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PART IA PRACTICE TESTS

PROOFREADING

2014-2015 Edition

INSTRUCTIONS

In each of the sets of five words on each test, one word is incorrect; the error

may be in capitalization, accent marks, apostrophes, hyphens, or spelling. Do

not correct a word which has an alternate spelling if the word on the test is a

correct form. Write the incorrect word correctly on the blank line.

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PART IA PREVIEW 1

aeroallergen

agave, Agave

Anglicanism

apivorous

artificer

batrachian

beriberi

bodacious, bowdacious

bouzouki

breach

Cahuilla

catharsis

cloudberry

cogitable

consumptive

Cossack

cupriferous

dereliction

diapason

discriminatory

disputation

diverge

dogmatism

edacious

eonian, aeonian

extraterritoriality

fait accompli (singular)

Fräulein, fräulein

geodesy

gurgitation

hot-dogging

iconic

impugnable

inadvertence

inter vivos

interdisciplinary

Jamaica

Jeffersonian

koto

landgrave

Lhasa apso

mattock

Miocene

miscible

neurotoxin

nonsectarian

officiant

oligarchy

omnifarious

Pakistan

parosmia

participatory

perambulation

persona grata

photoreconnaissance

prolific

Quechumaran

quiche Lorraine

Rubenesque

salvia, Salvia

scorched-earth policy

scrofulous

Shasta daisy

sleuth

slumgullion

squamous

strabotomy

subsistence

tepid

torchon lace

Toscanini

traitorous

veranda, verandah

widow's mite

wintriness

PART IA PREVIEW 2

adscititious

Aeolian harp

anti-Semitism

Appalachia

approbatory

arriviste

arthropod

astringency

bamboozle

bandoneon

bludgeon

brigand

catalpa, Catalpa

class action (noun)

climatology

Corona Australis

covenantor

credibility gap

cum laude

cumulative

dapple-gray

démodé

denarius

disconsolate

dragoman

ensiform

expandable

extraordinary

gazebo

gill-netter

godforsaken, Godforsaken

gullibility

gumption

halobiont

hypocoristic

immunodeficiency

interfluvial

licensable

lissomely

locus classicus

malefaction

Marxism

meritorious

mete

microseism

misusage

mullion

mussel

non obstante

palapa

phyllotaxy

piecemeal

platypus

precursor

progeria

psychosocial

purdah

qiviut

quotidian

redoubtable

remanded

salient

shepherd's pie

substantive

superable

surplice

Taino

tenterhook

Tiahuanaco

tintinnabulation

transmissible

ufology

unchallengeable

videography

voyageur

PART IA PREVIEW 3

acknowledgeable

Amerasian

anaerobe

apotheosis

asbestosis

astutely

backwardness

barrister

beatitude, Beatitude

bioluminescence

bivouacked

bossa nova

cardiomegaly

chop suey

concomitance

congenital

court-martial

curvaceous

Dardanelles

delegitimize

depository

desensitize

disciplinarian

disconcert

dissidence

emulation

eviscerate

flamenco

forceps

Gilgamesh

gynarchy

hamadryas

heteronym

holographical

homoecious

incinerator

insolence

intraocular

jicama

justiciable

kerseymere

marrons glacés

mezza voce

misconstrue

napery

neoliberalism

nephropathy

obversion

ontogeny

Ottoman Empire

pampero

partisanship

paternalism

pedodontics

profiteer

Pyrex (trademark)

quid pro quo

reputable

rigidity

roguish

scaffolding

scurrilous

sequester

siderosis

snorkeling

sombreros

spatial, spacial

tenderizer

tomalley

tranquilness

undulation

vacillatory

varicella-zoster virus

wunderkinder

Zouave

PART IA PREVIEW 4

accusatorial

acrodont

aiguille

Aleutian

Ankara

archaic smile

baize

bibelot

boisterousness

Botswana

Brussels sprouts

caftan, kaftan

chlorination

chronometer

Coma Berenices

committal

contiguity

criminality

deliquesce

diluvial

disembogue

dissimulate

druid, Druid

econometrics

evangelist, Evangelist

exacerbation

Faustian

fescue

frutescent

grazioso

hirsute

homopterous

housemaid's knee

huipil

inexorable

insessorial

Johnny-jump-up

juvenescence

kinematics

latissimus dorsi

macula lutea

Madagascar

munificence

negritude, Negritude

nescience

nevus

Newtonian

orthopsychiatry

otosclerosis

pasticcio

pavane, pavan

penitential

petite bourgeoisie

polysyllabic

poniard

regicide

reverberant

romaine

rufous

ruminate

sempiternal

sequacious

sojourned

sophomoric

spinose

stringent

synopsis

systematize

unaccounted-for

unprecedented

Vedic

verbosity

vermicide

zabaglione

Zoroastrianism

PART IA PREVIEW 5

aggrieved

antennule

archetypal

argillaceous

babirusa, babirussa, babiroussa

Bella Coola

bioclimatology

blunderbuss

breviary

Brulé

cachalot

café au lait

catacomb

cataplexy

coleoptile

convivial

crocodilian

cryotherapy

defrayal

développé

disciform

discountenance

dorsolateral

drosophila, Drosophila

echolalia

ecliptic

engagé

entomology

fantoccini

Gallicize

Greco-Roman

griseous

in posse

indomitable

inhalation

isinglass

jacal

Jolly Roger

lagoon

lip-synch, lip-sync

machete

malcontent

maximalist

meretricious

monothematic

mortadella

ombudsman

ornithologist

osteoporosis

paraprofessional

parathyroidectomy

pastille

permeate

Pidgin English, pidgin English

poliovirus

precipitin

pronominal

proxies

reconnaissance, reconnoissance

scriptorium

self-opinionated

separatist

skepticism, scepticism

Skye terrier

solicitous

Stockholm syndrome

sumptuary

sympathetic

tahini

terrarium

thoracic

turreted

winnable

Yucatec

zincography

PART IA PREVIEW 6

accessible

acupuncture

afebrile

ancillary

antenatal

aquaculture

auf Wiedersehen

avocation

bibliofilm

Brasília

Camembert

campanology

chenille

ciborium

Clydesdale

conscientious

convergent

cri de coeur

décolletage

defoliate (v.)

diminution

doggedly

elegiacal

elegist

euphony

exasperation

eye rhyme

forswear, foreswear

Galápagos Islands

go-getter

haute cuisine

hematoma

hierocracy

holystone

homograph

impolitic

indefatigable

installation

invective

isthmus

judgeship

lactobacillus, Lactobacillus

Latinize

mechanistic

nasopharynx

neoprene

nepotistic

off-Broadway

orchidaceous

ovenable

panic-stricken

parastatal

Patagonian

peridot

pestiferous

prophesy

ratsbane

resolutely

roan

Rolodex (trademark)

schismatic

seguidilla

serotonergic

Simon Legree

skijoring

Somalia

stertorous

stratospheric

triumvirate

unjustifiable

valorous

vasoconstrictor

weather-strip

yakitori

zwitterion

PART IA PREVIEW 7

affenpinscher

agoraphobia

Alençon

antechamber

apostasy

appeasement

apposite

arrearage

balbriggan (fabric)

