Vocabulary Practice Tests

Front 1

Vociferously

Back 1

In a loud, forceful manner

Front 2

Reticent

Back 2

Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings readily

Front 3

Sanguine

Back 3

Optimistic or positive

Front 4

Trite

Back 4

Overused; lacking originality

Front 5

What language is not a major source of english vocabulary?

Back 5

Chinese

Front 6

Transient

Back 6

Lasting for only a short time

Front 7

Most of English's technical vocabulary comes from which language?

Back 7

Greek

Front 8

Auspicious

Back 8

Conducive to success

Front 9

*Magnanimous

Back 9

Generous or forgiving

Front 10

Querulous

Back 10

Complaining in a whining manner

Front 11

Spurious

Back 11

False or fake

Front 12

Equivocally

Back 12

Open to more than one interpretation; questionable

Front 13

Fastidious

Back 13

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Front 14

Ephemeral

Back 14

Lasting a very short time

Front 15

*Innocuous

Back 15

Not harmful or offensive

Front 16

Pleonastic

Back 16

Use of more words than is necessary to convey meaning

Front 17

Palaverous

Back 17

Wordy

Front 18

Dirigible

Back 18

Capable of being steered or directed

Front 19

*Specious

Back 19

Superficially plausible but actually wrong; misleading in appearance

Front 20

Pococurante

Back 20

Indifferent; nonchalant

Front 21

Untenable

Back 21

Not able to be maintained or defended against attacked or objection

Front 22

Nuances

Back 22

Subtle difference

Front 23

Intricacies

Back 23

Complicated details

Front 24

Pertinent

Back 24

Relevant or applicable

Front 25

Demystify

Back 25

Make clear or easy to understand

Front 26

Pensive

Back 26

Engaged in deep or serious thoughg

Front 27

Contemptible

Back 27

Deserving contempt; despicable

Front 28

Trifling

Back 28

Unimportant or trivial

Front 29

*Truculent

Back 29

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant m

Front 30

Obstreperous

Back 30

Noisy and difficult to control

Front 31

*Ostentatious

Back 31

Pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice

Front 32

Odious

Back 32

Extremely unpleasant or repulsive

Front 33

Propounded

Back 33

Put forward for consideration by other

Front 34

Retrospectively

Back 34

With consideration of past events or situations

Front 35

Enamor

Back 35

Liking or admiration for

Front 36

Ineluctable

Back 36

Unable to be resisted or avoided

Front 37

Invidious

Back 37

Likely to arouse resentment

Front 38

Plangent

Back 38

Loud, reverberating

Front 39

Nugatory

Back 39

Useless

Front 40

Contentious

Back 40

Controversial

Front 41

Denouement

Back 41

Climax

Front 42

Cheloric

Back 42

Irritable

Front 43

Hubris

Back 43

Excessive pride or self confidence

Front 44

Perspicacity

Back 44

Quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness

Front 45

*Encomium

Back 45

Speech or writing that praises someone highly

Front 46

Obloquy

Back 46

Strong public criticism or verbal abuse

Front 47

Pastiche

Back 47

Artistic work that imitates other works

Front 48

*Panegryic

Back 48

Public speech in praise of someone or something

Front 49

Affable

Back 49

Friendly or good natured

Front 50

Inscrutable

Back 50

Impossible to understand or interpret

Front 51

*Tractable

Back 51

Easy to control or influence

Front 52

*Recalcitrant

Back 52

Having an obstinately uncoordinated attitude toward authority or discipline

Front 53

Omnipotent

Back 53

Having unlimited power; able to do anything

Front 54

*Insular

Back 54

Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures

Front 55

*Perfunctory

Back 55

Carried out with a minimum effort or reflection

Front 56

Vacillate

Back 56

Fluctuate

Front 57

Extol

Back 57

Praise enthusiastically

Front 58

Ingenuousness

Back 58

Innoncece

Front 59

Artifice

Back 59

Clever or cunning devices

Front 60

Discreet

Back 60

Careful in speech and action

Front 61

Garrulous

Back 61

Excessively talkative

Front 62

Imprudent

Back 62

Rash

Front 63

Pertinacity

Back 63

Persistence

Front 64

Circuitousness

Back 64

Evasive

Front 65

Divested

Back 65

Deprived

Front 66

Deferential

Back 66

Respectful

Front 67

Sycophantic

Back 67

Behaving in obedient ways

Front 68

Sardonic

Back 68

Cynical

Front 69

Promulgate

Back 69

Promote or make widely known

Front 70

Indignant

Back 70

Annoyed

Front 71

Forsake

Back 71

Abadon

Front 72

Self-effacement

Back 72

Modesty

Front 73

Prosaic

Back 73

Lacking poetic beauty

Front 74

Pedestrian

Back 74

Dull

Front 75

Iconoclasitc

Back 75

Attack on cherished beliefs

Front 76

Glean

Back 76

Gather bit by bit

Front 77

Arcane

Back 77

Understood by few; mysterious or secret

Front 78

Capricious

Back 78

Inconsistent

Front 79

Rocco

Back 79

Highly elaborate

Front 80

Lampoon

Back 80

Ridicule

Front 81

Perfunctory

Back 81

Superficial

Front 82

Cursory

Back 82

Superficial

Front 83

Germane

Back 83

Relevant

Front 84

Torpor

Back 84

Inactivity

Front 85

Celerity

Back 85

Speed

Front 86

Bellicose

Back 86

Hostility

Front 87

Fickle

Back 87

Changing frequently

Front 88

Credulous

Back 88

?

Front 89

Rapacious

Back 89

?

Front 90

Felicitous

Back 90

?

Front 91

Atomism

Back 91

Interpretable through analysis

Front 92

Elegiac

Back 92

?

Front 93

Didactic

Back 93

?

Front 94

Avarice

Back 94

?

Front 95

Craven

Back 95

?

Front 96

Laggard

Back 96

?

Front 97

Petulance

Back 97

?

Front 98

Credulity

Back 98

?

Front 99

Irasicbly

Back 99

?