| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 1 | terrorize; intimidate |
1 runic 2 reprehensible 3 perpetual 4 cow 5 ovoid | |
| 2 | irresistible crushing force; overwhelming advancing force that crushes everything in its path |
1 juggernaut 2 evangelist 3 foil 4 burlesque 5 obstreperous | |
| 3 | timely; well-chosen |
1 tenuous 2 opportune 3 satire 4 nubile 5 monotony | |
| 4 | crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli, which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power |
1 redoubtable 2 sinecure 3 setback 4 Machiavellian 5 clown | |
| 5 | be cautious (of) |
1 ballot 2 insubordination 3 pollen 4 beware 5 exigency | |
| 6 | be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference |
1 transgression 2 monotony 3 fancier 4 appreciate 5 legislature | |
| 7 | give or take milk at the breast or udder |
1 suckle 2 canal 3 acorn 4 imply 5 well-bred | |
| 8 | eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything |
1 omnivorous 2 canard 3 upright 4 blithe(blithesome) 5 vulture | |
| 9 | expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death; V. eulogize |
1 eulogy 2 dolorous 3 optimist 4 unctuous 5 circumlocution | |
| 10 | make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization |
1 herpetologist 2 mammoth 3 exclaim 4 rationalize 5 essence | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 11 | calamity ; disaster |
1 uproar 2 acme 3 ragamuffin 4 acrid 5 catastrophe | |
| 12 | pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis |
1 auroral 2 hobble 3 verdigris 4 hue_and_cry 5 concise | |
| 13 | title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol |
1 Shangri-la 2 rubric 3 demented 4 effervescence 5 presage | |
| 14 | act stupidly; play the fool; N. |
1 impecunious 2 enduring 3 notoriety 4 clown 5 psyche | |
| 15 | obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office |
1 incumbent 2 vintner 3 coiffure 4 romance 5 quay | |
| 16 | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
1 patrimony 2 sporadic 3 infinitesimal 4 astigmatism 5 spoilsport | |
| 17 | center part of a wheel; center (of activity) |
1 hub 2 chapel 3 curb 4 dormer 5 quack | |
| 18 | religious song of African-American origin |
1 spiritual 2 conscript 3 entomology 4 limn 5 wick | |
| 19 | device used to assist aim by guiding the eye as on a firearm; ( ) |
1 parochial 2 serenity 3 ancillary 4 insurrection 5 sight | |
| 20 | waste matter; worthless impurities |
1 dross 2 sultry 3 ramshackle 4 sleek 5 vilify | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 21 | not applicable; unrelated |
1 estimable 2 cartilage 3 edict 4 irrelevant 5 epoch | |
| 22 | ugly; unpleasant to look at |
1 unregenerate 2 effectual 3 unsightly 4 eulogistic 5 suppliant | |
| 23 | wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost |
1 vignette 2 pandemonium 3 decorous 4 outmoded 5 incorporeal | |
| 24 | suffering; ordeal; distress; trial |
1 gusty 2 parity 3 desecrate 4 tribulation 5 stench | |
| 25 | band or ribbon worn around the waist or over the shoulder; frame in which the panes of a window or door are set |
1 bereavement 2 sash 3 denture 4 blighted 5 dissension | |
| 26 | stun; make numb (as with a drug); amaze |
1 standstill 2 stupefy 3 dogmatic 4 internecine 5 pomposity | |
| 27 | call by bugles or trumpets; showy display; spectacular public display |
1 fanfare 2 mutilate 3 attenuate 4 hedge 5 expository | |
| 28 | simultaneous discharge of a number of shots; V. |
1 effulgent 2 parallelism 3 swagger 4 volley 5 sententious | |
| 29 | untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel |
1 chatterbox 2 treasure 3 demean 4 infuse 5 disheveled | |
| 30 | disrepute; ill fame |
1 expatiate 2 notoriety 3 mauve 4 imbroglio 5 dune | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 31 | basic; primary; essential |
1 incoherent 2 fundamental 3 executive 4 fitful 5 vicar | |
| 32 | attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard |
1 titanic 2 bombardment 3 slag 4 sanguine 5 veneer | |
| 33 | whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged |
1 vortex 2 galaxy 3 calculated 4 jurisprudence 5 granulate | |