Bosporus

broadband

catena

cecropia moth

coadjutor

colloquy

commensurable

contrition

courante

Coventry

craniosacral

crystallography

delphinium, Delphinium

dissenter, Dissenter

dragoon

enunciation

epithet

Fabergé

fathomless

ferine

fuscous

ghoulish

gleba

gloxinia

guerdon

hypergolic

imminence

incipient

irritability

Jakarta, Djakarta

knight-errant

kookaburra

kymograph

larvicide

leonine

liturgy, Liturgy

misprision

noctambulist

obsequiousness

open-ended

paramecium, Paramecium

parliamentary

pentarchy

per se

perfectible

Peruvian

philologist

piscivorous

quinquennial

sahib

Saiva

satinwood

scythe

situation ethics

sleight

spreadsheet

squalid

statute

stratocracy

subaqueous

supplication

tessera

transfix

via media

volant

wushu, wu shu

PART IA PREVIEW 8

abbacy

abscise

adhesiotomy

amicus curiae

Argonne

autobahn

basso profundo

beef Wellington

Bell's palsy

calcimine, kalsomine (noun)

cantankerous

causation

cerebral

chakra

chanticleer

ciré, cire

concretize

cryptically

deductibility

deregulation

destalinization

deviate

educible

eluvium

epidural

eponymous

escapement

espouse

exhilarant

floriferous

grosgrain

heinously

heuristic

hijiki

human-interest

hypnopompic

introspection

keratitis

kibitzer

Macedonia

macrography

Marengo

marriageable

mechanotherapy

melee

naprapathy

neat's-foot oil

Nicaragua

noctilucent

panacea

pedagogue

pelage

pluperfect

Polaroid (trademark)

polygamy

prevaricate

professoriate, professoriat

proprioception

proselyte

residuum

retroactive

Sabbatarian

Silicon Valley

spareribs

speleology

symbolic

sympathomimetic

Tehran, Teheran

telolecithal

testate

theanthropic

unforeseen

unmanageable

versification

vicarial

PART IA PREVIEW 9

agonistic

amateurish

amercement

anarthria

apophasis

barbette

Beijing

bellwether

breathtaking

burgage

cabal

Calabria

cassation

collation

concinnity

concordant

connectivity

couloir

denotation

détente

dhurrie

Doppler effect

dysphoria

eccentricity

editorialize

endive

fascination

fissionable

flauta

forebear, forbear

geriatrician

heptameter

Herculean, herculean

hornbill

ichnolite

improvisation

ipsissima verba

lickspittle

loups-garous

mammography

manioc

meteoric

minacity

mongooses

Mrs. Grundy

myrmecophile

nacreous cloud

neuroanatomy

nonnegotiable

ogress

papeterie

physiatry

predestination

prepossessing (adj.)

purview

quantitate

rapscallion

recreational vehicle

repartee

roseate

Salvadoran

sclerosis

sinfonia

suburbia

sutler

tangelo

tarmac

tobogganing

torrid

trigeminal neuralgia

ubiquity

unction

velocipede

vincible

wheelwright

PART IA PREVIEW 10

acetaminophen

acquisitive

adhesion

antibiotically

Assisi

athenaeum, atheneum

banderillero

beatific

behindhand

bullfinch

cadastre, cadaster

callowness

carpophagous

cartouche, cartouch

cavil

chocoholic

chromophil

circumfluent

copyrightable

cytolysis

decasyllabic

demurral

desalinize

desultorily

duopoly

eclecticism

effulgence

encyclopedist, Encyclopedist

endemic

epigraphy

eversion

ex libris

exemplification

gambusia, Gambusia

hackamore

harmonium

iamb

impressionistic

indifferentism

insularity

Kaposi's sarcoma

kinesics

leatherback

magistracy

mala fide

mandible

mendicancy

non sequitur

officinal

orgeat

overregulate

pavid

pentagon, Pentagon

phantasmic

porphyry

practicability

predisposition

protrusion

reaccreditation

repository

salivate

scirrhus

self-abnegation

serpentine

Sovietology

spiritualist

strudel

syzygy

tactician

tantamount

theorbo

underprivileged

Vietnamization

wheatworm

Yom Kippur

PART IA PREVIEW 11

absurdity

acarpous

accretionary

adagios

adulation

Airedale

antipathies

argumentative

bête noire

bona fide

bouquetier

brochette

carabao

careen

castigate

cayuse, Cayuse

charismatic

chemisette

chimerical

cinematheque

clemency

comatose

Coriolis force

cryptogenic

diffidence

disorientation

distrait

Dresden china

embryonic

encephalography

endogamy

epiphenomenon

ethos

euphemistic

eustachian tube, Eustachian tube

exculpatory

expeditious

featherweight

gasohol

Guatemalan

inter alios

interment

interrogate

keystone

lave

luminiferous

mantissa

millisecond

monody

moot court

moratorium

mouflon, moufflon

pachysandra, Pachysandra

Palestinian

palladium

pejoration

phalange

pokerfaced

Pre-Raphaelite, pre-Raphaelite

quadrennial

raptorial

Rawalpindi

recoupable

shallop

Shinto

shogunate

specificity

strongylosis

sycophancy

tawdry

torpid

triphibian

troubleshoot, trouble-shoot

truculence

tusche

PART IA PREVIEW 12

abasement

abrachia

affiliation

alienator

alveolus

ambiversion

annuitant

anorectic

antipsychotic

antiterrorist

attrition

ballonet

Bangladesh

Benedictine

Bhopal

cappuccino

chacma

chancellery, chancellory

coccygeal

compatible

conchiferous

conclave

contradistinction

contravene

corollary

Corregidor

declivitous

demagogic

diacritical

dilatory

embolectomy

erumpent

escutcheon

facileness

Fibonacci sequence

finagler

flambéed

fugacious

fungistat

gauntlet, gantlet

gefilte fish

harrumph

ineluctable

insomniac

integument

lantana, Lantana

Lucullan

Luiseño

mahjong, mahjongg

maturation

maximum-security

mendacity

orthogenesis

oubliette

pacemaker

perspicacious

plutocracy

pneumonic

postulate

promulgation

propagandize

protectionism

seminivorous

Serengeti Plain

Sexagesima

straighten

Svengali

sycamore

tachometer

teratogen

terrazzo

theater of the absurd

vindicatory

Yugoslavia

zucchetto

PART IA PREVIEW 13

a priori

abscond

anaclisis

aneurysm, aneurism

angularity

apperception

arachnophobia

ascertain

bacteriostasis

baedeker, Baedeker

bel canto

bioaccumulation

brainstorming

Bunyanesque

carabiniere (singular)

