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Review Test for Level 2

  1. When you read, the best thing you can do to help build your vocabulary is
    • (a) look for words you don’t know
    • (b) try to guess what words mean from context
    • (c) read around words you don’t know
    • (d) read books with difficult words
  2. Which word means exuding a fragrance, aromatic?
    • (a) adamant
    • (b) redolent
    • (c) poignant
    • (d) ambient
  3. Which one of the following words denotes a coin collector?
    • (a) prestidigitator
    • (b) philatelist
    • (c) sommelier
    • (d) numismatist
  4. Which word means to report widely, spread the word?
    • (a) aver
    • (b) eschew
    • (c) bruit
    • (d) impugn
  5. Which word means softening, soothing?
    • (a) enervating
    • (b) emollient
    • (c) ebullient
    • (d) effervescent
  6. Which word means belonging or native to a particular country or region?
    • (a) indigenous
    • (b) ingenuous
    • (c) inviolable
    • (d) innocuous
  7. Which word means arousing sexual desire?
    • (a) clandestine
    • (b) carnal
    • (c) avaricious
    • (d) salacious
  8. Which word means means careful and persistent?
    • (a) monotonous
    • (b) impetuous
    • (c) assiduous
    • (d) incessant
  9. Which pair of words is not synonymous?
    • (a) antagonism, animosity
    • (b) rudeness, rancor
    • (c) malice, malevolence
    • (d) antipathy, enmity
  10. What is the proper pronunciation of poignant?
    • (a) POY-int
    • (b) POYN-yint
    • (c) POYG-nint
    • (d) POYN-int
  11. In convocation, the prefix con- means
    • (a) together
    • (b) against
    • (c) additional
    • (d) same
  12. Which of the following is not characteristic of a tirade?
    • (a) It is protracted.
    • (b) It is censorious.
    • (c) It is enigmatic.
    • (d) It is vituperative.
  13. What is the proper pronunciation of clandestine?
    • (a) klan-DES-tyn
    • (b) klan-DES-teen
    • (c) klan-DES-tin
    • (d) KLAN-des-tyn
    • (e) KLAN-des-teen
  14. Vocal, vocational, and evocative come from the Latin vocare, which means
    • (a) to call
    • (b) to speak
    • (c) to feel
    • (d) to describe
  15. Who wrote the classic guide, Modern English Usage?
    • (a) Noah Webster
    • (b) Theodore M. Bernstein
    • (c) H. W. Fowler
    • (d) Mark Twain
  16. In which phrase is periphery used figuratively?
    • (a) the periphery of experience
    • (b) the periphery of town
  17. What is the nadir?
    • (a) the lowest point
    • (b) the highest point
    • (c) the beginning
    • (d) the end
  18. In modern usage, lucre usually implies
    • (a) a great fortune
    • (b) ill-gotten gains
    • (c) a profitable venture
  19. In which part of a newspaper are you most likely to come across words you can add to your vocabulary?
    • (a) the sports section
    • (b) the society page
    • (c) the editorial page
    • (d) the advice columns
  20. Which of the following is least likely to make a person haggard?
    • (a) working too hard
    • (b) eating too much
    • (c) lack of sleep
    • (d) malnutrition
  21. Improvident, prodigal, profligate, and spendthrift all mean
    • (a) foolish
    • (b) unlucky
    • (c) poor
    • (d) wasteful
  22. Which word is not a synonym of verbose?
    • (a) prolix
    • (b) voluble
    • (c) garrulous
    • (d) taciturn
    • (e) loquacious
  23. The phrase “a paragon of American ingenuity” would best describe which person?
    • (a) Abraham Lincoln
    • (b) Thomas Alva Edison
    • (c) Ernest Hemingway
    • (d) Martin Luther King, Jr.
  24. What is the preferred pronunciation of -lived in short-lived and long-lived?
    • (a) with a short i as in give
    • (b) with a long i as in strive
  25. Which of the following is a privative prefix meaning “not”?
    • (a) sub-
    • (b) con-
    • (c) mis-
    • (d) in-
  26. What is the traditional and proper pronunciation of assuage?
    • (a) uh-SWAYZH
    • (b) uh-SWAYJ
    • (c) uh-SWAHZH
  27. Three of the following words are related in meaning. Find the unrelated word:
    • (a) investigate
    • (b) authenticate
    • (c) corroborate
    • (d) substantiate
  28. Which sentence illustrates the precise and proper use of comprise?
    • (a) New York City comprises five boroughs.
    • (b) New York City is comprised of five boroughs.
  29. Which word properly refers to things experienced through the senses?
    • (a) sensuous
    • (b) sensual
  30. Cursory, course, curriculum, and courier all come from the Latin currere, which means
    • (a) to examine
    • (b) to deliver
    • (c) to run
    • (d) to be steady
  31. Enigmatic, cryptic, and equivocal are synonyms of which word?
    • (a) reticent
    • (b) ambiguous
    • (c) ambivalent
    • (d) tenuous
  32. Which word is an antonym of cursory?
    • (a) protracted
    • (b) haphazard
    • (c) slapdash
    • (d) superficial
  33. Someone who vacillates
    • (a) puts things off
    • (b) is reluctant to speak
    • (c) has difficulty making a decision
    • (d) rushes ahead without thinking
  34. Clement comes from a Latin word that means
    • (a) sweet
    • (b) friendly
    • (c) mild
    • (d) light
Answer Key
  1. (a) look for words you don’t know
  2. (b) redolent
  3. (d) numismatist
  4. (c) bruit
  5. (b) emollient
  6. (a) indigenous
  7. (d) salacious
  8. (c) assiduous
  9. (b) rudeness, rancor
  10. (b) POYN-yint
  11. (a) together
  12. (c) It is enigmatic.
  13. (c) klan-DES-tin
  14. (a) to call
  15. (c) H. W. Fowler
  16. (a) the periphery of experience
  17. (a) the lowest point
  18. (b) ill-gotten gains
  19. (c) the editorial page
  20. (b) eating too much
  21. (d) wasteful
  22. (d) taciturn
  23. (b) Thomas Alva Edison
  24. (b) with a long i as in strive
  25. (d) in-
  26. (b) uh-SWAYJ
  27. (a) investigate
  28. (a) New York City comprises five boroughs.
  29. (a) sensuous
  30. (c) to run
  31. (b) ambiguous
  32. (a) protracted
  33. (c) has difficulty making a decision
  34. (d) light
Answer Key
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