| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 1 | done with speed; quick; N. expedition |
1 ego 2 ubiquitous 3 actuary 4 stalemate 5 expeditious | |
| 2 | conceivably true; having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious |
1 plausible 2 slough 3 tread 4 hegemony 5 emetic | |
| 3 | shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance |
1 venturesome 2 swarm 3 mangy 4 sedulous 5 raconteur | |
| 4 | method of system or government |
1 gall 2 insider 3 indulgent 4 loquacious 5 regime | |
| 5 | illegitimate child |
1 appropriate 2 sonic 3 engaging 4 prong 5 bastard | |
| 6 | transient; impermanent; fleeting; N. transitoriness |
1 transitory 2 cinder 3 fete(f\^ete) 4 aria 5 peregrination | |
| 7 | not identical on both sides of a dividing central line |
1 asymmetric 2 inculcate 3 frame 4 wander 5 gruff | |
| 8 | coarsely insulting; physically harmful |
1 assail 2 abusive 3 gazette 4 primate 5 cartographer | |
| 9 | public square of an ancient Roman city; public place for open discussion; court of law |
1 livid 2 colloquy 3 forum 4 stentorian 5 predicament | |
| 10 | prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought |
1 run-down 2 circumspect 3 tyro 4 nexus 5 violet | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 11 | represent (an inanimate object) as a person; be the embodiment or perfect example of; Ex. She is evil/patience personified; N. personification |
1 courier 2 painstaking 3 dissonance 4 personify 5 arrhythmic | |
| 12 | ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; club like medieval weapon |
1 downpour 2 epistle 3 buffoon 4 vanquish 5 mace | |
| 13 | induced sleeping state; ADJ. hypnotic; V. hypnotize |
1 extrude 2 bountiful 3 diverse 4 protean 5 hypnosis | |
| 14 | poem that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings; ADJ. |
1 lyric 2 fictive 3 address 4 arsenal 5 abode | |
| 15 | bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry |
1 cross 2 ode 3 crockery 4 hortatory 5 instrumentation | |
| 16 | a rock that splits into thin layers; ; piece of this rock cut for use as roofing; ; list of the candidates of a political party |
1 highbrow 2 rou\'e 3 angular 4 slate 5 concatenate | |
| 17 | not influenced by emotions; fair; N: goal; aim |
1 sleet 2 painstaking 3 ambivalence 4 wit 5 objective | |
| 18 | something fit to be eaten |
1 analgesic 2 vicissitude 3 comestible 4 precedent 5 magnify | |
| 19 | separate; unconnected |
1 discrete 2 exempt 3 cardiologist 4 vinyl 5 gobble | |
| 20 | something added to augment weight or size or to fill space; material used to fill in flaws in a surface |
1 livid 2 holster 3 ravenous 4 uphold 5 filler | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 21 | great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event |
1 adversity 2 deface 3 embryonic 4 distend 5 firebrand | |
| 22 | small model; small painting; ADJ: small |
1 miniature 2 torpedo 3 mannerism 4 acrimonious 5 narcotic | |
| 23 | someone who wastes money; CF. thrift: accumulated wealth |
1 opalescent 2 indubitable 3 internecine 4 spendthrift 5 sultry | |
| 24 | group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself) |
1 allay 2 emulate 3 concurrent 4 irrefutable 5 trilogy | |
| 25 | beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar |
1 mendicant 2 pulchritude 3 blotch 4 trickster 5 daguerreotype | |
| 26 | departure (of a large number of people) |
1 jovial 2 exodus 3 swipe 4 gust 5 uxorious | |
| 27 | consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony) |
1 simian 2 anoint 3 actuate 4 ornate 5 incoherent | |
| 28 | weaken; take away energy from |
1 enervate 2 collate 3 scuttle 4 discombobulated 5 cemetery | |
| 29 | not polite; rude |
1 expatriate 2 flora 3 belligerent 4 discourteous 5 mirage | |
| 30 | extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat) |
1 parched 2 stench 3 maroon 4 narcotic 5 tapestry | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 31 | harmless |
1 hierarchy 2 poultice 3 persevere 4 brawny 5 innocuous | |
| 32 | ship's helmsman; |
1 pilot 2 barterer 3 accord 4 placard 5 brilliant | |
| 33 | lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate |
1 diffuse 2 carve 3 litigation 4 disavowal 5 capricious | |
| 34 | man who is courting a woman |
