| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 1 | precede |
1 antecede 2 d\'eb\^acle 3 besiege 4 denigrate 5 pedant | |
| 2 | flattery |
1 apoplexy 2 stammer 3 conflagration 4 blandishment 5 migratory | |
| 3 | weird; causing fear because strange |
1 cinder 2 blandishment 3 eerie 4 brisk 5 meticulous | |
| 4 | effort; expenditure of much physical work; V. exert oneself: make a great effort |
1 exertion 2 pulsate 3 ruse 4 apiary 5 anatomy | |
| 5 | mental or bodily powers; teaching staff |
1 vibrant 2 garrulous 3 underlying 4 faculty 5 sovereignty | |
| 6 | abundance; wealth |
1 culinary 2 finish 3 pterodactyl 4 affluence 5 toga | |
| 7 | adjacent to; touching upon |
1 dowry 2 contiguous 3 petrify 4 expertise 5 genre | |
| 8 | limit; confine; draw a line around |
1 circumscribe 2 idolatry 3 cramped 4 factious 5 qualified | |
| 9 | angle of a slope; V: slant from the perpendicular |
1 overhaul 2 disillusion 3 pertinent 4 revoke 5 rake | |
| 10 | many-legged worm-like creature; endless chain |
1 gambit 2 embellish 3 caterpillar 4 unerringly 5 purgatory | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 11 | emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment |
1 detached 2 flange 3 amphitheater 4 stalemate 5 doctrinaire | |
| 12 | charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck |
1 geriatrics 2 amulet 3 rabid 4 pertinacious 5 low | |
| 13 | husk; dry outer covering of a seed; frame or body of a ship |
1 lasso 2 efficacy 3 corroborate 4 potion 5 hull | |
| 14 | animal that ruminates; ADJ. |
1 submissive 2 insider 3 emulate 4 ruminant 5 endemic | |
| 15 | examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V. |
1 asymmetric 2 audit 3 infringe 4 cemetery 5 fulminate | |
| 16 | unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead |
1 stygian 2 doom 3 prot\'eg\'e 4 gill 5 myopic | |
| 17 | any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer |
1 excerpt 2 atavism 3 charlatan 4 metropolis 5 canker | |
| 18 | turn aside; turn away from a straight course |
1 deed 2 reminiscence 3 deflect 4 influx 5 gourmet | |
| 19 | protruding knot on a tree; V. |
1 stratified 2 monolithic 3 canker 4 censor 5 gnarl | |
| 20 | take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes |
1 aboriginal 2 commandeer 3 perigee 4 self-righteous 5 ravenous | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 21 | scolding woman; very small mouse like animal |
1 shrew 2 siren 3 incarcerate 4 pomposity 5 knowledgeable | |
| 22 | hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done) |
1 graphite 2 slapdash 3 botch 4 commandeer 5 choleric | |
| 23 | miser; excessively frugal person |
1 suture 2 amass 3 abusive 4 appall 5 tightwad | |
| 24 | contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention |
1 contravene 2 supple 3 explicit 4 obligatory 5 regicide | |
| 25 | decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts |
1 fundamental 2 gull 3 outlandish 4 decomposition 5 brewery | |
| 26 | inconspicuous; not blatant |
1 blandishment 2 fervent 3 unobtrusive 4 sage 5 hibernate | |
| 27 | tending to call up (emotions, memories) |
1 exiguous 2 evocative 3 breadth 4 prosody 5 stymie | |
| 28 | formless; lacking shape or definition |
1 mauve 2 teetotalism 3 amorphous 4 anecdote 5 authenticate | |
| 29 | impossible to estimate; (apprec) invaluable; of immeasurable worth |
1 omnipotent 2 luminary 3 inestimable 4 ingest 5 dissension | |
| 30 | stubborn intolerance |
1 nostrum 2 bigotry 3 daze 4 meager 5 scurry | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 31 | commonplace; trite |
1 d\'eb\^acle 2 jurisprudence 3 obloquy 4 gentle 5 hackneyed | |
| 32 | desertion |
1 herbaceous 2 cloture 3 defection 4 psychic 5 pilot | |
| 33 | refer; attribute; assign |
1 dispirited 2 suavity 3 ascribe 4 throes 5 append | |
| 34 | bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent |
1 abortive 2 nadir 3 acrid 4 execute 5 teetotalism | |
| 35 | laugh quietly |
