Vocabulary Test - A

Select the word which best fills in the blank

1. The children were so ____________ that the teacher had to yell to be heard.
A. truculent
B. obstreperous
C. morose
D. discreet

2. Coach Calhoun tried to ___________ his team to try harder in the face of overwhelming odds.
A. flout
B. instigate
C. emulate
D. exhort

3. I don't think these flowers are __________ to New England. At least I've never seen them.
A. ingenuous
B. fluent
C. indigenous
D. exigent

4. Roberto pretended to know a lot about the opera, but he was really just a ___________ .
A. dilettante
B. supernumerary
C. chimera
D. catalyst

5. The professor became so forceful, so _________ in his expression of opinions, that students began to leave his course.
A. dormant
B. credible
C. dogmatic
D. lucid

6. Tashonda had read the book in a __________ fashion and couldn't remember what she'd read.
A. truculent
B. obstreperous
C. cursory
D. discreet

7. The older child had a reputation for ________ trouble in high school, but he calmed down in college.
A. mortifying
B. appeasing
C. curtailing
D. instigating

8. The professor got in trouble for making __________ remarks about the Dean of Faculty.
A. benign
B. pejorative
C. pensive
D. blithe

9. My uncle has never been to an art museum; in fact, when it comes to matters of art, my uncle is a real _________ .
A. patrician B.
philistine
C. martyr
D. hedonist

10. The jury ___________ the mayor of all wrongdoing.
A. exonerated
B. expatriated
C. augmented
D. subjugated

Estimate your Vocabulary Size - E

Choose one of 4 choices that's most appropriate for the word Italicized in Green Colour in the sentence.

41. Particular attention is paid to the repertoire and quality of performance presented on the audition.
a) originality
b) a collection of works
c) uniqueness
d) depth

42. Retail petrol price decreased in April.
a) gas
b) oil
c) computer
d) grain

43. Governor Bush and first lady proclaim September 23 Family Day in Florida.
a) claim
b) recognize
c) announce
d) declare formally

44. The Warden told him that I was his roommate before he died.
a) official in charge of army
b) official in charge of a company
c) official in charge of a prison
d) official in charge of a county

45. I like cauliflower.
a) flower
b) vegetable
c) fish
d) cat

46. Here it is paired with metallic twill, the latest trend in twill.
a) ornament
b) art work
c) shoe
d) cloth

47. These structural changes have also led to a palpable change in attitude towards foreign investment.
a) significant
b) dramatical
c) tangible
d) drastical

48. This paper is lighted in a way to accentuate the motley color distribution..
a) visible
b) fuzy
c) mixed
d) new

49. Plan to photograph stars along a swath running perpendicular to the Milky Way.
a) strip
b) vertical line
c) area
d) star

50. A new project is funded to investigate Estrogen's effects on the female body.
a) Yoga
b) vegetable
c) hormone
d) vitamin

Estimate your Vocabulary Size - D

Choose one of 4 choices that's most appropriate for the word Italicized in Green Colour in the sentence.

31. How did she keep it secret for nine years.
a) secretary
b) mystery
c) hidden
d) information

32. The new program will integrate social and employment services with treatment for drug addicted persons and their families.
a) assistance
b) treat
c) care
d) discussion

33. Customers qualify for a Standard license if no Small Business Server software is currently licensed.
a) copy
b) permission
c) freedom
d) software

34. Each Christmas, our family enjoys decorating the tree with our homemade ornaments.
a) made by yourself
b) trendy
c) sophisticated
d) made by hand

35. Wall Street bankers met behind closed doors (under the auspices of the New York Federal Reserve Bank) to put the finishing touches on the renegotiation of Korea's short-term debt.
a) roof
b) protection
c) power
d) guidance

36. We also provide vacation & leisure travel for the employees of these top companies as well.
a) relaxation
b) freedom
c) fancy
d) discount

37. There are many things on the Net that are put there by one person or group that has a certain opinion.
a) credibility
b) idea
c) view
d) origination

38. Since his election to the Legislature in 1994, Sen. Kermit Brashear of Omaha has made a name for himself as a man who carefully considers what he believes in and then forcefully argues his point.
a) body of lawmakers
b) lecturer
c) congress
d) army

39. No wonder, many companies are finding difficult to sustain the growth.
a) expand
b) subdue
c) maintain
d) reverse

40. They're supposed to be preparing us for the meeting.
a) scheduled
b) believed
c) forced
d) replaced

Estimate your Vocabulary Size - C

Choose one of 4 choices that's most appropriate for the word Italicized in Green Colour in the sentence.

