Final Review Test

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Below are 150 of the words that you have been studying, each followed by four possible definitions. Select the best answer from among the choices given.

To attain a mark of 60%, you would have to get 90 correct answers; 105 correct answers are worth a mark of 70%, 120 for 80%, 135 for 90%.

implore
- (a) reject
- (b) beg for assistance
- (c) summon
- (d) scold
voracious
- (a) greedy
- (b) vicious
- (c) dull
- (d) careless
badger
- (a) to pester
- (b) to cheat
- (c) remind
- (d) to insult
laconic
- (a) tense
- (b) bashful
- (c) troublesome
- (d) brief in expression
plethora
- (a) overabundance
- (b) helpless fit
- (c) a weakness
- (d) angry reaction
cajole
- (a) force
- (b) demand
- (c) coax
- (d) promise
inadvertent
- (a) unappetizing
- (b) unintentional
- (c) unaware
- (d) unknown
mundane
- (a) forgetful
- (b) friendly
- (c) doubtful
- (d) worldly
jostle
- (a) joke with
- (b) interrupt
- (c) to push
- (d) leap quickly
brash
- (a) impudent
- (b) stubborn
- (c) angry
- (d) upset
sordid
- (a) varied
- (b) guilty
- (c) unable to speak
- (d) dirty
solace
- (a) pity
- (b) comfort
- (c) forgetfulness
- (d) great happiness
acrimonious
- (a) bitter
- (b) brilliant
- (c) tender
- (d) out of tune
egregious
- (a) important
- (b) infected
- (c) remarkably bad
- (d) swollen
paucity
- (a) overweight
- (b) deafness
- (c) shortage
- (d) doubt
eschew
- (a) keep away from
- (b) sneeze repeatedly
- (c) invite
- (d) deny
voluble
- (a) priceless
- (b) talkative
- (c) sinful
- (d) whining
perfunctory
- (a) careless
- (b) hopeful
- (c) without end
- (d) evil
chagrin
- (a) loneliness
- (b) dismay
- (c) opportunity
- (d) suspicion
exacerbate
- (a) present arguments
- (b) plead with
- (c) question closely
- (d) irritate
indigent
- (a) unreasonable
- (b) watchful
- (c) angry
- (d) poor
stymie
- (a) hinder
- (b) invent
- (c) confiscate
- (d) cancel
fretful
- (a) lacking ambition
- (b) dark
- (c) worrisome
- (d) mischievous
harbinger
- (a) smooth-talker
- (b) leader
- (c) forerunner
- (d) bit of advice
sanctuary
- (a) cemetery
- (b) agreement
- (c) place of protection
- (d) approval
astute
- (a) keen
- (b) reliable
- (c) cheap
- (d) able
blatant
- (a) boastful
- (b) disagreeably loud
- (c) blossoming
- (d) rigid
nefarious
- (a) hungry
- (b) watchful
- (c) footsore
- (d) villainous
virulent
- (a) harmful
- (b) sloppy
- (c) sickly
- (d) revolutionary
histrionics
- (a) unreasonable acts
- (b) nervousness
- (c) display of emotions
- (d) studies of the past
salient
- (a) traveling
- (b) resentful
- (c) sober
- (d) outstanding
wan
- (a) pale
- (b) sleepy
- (c) jealous
- (d) unlucky
corroborate
- (a) represent
- (b) confirm
- (c) search
- (d) produce
lurid
- (a) outraged
- (b) sensational
- (c) capable
- (d) guilty
sanguine
- (a) hopeful
- (b) objectionable
- (c) rugged
- (d) hard to discover
sporadic
- (a) occasional
- (b) special
- (c) to the point
- (d) blotchy
anathema
- (a) treatment
- (b) violence
- (c) apparatus
- (d) a curse
fortuitous
- (a) lucky
- (b) significant
- (c) accidental
- (d) huge
archaic
- (a) rival
- (b) out of date
- (c) healthful
- (d) comical
timorous
- (a) courageous
- (b) ambitious
- (c) fearful
- (d) tense
eventuate
- (a) to result finally
- (b) pay your respects
- (c) borrow
- (d) interrupt
inchoate
- (a) vague
- (b) in an early stage
- (c) uneasy
- (d) ingenious
propitious
- (a) suspicious
- (b) hasty
- (c) frank
- (d) favorable
viable
- (a) workable
- (b) sensitive
- (c) tasty
- (d) quiet
incisive
- (a) acute
- (b) sluggish
- (c) massive
- (d) jittery
inveigh
- (a) compose
- (b) react to
- (c) attack verbally
- (d) penetrate
sinecure
- (a) urgent message
- (b) silly response
- (c) big responsibility
