Circle A, B, or C that most accurately fits the meanings and check your answers with the key.
1. Conventions
A. customs
B. choices
C. comforts
D. advantages
2. Truant
One who is
A. corrupt
B. absent
C. honest
D. troublesome
3. Soliloquize
A. think about the past
B. sing a song
C. talk to oneself
D. take part in a play
4. Interregnum
A. inquiry
B. serious mistake
C. gap
D. misunderstanding
5. Atavism
A. sophistication
B. sarcastic remark
C. natural selection
D. recurrence of an ancestral trait
6. Cogitation
A. thoughtful consideration
B. personal relationship
C. firm decision
D. daydream
7. Prudery
A. snobbishness
B. gossip
C. excessive modesty
D. amusement
8. Translucent
A. partly dark
B. partly clear
C. very active
D. enjoyable
9. Efficacy
A. motive power
B. small problem
C. family relationship
D. effectiveness
10. Injudicious
A. unwise
B. dishonest
C. feeling unhappy
D. illegal
11. Lugubrious
A. happening suddenly
B. very important
C. slow
D. mournful
12. Hullabaloo
A. priest of high rank
B. serious subject
C. uproar
D. small animal like a mouse
13. Penurious
A. well developed
B. stingy
C. generous
D. kind
14. Figurative
A. decorated with a small pattern
B. elliptical
C. metaphorical
D. sickly
15. Ribaldry
A. coarseness
B. battle
C. shocking piece of news
D. boring work
16. Convolution
A. table with folding legs
B. bold behaviour
C. coiling together
D. string instrument
17. Superfluous
A. fashionable
B. unnecessary
C. unsuitable
D. dangerous
18. Ministration
Act of
A. entertaining
B. managing
C. gathering
D. helping
19. Circuitous
A. sharp
B. indirect
C. open
D. circular
20. Alacrity
A. cheerful willingness
B. sympathetic understanding
C. deep suspicion
D. type of sausage
Key
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. D
12. C
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. D
19. B
20. A
Rating
05 - 10 Correct:
Good
11 – 15 Correct:
Excellent
16 – 20 Correct:
Exceptional