certiorari

characterization

clangorous

confrere

consistory

contemn

coyotillo

cribriform

cutaneous

delft, Delft

deliberative

deniability

deus ex machina

disapprobation

diverticulum

documentable

dysfunctional

empathize

equivocation

ethnicity

foramen ovale

fossiliferous

frenetic, phrenetic

globule

graminivorous

gynecology

I-beam

inurement

jeremiad

justifiable

kleptocracy

macaronic

majuscule

mariachi

marsupium

meritocracy

misapprehend

nonage

pancreatitis

participle

patois

pentagram

polarity

potlatch

proactive, pro-active

profligacy

psychiatrist

Quetta

salubrious

similitude

snapdragon

somnifacient

sporadic

Sydenham's chorea

tactfulness

telephotograph

tendinitis, tendonitis

throes

trafficking

vilification

PART IA PREVIEW 14

adjuration

admonitory

Amish

Angelus, angelus

anhydrous

aparejo

assonance

asthenopia

bichon frisé

caloreceptor

Calypsonian

canard

candor

cirque

condescend

consternation

contemporaneous

coryphée

dactylography

Daimler

dipetalous

ego-tripped

Egyptology

elitism, élitism

elucidate

exhortation

exigent

flummox

foundering

Freon (trademark)

genotype

hackneyed

haggadist

hemiplegia

Hippocrates

historicize

illiteracy

indiscretion

infringement

intervene

lithium

Llano Estacado

Methuselah

mobocracy

monogynous

myoma

necrophagous

nematode

nymph

Orion

oscitancy

palooka

pillory

plaintive

pyelography

raconteur

ratification

renege

reunify

reverential

sarcoma

self-effacing

senopia

sialadenitis

superfluity

surcease

toiletries

transom

triplicity

unconstitutional

unnoticeable

urticaria

vituperative

ytterbium

Zapotec

PART IA PREVIEW 15

aberration

ad hoc

allegretto

aloe vera, Aloe vera

ampersand

antidepressant

arable

aspartame

atlatl

Bonapartist

brachydactylic

chameleonic

Cimmerian

compilation

complicity

confederacy, Confederacy

cordovan (leather)

cribbage

cynicism, Cynicism

decelerate

escargot

exclamatory

fiddle-faddle

filched

fluorocarbon

garret

golgotha, Golgotha

gyrostabilizer

harquebus

hortatory

hydrocephalus (noun)

incriminate

incunabulum

irrevocable

kakapo

Kyoto

mammalogy

maracas

mephitical

moroccos

multifaceted

musicology

neuroleptic

nine-to-fiver

opulent

oratorio

pacifist

paralogism

Pavarotti

perfervid

predacious, predaceous

prescience

provenience

reconciliation

redress

reiterative

roulette

sachet

sedile

sedimentology

shanghaiing

singeing

sinusitis

sororal

steppe

Tallahatchie

Te Deum

thermanesthesia

turquoise

Ukraine

unaccredited

venography

vespiary

xylography

xylotomy

PART IA PREVIEW 16

allocution

ampullae

antiaircraft

aoudad

biflagellate

Burkitt's lymphoma

caliper, calliper

Calvinism

categorical

Celotex

complementary

Confiteor

copious

corroborate

diplopia

ebullition

efflux

egregiousness

entourage

epoch-making

fifth column

fluoroscope

galopade, gallopade

Gemara

Hodgkin's disease

Holy See

immitigable

immunity

impetus

intrepidity

ipso facto

Kremlin, kremlin

lepidopterist

lexicographer

Limoges

logorrhea

Menominee

mordacious

Munich

musquash

neoconservative

neonatologist

obsessiveness

obstruent

oculogyric

Pamplona

peregrinate

phlebotomy

phosphorescence

physiology

pleonasm

provenance

rebuses

refurbishment

relativity

rigatoni

riparian

saturniid

savanna, savannah, Savannah

schematize

siege

stalking-horse

subjacent

subsidy

succinctly

sushi

theorize

tumid

ultrasonography

unanalyzable

usurper

vacuum-packed

Voltaire

vox humana

wariness

PART IA PREVIEW 17

absenteeism

aide-mémoire

aluminiferous

anorak

antechoir

aposiopesis

archipelago

assemblage

caballero

Capricorn

chargeable

colophon (inscription)

compunctious

contraltos

contrivance

counterclaim

cross-cultural

cynosure

ecclesiology

embrocate

ethology

faultfinding

filibuster

fuliginous

gabion

gerontocracy

gressorial

habeas corpus

hustings

illuminant

importunate

in loco parentis

incalescent

inseparable

jitney

limpet

manic-depressive illness

Meistersinger

metatarsus

monandry

morello

nidification

obcordate

Olympian

omniscient, Omniscient

otolaryngology

par excellence

Passamaquoddy

phytology

premonitorily

prosecution

punctilios

Rambouillet

rancorous

recantation

saboteur

sargasso

sciolist

scotopia

scupper

sepulture

soigné, soignée

suede, suède

targetable

Thailand

tinnitus

treacly

tremulous

tunnel vision

vespertilionid

voilà

Weil's disease

Wiener schnitzel

woolgathering

zoophobia

PART IA PREVIEW 18

albinos

appliqué

arrhythmia

autocracy

Babylonian

banzai attack

bariatrician

boa constrictor

bureaucratese

canonicals

commemorate

craniectomy

culminate

defenestration

dehydrogenate

denigration

depilate

discrepancy

dysphonia

elusiveness

fecund

glossolalia

guerrilla, guerilla

Hellenize

hexamerous

hierophant

historiography

idioms

idyllic

impecuniosity

irrefragable

Japanization

lacuna

legendry

levity

malaise

microprocessor

modicum

Mogadishu

morgue

narcosynthesis

navicular

nemesis, Nemesis

novella

Nubian Desert

oceanography

paradigm

Parsons table

perissodactyl

pharmacologist

phlegm

preciosity

pyromania

ramification

receivership

resilient

résumé, resume, resumé

rhinology

sampan

saponaceous

scapula

slice of life (noun)

