Select Word by Meaning

1. adj. conditional

• rendezvous
• contingent
• arraign
• euphony

2. adj. rickety; falling apart

• laudable
• ramshackle
• pernicious
• unassuaged

3. v. form into grains

• diversity
• relapse
• acclimate
• granulate

4. n. lizard that changes color in different situations

• chameleon
• scruple
• depredation
• whimsical

5. adj. unfavorable; hostile

• matriarch
• invulnerable
• adverse
• condole

6. n. substance causing vomiting

• refractory
• imponderable
• eloquence
• emetic

7. adj. having the title of an office without the obligations

• unsullied
• titular
• reciprocal
• inflated

8. v. give up temporarily; yield

• waive
• miscellany
• argot
• remiss

9. v. lower; degrade

• abase
• camaraderie
• nondescript
• disinclination

10. adj. hot-tempered

• conflagration
• lilliputian
• choleric
• surmount

Test @ B

1. comprise

• v. include; consist of
• n. slander; vilify
• n. collection; heap
• adj. grave; serious

2. substantive

• v. muddle; drive crazy
• adj. expressing praise
• v. languish, decline; long for, yearn
• adj. essential; pertaining to the substance

3. epaulet

• adj. efficient
• n. appearance; costume
• n. ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)
• adj. expedient; prudent

4. patois

• v. overstock; fill to excess
• n. accuse; serve as evidence against
• n. local or provincial dialect
• v. move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth

5. tensile

• adj. capable of being stretched
• n. hatred of marriage
• adj. mutually agreed on; done together
• adj. verbose; drawn out

6. founder

• adj. noticeable; targeted for vengeance
• v. drive our evil spirits
• v. fail completely; sink
• adj. lower

7. whet

• v. sharpen; stimulate
• adj. brief; terse
• n. ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc
• n. revenging agent

8. finite

• n. druggist
• adj. limited
• n. quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument
• adj. obligatory

9. badger

• v. pester; annoy
• n. object to be thrown or projected
• v. drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently
• n. malleability; flexibility

10. turncoat

• n. informal discussion
• n. circular building or hall covered with a dome
• v. discourage
• n. traitor

Vocabulary Test @ A

1. n. dullness; impassiveness

• dispirited
• curtail
• hummock
• stolidity

2. adj. excessively exacting

• sinecure
• combustible
• comeuppance
• hypercritical

3. n. striker (tongue) of a bell

• mediate
• clapper
• recant
• sportive

4. adj. all-knowin

• interminable
• embroil
• collusion
• omniscient

5. adj. exhausting

• aspiration
• crabbed
• grueling
• whet

6. adj. entreating; beseeching

• import
• staccato
• suppliant
• rile

7. adj. positive; arbitrary

• holocaust
• dogmatic
• crone
• countenance

8. adj. easily deceived

• luminary
• gullible
• crux
• mausoleum

9. adj. parched; dry

• disparage
• sere
• profusion
• bemused

10. n. twistings; distortions

• endorse
• contortions
• mirth
• erroneous

Vocabulary Test @ 2

soldier

• n. increase of amount, size, scope, or the like
• n. a person engaged in military service
• v. to rouse to activity or to quickened action
• n. a settled course or manner of progress

commitment

• adj. intermeddling with what is not one's concern
• n. an unprincipled politician
• v. to bring together or give fixed shape to
• n. the act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping

volatile

• v. to regain
• adj. changeable
• adj. toilsome
• v. to blend

qualify

• v. to endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions
• n. a title of Jesus
• n. a quack
• n. passion for getting and keeping riches

transition

• n. passage from one place, condition, or action to another
• n. a person of rank or importance
• v. to remove the inhabitants from
• n. angry or violent difference of opinion
  

devilry

v. to deny oneself

n. malicious mischief

v. to make more sharp, severe, or virulent

n. the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command

mileage

• n. a distance in miles
• adj. having six angles
• v. to introduce, as a fluid, by injection
• v. to surpass
  

prowess

• n. the whole range or sequence
• adj. low-priced
• n. strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle
• adj. heedless

assassinate

• v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person
• v. to inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox
• n. permanence
• n. a spiritual advisor

generalize

• n. a person to whom a donation is made
• v. to draw general inferences
• n. ease
• n. a meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits

Vocabulary Test - 1

1. Idiosyncrasy is:

• the ideology of a political party or organization
• a peculiar habit or characteristic of an individual or group
• a synchronous movement between two mechanical parts
• a characteristic of selfish people

2. Someone with excessive concern for precision and formal rules is:

• moribund
• zealous
• pedantic
• rustic

3. Beleaguer means:

• to lend money
• to harass
• to sympathize
• to scare

4. “John’s __________ was irritating. He was reluctant even to buy bread!”

