Verbal Advantage - Level 06 » Review Test for Level 6

Quiz

  1. Which word by derivation means the working of miracles?
    • (a) prestidigitation
    • (b) legerdemain
    • (c) thaumaturgy
  2. Which word means literally nimbleness with the fingers?
    • (a) legerdemain
    • (b) thaumaturgy
    • (c) prestidigitation
  3. Which pair of words contains a word that is not a synonym of puerile?
    • (a) frivolous, inane
    • (b) genteel, sophomoric
    • (c) callow, asinine
    • (d) juvenile, fatuous
  4. Which pair of words is antonymous (opposite in meaning)?
    • (a) perspicuous, lucid
    • (b) cryptic, arcane
    • (c) inscrutable, esoteric
    • (d) manifest, enigmatic
  5. The -cilious part of supercilious comes from a Latin word meaning
    • (a) eyebrow
    • (b) proud
    • (c) superior
    • (d) nose
  6. Which word means spacious or comprehensive?
    • (a) vacuous
    • (b) capacious
    • (c) fatuous
    • (d) superfluous
  7. Who was the goddess of memory in Greek mythology?
    • (a) Laodicea
    • (b) Athena
    • (c) Mnemosyne
    • (d) Ops
  8. Which pair of words is not synonymous?
    • (a) sonorous, sinuous
    • (b) devious, circuitous
    • (c) serpentine, meandering
    • (d) labyrinthine, tortuous
  9. Which word means to free from blame, remove a burden of guilt?
    • (a) disparage
    • (b) ostracize
    • (c) remunerate
    • (d) exonerate
  10. What is petalism?
    • (a) revenge
    • (b) a school of philosophy
    • (c) a form of banishment
    • (d) flattery
  11. Which word is not a synonym of plethoric?
    • (a) turgid
    • (b) opulent
    • (c) bombastic
    • (d) grandiloquent
  12. Who was the robber of Attica who tortured people on his infamous bed?
    • (a) Procrustes
    • (b) Draco
    • (c) Pyrrho
    • (d) Theseus
  13. Which word means skepticism, universal doubt?
    • (a) solecism
    • (b) Pyrrhonism
    • (c) epicureanism
    • (d) hedonism
  14. Which word is not a synonym of Arcadian?
    • (a) pastoral
    • (b) bucolic
    • (c) idyllic
    • (d) Boeotian
    • (e) agrarian
  15. Which word denotes a social impropriety or a grammatical error?
    • (a) pejorative
    • (b) Pyrrhonism
    • (c) solecism
    • (d) ostracism
  16. Which word is closest in meaning to incessant?
    • (a) unceasing
    • (b) continual
    • (c) sporadic
    • (d) regular
  17. What is a toady?
    • (a) a foolish person
    • (b) an informer
    • (c) a fawning follower
    • (d) a despised person
  18. Tenacious and tenable come from the Latin tenere, which means
    • (a) to bite
    • (b) to defend
    • (c) to propose
    • (d) to hold
  19. Something easily perceived or felt is
    • (a) tangential
    • (b) palpable
    • (c) imperceptible
    • (d) ubiquitous
  20. Which set of words contains a word that is not a synonym of odious?
    • (a) abhorrent, abominable, flagitious
    • (b) repugnant, loathsome, refractory
    • (c) repellent, execrable, obnoxious
    • (d) objectionable, heinous, opprobrious
  21. Ruminate comes from a Latin word meaning
    • (a) to boil slowly
    • (b) to contemplate
    • (c) to make a low, deep sound
    • (d) to chew the cud
  22. Which word means lying down in a comfortable position?
    • (a) recumbent
    • (b) malingering
    • (c) opulent
    • (d) prostrate
  23. A bromide is a statement or idea that is
    • (a) imaginative and pithy
    • (b) doleful and lugubrious
    • (c) hackneyed and insipid
    • (d) grandiose and bombastic
  24. The -dox in heterodox and orthodox comes from a Greek word meaning
    • (a) thought
    • (b) custom
    • (c) opinion
    • (d) religion
  25. Which word comes from a Latin verb meaning “to speak?”
    • (a) grandiloquent
    • (b) cacoethes
    • (c) cacophony
    • (d) orthoepy
  26. Which set of three words contains a word that is not a synonym of the others?
    • (a) melancholy, dolorous, plaintive
    • (b) woeful, funereal, lachrymose
    • (c) doleful, saturnine, disconsolate
    • (d) dismal, impecunious, lugubrious
  27. An infinitesimal amount of something is
    • (a) a substantial amount
    • (b) an immeasurably great amount
    • (c) a very small but measurable amount
    • (d) an immeasurably small amount
  28. What do malingerers do?
    • (a) they loiter
    • (b) they pretend to be sick
    • (c) they threaten or intimidate
    • (d) they panhandle or steal
  29. Which word means to declare in a solemn, earnest manner?
    • (a) vindicate
    • (b) ruminate
    • (c) asseverate
    • (d) indemnify
  30. Which statement is false?
    • (a) Something eminent is about to happen.
    • (b) Something eminentis remarkable.
    • (c) Something eminent is distinguished.
  31. By derivation, what does the phon- in cacophony and phonetic mean?
    • (a) word
    • (b) letter
    • (c) speech
    • (d) sound
  32. Which word means a bad habit, insatiable urge?
    • (a) recalcitrance
    • (b) cacoethes
    • (c) equanimity
    • (d) animadversion
  33. Which pair of words is not antonymous?
    • (a) obstinate, malleable
    • (b) refractory, intractable
    • (c) acquiescent, perverse
    • (d) deferential, recalcitrant
    • (e) submissive, intransigent
  34. Which word is an antonym of enervated?
    • (a) animated
    • (b) bored
    • (c) tired
    • (d) curious
  35. Which word means coolness of mind, composure?
    • (a) acclamation
    • (b) stricture
    • (c) sang-froid
    • (d) levity
Answer Key
  1. (c) thaumaturgy
  2. (c) prestidigitation
  3. (b) genteel, sophomoric
  4. (d) manifest, enigmatic
  5. (a) eyebrow
  6. (b) capacious
  7. (c) Mnemosyne
  8. (a) sonorous, sinuous
  9. (d) exonerate
  10. (c) a form of banishment
  11. (b) opulent
  12. (a) Procrustes
  13. (b) Pyrrhonism
  14. (d) Boeotian
  15. (c) solecism
  16. (a) unceasing
  17. (c) a fawning follower
  18. (d) to hold
  19. (b) palpable
  20. (b) repugnant, loathsome, refractory
  21. (d) to chew the cud
  22. (a) recumbent
  23. (c) hackneyed and insipid
  24. (c) opinion
  25. (a) grandiloquent
  26. (d) dismal, impecunious, lugubrious
  27. (d) an immeasurably small amount
  28. (b) they pretend to be sick
  29. (c) asseverate
  30. (a) Something eminent is about to happen.
  31. (d) sound
  32. (b) cacoethes
  33. (b) refractory, intractable
  34. (a) animated
  35. (c) sang-froid
Answer Key
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