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1
What is the meaning of species ? • A) very cold
• B) good judgment; keenness; wisdom
• C) to seize by authority
• D) not punctual
• E) a group with a common appearance
• Answer: E
2
What is the meaning of digress ?
• A) to attract; to lure
• B) to stray from the main subject
• C) substitute
• D) rude; arrogant
• E) disfigured
Answer: B
3
What is the meaning of fluffy ?
• A) damp; hot
• B) a course; a tendency
• C) respectable or suitable
• D) without organization; confusion
• E) soft; airy
Answer: E
4
What is the meaning of look up to ?
• A) to sell at a lesser price than a competitor
• B) to quarrel C) to respect
• D) a formal speech
• E) a group of people united in a scheme to promote their views by intrigue; a group of conspirators
Answer: C
5
What is the meaning of call on ?
• A) give something for temporary use with the promise of returning it
• B) ask
• C) without organization; confusion
• D) a period of ten years
• E) very sleepy
• Answer: B
6
What is the meaning of prevalent ?
• A) fertile place with water located in the desert
• B) to save
• C) a shallow place in a river which can be crossed by walking or driving
• D) to go before
• E) widespread
• Answer: E
•
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What is the meaning of ford ?
• A) a shallow place in a river which can be crossed by walking or driving
• B) an idle, lazy person
• C) hard feelings; resentment
• D) to imitate; to copy
• E) high praise; laudation
• Answer: A
8
What is the meaning of tack ?
• A) to fasten with a small nail
• B) to disturb
• C) endure or withstand pressure or use
• D) sluggish; apathetic
• E) inhabited in large numbers by something harmful
• Answer: A
9
What is the meaning of watch out for ? • A) kindly; friendly
• B) be cautious or alert
• C) expressed in a clear and precise manner
• D) a tentative theory
• E) fundamental rule or adherence to such rule
• Answer: B
10
What is the meaning of aversion ? • A) to love greatly
• B) eliminate, get rid of
• C) to honor someone by placing his or her name in the beginning of a literary book or an artistic performance
• D) intense dislike
• E) to examine closely
• Answer: D
•
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What is the meaning of sleazy ?
• A) to drive slowly
• B) to spur; to incite
• C) used in non-count nouns to indicate amount; bulk
• D) sheer; gauzy; cheap
• E) to reduce
• Answer: D
•
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What is the meaning of interval ?
• A) barely; scarcely
• B) stop
• C) the time between two events
• D) to chew
• E) very offensive; shocking
• Answer: C
13
What is the meaning of turn out ?
• A) not professional; untrained
• B) understood, but not specifically stated
• C) to thrust
• D) to manufacture
• E) to settle on friendly terms
• Answer: D
14
What is the meaning of aspire ?
• A) to overlook; to excuse • B) to extend from one side to another • C) to strive toward; to seek eagerly • D) damp; hot • E) depend on, rely on • Answer: C •
15
What is the meaning of wrath ?
• A) visit • B) the lowest point • C) a great anger • D) to compel by pressure or threat • E) act of paying attention to or being
paid attention • Answer: C
16
What is the meaning of lift ?
• A) properly; officially • B) firm; determined • C) a joint on which a door or gate is
attached • D) to raise • E) smaller at one end • Answer: D
17
What is the meaning of obsequious ?
• A) obedient; servile
• B) lively
• C) past tense of pass: to succeed
• D) the range or extent of something
• E) to begin
• Answer: A
18
What is the meaning of tug ?
• A) a favorable opinion; respect
• B) to pull something with effort
• C) an act requiring great strength or courage
• D) show differences
• E) an appeal
• Answer: B
•
19
What is the meaning of garrison ?
• A) abandon
• B) rather large amount or degree
• C) opinion given to someone, counseling
• D) a fortified place occupied by soldiers
• E) to acquire; to get
• Answer: D
20
• What is the meaning of vacant ?
• A) manage to survive
• B) insensitive; unfeeling
• C) become ill with
• D) to aid
• E) empty
• Answer: E
21
What is the meaning of wear out ? • A) the blank space bordering the written or printed
area of a page
• B) to make useless by wear; to consume
• C) typical of country life; simple
• D) used with the verb "be" to indicate existence
• E) not cautious; not careful
• Answer: B
•
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What is the meaning of preside over ?
• A) to have charge of
• B) investigate
• C) to shorten; to suspend
• D) aim of a gun or telescope
• E) an objective; an aim
• Answer: A
23
What is the meaning of protrude ?
• A) something not real that exists in one's imagination
• B) to respect
• C) to tear down completely
• D) to punish outward; to project
• E) to imitate; to copy
• Answer: D
•
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What is the meaning of astound ?
• A) to surprise greatly; to astonish
• B) to bring to court
• C) the blank space bordering the written or printed area of a page
• D) to depart from; to differ
• E) pertaining to industry
• Answer: A
25
What is the meaning of tutor ?
