2 intrigue 3 squall 4 beget 5 bastard | |
| 22 | leaflet |
1 equipoise 2 flier 3 simian 4 coda 5 rebuke | |
| 23 | lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up |
1 proviso 2 rousing 3 mantle 4 inherent 5 perturb | |
| 24 | unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties |
1 apiarist 2 poise 3 impropriety 4 doctrinaire 5 assuage | |
| 25 | life after death |
1 verdigris 2 hereafter 3 serenity 4 overweening 5 rumble | |
| 26 | (inner court); outdoor space that adjoins a residence and is often paved |
1 edifice 2 patio 3 obtuse 4 hygiene 5 juncture | |
| 27 | find out for certain; make certain |
1 recession 2 crotchety 3 summary 4 ascertain 5 billowing | |
| 28 | not noticing; disregarding |
1 contend 2 endearment 3 incident 4 cipher 5 heedless | |
| 29 | introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner |
1 indelible 2 viscous 3 impassioned 4 prelude 5 crabbed | |
| 30 | causing cancer; N. carcinogen |
1 fulcrum 2 fledgling(fledgeling) 3 carcinogenic 4 sinewy 5 overwrought | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 31 | mercury |
1 secession 2 footlight 3 quicksilver 4 commiserate 5 cataract | |
| 32 | affectedly dainty(delicate); V. mince: cut (esp. meat) into very small pieces; walk with exaggerated primness; walk in an unnatural way, taking little short steps; Ex. The actor minced across the stage; CF. mincemeat; CF. mincer |
1 mincing 2 machinations 3 jewel 4 larder 5 dilettante | |
| 33 | loose sleeveless outer garment; cloak; something that covers or envelops; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core |
1 cerebration 2 avalanche 3 humus 4 faculty 5 mantle | |
| 34 | closed curve bounding a plane area; length of this curve |
1 perimeter 2 cogitate 3 noxious 4 centurion 5 grouse | |
| 35 | fortress |
1 augury 2 citadel 3 velocity 4 suffragist 5 stickler | |
| 36 | abnormal or deviant |
1 overt 2 pliable 3 selective 4 conglomeration 5 aberrant | |
| 37 | plain; clear; obvious |
1 unequivocal 2 transition 3 incoherent 4 simian 5 hesitate | |
| 38 | conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude |
1 catalyst 2 putrescent 3 collusion 4 amalgamate 5 adjacent | |
| 39 | not compulsory; left to one's choice; N. option: act of choosing; choice; freedom or power to choose; something available as a choice; Ex. have no option; Ex. two options |
1 optional 2 bluster 3 embody 4 filigree 5 heedless | |
| 40 | swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery |
1 bravado 2 cohesion 3 loft 4 broach 5 barb | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 41 | provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay |
1 browbeat 2 supposititious 3 deducible 4 propensity 5 defray | |
| 42 | excessively exacting; too critical (without noticing good qualities) |
1 breakthrough 2 hypercritical 3 upbraid 4 solicitor 5 rend | |
| 43 | blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams |
1 tyro 2 vendetta 3 foreboding 4 sift 5 unprepossessing | |
| 44 | (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick |
1 stately 2 portly 3 nutrient 4 disincentive 5 turbid | |
| 45 | run away secretly with the intention of getting married |
1 dissertation 2 elope 3 romp 4 screech 5 pediatrician | |
| 46 | evildoer; criminal |
1 aphasia 2 quietude 3 subsequent 4 compunction 5 malefactor | |
| 47 | cultured; showing good education, manners |
1 cultivated 2 immaculate 3 teetotalism 4 wit 5 sporadic | |
| 48 | elliptic; oval; of an ellipse; containing an ellipsis; ambiguous either purposely or because key words have been left out |
1 perdition 2 elliptical 3 monetary 4 die 5 broil | |
| 49 | hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition |
1 animus 2 flexible 3 illusion 4 impasse 5 defeatist | |
| 50 | stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way |
1 oscillate 2 endearment 3 lounge 4 porridge 5 ramify | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 51 | testimony under oath; deposing; dethroning |
1 deposition 2 discourteous 3 stipend 4 fancier 5 malediction | |
| 52 | perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right |
1 scurry 2 recapitulate 3 repertoire 4 oratorio 5 stickler | |
| 53 | stoppage |
1 cessation 2 dermatologist 3 groom 4 proclivity 5 factotum | |
| 54 | ointment |
1 meander 2 hedonist 3 opalescent 4 symmetry 5 unguent | |
| 55 | happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous |
1 plenitude 2 felicity 3 senility 4 communal 5 mint | |
| 56 | tired after long work; V. |
1 expedite 2 discomfit 3 accede 4 mentor 5 weary | |
| 57 | beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception |
1 welt 2 oblivion 3 ruminant 4 conception 5 sibling | |
| 58 | book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize |
1 personify 2 adamant 3 pad 4 suspense 5 catechism | |
| 59 | charlatan; boastful pretender |
1 astonish 2 mountebank 3 overturn 4 chisel 5 paternalism | |
| 60 | indignation; bitterness; displeasure; V. resent: feel anger about |
