| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 1 | not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate | 
1 carcinogenic 2 intolerant 3 termination 4 credits 5 circumlocution  |  |
| 2 | moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness | 
1 upright 2 spatula 3 lackluster 4 otter 5 sobriety  |  |
| 3 | short-lived; fleeting | 
1 ephemeral 2 culprit 3 homeopathy 4 wisp 5 progeny  |  |
| 4 | flexible; limber; pliant | 
1 pertinent 2 placebo 3 clairvoyant 4 supple 5 uncouth  |  |
| 5 | explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages | 
1 beware 2 overhear 3 exegesis 4 finite 5 diadem  |  |
| 6 | without any attempt to deceive | 
1 stump 2 aboveboard 3 protagonist 4 conflate 5 lookout  |  |
| 7 | wrinkle | 
1 crinkle 2 denounce 3 permeable 4 granary 5 statute  |  |
| 8 | marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. ingenuity | 
1 ingenious 2 enterprising 3 bastard 4 cannibal 5 girth  |  |
| 9 | diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity | 
1 mollify 2 inamorata 3 caterpillar 4 epitaph 5 sedulous  |  |
| 10 | slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull | 
1 shirk 2 stump 3 dolt 4 vortex 5 unfaltering  |  |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 11 | spasmodic; intermittent; irregular | 
1 impunity 2 scuffle 3 quail 4 fitful 5 dissension  |  |
| 12 | not earthly; supernatural; weird; ghostly | 
1 archaeology 2 adjoin 3 unearthly 4 legible 5 dissension  |  |
| 13 | lightning accompanied by thunder | 
1 menagerie 2 caterpillar 3 improvise 4 slapdash 5 thunderbolt  |  |
| 14 | connected with birth; CF. prenatal; CF. postnatal | 
1 reparable 2 straggle 3 ameliorate 4 natal 5 sow  |  |
| 15 | explanatory list of symbols on a map | 
1 warp 2 skiff 3 license 4 minion 5 legend  |  |
| 16 | purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. | 
1 substantiate 2 bristling 3 sequester 4 judiciary 5 cathartic  |  |
| 17 | diligent | 
1 assiduous 2 verdigris 3 insulin 4 gambit 5 graduated  |  |
| 18 | luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth | 
1 dearth 2 enlist 3 consort 4 stratified 5 bask  |  |
| 19 | soothe an angry person | 
1 mollify 2 preclude 3 adjutant 4 culpable 5 anneal  |  |
| 20 | shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs | 
1 ruddy 2 urbane 3 rogue 4 servile 5 lagoon  |  |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 21 | lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid | 
1 lackadaisical 2 conceit 3 erotic 4 tourniquet 5 impromptu  |  |
| 22 | compulsive habitual need | 
1 acorn 2 apocalyptic 3 addiction 4 celestial 5 protagonist  |  |
| 23 | servitude; condition of a slave or serf; CF. | 
1 sill 2 vegetate 3 bondage 4 circuit 5 psychic  |  |
| 24 | clearly different; clearly noticed | 
1 encircle 2 bouillon 3 immaculate 4 distinct 5 malfeasance  |  |
| 25 | having no previous example; novel; unparalleled | 
1 impropriety 2 unprecedented 3 complicity 4 predecessor 5 kinetic  |  |
| 26 | chew | 
1 potion 2 masticate 3 hostage 4 harass 5 stamina  |  |
| 27 | scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off | 
1 at_the_mercy_of 2 florid 3 excoriate 4 quaff 5 remittance  |  |
| 28 | long pointed rod for impaling and holding food during cooking | 
1 precipitant 2 hierarchy 3 fluff 4 skewer 5 fluster  |  |
| 29 | entice; attract; tempt | 
1 allure 2 raconteur 3 lampoon 4 stamina 5 antecedents  |  |
| 30 | short horizontal bar suspended from two parallel ropes (used for acrobatics); CF. trapezoid | 
1 trapeze 2 therapeutic 3 compartment 4 skim 5 economy  |  |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 31 | prolong; lengthen in time; draw out | 
1 grandeur 2 protract 3 trilogy 4 converge 5 potential  |  |
| 32 | great fire | 
1 encircle 2 lactate 3 instrumentation 4 conflagration 5 accessible  |  |
| 33 | sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) | 
1 novice 2 gruesome 3 romp 4 acuity 5 artless  |  |
| 34 | raging mad; insane; N. maniac: insane person; CF. mania: disorder of the mind; intense enthusiasm | 
1 lope 2 impugn 3 gruesome 4 residue 5 maniacal  |  |
