1

What is the meaning of species ? • A) very cold

• B) good judgment; keenness; wisdom

• C) to seize by authority

• D) not punctual

• E) a group with a common appearance

• Answer: E

2

What is the meaning of digress ?

• A) to attract; to lure

• B) to stray from the main subject

• C) substitute

• D) rude; arrogant

• E) disfigured

Answer: B

3

What is the meaning of fluffy ?

• A) damp; hot

• B) a course; a tendency

• C) respectable or suitable

• D) without organization; confusion

• E) soft; airy

Answer: E

4

What is the meaning of look up to ?

• A) to sell at a lesser price than a competitor

• B) to quarrel C) to respect

• D) a formal speech

• E) a group of people united in a scheme to promote their views by intrigue; a group of conspirators

Answer: C

5

What is the meaning of call on ?

• A) give something for temporary use with the promise of returning it

• B) ask

• C) without organization; confusion

• D) a period of ten years

• E) very sleepy

• Answer: B

6

What is the meaning of prevalent ?

• A) fertile place with water located in the desert

• B) to save

• C) a shallow place in a river which can be crossed by walking or driving

• D) to go before

• E) widespread

• Answer: E

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What is the meaning of ford ?

• A) a shallow place in a river which can be crossed by walking or driving

• B) an idle, lazy person

• C) hard feelings; resentment

• D) to imitate; to copy

• E) high praise; laudation

• Answer: A

8

What is the meaning of tack ?

• A) to fasten with a small nail

• B) to disturb

• C) endure or withstand pressure or use

• D) sluggish; apathetic

• E) inhabited in large numbers by something harmful

• Answer: A

9

What is the meaning of watch out for ? • A) kindly; friendly

• B) be cautious or alert

• C) expressed in a clear and precise manner

• D) a tentative theory

• E) fundamental rule or adherence to such rule

• Answer: B

10

What is the meaning of aversion ? • A) to love greatly

• B) eliminate, get rid of

• C) to honor someone by placing his or her name in the beginning of a literary book or an artistic performance

• D) intense dislike

• E) to examine closely

• Answer: D

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11

What is the meaning of sleazy ?

• A) to drive slowly

• B) to spur; to incite

• C) used in non-count nouns to indicate amount; bulk

• D) sheer; gauzy; cheap

• E) to reduce

• Answer: D

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12

What is the meaning of interval ?

• A) barely; scarcely

• B) stop

• C) the time between two events

• D) to chew

• E) very offensive; shocking

• Answer: C

13

What is the meaning of turn out ?

• A) not professional; untrained

• B) understood, but not specifically stated

• C) to thrust

• D) to manufacture

• E) to settle on friendly terms

• Answer: D

14

What is the meaning of aspire ?

• A) to overlook; to excuse • B) to extend from one side to another • C) to strive toward; to seek eagerly • D) damp; hot • E) depend on, rely on • Answer: C •

15

What is the meaning of wrath ?

• A) visit • B) the lowest point • C) a great anger • D) to compel by pressure or threat • E) act of paying attention to or being

paid attention • Answer: C

16

What is the meaning of lift ?

• A) properly; officially • B) firm; determined • C) a joint on which a door or gate is

attached • D) to raise • E) smaller at one end • Answer: D

17

What is the meaning of obsequious ?

• A) obedient; servile

• B) lively

• C) past tense of pass: to succeed

• D) the range or extent of something

• E) to begin

• Answer: A

18

What is the meaning of tug ?

• A) a favorable opinion; respect

• B) to pull something with effort

• C) an act requiring great strength or courage

• D) show differences

• E) an appeal

• Answer: B

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19

What is the meaning of garrison ?

• A) abandon

• B) rather large amount or degree

• C) opinion given to someone, counseling

• D) a fortified place occupied by soldiers

• E) to acquire; to get

• Answer: D

20

• What is the meaning of vacant ?

