| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 1 | strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly |
1 adulterate 2 flay 3 gust 4 anoint 5 pad | |
| 2 | imagined; unreal |
1 entice 2 palliate 3 contiguous 4 fancied 5 cherry | |
| 3 | difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky |
1 negate 2 gossamer 3 ragamuffin 4 natal 5 fastidious | |
| 4 | narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; CF. gully, canyon |
1 ravine 2 collate 3 lampoon 4 abstain 5 gait | |
| 5 | boaster; bragger |
1 braggart 2 sophisticated 3 laconic 4 auricle 5 abscond | |
| 6 | pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder |
1 tanner 2 bivouac 3 psychopathic 4 besiege 5 lineage | |
| 7 | cleansing substance; ; ADJ. |
1 waddle 2 quaint 3 fundamental 4 detergent 5 brevity | |
| 8 | small piece of ground; main story; secret plan; scheme; ground plan: V: (of a group of people) make a secret plan; conspire; represent graphically |
1 plot 2 altruistic 3 voluminous 4 remit 5 accost | |
| 9 | whitewater; fast-moving part of a river |
1 rapids 2 mentor 3 responsiveness 4 fluff 5 robust | |
| 10 | forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come) |
1 noncommittal 2 inanimate 3 presage 4 harbinger 5 glow | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 11 | shrink quivering as from fear; cringe |
1 hurdle 2 egotistical 3 cower 4 prototype 5 landlocked | |
| 12 | inner excitement or exuberance; showing high spirits; emitting bubbles forming inside; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation; ADJ. effervescent; V. effervesce |
1 sensitization 2 foppish 3 colander 4 effervescence 5 grandiloquent | |
| 13 | opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage |
1 supercilious 2 mealymouthed 3 gambit 4 agitate 5 impunity | |
| 14 | supplying nourishment |
1 camaraderie 2 alimentary 3 eccentricity 4 disparate 5 quiver | |
| 15 | linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle |
1 wither 2 incrustation 3 galaxy 4 tarry 5 determinate | |
| 16 | keep as precious; cherish |
1 treasure 2 replicate 3 memorialize 4 filch 5 alienate | |
| 17 | small cavern |
1 grotto 2 acrophobia 3 fatalism 4 pastoral 5 sanctimonious | |
| 18 | act as a friend to |
1 potshot 2 carping 3 obeisance 4 antagonism 5 befriend | |
| 19 | illegal |
1 alliteration 2 peevish 3 tightwad 4 illicit 5 reinstate | |
| 20 | flow in drops or in a thin stream; N. |
1 hindsight 2 bludgeon 3 gentility 4 trickle 5 dent | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 21 | white with age |
1 gangrene 2 bawdy 3 hoary 4 queue 5 solder | |
| 22 | proverb; truth pithily stated |
1 evangelist 2 squalor 3 dissonance 4 maxim 5 wary | |
| 23 | what someone deserves |
1 caricature 2 pew 3 complementary 4 mar 5 deserts | |
| 24 | party; clique (within a large group); dissension |
1 antihistamine 2 abhor 3 faction 4 sledge 5 transitory | |
| 25 | urbanity; polish; ADJ. suave: smooth and courteous |
1 parchment 2 suavity 3 sidestep 4 ameliorate 5 hazardous | |
| 26 | spoil the effect of; make inoperative; corrupt morally |
1 vitiate 2 alienate 3 geniality 4 disseminate 5 attribute | |
| 27 | capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander |
1 bemused 2 vagary 3 forbearance 4 maternal 5 sanguine | |
| 28 | shine; gloss (of a polished surface) |
1 resignation 2 plutocracy 3 agape 4 discord 5 luster | |
| 29 | nation governed by the people; republic; people of a nation |
1 sift 2 commonwealth 3 altercation 4 muggy 5 pass\'e | |
| 30 | (of a person) outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size |
1 jetsam 2 skirmish 3 expansive 4 revelry 5 monotony | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 31 | strong abrupt rush of wind; V. CF. bluster |
1 gust 2 chronic 3 transcribe 4 tugboat 5 franchise | |
| 32 | denying the existence of God; N. atheism |
1 atheistic 2 cannibal 3 recompense 4 gnome 5 derelict | |
| 33 | place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political) |
1 diurnal 2 bantering 3 arraign 4 asylum 5 adumbrate | |
| 34 | small planet |
1 horde 2 privation 3 sanitary 4 scanty 5 asteroid | |