- (d) soft job
nettle
- (a) mix
- (b) suggest
- (c) irritate
- (d) suspend
abrogate
- (a) publish
- (b) portray
- (c) permit
- (d) cancel
extrinsic
- (a) loaded
- (b) containing wisdom
- (c) coming from outside
- (d) uncertain
asperity
- (a) artful handling
- (b) bitterness of temper
- (c) foolishness
- (d) concern
altruistic
- (a) unselfish
- (b) troublesome
- (c) dangerous
- (d) dignified
sedentary
- (a) hypnotic
- (b) largely inactive
- (c) scornful
- (d) musical
progeny
- (a) vigor
- (b) descendants
- (c) minority opinion
- (d) disease
cupidity
- (a) affection
- (b) fate
- (c) greed
- (d) harmony
impeccable
- (a) faultless
- (b) bold
- (c) open to criticism
- (d) slow to respond
perpetrate
- (a) plant
- (b) consume in haste
- (c) slice
- (d) commit
assiduous
- (a) sly
- (b) thrifty
- (c) busy
- (d) educated
abortive
- (a) failing
- (b) outside the law
- (c) drowsy
- (d) unprepared
tortuous
- (a) spiteful
- (b) inflicting pain
- (c) frank
- (d) winding
peregrination
- (a) form of address
- (b) travel
- (c) insistence
- (d) hospitality
myriad
- (a) geometric figure
- (b) voter’s choice
- (c) countless number
- (d) minority decision
fiat
- (a) police squad
- (b) official order
- (c) carriage
- (d) council
mendacious
- (a) lying
- (b) abusive
- (c) healing
- (d) merciful
profligate
- (a) soothing
- (b) obvious
- (c) distinct
- (d) wasteful
disparate
- (a) different
- (b) critical
- (c) religious
- (d) uneven
lugubrious
- (a) well-oiled
- (b) warlike
- (c) very sad
- (d) beyond dispute
puissant
- (a) ordinary
- (b) studious
- (c) powerful
- (d) dictatorial
desultory
- (a) disconnected
- (b) incomplete
- (c) polished
- (d) dry
fulsome
- (a) gratified
- (b) superior
- (c) sensitive
- (d) excessive
chimerical
- (a) accurate
- (b) imaginary
- (c) regional
- (d) rigid
recondite
- (a) observant
- (b) sincere
- (c) secret
- (d) willing to bargain
gamut
- (a) range
- (b) sleeve
- (c) intestine
- (d) bridge
irascible
- (a) conceited
- (b) patriotic
- (c) bumbling
- (d) irritable
perspicacious
- (a) vicious
- (b) shrewd
- (c) sweaty
- (d) light on one’s feet
taint
- (a) weaken
- (b) widen
- (c) contaminate
- (d) cause
aegis
- (a) fear
- (b) hope
- (c) kinship
- (d) protection
evince
- (a) prove
- (b) throw away
- (c) exhibit
- (d) wonder
termagant
- (a) shrew
- (b) insect
- (c) ruler
- (d) coward
mien
- (a) appearance
- (b) hostile
- (c) cheerful
- (d) important
elucidate
- (a) hide
- (b) make clear
- (c) paint
- (d) sharpen
germane
- (a) sickly
- (b) foreign
- (c) charming
- (d) appropriate
mollify
- (a) turn against
- (b) appease
- (c) hope for
- (d) shorten
indolent
- (a) lazy
- (b) badly behaved
- (c) owing money
- (d) timely
impromptu
- (a) dangerous
- (b) not understood
- (c) wisely planned
- (d) spur of the moment
umbrage
- (a) dark color
- (b) offense
- (c) waste
- (d) generosity
artifice
- (a) trickery
- (b) historic finding
- (c) newness
- (d) gradual change
vacillate
- (a) follow closely
- (b) fluctuate
- (c) aggravate
- (d) dominate
vestige
- (a) trace
- (b) cloak
- (c) entrance
- (d) hope
adamant
- (a) ambitious
- (b) timely
- (c) wasteful
- (d) inflexible
nepotism
- (a) without religion
- (b) favoritism
- (c) patriotism
- (d) deception
reticent
- (a) reserved
- (b) in pain
- (c) cooperative
- (d) without example
tyro
- (a) ruler
- (b) beginner
- (c) fire-setter
- (d) warmer
staunch
- (a) evil smelling
- (b) tight fitting
- (c) whiten
- (d) strong
equanimity
- (a) sharing
- (b) self-control
- (c) hostility
- (d) lively
taut
- (a) tense
- (b) make fun of
- (c) pale
- (d) gradual
mortify
- (a) calm down
- (b) embarrass
- (c) strengthen
- (d) pretend
vapid
- (a) wet
- (b) quick
- (c) remarkable
- (d) foolish
covet
- (a) disguise
- (b) wish for
- (c) bury
- (d) change