stigmatism

suable

submergible

tae kwon do

toponymy

treadmill

turgidity

universalistic

unlicensed

Uruguay

viola da braccio

visceral

wallaby

PART IA PREVIEW 19

accruement

anemophilous

anisette

apodal

ataractic

Augustinian

Belize

bestowal

builddown, build-down

bulimarexia

camellia, Camellia

cardiopathy

cerebrospinal

Chinook, chinook

consignee

contextualize

couchant

De Valera

decomposition

devaluation

dichotomous

drumlin

dudgeon

El Niño

en masse

Epstein-Barr virus

evacuee

forty-niner

fresco

happenstance

hebdomad

hemophobic

heterochromatic

homily

hypoallergenic

idiopathy

impetuous

inlying

litigant

macropterous

marbleize

metallographer

moneygrubber

myositis

nagana, n'gana

Nepalese

nom de plume

novercal

oculist

otitis

piolet

polyphony

presumptuous

pumpernickel

rappel

renunciation

reprehensible

robotize

Sakharov

sansevieria, Sansevieria

scapuloclavicular

septenarius

sinoatrial

supine

syndactyly

teeter-totter

tiara

trifecta

uncontaminated

undiscriminating

van Gogh

vicinage

virgule

wanderlust

zoolatry

PART IA PREVIEW 20

accolade

adversary, Adversary

affluence

algophobia

Astraea

aurochs

avocados

basilisk

bonbonnière

bounteousness

capacious

caramelize

cheval glass

climactic

coercive

compassionate

Daliesque

decorous

deferment

depravity

disquietude

distillation

embarkation

empirical

eupnea

expostulation

factotum

fete, fête

geopolitics

hallux

Heimlich maneuver

helot, Helot

hemeralopia

ill-conceived

immersion

incoherence

incorporeity

ingurgitate

initialize

labiovelar

lampion

linsey-woolsey

logogram

minibike

mydriatic

nuclearize

obiter dictum

ophthalmoscope

opportunistic

osteoclasis

ostracize

pergola

perorate

piccalilli

playwright

quantum leap

removable

Saqqara, Sakkara

sassafras, Sassafras

secretariat

sedentary

sensate

septectomy

stereoscopy

stoloniferous

suggestibility

survivalist

tortellini

uncompromisable

viscidity

voix céleste

wyvern, wivern

xerothermic

Zephyrus

zirconia

ASW ENTERPRISES, LLC - 2014-2015 PART IA - PRACTICE TEST 1

1. nonsectarian officiant iconic 1.__________________________________

salvia (plant) intervivos

2. disputation Miocene Quechumaran 2.__________________________________

Toscaninni batrachian

3. dereliction hotdogging veranda 3.__________________________________

neurotoxin Rubenesque

4. cloudberry airoallergin Jamaica 4.__________________________________

extraterritoriality sleuth

5. parosmia geodesy Cossack 5.__________________________________

apivorus slumgullion

6. Jeffersonean participatory dogmatism 6.__________________________________

breach miscible

7. traitorous Agave (genus) cogitable 7.__________________________________

quiche Lorain fait accompli (singular)

8. omnifarious inadvertance scrofulous 8.__________________________________

wintriness beriberi

9. diapaison prolific tepid 9.__________________________________

mattock edacious

10. Cahuilla subsistence Lhasa Apso 10._________________________________

photoreconnaissance discriminatory

11. bodacious widows' mite scorched-earth policy 11._________________________________

oligarchy impugnable

12. bouzooki diverge strabotomy 12._________________________________

landgrave persona grata

13. aeonian catharsis shasta daisy 13._________________________________

Pakistan interdisciplinary

14. gurgitation cupriferous artifficer 14._________________________________

squamous perambulation

15. koto Anglicanism consumptive 15._________________________________

torshon lace Fräulein (courtesy title)


1. qiviut microseism dragoman 1.__________________________________

briggand tenterhook

2. progeria Marxism halobiont 2.__________________________________

astringency dappel-grey

3. malefaction Taino precurser 3.__________________________________

Corona Australis anti-Semitism

4. gazeebo shepherd's pie interfluvial 4.__________________________________

palapa Appalachia

5. gill-netter covenantor remanded 5.__________________________________

unchallengable mussel

6. gullibility cum laude arriviste 6.__________________________________

ufology redoubtible

7. mullion denarius banndoneon 7.__________________________________

videography salient

8. non obstante hypocoristic credibillity-gap 8.__________________________________

approbatory godforsaken

9. surplice locus clasicus platypus 9.__________________________________

cumulative gumption

10. arthrapod transmissible quotidian 10._________________________________

misusage expandable

11. adscititious mete class action (noun) 11._________________________________

purdah tinntinabulation

12. catalpa (tree) ensiform meretorious 12._________________________________

psychosocial Tiahuanaco

13. climatology aeolian harp extraordinary 13._________________________________

lissomely superable

14. piecemeal bamboozle démodé 14._________________________________

phylotaxy substantive

15. liscensible bludgeon disconsolate 15._________________________________

immunodeficiency voyageur


1. obversion scaffolding marons glacès 1.__________________________________

barrister depository

2. profitier tenderizer eviscerate 2.__________________________________

chop suey acknowledgeable

3. reputable heteronnym undulation 3.__________________________________

napery bossa nova

4. dissidence Pyrex (trademark) tomalley 4.__________________________________

mezza voce Dardanels

5. hamadryas astutely justiciable 5.__________________________________

sombreroes paternalism

6. anaerobe congenital forceps 6.__________________________________

ontogeny incinerater

7. scurrilous wunderkinder bioluminesence 7.__________________________________

disciplinarian snorkeling

8. cardiomegally partisanship jicama 8.__________________________________

emulation insolence

9. Ottoman Empire Zouave concommitance 9.__________________________________

sequester Amerasian

10. flamenco missconstrue quid pro quo 10._________________________________

tranquilness bivouacked

11. disconcert neoliberalism holographicle 11._________________________________

vacillatory rigidity

12. delegitimise backwardness kerseymere 12._________________________________

spatial pedodontics

13. desensitize beatitude (happiness) roguish 13._________________________________

homoecious varisela-zoster virus

14. nephropathy Gilgamesh apotheosis 14._________________________________

court martial pampero

15. intra-oculer siderosis curvaceous 15._________________________________

asbestosis gynarchy


1. stringent deliquesse baize 1.__________________________________

latissimus dorsi petite bourgeoisie

2. johnny-jump-up sojourned pasticcio 2.__________________________________

econometrics caftan

3. juvenescence pavane sophamoric 3.__________________________________

frutescent contiguity

4. Ankara Madagaskar systematize 4.__________________________________

poniard diluvial

5. bibelot nevus verbosity 5.__________________________________

rufous housemaids knee

6. dissimulate munificence Botswanna 6.__________________________________

unaccounted-for regicide

7. aiguille Faustean Coma Berenices 7.__________________________________

penitential spinose

8. kinematics acrodont chronometer 8.__________________________________

exaserbation polysyllabic

9. macula lutea synopsis fescue 9.__________________________________

committal aleutian

10. reverberent Negritude unprecedented 10._________________________________

hirsute boisterousness

11. disembogue homopterous romain 11._________________________________

Vedic nescience

12. archaic smile grazioso criminality 12._________________________________

sequacious insesorial

13. otosclerosis Brussels sprouts Druid 13._________________________________

Zorroastrianism sempiternal

14. zabaglione ortho-psychiatry inexorable 14._________________________________

chlorination evangelist (missionary)