| 35 | willful; stubborn; unyielding; determined to have one's own way; CF. no 'excessive' | 
1 tantalize 2 equipoise 3 fade 4 offensive 5 headstrong  |  |
| 36 | group of mammals including humans | 
1 ripple 2 ragamuffin 3 chaste 4 primate 5 succor  |  |
| 37 | substance used in a chemical reaction | 
1 tolerable 2 latent 3 perpetual 4 otherworldly 5 reagent  |  |
| 38 | impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate | 
1 talisman 2 garret 3 curb 4 cadence 5 impermeable  |  |
| 39 | small chamber used for sleeping or work | 
1 cubicle 2 bantering 3 carnivorous 4 conclave 5 revile  |  |
| 40 | congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant | 
1 festoon 2 coagulate 3 tolerable 4 invert 5 deplete  |  |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 41 | evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate | 
1 farce 2 tenuous 3 machinations 4 ecosystem 5 enhance  |  |
| 42 | band of cloth that is twisted tightly around an arm or leg to stop bleeding | 
1 tourniquet 2 reiterate 3 representational 4 cerebral 5 indubitable  |  |
| 43 | like a corpse; pale | 
1 bawdy 2 aerate 3 clangor 4 manumit 5 cadaverous  |  |
| 44 | cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing | 
1 rubbish 2 bleak 3 hypnosis 4 mural 5 enclave  |  |
| 45 | moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse | 
1 belated 2 cabal 3 viper 4 impetus 5 chantey  |  |
| 46 | watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance | 
1 antithesis 2 vigilant 3 coagulate 4 complacency 5 conversant  |  |
| 47 | a narrative poem; music for such a poem | 
1 impuissance 2 malapropism 3 ballad 4 regale 5 validate  |  |
| 48 | medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep-producing drug containing opium | 
1 loquacious 2 opiate 3 divine 4 candor 5 amalgam  |  |
| 49 | twisting force; force producing rotation | 
1 gyroscope 2 stately 3 torque 4 mongrel 5 lyric  |  |
| 50 | habitually silent; talking little | 
1 gruesome 2 outstrip 3 aerate 4 taciturn 5 declivity  |  |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 51 | taking for one's own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one's care) | 
1 jingoism 2 clangor 3 impregnate 4 embezzlement 5 credo  |  |
| 52 | large volume; book | 
1 rostrum 2 foolhardy 3 abominate 4 tome 5 jocose  |  |
| 53 | loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light | 
1 frolicsome 2 blare 3 melancholy 4 adept 5 glaciate  |  |
| 54 | uncorrectable | 
1 promulgate 2 ego 3 flexible 4 abase 5 incorrigible  |  |
| 55 | disentangle; solve | 
1 brisk 2 unravel 3 matrimony 4 irrepressible 5 subordinate  |  |
| 56 | fastidious; finicky; easily upset | 
1 tusk 2 miniature 3 fussy 4 accessible 5 guy  |  |
| 57 | addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book) | 
1 addendum 2 harrowing 3 retroactive 4 judiciary 5 pushy  |  |
| 58 | amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender | 
1 physiological 2 putrescent 3 yield 4 fritter 5 larder  |  |
| 59 | generous; graciously generous; showing bounty | 
1 inasmuch_as 2 Epicurean 3 gadget 4 bountiful 5 renegade  |  |
| 60 | cause; produce; create | 
1 vestibule 2 generate 3 antediluvian 4 abut 5 centrifugal  |  |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 61 | nourish; feed; educate; rear; care for while it is growing or developing; foster; cultivate; N: something that nourishes; rearing | 
1 flounder 2 abut 3 hypothetical 4 subsidiary 5 nurture  |  |
| 62 | pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general | 
1 indisputable 2 saccharine 3 indolent 4 inductive 5 auspicious  |  |
| 63 | delayed | 
1 belated 2 facet 3 fete(f\^ete) 4 liaison 5 gargantuan  |  |
| 64 | poisonous snake | 
1 viper 2 vixen 3 corroborate 4 rusticate 5 niggardly  |  |
| 65 | ash-colored; deadly pale | 
1 skirmish 2 ashen 3 mantle 4 cannibal 5 lassitude  |  |
| 66 | not effective; not having a desired effect; weak | 
1 adulterate 2 unregenerate 3 blackmail 4 hypercritical 5 ineffectual  |  |
| 67 | untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless | 
1 imaginary 2 gradation 3 tare 4 sheriff 5 slovenly  |  |