condone
- (a) repeat
- (b) punish
- (c) forbid
- (d) pardon
fatuous
- (a) heavy
- (b) interesting
- (c) silly
- (d) important
imbibe
- (a) drink
- (b) enter
- (c) clear away
- (d) change
ennui
- (a) fashionable
- (b) boredom
- (c) together
- (d) hopeless
salubrious
- (a) sad
- (b) dangerous
- (c) painful
- (d) healthful
carnage
- (a) slaughter
- (b) carrying away
- (c) marriage
- (d) anger
aloof
- (a) painful
- (b) reserved
- (c) interested
- (d) dishonest
vertigo
- (a) dizziness
- (b) color blindness
- (c) ambition
- (d) extreme height
foment
- (a) become alcoholic
- (b) investigate
- (c) stir up
- (d) calm down
inveterate
- (a) anxious
- (b) unknown
- (c) questionable
- (d) habitual
refute
- (a) fame
- (b) waste
- (c) disobey
- (d) disprove
celerity
- (a) stardom
- (b) speed
- (c) clearness
- (d) sourness
heinous
- (a) interference
- (b) talkative
- (c) evilly wicked
- (d) powerful
quandary
- (a) dilemma
- (b) quiet place
- (c) hopeful sign
- (d) crowd
efficacy
- (a) cheapness
- (b) ease
- (c) mystery
- (d) effectiveness
austere
- (a) wild
- (b) feverish
- (c) unadorned
- (d) wishful
moribund
- (a) marvelous
- (b) ambitious
- (c) gradual
- (d) dying
noisome
- (a) unwholesome
- (b) challenging
- (c) loud
- (d) newly arrived
spate
- (a) rush
- (b) excess
- (c) insult
- (d) shortage
nadir
- (a) climax
- (b) secret place
- (c) lowest point
- (d) happiest moment
halcyon
- (a) peaceful
- (b) ancient
- (c) innermost
- (d) careful
pragmatic
- (a) repeating
- (b) fat
- (c) practical
- (d) imaginative
atrophy
- (a) prize
- (b) begin again
- (c) change direction
- (d) waste away
discreet
- (a) patient
- (b) colorful
- (c) cautious
- (d) generous
callow
- (a) cowardly
- (b) unfeeling
- (c) inexperienced
- (d) private
ruminate
- (a) reflect upon
- (b) move away
- (c) reclassify
- (d) start anew
congenial
- (a) clever
- (b) agreeable
- (c) masterful
- (d) selective
decorum
- (a) behavior
- (b) attractiveness
- (c) liveliness
- (d) meeting place
banal
- (a) not allowed
- (b) nearly finished
- (c) trivial
- (d) highly respected
encomium
- (a) highest prize
- (b) secret plan
- (c) new idea
- (d) high praise
avarice
- (a) clear path
- (b) wealth
- (c) greed
- (d) positive statement
malign
- (a) slander
- (b) exterminate
- (c) join with
- (d) dismiss
venial
- (a) hopeless
- (b) unseen
- (c) pardonable
- (d) deadly
dulcet
- (a) hard to hear
- (b) sweet to the ear
- (c) soft to the touch
- (d) easy to see
entreaty
- (a) plea
- (b) agreement
- (c) capture
- (d) sudden end
pensive
- (a) limited
- (b) thoughtful
- (c) aged
- (d) retired
bizarre
- (a) busy
- (b) in a hurry
- (c) timely
- (d) fantastic
requisite
- (a) forgotten thought
- (b) requirement
- (c) added problem
- (d) lovely object
livid
- (a) disappointed
- (b) enraged
- (c) bored
- (d) pale
pique
- (a) resentment
- (b) condition
- (c) hidden from light
- (d) wishful thinking
galvanize
- (a) prepare to eat
- (b) arouse to activity
- (c) store away
- (d) experiment
extol
- (a) explain
- (b) apologize for
- (c) praise highly
- (d) describe honestly
allude
- (a) avoid
- (b) cover up
- (c) yearn for
- (d) suggest
slovenly
- (a) slowly
- (b) wisely
- (c) dangerously
- (d) carelessly
prerogative
- (a) ask again
- (b) exclusive right
- (c) divided power
- (d) first born
raiment
- (a) clothing
- (b) arrest
- (c) left over
- (d) bright color
abhor
- (a) yearn for
- (b) hate
- (c) distrust
- (d) join together
jocose
- (a) dizzy
- (b) merry
- (c) sticky
- (d) talkative
mentor
- (a) coach
- (b) enemy
- (c) stranger
- (d) writer
hirsute
- (a) overly dressed
- (b) out-of-date
- (c) hairy
- (d) bald
excoriate
- (a) complete
- (b) win easily
- (c) criticize severely
- (d) clean thoroughly

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