21. Scripture does not forbid anything which God has given us for our use.
a) support
b) encourage
c) describe
d) prevent

22. It wasn't long before she was off the hill.
a) hip
b) natural elevation
c) mountain
d) pond

23. We're seeking to strengthen intellectual property protection.
a) increase
b) fortify
c) improve
d) change

24. In this sample chapter, you'll learn how to compose a message and send it.
a) write
b) compile
c) complain
d) conduct

25. Students seem to complain about the lack of a dating scene.
a) scenario
b) picture
c) shot
d) guide

26. The risk of loss or damage is transferred to the buyer.
a) replaced
b) minimized
c) shifted
d) diminished

27. Great Lakes signal great shift in seasonal changes.
a) translation
b) shaft
c) switch
d) example

28. The holes should be a little larger than the coin or washer.
a) penny
b) metal
c) pipe
d) corn

29. So, your focus is not inward on your own processes, but outward, on supply chain processes.
a) based
b) dependent
c) inside
d) inbound

30. Ours is a field increasingly driven by both rapidly evolving solutions to existing problems and by new interpretations of the nature of the problems we face.
a) method
b) mixture
c) lotion
d) problem

Estimate your Vocabulary size - B

Choose one of 4 choices that's most appropriate for the word Italicized in Green Colour in the sentence.

11. Would you prefer to rotate meeting locations or have a consistent meeting place?
a) alternate
b) set up
c) rent
d) inspect

12. The students will perform activities to learn how estimation and measurement would be important in the construction industry.
a) surveying
b) dimension
c) development
d) budget

13. He has a unique talent to inspire and compel each person to recognize his or her own personal uniqueness and value.
a) force
b) cheer
c) command
d) lead

14. Survey show that the silence majority agree with me and not you.
a) minority
b) major
c) senior
d) bulk

15. The lowering of the threat level is not a signal to government, law enforcement or citizens that the danger of a terrorist attack is passed.
a) throat
b) thread
c) territory
d) terror

16. That person can help you decide whether you do need to lose weight and, if so, the best way to achieve and maintain a weight that is healthy for you.
a) reduce
b) increase
c) alter
d) hold

17. This is a short report on our trip to Colorado.
a) strip
b) journey
c) mission
d) research

18. The estimates above could therefore represent an under-estimate of the total consumer detriment in the economy.
a) population
b) confidence
c) damage
d) behavior

19. Ooops, I meant to say shouldn't deny love.
a) refuse
b) addict to
c) hurt
d) confuse

20. Nobody asked me to prove it.
a) show evidence of
b) test
c) demonstrate
d) investigate

Estimate your Vocabulary Size - A

Choose one of 4 choices that's most appropriate for the word Italicized in Green Colour in the sentence.

1. Many of the questions raised pertaining to cultural issues are new.
a) an important question in dispute and must be settled
b) insurance
c) trouble
d) publication

2. To help meet this need, we have compiled an annotated bibliography of models for evaluating open learning approaches and associated technologies.
a) associating
b) related
c) advanced
d) new

3. He had an edge on the competition.
a) border
b) a slight advantage
c) a slight margin
d) success

4. The applicants of the Proposal Competition are invited to provide the Frontier Science Research City Project with visions for creating a 21st century-style city.
a) performance
b) plan
c) business
d) communication

5. The dollar fell against the Euro for the fourth day in five and dropped against the yen on concern a recovery in the US economy is faltering.
a) evidence
b) interest
c) worry
d) relief

6. I wonder if that factor is going to impact on XYZ Corp.
a) element
b) person
c) event
d) action

7. Specifically, we are disappointed with the new emphasis on so-called high stakes testing as an instrument to assess and rank schools.
a) a device
b) a test
c) a system
d) a way

8. It is almost impossible to get it done today.
a) implicit
b) trivial
c) insignificant
d) totally unlikely

9. The closest the world has come to nuclear war was the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962.
a) mission
b) atomic bomb
c) election
d) a rocket-propelled vehicle

10. The Complete and Utter Idiot's Guide to Ordering Pizza.
a) new
b) absolute
c) practical
d) short

Select Meaning by Word - II

11. prurient

• n. Sudden invasion.
• adj. Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
• n. The sharp striking of one body against another.
• v. To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively.

12. illuminate

• v. To supply with light.
• adj. Different.
• v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something)
• v. To last longer than.

13. awry

• ad. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
• n. A labyrinth.
• adj. Impartial.
• n. Rational self-esteem.

14. counter-claim

• n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
• n. That which nourishes.
• v. To study plant-life.
• v.To reveal in trust or confidence.

15. peter

• v. To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.
• adj. Ingenuous.
• adj. That may be allowed.
• adv. Without intention.

16. ambulance

• n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
• v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned.
• n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
• v. To make stale or trite by repetition.

17. inundation

• adj. Characterized by intelligence.
• n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
• n. Inadequacy.
• n. Flood.

18. imminence

• adj. Unreasonable.
• n. Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.
• v. To behave ill.
• n. Impending evil or danger.

19. lough

• n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
• n. A lake or loch.
• n. The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.
• adj. Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care.

20. discolor

• v. To give a wrong impression.
• v. To stain.
• adj. Formed after one's father's name.
• n. A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.