Circle A, B, C or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.
1. Inviolable
A. illegal
B. unworkable
C. efficient
D. indestructible
2. Fossilized
A. ancient
B. fused together
C. petrified
D. modern
3. Indigenous
A. native
B. foreign
C. rare
D. out of this world
4. Piscatorial
Relating to
A. plants
B. fishing
C. floods
D. deserts
5. Portend
A. to prevent
B. to encourage
C. foreshadow
D. interpret
6. Ecosystem
A. sound location
B. disposal of garbage
C. functional unit of nature
D. trees and plants
7. Inclement
A. healthy
B. unsettled
C. mild
D. severe
8. Inexorably
A. relentlessly
B. unhappily
C. seriously
D. maliciously
9. Irreparable
A. extremely happy
B. beyond repair
C. exotic
D. unapproachable
10. Remorse
A. regret
B. disappointment
C. retaliation
D. hatred
11. Migratory
A. beautiful
B. wild
C. foreign
D. roving
12. Behemoth
A. huge beast
B. underwater creature
C. small animal
D. rare bird
13. Mystique
A. riddle
B. legendary aura
C. vague feeling
D. rare gem
14. Permafrost
A. polar bear
B. glacier
C. frozen subsoil
D. ice
15. Apace
A. seriously
B. quickly
C. patiently
D. slowly
16. Profligacy
A. length
B. expansion
C. wastefulness
D. dryness
17. Reclamation
A. restoration
B. proposal
C. demand
D. shortage
18. Riparian
Relating to
A. money
B. politics
C. meadows
D. river banks
19. Seismic
Relating to
A. earth tremors
B. forests
C. highways
D. deep valleys
20. Trek
A. to shift direction
B. to shake with glee
C. to gaze upward
D. to make a slow journey
Key
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. D
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. B
16. C
17. A
18. D
19. A
20. D
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Ratings
10 – 14 Correct: Good
15 – 17 Correct: Excellent
18 – 0 Correct: Exceptional