15. accusatorial Newtonian ruminate 15._________________________________

huipil vermiside


1. Brulé pidgin English lip synch 1.__________________________________

sumptuary drosophila (fruit fly)

2. blunderbuss discountenence thoracic 2.__________________________________

meretricious proxies

3. cachalot echolalia polio-virus 3.__________________________________

machete sympathetic

4. ecliptic café au lait malcontent 4.__________________________________

tahinni precipitin

5. babirusa defrayel Yucatec 5.__________________________________

ornithologist self-opinionated

6. indomitable fantoccini aggrieved 6.__________________________________

coleoptile Sky Terrier

7. in posse jacal disciform 7.__________________________________

bioclimatalogy parathyroidectomy

8. winnable scriptorium ombudsman 8.__________________________________

archetypal Grecko-roman

9. crocodillian pronominal maximalist 9.__________________________________

terrarium développé

10. Bella Coola solicitous pastille 10._________________________________

jolly roger catacomb

11. engagé osteoporosis inhalation 11._________________________________

zincography seperatist

12. entomology cataplexy mortadella 12._________________________________

reconnaisance turreted

13. cryotherapy griseous argillacious 13._________________________________

isinglass skepticism

14. dorsolateral purmeate breviary 14._________________________________

paraprofessional lagoon

15. convivial antennule Gallisize 15._________________________________

monothematic Stockholm syndrome


1. triumvirate ratsbane eye rhyme 1.__________________________________

afebrile Clydesdail

2. skiijoring isthmus parastatal 2.__________________________________

Brasília doggedly

3. holystone roan valorous 3.__________________________________

neopreen ciborium

4. acupuncture exasperation installation 4.__________________________________

ovenible serotonergic

5. zwitterion elegiacal vasoconstricter 5.__________________________________

Camembert homograph

6. nepotistic accessible euphony 6.__________________________________

chenille Rollodex (trademark)

7. stertorous peridot cri de ceour 7.__________________________________

aquaculture Lactobacillus (genus)

8. go-getter saguidilla orchidaceous 8.__________________________________

yakitori indefatigable

9. convergent antenatal Latinize 9.__________________________________

stratospheric Gallápagos Islands

10. resolutely pestiferus ancillary 10._________________________________

foreswear conscientious

11. hierocracy nasopharnyx unjustifiable 11._________________________________

elegist campanology

12. panicstricken Simon Legree invective 12._________________________________

avocation defoliate (v.)

13. hematoma Patagonian Somalia 13._________________________________

judgship décolletage

14. haute cuisine weather-strip off-Broadway 14._________________________________

schismatic auf Weidersehn

15. impolitik diminution bibliofilm 15._________________________________

prophesy mechanistic


1. tessera ferine Alencon 1.__________________________________

commensurable misprision

2. transfix quinnquenial guerdon 2.__________________________________

crystallography arrearage

3. satinwood imminence volant 3.__________________________________

obsequiousness appeasemant

4. gleba Coventry hypergolic 4.__________________________________

sahibb via media

5. noctambulist apostacy courante 5.__________________________________

ghoulish squalid

6. kookaburra per se agorophobia 6.__________________________________

fathomless colloquy

7. leonine philologist subaqueous 7.__________________________________

Fabérge coadjutor

8. affinpenscher knight-errant spreadsheet 8.__________________________________

pentarchy dissenter (one who doesn’t agree)

9. Bosporous parliamentary Djakarta 9.__________________________________

sleight fuscous

10. antechamber contrition perfectable 10._________________________________

kymograph statute

11. larvacide Peruvian stratocracy 11._________________________________

balbriggan (fabric) delphinium (plant)

12. craniosacral gloxinia apposite 12._________________________________

scythe inscipient

13. wu-shu open-ended cecropia moth 13._________________________________

epithet liturgy (traditional ceremony)

14. piscivorous supplication dragoon 14._________________________________

broadband Paramesium (genus)

15. irritability situation ethics ennunciation 15._________________________________

catena Saiva


1. noctilucent hypnopompic vicarial 1.__________________________________

educible calsomine (noun)

2. retroactive hijiki neats-foot oil 2.__________________________________

unmanageable cryptically

3. Argonne Macedonea grosgrain 3.__________________________________

symbolic Polaroid (trademark)

4. basso profundo deregulation macrography 4.__________________________________

simpathomimetic polygamy

5. abbacy escapement chakra 5.__________________________________

panacea Sillicon Valley

6. introspection destalinization beef wellington 6.__________________________________

speleology pelage

7. kibbitzer cantankerous eluvium 7.__________________________________

residuum heuristic

8. naprapathy unforseen ciré 8.__________________________________

adhesiotomy exhilarant

9. Teheran prevaricate Marengo 9.__________________________________

causation epidurel

10. spareribs pedagog keratitis 10._________________________________

cerebral eponymous

11. testate concretize amicus curiae 11._________________________________

proprioseption mechanotherapy

12. floriferous theanthropic proselite 12._________________________________

melee Bell's palsy

13. deviate marriageable professoriate 13._________________________________

tellolecithel heinously

14. autobahn deductibillity versification 14._________________________________

Nicaragua Sabbatarian

15. chanticlear human-interest espouse 15._________________________________

abscise pluperfect


1. loups-garous sutler amurcement 1.__________________________________

flauta concordant

2. Mrs. Grundy ubiquity denotation 2.__________________________________

recreationel-vehicle barbette

3. suburbia lickspittle physiatry 3.__________________________________

Baijing détente

4. mongooses rappscallion editorialize 4.__________________________________

Calabria trigeminal neuralgia

5. ogress sclerosis improvisation 5.__________________________________

wheelright eccentricity

6. cabal sinfonia ipsissima verba 6.__________________________________

papeterie bellweather

7. dhurrie manioc tarmack 7.__________________________________

prepossessing (adj.) collation

8. fasination agonistic Salvadoran 8.__________________________________

nonnegotiable ichnolite

9. vincibel geriatrician apophasis 9.__________________________________

couloir neuroanatomy

10. roseate hornbill velocipede 10._________________________________

conncinity amateurish

11. fissionible tangelo mammography 11._________________________________

predestination connectivity

12. fore-bear anarthria torrid 12._________________________________

quantitate minacity

13. dysphoria burgage toboganing 13._________________________________

meteoric purview

14. cassation endive unction 14._________________________________

heptameter myrmacophile

15. repartee doppler effect breathtaking 15._________________________________

nacreous cloud herculean (powerful)


1. underprivileged repository antibioticaly 1.__________________________________

Gambusia (genus) copyrightable

2. orgeat Yom Kippur selfabnegation 2.__________________________________

indifferentism epigraphy

3. cavil officinal impressionistic 3.__________________________________

scirrhus wheetworm

4. eclectisism cadastre mala fide 4.__________________________________

practicability tactician

5. harmonium decasyllabic atheneaum 5.__________________________________

spiritualist Pentagon (U.S. military office)