• A) sharp; bitter
• B) one who owns a shop
• C) to teach
• D) to repair
• E) to praise highly
• Answer: C
26
What is the meaning of luminous ?
• A) tending to escape notice
• B) sheer; gauzy; cheap
• C) noble; attractive
• D) worthy of praise
• E) bright
• Answer: E
27
What is the meaning of precaution ? • A) action taken to avoid future accident or
problem • B) to thrust • C) most important; final • D) to debilitate; to weaken • E) the upper edge of anything hollow • Answer: A
28
What is the meaning of scope ?
• A) careful; frugal
• B) kindness, mercy
• C) to start; to begin
• D) to raise the shoulders in a gesture of doubt or indifference
• E) the range or extent of something
• Answer: E
29
What is the meaning of heavy ?
• A) to favor one leg; to cripple
• B) to review
• C) a great amount
• D) required
• E) serene, without noise
• Answer: C
30
What is the meaning of haphazard ?
• A) one who owns a shop • B) easily reached • C) gullible • D) without a fixed or regular course;
indifferent; disorganized • E) to confuse • Answer: D
31
What is the meaning of peace ?
• A) an action that happened at an indefinite time before the present
• B) harmony or freedom from war
• C) care for
• D) free; unoccupied
• E) to grab abruptly and hastily
• Answer: B
32
What is the meaning of extempore ? • A) to decline; to refuse • B) to retard normal growth • C) without preparation; impromptu
• D) a small amount; something small • E) rob at gunpoint • Answer: C
33
What is the meaning of soar ?
A) a song to lull a baby to sleep
B) to take away C) to express sorrow
D) to fly high E) a downward slope; a
declivity Answer: D
34
What is the meaning of proximity ?
• A) peaceful; quiet • B) to spread; to distribute • C) nearness • D) to increase • E) to dissolve; to discontinue •
Answer: C
35
What is the meaning of brandish ?
• A) to shake or wave a weapon menacingly
• B) to discard • C) famous • D) discover • E) responsibility • Answer: A •
36
What is the meaning of emphasis ?
• A) to strive toward; to seek eagerly • B) special attention; importance • C) understood, but not specifically stated
• D) to stray from the main subject • E) discontent or resentful because of
another's possessions or qualities • Answer: B •
37
What is the meaning of make fun of ?
• A) to gibe; to joke • B) to fall in a rolling manner • C) to turn aside; to veer • D) excitable; touchy; easily affected
by outside influences • E) most important; final • Answer: A •
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What is the meaning of astray ? • A) away from the correct path or direction
• B) to raise • C) a practice that is traditionally followed by a
particular group of people • D) act of paying attention to or being paid
attention • E) to confuse • Answer: A •
39
What is the meaning of vicarious ?
• A) audition for a play • B) the main idea • C) a feeling of identification with
another; a substitute • D) to confuse • E) no longer useful; outdated • Answer: C •
40
What is the meaning of round up ?
• A) to leave out • B) finish • C) shows a relationship or selection
involving three or more entities • D) to sell at a lesser price than a
competitor • E) to capture • Answer: E •
41
What is the meaning of plea ?
• A) modest behavior; propriety • B) huge; heavy • C) visit • D) an appeal • E) an object used to sweep the floor
• Answer: D •
42
What is the meaning of primary ?
• A) to drink a little at a time • B) persuasive, graceful language • C) to discard • D) most important; final • E) fertile place with water located in
the desert • Answer: D •
43
What is the meaning of rustic ?
• A) if, indicates a choice • B) to attract; to lure • C) typical of country life; simple • D) to get in the way; to block • E) meager • Answer: C •
44
What is the meaning of shutter ?
• A) away from the correct path or direction
• B) a hinged cover attached to a window to keep out light and rain
• C) not clear; vague • D) receive something for temporary use with
the promise of returning it • E) careful; frugal • Answer: B •
45
What is the meaning of negligent ?
• A) to give evidence • B) great sorrow; pain • C) the joint between the foot and the
leg • D) extremely careless • E) dependable • Answer: D •
46
What is the meaning of aside ?
• A) to allow a liquid to run out of the container
• B) to one side • C) to meet someone and to speak first
• D) to produce a change in • E) a column • Answer: B •
47
What is the meaning of exorbitant ?
• A) a great amount • B) extravagant; excessive • C) about to occur; impending • D) to entertain; to amuse • E) ambition; desire; goal • Answer: B •
48
What is the meaning of frigid ?
• A) to use something in place of another; to replace
• B) faint • C) very cold • D) rob at gunpoint • E) a cover • Answer: C •
49
What is the meaning of imaginary ?
• A) to disturb • B) something not real that exists in
one's imagination • C) to look or behave like • D) change to watery or liquid state • E) about to occur; impending • Answer: B •
50
What is the meaning of feeble ?