1 respiration 2 reprobate 3 deft 4 chuckle 5 pendulous | |
| 36 | gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death |
1 clarion 2 studious 3 stygian 4 macabre 5 soothsayer | |
| 37 | traditional; (of someone) conservative in belief; adhering to an established doctrine |
1 quack 2 orthodox 3 inimitable 4 magnitude 5 soporific | |
| 38 | deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg |
1 exempt 2 scabbard 3 bespeak 4 hatch 5 patio | |
| 39 | skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness |
1 sear 2 stymie 3 contiguous 4 plasticity 5 cynical | |
| 40 | uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage |
1 malcontent 2 disengage 3 plutocracy 4 reportorial 5 mace | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 41 | determine in advance; predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly |
1 disapprobation 2 decipher 3 cadaverous 4 predetermine 5 nauseous | |
| 42 | holding of an office or real estate; time during which such an office is held |
1 euphony 2 erroneous 3 sportive 4 accommodate 5 tenure | |
| 43 | comparable; similar |
1 analogous 2 execrable 3 compartment 4 abrasive 5 posture | |
| 44 | neigh like a horse |
1 pithy 2 whinny 3 supposition 4 perdition 5 quiescent | |
| 45 | premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant) |
1 boycott 2 exorbitant 3 foreboding 4 ancillary 5 regime | |
| 46 | acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate |
1 ruminant 2 chase 3 appropriate 4 satyr 5 encipher | |
| 47 | expressing strong opinions; showing a confident belief in one's own ability |
1 timorous 2 squander 3 wrangle 4 assertive 5 inamorata | |
| 48 | steal things of small value; filch; snitch |
1 vicar 2 manifesto 3 pilfer 4 magnitude 5 minutiae | |
| 49 | more concerned with the spirit or mind than with material things |
1 pan 2 otherworldly 3 saccharine 4 soggy 5 bluff | |
| 50 | extremely talkative person |
1 underbid 2 avuncular 3 chatterbox 4 outcast 5 brewery | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 51 | rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor |
1 conundrum 2 verve 3 surreptitious 4 pastoral 5 incredulous | |
| 52 | hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive |
1 wistful 2 recluse 3 connotation 4 duration 5 emulate | |
| 53 | into parts; apart; V. sunder |
1 asunder 2 gentry 3 effusion 4 silversmith 5 dwindle | |
| 54 | piebald; variegated(many-colored); multicolored |
1 filing 2 factious 3 slough 4 dote 5 pied | |
| 55 | trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous |
1 clique 2 supposititious 3 newel 4 posit 5 platitude | |
| 56 | supporter; backer; opposite of opponent |
1 proponent 2 advert 3 impute 4 unravel 5 band | |
| 57 | not planned; impromptu; extempore |
1 extemporaneous 2 vagabond 3 crabbed 4 embryonic 5 burnish | |
| 58 | impertinence; insolence |
1 impudence 2 deference 3 consternation 4 rave 5 pastiche | |
| 59 | (of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous |
1 adept 2 somatic 3 impassioned 4 sultry 5 boorish | |
| 60 | pavement; paved walkway along the side of a street |
1 elaboration 2 assuage 3 rabble 4 adumbrate 5 sidewalk | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 61 | bid lower than |
1 smug 2 besmirch 3 peregrination 4 underbid 5 lionize | |
| 62 | desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred |
1 mortician 2 circumspect 3 berserk 4 sacrilegious 5 acorn | |
| 63 | crowd (of people or things); V. |
1 drudgery 2 throng 3 incentive 4 muddle 5 impuissance | |
| 64 | understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened |
1 palimpsest 2 prance 3 engaging 4 veneer 5 hindsight | |
| 65 | embarrass |
1 queue 2 cupidity 3 loft 4 ordination 5 abash | |
| 66 | uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility |
1 extrude 2 plutocracy 3 probity 4 tugboat 5 secular | |
| 67 | sustaining; means of livelihood, support, food, nourishment; something that maintains life; food |