| 34 | chance circumstance |
1 ruddy 2 sustenance 3 ogle 4 slither 5 happenstance | |
| 35 | harass or trouble from all directions; hem in |
1 midget 2 sophistry 3 beset 4 kindle 5 ramify | |
| 36 | rectangular cavity in a piece of wood or stone prepared to receive a tenon (forming a joint) |
1 immaculate 2 mortise 3 emollient 4 timbre 5 leniency | |
| 37 | move in a smooth continuous manner (as a boat or swan); (of a bird) fly smoothly without using the wings |
1 glide 2 degradation 3 hummock 4 ranger 5 bizarre | |
| 38 | ornamental clasp; pin |
1 isotope 2 defoliate 3 glib 4 brooch 5 plausible | |
| 39 | hatred of marriage |
1 parity 2 ape 3 lechery 4 misogamy 5 fidelity | |
| 40 | dead body (of an animal) |
1 nutritious 2 recluse 3 carcass 4 complicity 5 cauterize | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 41 | turn away from (a principle, norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism |
1 deviate 2 run-down 3 hemophilia 4 plumber 5 collaborate | |
| 42 | group of closely located islands |
1 archipelago 2 factious 3 jumble 4 propitiate 5 malfeasance | |
| 43 | killing of animals for food; massacre; V: butcher (animals) for food; kill in large numbers |
1 slaughter 2 pestilential(pestilent) 3 brackish 4 adjacent 5 aloft | |
| 44 | control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in; overlook from a height; |
1 irreconcilable 2 sonorous 3 cemetery 4 dominate 5 termination | |
| 45 | purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art |
1 verbose 2 query 3 encumber 4 catharsis 5 prop | |
| 46 | forerunners; foremost position of an army; advance forces; foremost position in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard |
1 vanguard 2 exorcise 3 culprit 4 monastic 5 pass\'e | |
| 47 | hit or knock against with force; N. |
1 elegy 2 restitution 3 bump 4 bile 5 squander | |
| 48 | quality of being very old; ancient times; |
1 homeopathy 2 diorama 3 antiquity 4 amoral 5 context | |
| 49 | group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal; group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power (by force) |
1 bruise 2 junta 3 falsify 4 sluice 5 judiciary | |
| 50 | excessively careful (with great attention to detail); painstaking; scrupulous |
1 geriatrics 2 cohorts 3 supplicate 4 gauche 5 meticulous | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 51 | judicial branch of government |
1 atavism 2 ruminant 3 judiciary 4 planetary 5 censorious | |
| 52 | wandering; V. migrate: move from one region and settle in another; move periodically from one region to another |
1 subside 2 coma 3 ductile 4 wholesome 5 migratory | |
| 53 | starve; CF. famine |
1 famish 2 galleon 3 travail 4 nave 5 abysmal | |
| 54 | very bad; detestable |
1 execrable 2 germinate 3 insurmountable 4 riveting 5 obeisance | |
| 55 | daydream; abstracted musing |
1 reverie 2 mollify 3 jettison 4 testator 5 molecule | |
| 56 | obligatory; that must be done |
1 bud 2 compulsory 3 exhilarating 4 disavowal 5 dirge | |
| 57 | too certain to be disputed; beyond doubt |
1 antique 2 scourge 3 sextant 4 indisputable 5 fruitful | |
| 58 | spoil the appearance of |
1 mar 2 deft 3 arrhythmic 4 lunar 5 discombobulated | |
| 59 | yearly allowance |
1 withstand 2 anticlimax 3 affluence 4 annuity 5 pestilential(pestilent) | |
| 60 | turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.) |
1 vaporize 2 cavil 3 psyche 4 eerie 5 antibody | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 61 | attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation |
1 impute 2 mineral 3 surmount 4 lionize 5 assent | |
| 62 | journey; V. peregrinate |
1 indifferent 2 peregrination 3 voluble 4 imperil 5 vampire | |
| 63 | work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy |
1 infirmity 2 forum 3 collaborate 4 sanction 5 frieze | |
| 64 | read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid |
1 skim 2 encumber 3 prognosis 4 oligarchy 5 prototype | |
| 65 | not open to attack; impregnable; not subject to question |
1 titanic 2 unassailable 3 chorus 4 tureen 5 brusque | |
