Circle A, B, C or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.
1. Prodigious
A. arousing admiration
B. repentant
C. lavish
D. frightened
2. Elucidate
A. exaggerate
B. to make clear
C. to calm down
D. to complain
3. Vortex
A. rare disease
B. annoyance
C. whirling mass
D. enigma
4. Resonance
A. protest
B. evidence
C. solution
D. deep sound
5. Anomaly
A. abnormality
B. added clause
C. a type of lizard
D. large company
6. Debility
A. repayment of debt
B. weakened state
C. false accusation
D. difficult task
7. Intrinsic
A. shy
B. truthful
C. belonging to the very
nature of something
D. dedicated
8. Totemic
A. verbose
B. exclusive
C. rare
D. symbolic
9. Obliterate
A. speak aloud
B. to destroy
C. imitate
D. prohibit
10. Artifice
A. decoration
B. clever trick
C. introduction
D. auditorium
11. Clement
A. intellectual
B. clever
C. having compassion
D. stupid
12. Reconnoitre
A. discuss
B. avoid
C. evade arrest
D. inspect
13. Lacunae
A. missing parts
B. shallow water
C. local dialects
D. strangers
14. Acquiesce
A. bargain
B. accept a bribe
C. to weigh all opinions
D. to comply without protest
15. Paroxysm
A. moral lesson
B. contradiction
C. imitation
D. sudden outburst
16. Josh
A. to make a mess
B. rough up
C. run slowly
D. to joke
17. Fudge
A. to sweeten
B. smear
C. falsify
D. irritate
18. Snipe
A. to criticise slyly
B. cut with scissors
C. to move stealthily
D. to borrow
19. Tryst
A. fake money
B. meeting between lovers
C. sentimental story
D. great effort
20. Rend
A. to submit
B. to rip apart
C. to take over
D. to describe
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Key
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. B
11. C
12. D
13. A
14. D
15. D
16. D
17. C
18. A
19. B
20. B
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Ratings
10 – 14 Correct: Good
15 – 1 7 Correct: Excellent
18 – 20 Correct: Exceptional