Circle A, B, C or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.
1. Designate
A. protest
B. examine
C. suspect
D. indicate
2. Aerate
A. ventilate
B. ruminate
C. hesitate
D. negotiate
3. Extenuate
A. exaggerate
B. mitigate
C. propagate
D. extend
4. Deprecate
A. postpone
B. retaliate
C. disapprove
D. dramatise
5. Obliterate
A. originate
B. to rehabilitate
C. challenge
D. destroy
6. Perforate
A. pierce
B. appeal
C. operate
D. designate
7. Remonstrate
A. attest
B. protest
C. detest
D. to resist
8. Fulminate
A. praise
B. set fire
C. denounce
D. to follow
9. Expropriate
A. to recover
B. to recite
C. litigate
D. dispossess
10. Emanate
A. hide
B. lose respect
C. fight
D. originate
11. Dehydrate
A. exploit
B. expand
C. to remove water from
D. remember
12. Eradicate
A. uproot
B. scatter
C. prohibit
D. allocate
13. Litigate
A. protest
B. contest
C. punish
D. condemn
14. Reciprocate
A. summarise
B. welcome
C. exchange mutually
D. conquer
15. Equivocate
A. to be generous
B. to be fair minded
C. to tease
D. speak evasively
16. Rehabilitate
A. restore to usefulness
B. to resettle
C. retain
D. summarise
17. Deviate
A. turn aside
B. to dance
C. to divide
D. to err
18. Commiserate
A. forgive
B. appreciate
C. prohibit
D. pity
19. Abrogate
A. cross-examine
B. plead
C. nullify
D. suspend
20. Piety
A. authenticity
B. devoutness
C. infallibility
D. irreverence
Key
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. D
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. A
17. A
18. D
19. C
20. B
Ratings
10 – 14 Correct: Good
15 – 17 Correct: Excellent
18 – 20 Correct: Exceptional