| 66 | secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or footing |
1 pan 2 purchase 3 megalomania 4 forebears(forbears) 5 verbalize | |
| 67 | organ through which a fish breathes; |
1 expedite 2 pestilential(pestilent) 3 seasoned 4 gill 5 refraction | |
| 68 | display of partiality toward a favored person |
1 hoof 2 panacea 3 colloquy 4 tenuous 5 favoritism | |
| 69 | mouth like opening; small opening (esp. to a cavern or passage of the body); CF. mouth |
1 orifice 2 brawn 3 grumble 4 beatitude 5 spendthrift | |
| 70 | harmful; damaging; N. detriment |
1 cryptic 2 tonality 3 sheaf 4 detrimental 5 mangy | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 71 | meanly stingy; parsimonious; N. niggard: stingy person |
1 wage 2 parody 3 niggardly 4 masochist 5 rung | |
| 72 | female warrior |
1 equivocate 2 precise 3 amazon 4 cravat 5 percolate | |
| 73 | obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude |
1 invincible 2 restraint 3 simulate 4 beholden 5 impair | |
| 74 | sharing the same border |
1 fitful 2 phylum 3 disgruntle 4 coterminous 5 necklace | |
| 75 | immoral behavior; bad management; V. |
1 centurion 2 elicit 3 stride 4 stanza 5 misconduct | |
| 76 | pedestal; raised platform |
1 podium 2 lackadaisical 3 effrontery 4 metaphysical 5 wardrobe | |
| 77 | join; unite; OP. uncouple |
1 catcall 2 couple 3 acquittal 4 gentry 5 dally | |
| 78 | part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage |
1 cramped 2 proscenium 3 dismantle 4 trepidation 5 expropriate | |
| 79 | person who looks on the bright side; N. optimism |
1 astral 2 purveyor 3 optimist 4 collected 5 frolicsome | |
| 80 | division of a long poem |
1 vainglorious 2 pageant 3 conjecture 4 canto 5 gourmand | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 81 | nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense |
1 incredulity 2 reprieve 3 sinuous 4 drivel 5 hinterlands | |
| 82 | disown; disavow; deny |
1 reportorial 2 gastronomy 3 orb 4 timorous 5 repudiate | |
| 83 | making no attempt to change one's bad practices |
1 apocryphal 2 unregenerate 3 primacy 4 whittle 5 parity | |
| 84 | self-satisfied; complacent |
1 ballot 2 balk 3 niche 4 duration 5 smug | |
| 85 | wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N: costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise |
1 antibody 2 supplicate 3 masquerade 4 restraint 5 somber | |
| 86 | pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described |
1 wholesome 2 swarm 3 graphic 4 equanimity 5 sinuous | |
| 87 | place over something else |
1 stem_from 2 superimpose 3 havoc 4 comprise 5 codify | |
| 88 | ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy |
1 porridge 2 shaving 3 morose 4 fracas 5 fluctuate | |
| 89 | sign or notice for public display |
1 rendezvous 2 placard 3 venerate 4 congruence 5 hegemony | |
| 90 | periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth) |
1 remorse 2 molt(moult) 3 gait 4 tout 5 relapse | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 91 | (derog.) one who has no interest in literature or arts |
1 academic 2 polygamist 3 compute 4 lowbrow 5 egalitarian | |
| 92 | warlike |
1 unravel 2 bellicose 3 bilious 4 cornice 5 slaughter | |
| 93 | star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness |
1 fortuitous 2 dissuade 3 missile 4 expos\'e 5 nova | |
| 94 | excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife |
1 amalgam 2 uxorious 3 antiquity 4 defunct 5 rider | |
| 95 | reservoir or water tank |
1 canine 2 catharsis 3 excrete 4 cistern 5 vitreous | |
| 96 | read through with care; N. perusal |
1 lactate 2 parish 3 zealot 4 peruse 5 importunate | |
| 97 | one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes) |
1 plumber 2 timorous 3 dominate 4 overwrought 5 laity | |
| 98 | become boring; grow tiresome |
1 pathogen 2 pall 3 corridor 4 demerit 5 retentive | |
| 99 | outer covering (of a plant); husk; shell; V: remove the husk or shell from |
1 unearthly 2 shuck 3 appreciate 4 enduring 5 wage | |
| 100 | fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup) |
1 loathe 2 apprehend 3 astral 4 superannuated 5 shard |