Verbal Advantage - Level 04 » Review Test for Level 4

Quiz

 

  1. Which word means specifically an amateur practitioner of an art?
    • (a) tyro
    • (b) novice
    • (c) neophyte
    • (d) dilettante
  2. Which word is an antonym of garrulous?
    • (a) verbose
    • (b) laconic
    • (c) loquacious
    • (d) voluble
  3. The combining form auto- means
    • (a) other
    • (b) alone
    • (c) self
    • (d) only
  4. The combining form pan- means
    • (a) one
    • (b) all
    • (c) over
    • (d) through
  5. Which phrase is not redundant?
    • (a) a daily journal
    • (b) the nonprofessional laity
    • (c) a panacea for all ills
    • (d) all of the above phrases are redundant
  6. Which is not an accepted meaning of pantheon?
    • (a) a collection of the best examples of something
    • (b) all the gods worshiped by a given people
    • (c) a temple dedicated to all the gods
    • (d) any group of highly respected or revered persons
  7. Insipid, vapid, and jejune are synonyms of
    • (a) abject
    • (b) myopic
    • (c) prosaic
    • (d) deleterious
  8. Which pair of words is not synonymous?
    • (a) fraud, fake
    • (b) humbug, charlatan
    • (c) imposter, dissident
    • (d) quack, mountebank
  9. Mechanical, routine, and listless are synonyms of
    • (a) jaded
    • (b) onerous
    • (c) ambivalent
    • (d) perfunctory
  10. Which statement does not apply to sophistry?
    • (a) it is clever
    • (b) it is confusing
    • (c) it is plausible
    • (d) it is deceptive
  11. Miss Thistlebottom, the hidebound grammarian, is the creation of
    • (a) Theodore M. Bernstein
    • (b) H. W. Fowler
    • (c) William Safire
    • (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. What is a lexicographer?
    • (a) a writing instructor
    • (b) an author of usage guides
    • (c) a maker of dictionaries
    • (d) an expert on word origins
  13. Which word is a synonym of mundane?
    • (a) sublunary
    • (b) celestial
    • (c) sublime
    • (d) ethereal
  14. In ancient Greece a myriad was
    • (a) a temple dedicated to all the gods
    • (b) a period of fasting followed by a feast
    • (c) a division of ten thousand soldiers
    • (d) a marathon
  15. Which pair of words is synonymous?
    • (a) laudable, deplorable
    • (b) meritorious, ignominious
    • (c) commendable, contemptible
    • (d) exemplary, estimable
  16. Which of the following is least likely to make someone jaded?
    • (a) abuse
    • (b) inactivity
    • (c) overwork
    • (d) overindulgence
  17. Which word is a synonym of latitudinarian?
    • (a) purblind
    • (b) obtuse
    • (c) catholic
    • (d) myopic
  18. Which sentences illustrate proper usage? (This question has two correct answers.)
    • (a) This is between you and me.
    • (b) This is between you and I.
    • (c) This is for Mary and me.
    • (d) This is for Mary and I.
  19. By derivation, the word pontificate is related to
    • (a) the Stoic philosophers
    • (b) the Pope
    • (c) snake-oil salesmen
    • (d) the Sophists
  20. Which word means expressing opinion as if it were fact?
    • (a) diurnal
    • (b) disparaging
    • (c) dogmatic
    • (d) demonstrable
  21. In ambivalent and ambidextrous, the combining form ambi- means
    • (a) around
    • (b) through
    • (c) other
    • (d) both
  22. To speculate, surmise, and conjecture all mean
    • (a) to risk
    • (b) to guess
    • (c) to examine
    • (d) to take for granted
  23. Which word is an antonym of surreptitious?
    • (a) manifest
    • (b) furtive
    • (c) clandestine
    • (d) covert
  24. Which is the proper pronunciation of heinous?
    • (a) HEE-nis
    • (b) HAY-nis
    • (c) HEE-nee-us
    • (d) HAY-nee-us
  25. Which word is an antonym of impeccable?
    • (a) perfunctory
    • (b) extemporaneous
    • (c) culpable
    • (d) jaded
  26. Which word means a small sin, minor fault or flaw?
    • (a) stigma
    • (b) idiosyncrasy
    • (c) macula
    • (d) peccadillo
  27. Which word means a lull, hiatus?
    • (a) jade
    • (b) respite
    • (c) abjection
    • (d) acquiescence
  28. In preferable, formidable, comparable, and applicable, where does the stress properly fall?
    • (a) on the first syllable
    • (b) on the second syllable
  29. The question “What are you inferring?” means
    • (a) What are you deducing or concluding?
    • (b) What are you suggesting or indicating indirectly?
    • (c) What are you explaining or defining?
    • (d) What precisely are you saying?
  30. “Amanda was ________ to improve her verbal skills.” In careful usage, which word properly should fill the blank in that sentence?
    • (a) anxious
    • (b) eager
  31. By derivation, a cornucopia is
    • (a) an official decree
    • (b) a horn of plenty
    • (c) a worker of miracles
    • (d) an artistic masterpiece
  32. Which word is an antonym of stoic?
    • (a) apathetic
    • (b) astute
    • (c) ardent
    • (d) ambivalent
  33. Which pair of words are synonyms?
    • (a) immutable, erratic
    • (b) protean, mercurial
    • (c) capricious, invariable
    • (d) flighty, quiescent
  34. Unsullied, immaculate, and pristine are antonyms of
    • (a) onerous
    • (b) impeccable
    • (c) volatile
    • (d) squalid
  35. Conjecture and abject both come from the Latin verb jacere, which means
    • (a) to accept
    • (b) to judge
    • (c) to throw
    • (d) to make a mistake
Answer Key
  1. (d) dilettante
  2. (b) laconic
  3. (c) self
  4. (b) all
  5. (d) all of the above phrases are redundant
  6. (a) a collection of the best examples of something
  7. (c) prosaic
  8. (c) imposter, dissident
  9. (d) perfunctory
  10. (b) it is confusing
  11. (a) Theodore M. Bernstein
  12. (c) a maker of dictionaries
  13. (a) sublunary
  14. (c) a division of ten thousand soldiers
  15. (d) exemplary, estimable
  16. (b) inactivity
  17. (c) catholic
  18. (a) This is between you and me.
  19. (b) the Pope
  20. (c) dogmatic
  21. (d) both
  22. (b) to guess
  23. (a) manifest
  24. (b) HAY-nis
  25. (c) culpable
  26. (d) peccadillo
  27. (b) respite
  28. (a) on the first syllable
  29. (a) What are you deducing or concluding?
  30. (b) eager
  31. (b) a horn of plenty
  32. (c) ardent
  33. (b) protean, mercurial
  34. (d) squalid
  35. (c) to throw
Answer Key
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