• A) manage to survive

• B) insensitive; unfeeling

• C) become ill with

• D) to aid

• E) empty

• Answer: E

21

What is the meaning of wear out ? • A) the blank space bordering the written or printed

area of a page

• B) to make useless by wear; to consume

• C) typical of country life; simple

• D) used with the verb "be" to indicate existence

• E) not cautious; not careful

• Answer: B

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22

What is the meaning of preside over ?

• A) to have charge of

• B) investigate

• C) to shorten; to suspend

• D) aim of a gun or telescope

• E) an objective; an aim

• Answer: A

23

What is the meaning of protrude ?

• A) something not real that exists in one's imagination

• B) to respect

• C) to tear down completely

• D) to punish outward; to project

• E) to imitate; to copy

• Answer: D

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24

What is the meaning of astound ?

• A) to surprise greatly; to astonish

• B) to bring to court

• C) the blank space bordering the written or printed area of a page

• D) to depart from; to differ

• E) pertaining to industry

• Answer: A

25

What is the meaning of tutor ?

• A) sharp; bitter

• B) one who owns a shop

• C) to teach

• D) to repair

• E) to praise highly

• Answer: C

26

What is the meaning of luminous ?

• A) tending to escape notice

• B) sheer; gauzy; cheap

• C) noble; attractive

• D) worthy of praise

• E) bright

• Answer: E

27

What is the meaning of precaution ? • A) action taken to avoid future accident or

problem • B) to thrust • C) most important; final • D) to debilitate; to weaken • E) the upper edge of anything hollow • Answer: A

28

What is the meaning of scope ?

• A) careful; frugal

• B) kindness, mercy

• C) to start; to begin

• D) to raise the shoulders in a gesture of doubt or indifference

• E) the range or extent of something

• Answer: E

29

What is the meaning of heavy ?

• A) to favor one leg; to cripple

• B) to review

• C) a great amount

• D) required

• E) serene, without noise

• Answer: C

30

What is the meaning of haphazard ?

• A) one who owns a shop • B) easily reached • C) gullible • D) without a fixed or regular course;

indifferent; disorganized • E) to confuse • Answer: D

31

What is the meaning of peace ?

• A) an action that happened at an indefinite time before the present

• B) harmony or freedom from war

• C) care for

• D) free; unoccupied

• E) to grab abruptly and hastily

• Answer: B

32

What is the meaning of extempore ? • A) to decline; to refuse • B) to retard normal growth • C) without preparation; impromptu

• D) a small amount; something small • E) rob at gunpoint • Answer: C

33

What is the meaning of soar ?

A) a song to lull a baby to sleep

B) to take away C) to express sorrow

D) to fly high E) a downward slope; a

declivity Answer: D

34

What is the meaning of proximity ?

• A) peaceful; quiet • B) to spread; to distribute • C) nearness • D) to increase • E) to dissolve; to discontinue •

Answer: C

35

What is the meaning of brandish ?

• A) to shake or wave a weapon menacingly

• B) to discard • C) famous • D) discover • E) responsibility • Answer: A •

36

What is the meaning of emphasis ?

• A) to strive toward; to seek eagerly • B) special attention; importance • C) understood, but not specifically stated

• D) to stray from the main subject • E) discontent or resentful because of

another's possessions or qualities • Answer: B •

37

What is the meaning of make fun of ?

• A) to gibe; to joke • B) to fall in a rolling manner • C) to turn aside; to veer • D) excitable; touchy; easily affected

by outside influences • E) most important; final • Answer: A •

38

What is the meaning of astray ? • A) away from the correct path or direction

• B) to raise • C) a practice that is traditionally followed by a

particular group of people • D) act of paying attention to or being paid

attention • E) to confuse • Answer: A •

39

What is the meaning of vicarious ?

• A) audition for a play • B) the main idea • C) a feeling of identification with

another; a substitute • D) to confuse • E) no longer useful; outdated • Answer: C •

40

What is the meaning of round up ?

