Verbal Advantage - Level 05 » Review Test for Level 5

Quiz

  1. Which word means refined by study and training, marked by skill and taste?
    • (a) judicious
    • (b) cultivated
    • (c) facile
    • (d) eccentric
  2. What is the correct pronunciation of mischievous?
    • (a) MIS-chi-vus
    • (b) mis-CHEE-vus
    • (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
  3. On which syllable does the stress properly fall in superfluous?
    • (a) su-
    • (b)-per-
    • (c)-flu-
  4. Which group of three words contains two antonyms and one synonym of voluble?
    • (a) taciturn, verbose, garrulous
    • (b) loquacious, terse, effusive
    • (c) glib, laconic, reticent
  5. Which word is not a synonym of transitory?
    • (a) transient
    • (b) ephemeral
    • (c) itinerant
    • (d) evanescent
  6. The phil- in philanthropy and philharmonic comes from the Greek philein, which means
    • (a) to love
    • (b) to give
    • (c) to sing
    • (d) to celebrate
  7. Which pair contains a word that is not a synonym of lethargy?
    • (a) torpor, stupefaction
    • (b) lassitude, languor
    • (c) apathy, acquiescence
    • (d) somnolence, sluggishness
  8. Pugnacious comes from a Latin word that means
    • (a) to argue
    • (b) to be unruly
    • (c) to be rude
    • (d) to fight with the fists
  9. What is a quidnunc?
    • (a) an itinerant person
    • (b) an incorrigible person
    • (c) a vindictive person
    • (d) an officious person
    • (e) a convivial person
  10. Which word comes from the ritual of conferring knighthood?
    • (a) exonerate
    • (b) accolade
    • (c) judicious
    • (d) altruism
  11. Which statement is never true of vernacular language?
    • (a) It is familiar.
    • (b) It is common.
    • (c) It is scholarly.
    • (d) It is grammatical.
  12. The Roman god Jupiter is the source of which word?
    • (a) judgment
    • (b) jovial
    • (c) justice
    • (d) juxtapose
  13. What is the proper plural of medium?
    • (a) medias
    • (b) mediums
    • (c) media
  14. Which are the two cultivated pronunciations of ebullient? (This question has two correct answers.)
    • (a) i-BUHL-yint
    • (b) i-BOOL-yint
    • (c) i-BYOO-lee-int
    • (d) i-BUUL-yint
    • (e) EB-yuh-lint
  15. Which word is an antonym of impervious?
    • (a) diaphanous
    • (b) tractable
    • (c) opaque
    • (d) obfuscated
  16. Imaginary, fantastic, and preposterous are synonyms of
    • (a) droll
    • (b) chimerical
    • (c) auspicious
    • (d) prodigious
  17. Posit and juxtapose come from the Latin ponere, which means
    • (a) to tell, explain
    • (b) to resist, oppose
    • (c) to put, place
    • (d) to give, offer
  18. Which word is not a synonym of esoteric?
    • (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. Auspicious is related to auspex, a soothsayer of ancient Rome who made predictions
    • (a) by interpreting dreams
    • (b) by casting dice
    • (c) by observing the stars
    • (d) by observing the flight of birds
  20. Which word is a synonym of promulgate?
    • (a) chasten
    • (b) glean
    • (c) bruit
    • (d) expostulate
    • (e) adjudicate
  21. Why will you never, ever write or utter the odious phrase free gift?
    • (a) Because it is redundant, hackneyed, and ridiculous. (The answer to this question is gratuitous. You may have it free, or for nothing.)
  22. What does the nomen- in nomenclature mean?
    • (a) law
    • (b) words
    • (c) name
    • (d) knowledge
  23. The noun satiety denotes
    • (a) thorough devotion
    • (b) excessive gratification
    • (c) utter confusion
    • (d) unquenchable desire
  24. Which set of words contains a word that is not a synonym of beguile?
    • (a) ensnare, obfuscate, swindle
    • (b) bamboozle, enrapture, enchant
    • (c) dupe, hoodwink, ensorcel
    • (d) gull, cozen, enthrall
  25. The Latin adjective plenus, the source of replete and plenary, means
    • (a) all
    • (b) many
    • (c) full
    • (d) every
  26. Which word is an antonym of preclude?
    • (a) engender
    • (b) cull
    • (c) permit
    • (d) obviate
  27. Chastise and castigate were both formerly used of
    • (a) religious purification
    • (b) corporal punishment
    • (c) public humiliation
    • (d) political debate
  28. Which word means a vernacular expression?
    • (a) obfuscation
    • (b) chrysalis
    • (c) idiosyncrasy
    • (d) colloquialism
  29. Facile, facility, and facilitate all come from the Latin verb facere, which means
    • (a) to work
    • (b) to simplify
    • (c) to flow smoothly
    • (d) to make or do
  30. Which words are synonyms?
    • (a) aloof, affable
    • (b) genial, convivial
    • (c) gregarious, solitary
    • (d) reserved, jovial
  31. What is the traditional, proper pronunciation of eschew?
    • (a) es-CHOO
    • (b) es-SHOO
    • (c) e-SKYOO
  32. Which word comes from a character in a satirical romance by Franois Rabelais?
    • (a) elephantine
    • (b) prodigious
    • (c) gargantuan
    • (d) Brobdingnagian
  33. Which word comes from Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels?
    • (a) herculean
    • (b) Brobdingnagian
    • (c) gargantuan
    • (d) prodigious
  34. Which word is not a synonym of idiosyncratic?
    • (a) habitual
    • (b) quirky
    • (c) distinctive
    • (d) peculiar
  35. Which word is a synonym of approbation?
    • (a) repudiation
    • (b) disavowal
    • (c) acclamation
    • (d) abjuration
Answer Key
 
  1. (b) cultivated
  2. (a) MIS-chi-vus
  3. (b)-per-
  4. (c) glib, laconic, reticent
  5. (c) itinerant
  6. (a) to love
  7. (c) apathy, acquiescence
  8. (d) to fight with the fists
  9. (d) an officious person
  10. (b) accolade
  11. (c) It is scholarly.
  12. (b) jovial
  13. (c) media
  14. (a) i-BUHL-yint
  15. (a) diaphanous
  16. (b) chimerical
  17. (c) to put, place
  18. (d) This is for Mary and I.
  19. (d) by observing the flight of birds
  20. (c) bruit
  21. (a) Because it is redundant, hackneyed, and ridiculous. (The answer to this question is gratuitous. You may have it free, or for nothing.)
  22. (c) name
  23. (b) excessive gratification
  24. (a) ensnare, obfuscate, swindle
  25. (c) full
  26. (a) engender
  27. (b) corporal punishment
  28. (d) colloquialism
  29. (d) to make or do
  30. (b) genial, convivial
  31. (a) es-CHOO
  32. (c) gargantuan
  33. (b) Brobdingnagian
  34. (a) habitual
  35. (c) acclamation
Answer Key
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