| 68 | large arms; ( ) | 
1 munition 2 chorale 3 furrow 4 sluggish 5 acquittal  |  |
| 69 | free; without charge; ADJ. | 
1 culprit 2 autocratic 3 libido 4 gratis 5 annul  |  |
| 70 | feasible | 
1 sophomoric 2 practicable 3 sustenance 4 turncoat 5 cull  |  |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 71 | indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd | 
1 iodine 2 concord 3 bawdy 4 bluff 5 depreciate  |  |
| 72 | private secret meeting | 
1 secession 2 tangential 3 conclave 4 demerit 5 discombobulated  |  |
| 73 | unsatisfied; not soothed | 
1 waggish 2 ewe 3 unassuaged 4 proscenium 5 comprise  |  |
| 74 | Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative | 
1 prong 2 saga 3 frock 4 libido 5 complicity  |  |
| 75 | similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things | 
1 porcelain 2 rotunda 3 dribble 4 analogy 5 surveillance  |  |
| 76 | powerful movement of or like a wave; V. | 
1 reprobation 2 misanthrope 3 oscillate 4 surge 5 stammer  |  |
| 77 | retort; quick clever reply; return to former status | 
1 comeback 2 lagoon 3 adjourn 4 adjuration 5 temper  |  |
| 78 | unexplicable; impossible to account for; unreasonable or mysterious | 
1 alimentary 2 spendthrift 3 unaccountable 4 rebuttal 5 salvage  |  |
| 79 | entirely acceptable; not offering any basis for criticism | 
1 minuscule 2 antiseptic 3 carousal 4 unexceptionable 5 agility  |  |
| 80 | entire range | 
1 tiller 2 brindled 3 malapropism 4 reprobate 5 gamut  |  |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 81 | hard chalklike substance that forms on the teeth; | 
1 credence 2 tartar 3 disgorge 4 killjoy 5 gesticulation  |  |
| 82 | (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help, sympathy, or support) | 
1 strangle 2 disaffected 3 gadfly 4 enlist 5 bigot  |  |
| 83 | skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. dexterity | 
1 dexterous 2 essence 3 bestial 4 tusk 5 mortician  |  |
| 84 | vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young | 
1 humus 2 vulture 3 abjure 4 mammal 5 turbulence  |  |
| 85 | minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children | 
1 dossier 2 thespian 3 squabble 4 bearing 5 finish  |  |
| 86 | narrate or tell (a story); count over again | 
1 hurdle 2 controvert 3 recount 4 parchment 5 surreptitious  |  |
| 87 | nearness (in space or relationship); proximity; kinship | 
1 propinquity 2 declaim 3 cemetery 4 gusto 5 sere  |  |
| 88 | walk in an awkward manner, shuffling the feet | 
1 solitude 2 fete(f\^ete) 3 substantial 4 belabor 5 shamble  |  |
| 89 | produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant | 
1 breed 2 anvil 3 foolproof 4 panther 5 glossary  |  |
| 90 | essential quality; V: ascribe; explain | 
1 maternal 2 attribute 3 underlying 4 ductile 5 exceptionable  |  |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer | 
| 91 | lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia | 
1 posture 2 badinage 3 brisk 4 arrhythmic 5 dehumanize  |  |
| 92 | substance that dissolves another; ADJ: capable of dissolving another substance | 
1 solvent 2 porous 3 tranquillity 4 trenchant 5 hardy  |  |
| 93 | opponent; enemy | 
1 beset 2 intrigue 3 effervescence 4 tonic 5 adversary  |  |
| 94 | pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum | 
1 impuissance 2 predilection 3 impassioned 4 cerebral 5 chorus  |  |
| 95 | drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; ADJ. liable: likely; responsible (for paying) | 
1 d\'ecollet\'e 2 incongruity 3 hatchet 4 provender 5 liability  |  |
| 96 | corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V. | 
1 abysmal 2 heed 3 squash 4 conglomerate 5 checkered(chequered)  |  |
| 97 | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby | 
1 cabal 2 puny 3 mangy 4 retrospective 5 fuss:  |  |
| 98 | collarbone | 
1 slaughter 2 cunning 3 homeostasis 4 clavicle 5 deranged  |  |
| 99 | habitually intoxicated; drunk; N. inebriety | 
1 infirmity 2 neigh 3 aloft 4 inebriated 5 emanate  |  |
| 100 | bizarre; peculiar; unconventional | 
1 outlandish 2 ominous 3 veracity 4 testator 5 immure  |