Circle A, B, C, or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.
1. Immutable
A. silent
B. unspeakable
C. exempt
D. unchanging
2. Bland
A. not reliable
B. without individuality
C. mixed
D. unusual
3. Ipso facto
A. contrary to nature
B. by the law itself
C. according to what was said
D. by that very fact
4. Dysfunctional
A. quiet
B. efficient
C. impaired
D. important
5. Risibility
A. wisdom
B. humorous awareness
C. wit
D. weak point
6. Pugilistic
A. high-spirited
B. basic
C. confrontational
D. unimportant
7. Thrall
A. fascination
B. disdain
C. hospitality
D. slavery
8. Propensity
A. vision
B. effectiveness
C. sensitivity
D. tendency
9. Lodestar
A. burden
B. novelty
C. guiding star
D. token
10. Deference
A. shyness
B. appearance
C. submission
D. indifference
11. Angst
A. trouble
B. anxiety
C. suspicion
D. annoyance
12. Elegiac
A. sorrowful
B. classy
C. elegant
D. towering
13. Empathize
A. to build an empire
B. testify
C. fish for sympathy
D. to experience vicariously
14. Patronizing
A. insulting
B. neighbourly
C. condescending
D. mocking
15. Enigma
A. boredom
B. puzzle
C. preoccupation
D. commitment
16. Ploy
A. dramatic reading
B. strategic manoeuvre
C. heavy equipment
D. elaborate illusion
17. Charlatan
A. volunteer
B. delicate lace
C. conniving fraud
D. singer
18. Grovel
A. whine
B. stumble
C. to laugh ominously
D. behave obsequiously
19. Archetype
A. school of architecture
B. anarchy
C. original model
D. a musical instrument
20. Lout
A. leader of the pack
B. comedian
C. noisy child
D. a boorish person
Key
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. D
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. C
15. B
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. C
20. D
Ratings
10 – 14 Correct: Good
15 – 17 Correct: Excellent
18 – 20 Correct: Exceptional