• A) to leave out • B) finish • C) shows a relationship or selection

involving three or more entities • D) to sell at a lesser price than a

competitor • E) to capture • Answer: E •

41

What is the meaning of plea ?

• A) modest behavior; propriety • B) huge; heavy • C) visit • D) an appeal • E) an object used to sweep the floor

• Answer: D •

42

What is the meaning of primary ?

• A) to drink a little at a time • B) persuasive, graceful language • C) to discard • D) most important; final • E) fertile place with water located in

the desert • Answer: D •

43

What is the meaning of rustic ?

• A) if, indicates a choice • B) to attract; to lure • C) typical of country life; simple • D) to get in the way; to block • E) meager • Answer: C •

44

What is the meaning of shutter ?

• A) away from the correct path or direction

• B) a hinged cover attached to a window to keep out light and rain

• C) not clear; vague • D) receive something for temporary use with

the promise of returning it • E) careful; frugal • Answer: B •

45

What is the meaning of negligent ?

• A) to give evidence • B) great sorrow; pain • C) the joint between the foot and the

leg • D) extremely careless • E) dependable • Answer: D •

46

What is the meaning of aside ?

• A) to allow a liquid to run out of the container

• B) to one side • C) to meet someone and to speak first

• D) to produce a change in • E) a column • Answer: B •

47

What is the meaning of exorbitant ?

• A) a great amount • B) extravagant; excessive • C) about to occur; impending • D) to entertain; to amuse • E) ambition; desire; goal • Answer: B •

48

What is the meaning of frigid ?

• A) to use something in place of another; to replace

• B) faint • C) very cold • D) rob at gunpoint • E) a cover • Answer: C •

49

What is the meaning of imaginary ?

• A) to disturb • B) something not real that exists in

one's imagination • C) to look or behave like • D) change to watery or liquid state • E) about to occur; impending • Answer: B •

50

What is the meaning of feeble ?

• A) to be unable to find something • B) before in time, order or importance • C) show differences • D) a hinged cover attached to a window

to keep out light and rain • E) lacking strength, power • Answer: E •

51

What is the meaning of contaminated ?

• A) unwilling; hesitant • B) polluted • C) pliable • D) clearly; easily understood • E) nearness • Answer: B •

52

What is the meaning of flatter ?

• A) carefree and gay; lighthearted • B) non-moveable, having a fixed

location • C) to praise too much • D) care for • E) rudely brief in speech or manner • Answer: C •

53

What is the meaning of random ?

• A) way in which something is used

• B) thoughtful; polite • C) to strive toward; to seek eagerly • D) chance • E) to continue • Answer: D •

54

What is the meaning of prior ?

• A) no longer useful; outdated • B) extravagant; excessive • C) before in time, order or importance

• D) faint • E) draw out; evoke • Answer: C •

55

What is the meaning of bump ?

• A) production; yield • B) next to; adjacent • C) talkative • D) rich • E) a light blow; a jolt • Answer: E •

56

What is the meaning of cataclysm ?

• A) indicates a series of separate events

• B) irritable • C) to read quickly and superficially • D) a large number of moving insects • E) a great flood; a terrible event • Answer: E •

57

What is the meaning of falter ?

• A) to manufacture • B) give something for temporary use with

the promise of returning it • C) downward motion • D) to warn about; to advise against doing

something • E) to move hesitatingly; unsteadily • Answer: E •

58

What is the meaning of warily ?

• A) cautiously • B) a group of singers or actors • C) to capture • D) to name; to specify • E) to contaminate; to dirty • Answer: A •

59

What is the meaning of oration ?

• A) to eat an excessive amount • B) a formal speech • C) to cleanse • D) fearless • E) to dip into a spoon or a cupped

hand • Answer: B •

60

What is the meaning of glitter ?