1 suitor 2 acme 3 waffle 4 low 5 canvas | |
| 35 | particle removed by a file |
1 valediction 2 foil 3 epidermis 4 filing 5 bombast | |
| 36 | resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic |
1 eulogy 2 atavism 3 supplicate 4 sacrilegious 5 pomposity | |
| 37 | not active; acted upon; receiving an action without acting in return; accepting without resistance |
1 pulchritude 2 amphitheater 3 passive 4 solvent 5 circuit | |
| 38 | hanging down from something; pending; N: ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.) |
1 anomalous 2 docile 3 pendant(pendent) 4 promulgate 5 exculpate | |
| 39 | major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals; category ranking below a kingdom and above a class; division |
1 constituency 2 platonic 3 hortatory 4 conjugal 5 phylum | |
| 40 | advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage |
1 prodigy 2 genus 3 suffragist 4 interjection 5 debilitate | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 41 | ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant |
1 misogynist 2 isthmus 3 mutability 4 malleable 5 mint | |
| 42 | nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V. |
1 aberrant 2 roster 3 reinstate 4 cipher 5 chaotic | |
| 43 | like a lion |
1 glow 2 leonine 3 grunt 4 pertinacious 5 debutante | |
| 44 | sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral |
1 fatalism 2 funereal 3 timeless 4 demographic 5 tantalize | |
| 45 | be suited to; be incumbent upon; be right and necessary; Ex. It behooves one to do. |
1 traverse 2 mannerism 3 comestible 4 behoove(behove) 5 provincial | |
| 46 | speed of music |
1 tempo 2 abrasive 3 catcall 4 paternalism 5 pall | |
| 47 | dress with vulgar finery |
1 progeny 2 canard 3 bedizen 4 citadel 5 promontory | |
| 48 | superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library) |
1 bereavement 2 curator 3 unctuous 4 admonish 5 grade | |
| 49 | essential; inherent; built-in |
1 tribulation 2 knell 3 optometrist 4 intrinsic 5 misanthrope | |
| 50 | red or white cell in the blood |
1 reminiscence 2 entity 3 swill 4 corpuscle 5 mellifluous | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 51 | ornate; highly decorated; N. CF. 18th century |
1 conglomerate 2 rococo 3 compliance 4 fitful 5 fetid(foetid) | |
| 52 | youthful; immature; inexperienced |
1 attenuate 2 enumerate 3 gland 4 callow 5 gruel | |
| 53 | drink in small quantities |
1 habituate 2 log 3 deducible 4 blandishment 5 sip | |
| 54 | of or pertaining to the people |
1 demotic 2 wrath 3 proximity 4 traduce 5 coterie | |
| 55 | medical treatment and care of old age |
1 prominent 2 erudite 3 rabble 4 chronicle 5 geriatrics | |
| 56 | pleasing to taste or smell; delicious |
1 luscious 2 egalitarian 3 termination 4 surf 5 prognosticate | |
| 57 | fail completely; sink; CF. flounder |
1 gerontocracy 2 unruly 3 abridge 4 amalgam 5 founder | |
| 58 | speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for |
1 trunk 2 reiterate 3 advocate 4 comeuppance 5 leaflet | |
| 59 | area of thick hard skin |
1 interregnum 2 gravity 3 infringe 4 callus 5 hurdle | |
| 60 | storehouse |
1 d\'enouement 2 wizardry 3 creed 4 repository 5 fervent | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 61 | opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal |
1 pensive 2 dogmatic 3 traumatic 4 cacophonous 5 anticipate | |
| 62 | continue steadily in spite of difficulties |
1 delineate 2 selfless 3 persevere 4 inestimable 5 headfirst | |
| 63 | conceding; something conceded; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place |
1 lugubrious 2 concession 3 correlation 4 alienate 5 contiguous | |
| 64 | violation (of a rule or regulation); breach |
1 recompense 2 amphitheater 3 antipathy 4 infraction 5 sophomoric | |
| 65 | philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge; N. epistemology |
1 transmute 2 epistemologist 3 amenities 4 couple 5 fracas | |
| 66 | conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V. |
1 incontinent 2 manifesto 3 enmity 4 lobby 5 smirk | |
| 67 | award of merit; strong praise and approval |
1 transgression 2 invective 3 accolade 4 fertile 5 wick | |
| 68 | clear from blame or guilt |
1 congenital 2 winsome 3 reconnaissance 4 purgatory 5 exculpate | |