• jealousy
• soreness
• luck
• parsimony

5. An ombudsman is:

• an impartial person who watches for administrative abuses inside organizations
• a person with unrivaled powers inside the government
• the head of any organization who is elected by a majority voting system
• a person who is granted political asylum in a country that is facing civil war

6. If something is in oblivion:

• time has severely ruined its forms
• it has been confiscated by a governmental body
• people have completely forgotten about it
• it can no longer be commercially traded between two or more countries

7. The fights on the streets created a big:

• void
• turmoil
• cyst
• foil

8. Mary was always able to recover quickly from misfortunes. She was very:

• witty
• brave
• resilient
• zany

9. A Pyrrhic victory is:

• a naval victory where all the ships from one side sink
• a victory where one of the sides flees
• actually a stalemate
• a victory with huge losses

10. The ________ steps confirmed he was hiding from someone.

• furtive
• wild
• puzzled
• gleaming

Prepositional Phrases # 2

1.The local police are talking to Tom. I think he is _____ for the crime.

• under suspicion
• to suspicion
• from suspicion
• in suspicion

2. I'll make sure your instructions are followed _____.

• at once
• to once
• from once
• in once

3. Jack is clearly ____ when it comes to speaking a foreign language.

• to a disadvantage
• from a disadvantage
• at a disadvantage
• in a disadvantage

4. I'm sure he didn't mean to break the window. It must have happened _____.

• in accident
• to accident
• from accident
• by accident

5. Remember you are _____ to buy the product. Take it home and try it out for a week. If you don't like it, just return it to the store.

• under no obligation
• to no obligation
• from no obligation
• through

6. _____ , John comes to every lesson right on time.

• Without fail
• With fail
• Never fail
• Rarely fail

7. It is _____ an easy test. Make sure to study hard!

• by no means
• through no means
• under no means
• over no means

8. I guess we'll just have to wait for a response _____.

• until now
• for now
• by now
• to now

9. ____ he considered looking for a new job, but then he decided to try a few more months in his current position.

• On first
• To first
• At first
• From first

10. I'm afraid we can't do anything about that ____.

• in the moment.
• to the moment.
• from the moment.
• at the moment.
  

Prepositional Phrases

1. I'd rather have wine ____ beer.

• instead than
• instead from
• instead to
• instead of

2. _____ bad weather, the trip will be postponed to next week.

• In case
• In case of
• In case to
• In case from

3. _____ my fellow employees, I would like to thank management for all they have done to improve our situation.

• In behalf of
• To behalf of
• On behalf of
• From behalf of

4. We finally solved our problem ____ a new device created by our research and development department.

• from means of
• by means of
• by means from
• by means to

5. _____ me, I will be happy to dedicate a few extra hours to the cause.

• As for
• As of
• As to
• As from

6. You will have to remember that, _____ John, no one wants to work on this problem.

• apart to
• apart from
• apart
• apart of

7. How can they be going out?! Jane has nothing _____ Peter.

• in common
• in common to
• in common of
• in common with

8. _____ John, they won't finish the project until the end of next week.

• According
• According in
• According from
• According to

9. I'm all ____ helping out the poor when in need.

• in favor of
• in favor to
• in favor for
• in favor from

10. We will have to postpone our trip _____ the bad weather.

• because
• because to
• because of
• because from
  

Preposition Practice # 2

1. The two kids had nothing to eat _____ lunch.
in
to
for
from
2. They went _____ the gym in the morning.
at
for
to
from
3. He bought this present just _____ you.
at
in
to
for
4. After work, her mother went _____ the supermarket.
to
at
for
from
5. The two of them decided to go ____ bike.
for
in
to
by
6. He picked up his son ______ three-thirty.
at
in
to
from
7. The student decided to do her homework _____ class.
under
by
after
to
8. The special document came ______ the mail this morning.
to
for
in
by
9. He wanted to try it _____ himself.
in
by
to
at
10. He said he just came ______Montreal.
at
for
from
into

Using prepositions (in,for,to,from,under,over,about,at)

1. He left ______ school at eight o'clock,
to
for
at
in
2. The plane flew _______ the city.
to
for
over
under
3. They already had their break ________ the afternoon.
at
for
on
about
4. Her vacation lasted _______ two weeks.
in
for
from
to
5. Their meeting was _______ three-thirty.
from
in
on
at
6. Her mother lives _______ the fourth floor.
in
at
from
on
7. They talked ______ their good fortune.
in
to
at
about
8. He had to go back ______ work before lunch.
in
for
at
to
9. She met him _______ the Spring on 1998.
at
on
for
in
10. What did you receive _______ your birthday?
at
on
in
about
11. The player threw the ball ______ the fence.
in
at
for
over
12. The small dog escaped by digging _______ the fence.
over
under
in
on
13. Her train leaves early _____ the morning.
in
on
at
from
14. _____ what time do you get up in the morning?
In
For
On
At
15. This present was ______ their grandparents.
in
at
for
to