• A) to be unable to find something • B) before in time, order or importance • C) show differences • D) a hinged cover attached to a window
to keep out light and rain • E) lacking strength, power • Answer: E •
51
What is the meaning of contaminated ?
• A) unwilling; hesitant • B) polluted • C) pliable • D) clearly; easily understood • E) nearness • Answer: B •
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What is the meaning of flatter ?
• A) carefree and gay; lighthearted • B) non-moveable, having a fixed
location • C) to praise too much • D) care for • E) rudely brief in speech or manner • Answer: C •
53
What is the meaning of random ?
• A) way in which something is used
• B) thoughtful; polite • C) to strive toward; to seek eagerly • D) chance • E) to continue • Answer: D •
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What is the meaning of prior ?
• A) no longer useful; outdated • B) extravagant; excessive • C) before in time, order or importance
• D) faint • E) draw out; evoke • Answer: C •
55
What is the meaning of bump ?
• A) production; yield • B) next to; adjacent • C) talkative • D) rich • E) a light blow; a jolt • Answer: E •
56
What is the meaning of cataclysm ?
• A) indicates a series of separate events
• B) irritable • C) to read quickly and superficially • D) a large number of moving insects • E) a great flood; a terrible event • Answer: E •
57
What is the meaning of falter ?
• A) to manufacture • B) give something for temporary use with
the promise of returning it • C) downward motion • D) to warn about; to advise against doing
something • E) to move hesitatingly; unsteadily • Answer: E •
58
What is the meaning of warily ?
• A) cautiously • B) a group of singers or actors • C) to capture • D) to name; to specify • E) to contaminate; to dirty • Answer: A •
59
What is the meaning of oration ?
• A) to eat an excessive amount • B) a formal speech • C) to cleanse • D) fearless • E) to dip into a spoon or a cupped
hand • Answer: B •
60
What is the meaning of glitter ?
• A) one who owes • B) to shine with a sparkling light • C) to praise too much • D) extremely careless • E) without a fixed or regular course;
indifferent; disorganized • Answer: B
61
What is the meaning of inspiration ?
• A) a collection of many different things
• B) stimulation to learn or discover • C) to begin • D) full of danger • E) the floor of a ship • Answer: B
62
What is the meaning of accurate ?
• A) to be cruel to weaker people or animals
• B) correct • C) completely • D) also • E) to repair • Answer: B •
63
What is the meaning of inseparable ?
• A) not able to be separated • B) to affirm an opinion • C) abandon • D) used with the verb "be" to indicate
existence • E) to go in the opposite direction; to turn
around • Answer: A
64
What is the meaning of plausible ?
• A) to speak indistinctly
• B) believable, but doubtful
• C) be cautious or alert
• D) to reduce
• E) repetition of an action, one more time
• Answer: B
•
65
What is the meaning of foolish ?
• A) oxidized
• B) cold and bare; cheerless
• C) to thrust
• D) silly
• E) cause physical or mental pain
• Answer: D
66
What is the meaning of boulder ? • A) inclined to tolerate others; having a fair attitude
toward those who hold different views • B) interested; engrossed • C) to review • D) lack of confidence in oneself • E) a large rock • Answer: E •
67
What is the meaning of relapse ?
• A) a sharp, acrid taste
• B) to come before
• C) an act requiring great strength or courage
• D) the return of an illness
• E) to tolerate
• Answer: D
•
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What is the meaning of escort ?
• A) to make worse
• B) to come before
• C) leave
• D) to accompany
• E) manage to communicate
• Answer: D
•
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What is the meaning of blizzard ?
• A) not punctual
• B) a female horse
• C) a severe snowstorm
• D) having varied uses; flexible
• E) weak
• Answer: C
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What is the meaning of industrial ?
• A) to grab abruptly and hastily
• B) winding; curving
• C) a hinged cover attached to a window to keep out light and rain
• D) in a planned way
• E) pertaining to industry
• Answer: E
•
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What is the meaning of taciturn ?
• A) a crease
• B) lineage
• C) to applaud
• D) to make greater, better
• E) unspoken; silent
• Answer: E
72
What is the meaning of example ?
• A) land covered with a growth of trees and vegetation
• B) part of a whole
• C) anything used to prove a point
• D) the length of time from beginning to end
• E) to break into many pieces
• Answer: C
73
What is the meaning of foresee ?
• A) stop, cease
• B) lacking strength, power
• C) to confuse
• D) to anticipate
• E) faint
• Answer: D
•
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What is the meaning of scandal ? • A) a trick; a joke
• B) to complain
• C) last of two things mentioned
• D) a rumor as a result of disgraceful actions
• E) before in time, order or importance
• Answer: D
•
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What is the meaning of infested ?