6. kinesics carpophagus pavid 6.__________________________________

Kaposi's sarcoma Encyclopedist (editor of a French work)

7. Sovietology ex libris chromophil 7.__________________________________

acquisitive phantasmik

8. strudel letherback cytolysis 8.__________________________________

Assisi hackamore

9. non-sequitur salivate iamb 9.__________________________________

Vietnamization cartouch

10. endemic desalinise beatific 10._________________________________

predisposition mandible

11. tantamount effulgence callowness 11._________________________________

surpentine insularity

12. overegulate behindhand desultorily 12._________________________________

eversion acetaminophen

13. chocoholic mindicancy theorbo 13._________________________________

protrusion bullfinch

14. duopoly syzygy magistracey 14._________________________________

porphyry exemplification

15. circumfluent adhesion bannderilero 15._________________________________

demurral reaccreditation


1. truculence moratoriam carabao 1.__________________________________

embryonic interment

2. Palestinian Shinto cayuse (horse) 2.__________________________________

epiphenamenon distrait

3. bouquetier mantissa tawdry 3.__________________________________

antipathies pre-raphaelite

4. Coriolis force gasohol Rawalpendi 4.__________________________________

moot court troubleshoot

5. Guatemalan cryptagenic argumentative 5.__________________________________

disorientation bona fide

6. shallop inter alios diffidence 6.__________________________________

bete noire pachysandra (plant)

7. strongylosis lave phalange 7.__________________________________

euphemistic chemiset

8. acarpous clemmency adulation 8.__________________________________

expeditious shogunate

9. interogate palladium absurdity 9.__________________________________

charismatic ethos

10. quadrennial torpid millisecond 10._________________________________

castagate endogamy

11. accretionery chimerical triphibian 11._________________________________

raptorial Eustachian tube

12. monody exculpatory cinamatheque 12._________________________________

adagios recoupable

13. mouflon tusche Dresden china 13._________________________________

brochette featherwait

14. comatose Airdale luminiferous 14._________________________________

pokerfaced sycophancy

15. careen specificity pejoration 15._________________________________

ensephalography keystone


1. Bohpal dilatory vindicatory 1.__________________________________

Bangladesh mahjong

2. postulate tachometer conchiferus 2.__________________________________

alveolus finagler

3. perspicacious straighten lantanna (plant) 3.__________________________________

ambiversion conclave

4. flambéed embolectomy cappuccino 4.__________________________________

plutocracy Svengalli

5. Lucullan escutchon chancellory 5.__________________________________

abrachia maximum-security

6. terrazzo propagandize ballonet 6.__________________________________

demagogic annuitent

7. fugacious sycamore Luiseno 7.__________________________________

contradistinction pneumonic

8. abasement chacma erumpent 8.__________________________________

zuccheto oubliette

9. Serengetti Plain insomniac corollary 9.__________________________________

gauntlet antipsychotic

10. Corregidor antiterrorist gefillta fish 10._________________________________

integument pacemaker

11. Sexagesima fungistat anorectic 11._________________________________

contraveen teratogen

12. promulgation maturation diacritical 12._________________________________

Benedictine compatable

13. alienater mendacity protectionism 13._________________________________

Fibonacci sequence theater of the absurd

14. declivitous harumph attrition 14._________________________________

orthogenesis ineluctable

15. seminivorous Yugoslavia coccyjeal 15._________________________________

facileness affiliation


1. deniability gynecology cutaneious 1.__________________________________

majuscule potlatch

2. tactfullness brainstorming documentable 2.__________________________________

patois somnifacient

3. justifiable empathize contemn 3.__________________________________

angularity carabeniere (singular)

4. frenetic salubrious nonage 4.__________________________________

villification I-beam

5. snapdragon participal jeremiad 5.__________________________________

bioaccumulation disapprobation

6. bell canto aneurysm consistory 6.__________________________________

deus ex machina fossiliferous

7. cribriform pro-active mariachi 7.__________________________________

telephotograph graminiverus

8. throes arachnaphobia meritocracy 8.__________________________________

psychiatrist globule

9. coyotillo bacteriostasis apperseption 9.__________________________________

delft (pottery) macaronic

10. polarity deliberative profligacy 10._________________________________

baedeker (guidebook) Sydenhams' chorea

11. tendonitis marsupium disfunctional 11._________________________________

Bunyanesque ascertain

12. diverticulum pentagram sporadic 12._________________________________

cleptocracy anaclisis

13. foraman ovale confrere Quetta 13._________________________________

misapprehend trafficking

14. ethnicity characterization abscond 14._________________________________

equivocation certiorrari

15. a priori clangerous pancreatitis 15._________________________________

inurement similitude


1. admonitory exigent senopia 1.__________________________________

Zapotek infringement

2. oscitancy bishon frisè dipetalous 2.__________________________________

ratification triplicity

3. monagynous Angelus consternation 3.__________________________________

foundering pillory

4. lithium superfluity calorecepter 4.__________________________________

ego-tripped Orion

5. self-effacing ytterbium indiscretion 5.__________________________________

aparejo geno-type

6. corypheé renege hemiplegia 6.__________________________________

myoma unconstitutional

7. Amish flummox condesend 7.__________________________________

Hippocrates necrophagous

8. reunify unnoticable Daimler 8.__________________________________

haggadist asthenopia

9. reverential nematode historicize 9.__________________________________

urticarea canard

10. élitism intervene sialadenitis 10._________________________________

palooka anhydrus

11. racontuer mobocracy transom 11._________________________________

Freon (trademark) contemporaneous

12. assonance hackneyed dactylography 12._________________________________

pyelography Methusela

13. toiletries Calypsonean Egyptology 13._________________________________

vituperative illiteracy

14. sarcomma nymph exhortation 14._________________________________

cirque adjuration

15. plaintive surcease elucidate 15._________________________________

Lano Estacado candor


1. reiterative unaccredited musicology 1.__________________________________

arable Golgatha (Calvary)

2. cribbage sinusitis paralogism 2.__________________________________

irevocable Bonapartist

3. shanghaiing pacifist gyrostabillizer 3.__________________________________

aspartame cynicism (scornful comment)

4. redress multifaceted Ukrain 4.__________________________________

atlatl decelerate

5. harquebus nine-to-fiver sachet 5.__________________________________

vespiary hydrocephalous (noun)

6. hortatory roulett neuroleptic 6.__________________________________

venography filched

7. complicity aloe vera (plant) opulant 7.__________________________________

incriminate xylography

8. sedile escargo chameleonic 8.__________________________________

aberration sedimentology

9. xylatomy oratorio incunabulum 9.__________________________________

perfervid Kyoto

10. steppe flurocarbon ampersand 10._________________________________

kakapo confederacy (a league)

11. Pavarotti sororal Cimmerian 11._________________________________

exclammatory ad hoc

12. moroccos reconciliation turquoise 12._________________________________

prescience maraccas

13. Te Deum allegretto compilation 13._________________________________

fiddlefaddle predacious

14. mammalogy Tallahachie cordovan (leather) 14._________________________________

antidepressant garret

15. mephiticle provenience brachydactylic 15._________________________________

thermanesthesia singeing


1. ipso facto allocution fifth-column 1.__________________________________

sushi complementary

2. logorrhia pleonasm efflux 2.__________________________________

caliper Munich

3. lepidopterist phlebotomy subjacent 3.__________________________________

ultra-sonography refurbishment

4. egriegousness Calvinism siege 4.__________________________________

intrepidity Pamplona

5. antiaircraft galopade copious 5.__________________________________

usurper Hodgkins disease

6. neoconservative rigatonni mordacious 6.__________________________________

tumid rebuses

7. corroborate Gemara aoudad 7.__________________________________

perigrinate Kremlin (Soviet govt.)