1 rubble 2 plumage 3 resentment 4 camp 5 monotony | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 61 | elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something |
1 censorious 2 moralistic 3 consternation 4 tirade 5 apotheosis | |
| 62 | restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words |
1 trident 2 contusion 3 capricious 4 paraphrase 5 facilitate | |
| 63 | rather roughly baked clay |
1 infirmity 2 referendum 3 mute 4 stop_short_of 5 earthenware | |
| 64 | list of all the goods in a place |
1 amnesty 2 inventory 3 compliance 4 extrovert 5 irresolute | |
| 65 | prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw |
1 grumble 2 heed 3 colloquy 4 proscribe 5 scapegoat | |
| 66 | distant in manner; aloof |
1 at_the_mercy_of 2 cacophonous 3 ingest 4 remote 5 shaving | |
| 67 | increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent |
1 acclivity 2 sensitization 3 undermine 4 crescendo 5 repugnance | |
| 68 | stubbornly wrong |
1 ceremonious 2 tremor 3 collusion 4 wrongheaded 5 abase | |
| 69 | abusive; scolding; V. vituperate: berate; scold; rail against abusively |
1 troupe 2 hummock 3 vituperative 4 vigilante 5 default | |
| 70 | doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics |
1 confluence 2 epoch 3 podiatrist 4 venerable 5 awl | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 71 | of or for a chorus or choir |
1 mollify 2 choral 3 willowy 4 combustible 5 swarm | |
| 72 | devout; religious; N. piety |
1 fanfare 2 agronomy 3 pious 4 conversant 5 marital | |
| 73 | small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth); V. |
1 affliction 2 clangor 3 wrinkle 4 covert 5 burlesque | |
| 74 | person who cheats people |
1 compatible 2 vulture 3 overt 4 supple 5 trickster | |
| 75 | having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state |
1 irrepressible 2 static 3 tutelage 4 simplistic 5 supererogatory | |
| 76 | meat of a deer; CF. cow: beef; CF. pig: pork, ham, bacon; CF. calf: veal; CF. sheep: mutton; CF. lamb: lamb |
1 menace 2 rostrum 3 venison 4 iniquitous 5 tumid | |
| 77 | expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler |
1 prosecute 2 patrician 3 shamble 4 bowdlerize 5 replenish | |
| 78 | gradient; degree of slope |
1 grade 2 servitude 3 cohorts 4 bard 5 reprobate | |
| 79 | hesitate or shy away as in fear |
1 palate 2 collected 3 boggle 4 steadfast 5 spendthrift | |
| 80 | person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will |
1 glutinous 2 epaulet(epaulette) 3 animadversion 4 beneficiary 5 abhor | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 81 | file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back |
1 dossier 2 fluted 3 ambiguous 4 foible 5 timbre | |
| 82 | feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; CF. seasickness |
1 tread 2 auxiliary 3 promontory 4 nausea 5 clapper | |
| 83 | disarrange (hair, clothes, etc.); make untidy |
1 indite 2 inveterate 3 rumple 4 multiform 5 dutiful(duteous) | |
| 84 | live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity); CF. vegetation: plants of an area; CF. vegetarian; CF. vegan |
1 breakthrough 2 vegetate 3 inoculate 4 cadence 5 elaboration | |
| 85 | two-chambered as a legislative body |
1 colonial 2 simile 3 bicameral 4 coeval 5 congenital | |
| 86 | insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence |
1 advection 2 colon 3 relish 4 epilogue 5 impertinent | |
| 87 | pretend |
1 allege 2 abscission 3 feign 4 artery 5 multiform | |
| 88 | punish as by beating; criticize severely |
1 antithesis 2 insubordination 3 cantata 4 attribute 5 chastise | |
| 89 | drifting wreckage |
1 contumacious 2 demented 3 minutiae 4 flotsam 5 enumerate | |
| 90 | shrink back as if in fear; cower |
1 cringe 2 deranged 3 offhand 4 conducive 5 gallows | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 91 | minor crime; misdeed; wrongdoing |
1 genuflect 2 mock 3 misdemeanor 4 infraction 5 hallucination | |
| 92 | text of an opera or oratorio; CF. book |
1 unassuaged 2 alms 3 waddle 4 libretto 5 rustle | |
| 93 | lively or animated; sprightly |
1 divulge 2 bellicose 3 rebuttal 4 vivacious 5 practicable | |
| 94 | humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty; V. |
1 aureole 2 surmount 3 clangor 4 parody 5 invalid | |
| 95 | resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision |
1 lugubrious 2 ratify 3 determination 4 jingoist 5 lottery | |
| 96 | take back property because someone's failure to repay; deprive (a mortgagor) of mortgaged property; N. foreclosure |
1 petrify 2 progeny 3 foreclose 4 bourgeois 5 prognosticate | |
| 97 | awkward in social behavior |
1 anarchy 2 axle 3 gauche 4 notch 5 buccaneer | |
| 98 | exclamation; abrupt ejection (to discharge sperm); V. ejaculate |
1 dowdy 2 piscatorial 3 leaflet 4 ejaculation 5 artisan | |
| 99 | inclined to form factions; causing dissension |
1 sacrosanct 2 sidestep 3 factious 4 heresy 5 obligatory | |
| 100 | ghost; phantom |
1 malcontent 2 quixotic 3 conformist 4 apparition 5 opulence |