• A) investigate
• B) careful; frugal
• C) inhabited in large numbers by something harmful
• D) to be fooled
• E) stolen goods; plunder
• Answer: C
•
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What is the meaning of cider ?
• A) a small, remaining sign; a trace
• B) continue an action after a rest period or interruption
• C) a quick, sharp reply
• D) intense dislike
• E) juice from apples
• Answer: E
•
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What is the meaning of dangle ? • A) having the same relationship one to the
other; shared • B) give something for temporary use with the
promise of returning it • C) of lesser importance; secondary • D) to hang loosely; to swing • E) to overlook; to excuse • Answer: D •
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What is the meaning of ominous ?
• A) a treaty; an agreement
• B) to spread; to distribute
• C) threatening
• D) nearness
• E) the lowest point
• Answer: C
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What is the meaning of impromptu ?
• A) to criticize
• B) to express disapproval
• C) one who always takes a gloomy view of things
• D) constantly
• E) without preparation; unrehearsed; extempore
• Answer: E
•
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What is the meaning of coerce ?
• A) a quick, sharp reply
• B) thoughtful; polite
• C) to compel by pressure or threat
• D) excessively
• E) not favoring one more than the other; just
• Answer: C
•
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What is the meaning of explicit ? • A) the upper edge of anything hollow • B) expressed in a clear and precise manner • C) prepared to do something • D) physical state of solitude; unaccompanied • E) a group with a common appearance • Answer: B •
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What is the meaning of chilly ?
• A) cool
• B) doubtful; uncertain
• C) stubborn; unyielding
• D) to refuse to notice or recognize; to discard
• E) downward motion
• Answer: A
•
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What is the meaning of equitably ?
• A) a sick person
• B) fairly; justly
• C) confused; disorganized; littered
• D) to chew
• E) disfigured
• Answer: B
•
84
What is the meaning of respond ?
• A) to cause; to incite
• B) self-restraint
• C) to slice meat
• D) to hate
• E) to answer
• Answer: E
•
85
What is the meaning of meteor ? • A) a celestial body smaller than one mile in
diameter
• B) to give evidence
• C) discover
• D) a feeling of identification with another; a substitute
• E) usual; ordinary
• Answer: A
•
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What is the meaning of reluctant ? • A) to become wider; larger • B) unwilling; hesitant • C) possessing a great deal of mental ability
• D) in opposition of someone or something • E) winding; curving • Answer: B •
87
What is the meaning of quite ?
• A) next to; adjacent
• B) to make very wet
• C) physical state of solitude; unaccompanied
• D) somewhat or rather
• E) time before the present
• Answer: D
•
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What is the meaning of vulnerable ?
• A) completely
• B) weak
• C) barely; scarcely
• D) to send
• E) to save
• Answer: B
•
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• What is the meaning of expire ?
• A) to check; to limit
• B) to criticize
• C) doubtful; uncertain
• D) to reduce
• E) to cease to be effective, to terminate
• Answer: E
90
What is the meaning of expire ?
A) to check; to limit
B) to criticize C) doubtful; uncertain
D) to reduce
E) to cease to be effective, to terminate
Answer: E
91
What is the meaning of wither ? • A) to blame
• B) to lose freshness; to dry up; to fade
• C) to drive slowly
• D) to put several things on top of each other
• E) special writing paper
• Answer: B
92
What is the meaning of greedy ? • A) rather large amount or degree • B) a feeling of identification with another; a
substitute • C) careful; honest • D) next to; adjoining • E) excessively desirous of acquiring
possessions; avaricious • Answer: E
93
What is the meaning of proceed ? • A) continue an action after a rest period or
interruption
• B) to have a similar appearance
• C) to make larger, more powerful
• D) similar; related
• E) hard to believe
• Answer: A
•
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What is the meaning of come along with ?
• A) stop
• B) accompany
• C) obedient; servile
• D) fairly; justly
• E) eliminate, get rid of
• Answer: B
•
95
What is the meaning of confine ?
• A) excessively
• B) to limit
• C) danger
• D) suitable
• E) to get well
• Answer: B
•
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What is the meaning of check out ?
• A) to escape swiftly
• B) be cautious or alert
• C) investigate
• D) unwilling; hesitant
• E) to reduce
• Answer: C
•
97
What is the meaning of cryptic ? • A) secret; hidden
• B) to make an idea understood
• C) act of paying attention to or being paid attention
• D) diplomacy
• E) past tense of pass: to elapse
• Answer: A
•
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What is the meaning of past ? • A) time before the present • B) with little care • C) a large, imposing house; a residence • D) shows a relationship or selection
involving only two entities • E) to thrust • Answer: A
99
What is the meaning of helpless ?
• A) to be satisfied • B) a great flood; a terrible event • C) a period of ten years • D) approximately • E) unable to remedy(an animate thing is
helpless) • Answer: E •