| 69 | destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals |
1 offensive 2 carnage 3 winsome 4 equilibrium 5 peevish | |
| 70 | treatment by extremely diluted medicines. |
1 odoriferous 2 fanaticism 3 referendum 4 homeopathy 5 nihilist | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 71 | aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious (rather than simply expressing opinions) |
1 entourage 2 antique 3 polemical(polemic) 4 inestimable 5 chameleon | |
| 72 | agent that causes disease (such as a bacterium or fungus) |
1 wrath 2 pathogen 3 pulverize 4 banal 5 delineate | |
| 73 | feverish |
1 propulsive 2 febrile 3 turgid 4 affront 5 nostrum | |
| 74 | humorous; mischievous; tricky |
1 gill 2 waggish 3 parable 4 ornithologist 5 larva | |
| 75 | efficiency or conciseness in using something; thrifty management of resources |
1 economy 2 imply 3 variegated 4 inoculate 5 fallible | |
| 76 | inform |
1 apprise 2 archipelago 3 sentinel 4 versatile 5 rubbish | |
| 77 | having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final |
1 tamp 2 mutter 3 determinate 4 knell 5 mold | |
| 78 | lover of mankind; doer of good; N. philanthropy |
1 molt(moult) 2 relapse 3 irrepressible 4 scintillate 5 philanthropist | |
| 79 | living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age |
1 jolt 2 coeval 3 sprightly 4 anecdote 5 barb | |
| 80 | platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement |
1 vaporize 2 bromide 3 sanitation 4 sledge 5 propulsive | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 81 | excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic |
1 foil 2 fanaticism 3 thespian 4 vicar 5 sear | |
| 82 | fitful; periodic; of or like a spasm; N. spasm: sudden involuntary muscular contraction; sudden burst of energy or emotion |
1 illusory 2 abominate 3 appreciate 4 spasmodic 5 tenancy | |
| 83 | weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness); enfeeble |
1 medal 2 debilitate 3 sterile 4 improvise 5 synchronous | |
| 84 | uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite |
1 console 2 morose 3 crone 4 stump 5 indeterminate | |
| 85 | art and science of preparing and serving good food; CF. gastronome |
1 exuberance 2 ursine 3 executioner 4 paddle 5 gastronomy | |
| 86 | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
1 acne 2 spat 3 trinket 4 geniality 5 material | |
| 87 | person who turns animal hides into leather |
1 serendipity 2 cleft 3 automaton 4 tanner 5 foist | |
| 88 | using satire; mocking |
1 exacerbate 2 plebiscite 3 satirical 4 fickle 5 imposture | |
| 89 | smooth and shining (as from good health); V. |
1 apiary 2 sleek 3 fluent 4 fell 5 disseminate | |
| 90 | worsen; aggravate; embitter |
1 exacerbate 2 torque 3 compendium 4 chore 5 blithe(blithesome) | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 91 | blood-vessel; CF. vein |
1 artery 2 quack 3 perquisite(perk) 4 indomitable 5 diminution | |
| 92 | feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded; baseless) well-being; feeling of great happiness or well-being (when unreasonable); ADJ. euphoric |
1 disparity 2 euphoria 3 diatribe 4 dissuade 5 bard | |
| 93 | friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations |
1 amity 2 subsistence 3 crotchety 4 valediction 5 bequeath | |
| 94 | element that is a creature's natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated; appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise; middle position between extremes; intervening substance through which something else is transmitted |
1 collected 2 medium 3 artery 4 quench 5 tissue | |
| 95 | wandering away from the subject; V. digress |
1 digression 2 bask 3 bawdy 4 arboreal 5 charisma | |
| 96 | defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail |
1 sly 2 heretofore 3 foil 4 prank 5 arch- | |
| 97 | something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees |
1 balm 2 respiration 3 collation 4 dupe 5 proximity | |
| 98 | power of endurance; strength; staying power |
1 stamina 2 exasperate 3 antiquity 4 humane 5 favoritism | |
| 99 | burden; N. encumbrance |
1 automaton 2 empathy 3 encumber 4 desperado 5 usury | |
| 100 | man employed to take care of horses; V: make neat and trim; clean and brush (an animal) |
1 spatial 2 peccadillo 3 juggernaut 4 groom 5 auxiliary |