• A) one who owes • B) to shine with a sparkling light • C) to praise too much • D) extremely careless • E) without a fixed or regular course;

indifferent; disorganized • Answer: B

61

What is the meaning of inspiration ?

• A) a collection of many different things

• B) stimulation to learn or discover • C) to begin • D) full of danger • E) the floor of a ship • Answer: B

62

What is the meaning of accurate ?

• A) to be cruel to weaker people or animals

• B) correct • C) completely • D) also • E) to repair • Answer: B •

63

What is the meaning of inseparable ?

• A) not able to be separated • B) to affirm an opinion • C) abandon • D) used with the verb "be" to indicate

existence • E) to go in the opposite direction; to turn

around • Answer: A

64

What is the meaning of plausible ?

• A) to speak indistinctly

• B) believable, but doubtful

• C) be cautious or alert

• D) to reduce

• E) repetition of an action, one more time

• Answer: B

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65

What is the meaning of foolish ?

• A) oxidized

• B) cold and bare; cheerless

• C) to thrust

• D) silly

• E) cause physical or mental pain

• Answer: D

66

What is the meaning of boulder ? • A) inclined to tolerate others; having a fair attitude

toward those who hold different views • B) interested; engrossed • C) to review • D) lack of confidence in oneself • E) a large rock • Answer: E •

67

What is the meaning of relapse ?

• A) a sharp, acrid taste

• B) to come before

• C) an act requiring great strength or courage

• D) the return of an illness

• E) to tolerate

• Answer: D

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68

What is the meaning of escort ?

• A) to make worse

• B) to come before

• C) leave

• D) to accompany

• E) manage to communicate

• Answer: D

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69

What is the meaning of blizzard ?

• A) not punctual

• B) a female horse

• C) a severe snowstorm

• D) having varied uses; flexible

• E) weak

• Answer: C

70

What is the meaning of industrial ?

• A) to grab abruptly and hastily

• B) winding; curving

• C) a hinged cover attached to a window to keep out light and rain

• D) in a planned way

• E) pertaining to industry

• Answer: E

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71

What is the meaning of taciturn ?

• A) a crease

• B) lineage

• C) to applaud

• D) to make greater, better

• E) unspoken; silent

• Answer: E

72

What is the meaning of example ?

• A) land covered with a growth of trees and vegetation

• B) part of a whole

• C) anything used to prove a point

• D) the length of time from beginning to end

• E) to break into many pieces

• Answer: C

73

What is the meaning of foresee ?

• A) stop, cease

• B) lacking strength, power

• C) to confuse

• D) to anticipate

• E) faint

• Answer: D

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74

What is the meaning of scandal ? • A) a trick; a joke

• B) to complain

• C) last of two things mentioned

• D) a rumor as a result of disgraceful actions

• E) before in time, order or importance

• Answer: D

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What is the meaning of infested ?

• A) investigate

• B) careful; frugal

• C) inhabited in large numbers by something harmful

• D) to be fooled

• E) stolen goods; plunder

• Answer: C

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76

What is the meaning of cider ?

• A) a small, remaining sign; a trace

• B) continue an action after a rest period or interruption

• C) a quick, sharp reply

• D) intense dislike

• E) juice from apples

• Answer: E

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77

What is the meaning of dangle ? • A) having the same relationship one to the

other; shared • B) give something for temporary use with the

promise of returning it • C) of lesser importance; secondary • D) to hang loosely; to swing • E) to overlook; to excuse • Answer: D •

78

What is the meaning of ominous ?

• A) a treaty; an agreement

• B) to spread; to distribute

• C) threatening

• D) nearness

• E) the lowest point

• Answer: C

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What is the meaning of impromptu ?

• A) to criticize

• B) to express disapproval

• C) one who always takes a gloomy view of things

• D) constantly

• E) without preparation; unrehearsed; extempore

• Answer: E

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80

What is the meaning of coerce ?