| 35 | distance around something; circumference |
1 scuffle 2 misgivings 3 whelp 4 girth 5 superfluous | |
| 36 | able to live both on land and in water; N. |
1 amphibian 2 centripetal 3 capsize 4 pacify 5 clasp | |
| 37 | pertaining to the woods or the country |
1 egalitarian 2 sylvan 3 occult 4 impromptu 5 declivity | |
| 38 | gap; pause; gap or interruption in space or time; break |
1 diversion 2 obstetrician 3 hiatus 4 bullion 5 byline | |
| 39 | bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself |
1 ripple 2 studious 3 quagmire 4 picker 5 marsupial | |
| 40 | well-paid position with little responsibility; CF. sine cure: without care; CF. San Serif |
1 noisome 2 sinecure 3 seismic 4 somnolent 5 tempo | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 41 | state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on |
1 hoard 2 affliction 3 mock 4 vanguard 5 solace | |
| 42 | organization for a special purpose; V: establish |
1 deflect 2 ordinance 3 institute 4 roil 5 brandish | |
| 43 | highly educated; learned; literate |
1 biennial 2 adept 3 fortuitous 4 lettered 5 atavism | |
| 44 | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
1 connotation 2 oscillate 3 sate 4 veracious 5 wily | |
| 45 | act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial) |
1 penury 2 aplomb 3 famish 4 parable 5 summation | |
| 46 | person who keeps bees |
1 scenario 2 proximity 3 axiom 4 apiarist 5 fluster | |
| 47 | (of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores |
1 diadem 2 at_the_mercy_of 3 suckle 4 transpire 5 quicksilver | |
| 48 | pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic |
1 desiccate 2 protuberance 3 trite 4 sententious 5 trickle | |
| 49 | arousing strong dislike; hateful(causing hatred); vile |
1 permeable 2 bombast 3 dissension 4 odious 5 abut | |
| 50 | mythical figure, half man and half horse |
1 chasten 2 rake 3 carping 4 pancreas 5 centaur | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 51 | procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry |
1 chary 2 cavalcade 3 palatial 4 foible 5 pusillanimous | |
| 52 | guarantee; assurance by seller |
1 apologist 2 wisp 3 botch 4 vivisection 5 warranty | |
| 53 | make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder |
1 dazzle 2 glower 3 undulating 4 qualified 5 bigot | |
| 54 | unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V. |
1 peroration 2 squelch 3 checkered(chequered) 4 sanctimonious 5 screech | |
| 55 | person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness; ADJ. CF. hypochondria: neurosis that one is or is becoming ill; CF. abdomen |
1 hypochondriac 2 manifest 3 lunar 4 spatial 5 adulation | |
| 56 | great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight) |
1 tangential 2 cataract 3 imprudent 4 substantial 5 limber | |
| 57 | hit with a whip; N. |
1 pied 2 lash 3 narcotic 4 firearm 5 mausoleum | |
| 58 | stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound |
1 anneal 2 suture 3 grouse 4 converge 5 putrefy | |
| 59 | exit; opening for going out; act of going out; OP. ingress |
1 transmute 2 killjoy 3 appall 4 egress 5 legislature | |
| 60 | ill luck |
1 accommodate 2 exorbitant 3 ebb 4 mischance 5 cohere | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 61 | copy; write a copy of; N. transcription |
1 transcribe 2 fritter 3 Bacchanalia 4 jocular 5 scabbard | |
| 62 | composed; calm; self-possessed |
1 collected 2 analogy 3 bearing 4 righteous 5 leonine | |
| 63 | respectable; having a good reputation |
1 opulence 2 static 3 reputable 4 ephemeral 5 mimicry | |
| 64 | generator for producing electricity; energetic person |
1 diadem 2 afterlife 3 dynamo 4 eulogy 5 remunerative | |
| 65 | apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV. |
1 progeny 2 doctrine 3 gyroscope 4 aloof 5 irrevocable | |
| 66 | in name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint |
1 determinate 2 decomposition 3 nominal 4 hirsute 5 soggy | |
| 67 | story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable |
1 allegory 2 ephemeral 3 slither 4 recession 5 Occident | |