1 gawk 2 nave 3 chaffing 4 hackneyed 5 sustenance | |
| 68 | resonant; producing a full deep sound; producing sound |
1 vehement 2 sonorous 3 norm 4 sinister 5 siren | |
| 69 | one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure |
1 hedonist 2 embed 3 farce 4 solace 5 tourniquet | |
| 70 | home of a hermit |
1 gait 2 buccaneer 3 hermitage 4 euthanasia 5 firearm | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 71 | agreement |
1 astronomical 2 beleaguer 3 dominant 4 accord 5 concur | |
| 72 | something that discourages action |
1 disincentive 2 dossier 3 courtly 4 parry 5 trigger | |
| 73 | cancel; revoke (an order) |
1 capsize 2 vulture 3 countermand 4 commonwealth 5 rung | |
| 74 | predecessor; one that comes before and indicates the approach of another |
1 forerunner 2 exploit 3 credulity 4 renegade 5 expeditious | |
| 75 | small speck (esp. of dust) |
1 muddle 2 silversmith 3 mote 4 centurion 5 clime | |
| 76 | move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently) |
1 foist 2 covetous 3 prance 4 surge 5 demotic | |
| 77 | cage for hens or poultry |
1 coop 2 analogue 3 clown 4 contention 5 narcotic | |
| 78 | with identity concealed; using an assumed name; ADJ. |
1 incognito 2 fervor 3 pugnacity 4 jaunt 5 extemporaneous | |
| 79 | rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse |
1 deserts 2 gruff 3 geniality 4 exorbitant 5 canter | |
| 80 | waves of the sea as they break upon a shore |
1 cavil 2 execrable 3 surf 4 pusillanimous 5 cabal | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 81 | chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain |
1 chalice 2 hermitage 3 complement 4 canopy 5 curb | |
| 82 | (of societies or groups) combine; unite in one body |
1 unravel 2 polygamist 3 bloated 4 callow 5 amalgamate | |
| 83 | in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude |
1 surly 2 loll 3 breach 4 garnishment 5 nirvana | |
| 84 | special talent; art |
1 unlettered 2 knack 3 spawn 4 allegory 5 clipper | |
| 85 | direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech |
1 frenetic 2 granted_that 3 address 4 lust 5 alliteration | |
| 86 | ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision |
1 atheistic 2 abortive 3 surmise 4 mock 5 summary | |
| 87 | heat transferring gas or liquid by the circulation of currents; |
1 shaving 2 masticate 3 decrepitude 4 exegesis 5 convection | |
| 88 | gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater |
1 balk 2 foray 3 arroyo 4 putrefy 5 thunderbolt | |
| 89 | shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall |
1 parable 2 tarry 3 ruthless 4 totter 5 boon | |
| 90 | element; ingredient |
1 component 2 intrepid 3 detain 4 swagger 5 queue | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 91 | reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking |
1 methodical 2 pedagogy 3 potential 4 ruddy 5 scuttle | |
| 92 | bruise |
1 remiss 2 feint 3 contusion 4 climactic 5 gesticulation | |
| 93 | eager for knowledge; unduly curious |
1 inquisitive 2 emboss 3 tactful 4 aboveboard 5 cadge | |
| 94 | vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote |
1 rou\'e 2 propensity 3 ecologist 4 palatial 5 blackball | |
| 95 | informal discussion; conversation |
1 colloquy 2 agog 3 overhaul 4 abbreviate 5 hygiene | |
| 96 | intellectuals; members of the educated elite (often used derogatorily) |
1 cumulative 2 festoon 3 intelligentsia 4 gape 5 consanguineous(consanguine) | |
| 97 | imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon |
1 agglomeration 2 calipers 3 Shangri-la 4 dramatize 5 tong | |
| 98 | suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food |
1 dyspeptic 2 chicanery 3 bland 4 expostulation 5 haughtiness | |
| 99 | slow; sluggish; N: one who lags; straggler |
1 apotheosis 2 laggard 3 malapropism 4 heed 5 graphite | |
| 100 | agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly |
1 disdain 2 sway 3 sequel 4 amiable 5 noisome |