• A) a quick, sharp reply

• B) thoughtful; polite

• C) to compel by pressure or threat

• D) excessively

• E) not favoring one more than the other; just

• Answer: C

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What is the meaning of explicit ? • A) the upper edge of anything hollow • B) expressed in a clear and precise manner • C) prepared to do something • D) physical state of solitude; unaccompanied • E) a group with a common appearance • Answer: B •

82

What is the meaning of chilly ?

• A) cool

• B) doubtful; uncertain

• C) stubborn; unyielding

• D) to refuse to notice or recognize; to discard

• E) downward motion

• Answer: A

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83

What is the meaning of equitably ?

• A) a sick person

• B) fairly; justly

• C) confused; disorganized; littered

• D) to chew

• E) disfigured

• Answer: B

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84

What is the meaning of respond ?

• A) to cause; to incite

• B) self-restraint

• C) to slice meat

• D) to hate

• E) to answer

• Answer: E

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85

What is the meaning of meteor ? • A) a celestial body smaller than one mile in

diameter

• B) to give evidence

• C) discover

• D) a feeling of identification with another; a substitute

• E) usual; ordinary

• Answer: A

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86

What is the meaning of reluctant ? • A) to become wider; larger • B) unwilling; hesitant • C) possessing a great deal of mental ability

• D) in opposition of someone or something • E) winding; curving • Answer: B •

87

What is the meaning of quite ?

• A) next to; adjacent

• B) to make very wet

• C) physical state of solitude; unaccompanied

• D) somewhat or rather

• E) time before the present

• Answer: D

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88

What is the meaning of vulnerable ?

• A) completely

• B) weak

• C) barely; scarcely

• D) to send

• E) to save

• Answer: B

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89

• What is the meaning of expire ?

• A) to check; to limit

• B) to criticize

• C) doubtful; uncertain

• D) to reduce

• E) to cease to be effective, to terminate

• Answer: E

90

What is the meaning of expire ?

A) to check; to limit

B) to criticize C) doubtful; uncertain

D) to reduce

E) to cease to be effective, to terminate

Answer: E

91

What is the meaning of wither ? • A) to blame

• B) to lose freshness; to dry up; to fade

• C) to drive slowly

• D) to put several things on top of each other

• E) special writing paper

• Answer: B

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What is the meaning of greedy ? • A) rather large amount or degree • B) a feeling of identification with another; a

substitute • C) careful; honest • D) next to; adjoining • E) excessively desirous of acquiring

possessions; avaricious • Answer: E

93

What is the meaning of proceed ? • A) continue an action after a rest period or

interruption

• B) to have a similar appearance

• C) to make larger, more powerful

• D) similar; related

• E) hard to believe

• Answer: A

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94

What is the meaning of come along with ?

• A) stop

• B) accompany

• C) obedient; servile

• D) fairly; justly

• E) eliminate, get rid of

• Answer: B

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95

What is the meaning of confine ?

• A) excessively

• B) to limit

• C) danger

• D) suitable

• E) to get well

• Answer: B

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96

What is the meaning of check out ?

• A) to escape swiftly

• B) be cautious or alert

• C) investigate

• D) unwilling; hesitant

• E) to reduce

• Answer: C

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97

What is the meaning of cryptic ? • A) secret; hidden

• B) to make an idea understood

• C) act of paying attention to or being paid attention

• D) diplomacy

• E) past tense of pass: to elapse

• Answer: A

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What is the meaning of past ? • A) time before the present • B) with little care • C) a large, imposing house; a residence • D) shows a relationship or selection

involving only two entities • E) to thrust • Answer: A

99

What is the meaning of helpless ?

• A) to be satisfied • B) a great flood; a terrible event • C) a period of ten years • D) approximately • E) unable to remedy(an animate thing is

helpless) • Answer: E •

100

What is the meaning of profound ? • A) asking many questions; curious

• B) a female horse

• C) submit

• D) a great amount

• E) deep

• Answer: E

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