8. stalkinghorse ebullition immunity 8.__________________________________

Burkitt's lymphoma Savannah (city)

9. obstruent Limoges vox humanna 9.__________________________________

physiology succinctly

10. fluoroscope ampullae Confiteor 10._________________________________

waryness impetus

11. schematize epochmaking oculogyric 11._________________________________

Celotex musquash

12. relativity unanalyzable Voltair 12._________________________________

saturniid immitigable

13. obsessivness diplopia biflagellate 13._________________________________

neonatologist Holy See

14. riparian vacuum-packed categorical 14._________________________________

entourage phosphoresence

15. Menomminee lexicographer subsidy 15._________________________________

theorize provenance


1. fuliginous anorak contraltos 1.__________________________________

Olympian Weiner schnitzle

2. scotopia counter-claim in loco parentis 2.__________________________________

aposiopesis gerontocracy

3. phytology limpet suède 3.__________________________________

par excellance vespertilionid

4. fillibuster hustings nidification 4.__________________________________

compunctious aluminiferous

5. inseperable sepulture zoophobia 5.__________________________________

gabion otolaryngology

6. contrivance ante-choir voilà 6.__________________________________

illuminant sargasso

7. obcordate saboteur importunate 7.__________________________________

sciolist Weils Disease

8. chargeable ethology absenteeism 8.__________________________________

soigneé Passamaquoddy

9. jitney gressorial crosscultural 9.__________________________________

archipelago monandry

10. tremulous rancorous targetable 10._________________________________

premonitorily manic-depressive-illness

11. Capricorn embrocate incalesent 11._________________________________

woolgathering Omniscient (God)

12. scupper caballerro ecclesiology 12._________________________________

recantation morello

13. tunnel vision prosecution Miestersinger 13._________________________________

Thailand habeas corpus

14. cynosure assemblage tinnitus 14._________________________________

metatarsus punctillios

15. aid-memoire faultfinding treacly 15._________________________________

Rambouillet colophon (inscription)


1. modicum résume navicular 1.__________________________________

hierophant unlicensed

2. bureaucratese dysphonia toponymy 2.__________________________________

micro-processer pyromania

3. Babylonean dehydrogenate treadmill 3.__________________________________

Mogadishu ramification

4. legendry suable denigration 4.__________________________________

pharmacologist banzi attack

5. slice of life (noun) Parson's table Japanization 5.__________________________________

depilate bariatrician

6. submergeible phlegm levity 6.__________________________________

hexamerous narcosynthesis

7. universalistic resilient elusivness 7.__________________________________

canonicals idyllic

8. visceral Nubian Desert saponaceous 8.__________________________________

arrhythmea guerrilla

9. culminate Uruguay historiography 9.__________________________________

rhinology nemesis (a goddess)

10. perisodactyl lacuna stigmatism 10._________________________________

glossolalia appliqué

11. craniectomy impecuniosity scapula 11._________________________________

oceanagraphy wallaby

12. discrepancy boa constrictor recievership 12._________________________________

turgidity morgue

13. preciosity malaise tai kwan do 13._________________________________

commemorate fecund

14. albinoes novella viola da braccio 14._________________________________

sampan idioms

15. autocracy Hellenize defenestration 15._________________________________

paradime irrefragable


1. sinoatrial cardiopathy en masse 1.__________________________________

macropterous sindactyly

2. polyphony El niño novercal 2.__________________________________

Camellia (genus) virgule

3. idiopathy decomposition hebdomad 3.__________________________________

sansavierea (plant) Augustinian

4. myositis renunciation hemaphobic 4.__________________________________

uncontaminated dichotomous

5. bestowal Nepalese homily 5.__________________________________

Van Gogh robotize

6. devaluation Belize metallographer 6.__________________________________

tiara pumpernickle

7. drumlin build down rappel 7.__________________________________

moneygrubber trifecta

8. bulimarexia dudgeon n'gana 8.__________________________________

reprehensable undiscriminating

9. septanarius evacuee accruement 9.__________________________________

chinook (wind) heterochromatic

10. zoolatry otitis inlying 10._________________________________

Epstine-barr virus cerebrospinal

11. teetertotter presumptuous marbleize 11._________________________________

De Valera ataractic

12. happenstance Sakarov nom de plume 12._________________________________

vicinage hypoallergenic

13. annisette contextualize fresco 13._________________________________

wanderlust oculist

14. impetuous consignee forty-niner 14._________________________________

anemophilous scapuloclaviculer

15. littigant piolet supine 15._________________________________

couchant apodal


1. geo-politics perorate stoloniferous 1.__________________________________

lampion caramelize

2. empirical playwrite survivalist 2.__________________________________

logogram fête

3. voix celeste algophobia compassionate 3.__________________________________

sassafras (tree) obiter dictum

4. immersion aurochs decorous 4.__________________________________

miniebike Heimlich maneuver

5. quantum leap tortellinni climactic 5.__________________________________

expostulation adversary (enemy)

6. xerothermic incorporeity opportunistic 6.__________________________________

sedentery embarkation

7. capacious labiovelar pergola 7.__________________________________

stereoscopy basillisk

8. depravity incoherence secretariat 8.__________________________________

ophthalmascope wyvern

9. hallux Astraea Daliesque 9.__________________________________

viscidity Saqqarra

10. ill-concieved nuclearize accolade 10._________________________________

eupnea cheval glass

11. Zephyrus ingurgitate bonnboniére 11._________________________________

osteoclasis sensate

12. disquietude ostrasize septectomy 12._________________________________

initialize zirconia

13. affluence coercive factotum 13._________________________________

uncompromiseable removable

14. mydriatic linsy-woolsy hemeralopia 14._________________________________

bounteousness distillation

15. piccalilli suggestibility avocadoes 15._________________________________

deferment Helot (a serf in Sparta)

ASW ENTERPRISES, LLC

2014-2015 PART IA - ANSWER KEYS

Words in the answer keys are listed with appropriate capital and lowercase letters.