| 68 | extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance; ADJ. opulent: possessing great wealth; abundant |
1 numismatist 2 respite 3 opulence 4 wholesome 5 desultory | |
| 69 | army unit made up of four or more companies |
1 beneficiary 2 cleft 3 battalion 4 astute 5 ape | |
| 70 | hit with a sweeping motion; N. |
1 surpass 2 raconteur 3 swipe 4 gloss_over 5 pomposity | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 71 | argumentative; fond of argument |
1 deviate 2 latent 3 indigence 4 disputatious 5 odious | |
| 72 | conduct or language inciting rebellion; rebellion; resistance to authority; insubordination; ADJ. seditious |
1 auricle 2 amenities 3 sedition 4 deadlock 5 asunder | |
| 73 | antiquated; no longer used; belonging to the past; N. |
1 adore 2 facet 3 hazy 4 sibylline 5 archaic | |
| 74 | habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist |
1 recidivism 2 girder 3 conjecture 4 Elysium 5 carousal | |
| 75 | laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy |
1 visceral 2 buccaneer 3 defiance 4 concordat 5 laity | |
| 76 | only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent |
1 proclivity 2 foam 3 muse 4 caulk 5 tangential | |
| 77 | make or become putrid; N. putrefaction |
1 nepotism 2 delta 3 putrefy 4 arrhythmic 5 scrutinize | |
| 78 | plants of a region or era |
1 belittle 2 ursine 3 innovation 4 bungle 5 flora | |
| 79 | (of an animal) not domestic; wild |
1 nova 2 effulgent 3 feral 4 resilient 5 cavalcade | |
| 80 | (of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble |
1 sustenance 2 remunerative 3 gargantuan 4 florid 5 adventitious | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 81 | boastful; pompous |
1 intermediary 2 suture 3 magniloquent 4 temperate 5 pleat | |
| 82 | split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven |
1 proxy 2 cleave 3 centrifugal 4 limn 5 carillon | |
| 83 | of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N: member of a sect; narrow-minded person |
1 demean 2 grandiloquent 3 milestone 4 bacchanalian 5 sectarian | |
| 84 | concise; abrupt; pithy |
1 rabies 2 terse 3 corridor 4 stench 5 inerrancy | |
| 85 | indifference; lack of concern; composure; ADJ. nonchalant: unconcerned; cool; indifferent; Ex. nonchalant attitude to his debts |
1 hallucination 2 primp 3 vociferous 4 nonchalance 5 miscellany | |
| 86 | epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink |
1 coroner 2 gourmand 3 tarantula 4 dispassionate 5 pummel | |
| 87 | detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell |
1 Bacchanalia 2 machinations 3 garland 4 putrescent 5 loathe | |
| 88 | take a step to the side to avoid; avoid (an unwelcome question or problem) dishonestly; evade; skirt |
1 contiguous 2 shrewd 3 puddle 4 sidestep 5 alacrity | |
| 89 | receiver |
1 recipient 2 reel 3 crypt 4 oatmeal 5 solder | |
| 90 | contend; compete |
1 protrude 2 vie 3 contentious 4 anneal 5 erroneous | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 91 | bony growth on the head of a deer |
1 hut 2 embed 3 pushy 4 sinecure 5 antler | |
| 92 | temporary invasion; CF. excursion: short journey |
1 brevity 2 incursion 3 sagacious 4 converge 5 ferocious | |
| 93 | disconnected; lacking coherence; V. disjoint: disconnect; disjoin |
1 glossy 2 pith 3 daredevil 4 disjointed 5 provisional | |
| 94 | revoke; annul |
1 impel 2 remittance 3 gnome 4 repeal 5 solecism | |
| 95 | having many talents; capable of working in many fields; having many uses or functions; N. versatility |
1 cull 2 zenith 3 versatile 4 cultivated 5 disgruntle | |
| 96 | severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction |
1 ordeal 2 minion 3 germane 4 overwrought 5 earn | |
| 97 | addictive drug that induces sleep or stupor |
1 hackneyed 2 nepotism 3 oar 4 narcotic 5 rife | |
| 98 | complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil |
1 saunter 2 pathetic 3 imbroglio 4 infraction 5 prune | |
| 99 | shrink; reduce gradually |
1 trite 2 levee 3 wholesome 4 dwindle 5 amity | |
| 100 | behavior; bearing |
1 conclusive 2 preponderance 3 demeanor 4 perigee 5 pageant |