PRACTICE TEST 1

1. inter vivos

2. Toscanini

3. hot-dogging

4. aeroallergen

5. apivorous

6. Jeffersonian

7. quiche Lorraine

8. inadvertence

9. diapason

10. Lhasa apso

11. widow's mite

12. bouzouki

13. Shasta daisy

14. artificer

15. torchon lace

PRACTICE TEST 2

1. brigand

2. dapple-gray

3. precursor

4. gazebo

5. unchallengeable

6. redoubtable

7. bandoneon

8. credibility gap

9. locus classicus

10. arthropod

11. tintinnabulation

12. meritorious

13. Aeolian harp

14. phyllotaxy

15. licensable

PRACTICE TEST 3

1. marrons glacés

2. profiteer

3. heteronym

4. Dardanelles

5. sombreros

6. incinerator

7. bioluminescence

8. cardiomegaly

9. concomitance

10. misconstrue

11. holographical

12. delegitimize

13. varicella-zoster virus

14. court-martial

15. intraocular

PRACTICE TEST 4

1. deliquesce

2. Johnny-jump-up

3. sophomoric

4. Madagascar

5. housemaid's knee

6. Botswana

7. Faustian

8. exacerbation

9. Aleutian

10. reverberant

11. romaine

12. insessorial

13. Zoroastrianism

14. orthopsychiatry

15. vermicide

PRACTICE TEST 5

1. lip-synch, lip-sync

2. discountenance

3. poliovirus

4. tahini

5. defrayal

6. Skye terrier

7. bioclimatology

8. Greco-Roman

9. crocodilian

10. Jolly Roger

11. separatist

12. reconnaissance, reconnoissance

13. argillaceous

14. permeate

15. Gallicize

PRACTICE TEST 6

1. Clydesdale

2. skijoring

3. neoprene

4. ovenable

5. vasoconstrictor

6. Rolodex

7. cri de coeur

8. seguidilla

9. Galápagos Islands

10. pestiferous

11. nasopharynx

12. panic-stricken

13. judgeship

14. auf Wiedersehen

15. impolitic


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PRACTICE TEST 7

1. Alençon

2. quinquennial

3. appeasement

4. sahib

5. apostasy

6. agoraphobia

7. Fabergé

8. affenpinscher

9. Bosporus

10. perfectible

11. larvicide

12. incipient

13. wushu, wu shu

14. Paramecium

15. enunciation

PRACTICE TEST 8

1. calcimine, kalsomine

2. neat's-foot oil

3. Macedonia

4. sympathomimetic

5. Silicon Valley

6. beef Wellington

7. kibitzer

8. unforeseen

9. epidural

10. pedagogue

11. proprioception

12. proselyte

13. telolecithal

14. deductibility

15. chanticleer

PRACTICE TEST 9

1. amercement

2. recreational vehicle

3. Beijing

4. rapscallion

5. wheelwright

6. bellwether

7. tarmac

8. fascination

9. vincible

10. concinnity

11. fissionable

12. forebear, forbear

13. tobogganing

14. myrmecophile

15. Doppler effect

PRACTICE TEST 10

1. antibiotically

2. self-abnegation

3. wheatworm

4. eclecticism

5. athenaeum, atheneum

6. carpophagous

7. phantasmic

8. leatherback

9. non sequitur

10. desalinize

11. serpentine

12. overregulate

13. mendicancy

14. magistracy

15. banderillero

PRACTICE TEST 11

1. moratorium

2. epiphenomenon

3. Pre-Raphaelite, pre-Raphaelite

4. Rawalpindi

5. cryptogenic

6. bête noire

7. chemisette

8. clemency

9. interrogate

10. castigate

11. accretionary

12. cinematheque

13. featherweight

14. Airedale

15. encephalography

PRACTICE TEST 12

1. Bhopal

2. conchiferous

3. lantana

4. Svengali

5. escutcheon

6. annuitant

7. Luiseño

8. zucchetto

9. Serengeti Plain

10. gefilte fish

11. contravene

12. compatible

13. alienator

14. harrumph

15. coccygeal



PRACTICE TEST 13

1. cutaneous

2. tactfulness

3. carabiniere

4. vilification

5. participle

6. bel canto

7. graminivorous

8. arachnophobia

9. apperception

10. Sydenham's chorea

11. dysfunctional

12. kleptocracy

13. foramen ovale

14. certiorari

15. clangorous

PRACTICE TEST 14

1. Zapotec

2. bichon frisé

3. monogynous

4. caloreceptor

5. genotype

6. coryphée

7. condescend

8. unnoticeable

9. urticaria

10. anhydrous

11. raconteur

12. Methuselah

13. Calypsonian

14. sarcoma

15. Llano Estacado

PRACTICE TEST 15

1. Golgotha

2. irrevocable

3. gyrostabilizer

4. Ukraine

5. hydrocephalus

6. roulette

7. opulent

8. escargot

9. xylotomy

10. fluorocarbon

11. exclamatory

12. maracas

13. fiddle-faddle

14. Tallahatchie

15. mephitical

PRACTICE TEST 16

1. fifth column

2. logorrhea

3. ultrasonography

4. egregiousness

5. Hodgkin's disease

6. rigatoni

7. peregrinate

8. stalking-horse

9. vox humana

10. wariness

11. epoch-making

12. Voltaire

13. obsessiveness

14. phosphorescence

15. Menominee

PRACTICE TEST 17

1. Wiener schnitzel

2. counterclaim

3. par excellence

4. filibuster

5. inseparable

6. antechoir

7. Weil's disease

8. soigné, soignée

9. cross-cultural

10. manic-depressive

illness

11. incalescent

12. caballero

13. Meistersinger

14. punctilios

15. aide-mémoire

PRACTICE TEST 18

1. résumé, resume,

resumé

2. microprocessor

3. Babylonian

4. banzai attack

5. Parsons table

6. submergible

7. elusiveness

8. arrhythmia

9. Nemesis

10. perissodactyl

11. oceanography

12. receivership

13. tae kwon do

14. albinos

15. paradigm



PRACTICE TEST 19

1. syndactyly

2. El Niño

3. sansevieria

4. hemophobic

5. van Gogh

6. pumpernickel

7. builddown, build-down

8. reprehensible

9. septenarius

10. Epstein-Barr virus

11. teeter-totter

12. Sakharov

13. anisette

14. scapuloclavicular

15. litigant

PRACTICE TEST 20

1. geopolitics

2. playwright

3. voix céleste

4. minibike

5. tortellini

6. sedentary

7. basilisk

8. ophthalmoscope

9. Saqqara, Sakkara

10. ill-conceived

11. bonbonnière

12. ostracize

13. uncompromisable

14. linsey-woolsey

15. avocados

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