Verbal Advantage - Level 07 » Review Test for Level 7

Quiz

  1. Something that deviates from the norm is
    • (a) abstemious
    • (b) analogous
    • (c) anomalous
    • (d) hyperbolic
    • (e) pernicious
  2. Which word is not a synonym of didactic?
    • (a) pedagogic
    • (b) preceptive
    • (c) expository
    • (d) ascetic
    • (e) hortatory
  3. Which word is not an antonym of obsequious?
    • (a) recalcitrant
    • (b) intractable
    • (c) sycophantic
    • (d) refractory
    • (e) intransigent
  4. Which word is a synonym of rarefied?
    • (a) bombastic
    • (b) ethereal
    • (c) effusive
    • (d) senescent
    • (e) catholic
  5. Which word is an antonym of pernicious?
    • (a) malign
    • (b) deleterious
    • (c) salubrious
    • (d) baneful
    • (e) noisome
  6. Which phrase is not redundant?
    • (a) cure for all ills
    • (b) passing fad
    • (c) consensus of opinion
    • (d) from whence it came
    • (e) opening gambit
  7. Which word best describes a catholic person?
    • (a) latitudinarian
    • (b) docile
    • (c) dogmatic
    • (d) parochial
  8. Reticent, diffident, and taciturn are antonyms of
    • (a) refulgent
    • (b) effusive
    • (c) laconic
    • (d) irascible
  9. Which word is not a synonym of contentious?
    • (a) disputatious
    • (b) belligerent
    • (c) litigious
    • (d) mendacious
    • (e) pugnacious
  10. Which word is a synonym of assiduous?
    • (a) indolent
    • (b) languid
    • (c) sedulous
    • (d) phlegmatic
    • (e) otiose
  11. Chicanery and casuistry are synonyms of
    • (a) invective
    • (b) nepotism
    • (c) duplicity
    • (d) bombast
    • (e) supplications
  12. What is a genuflection?
    • (a) a blessing
    • (b) a bending of the knee
    • (c) making the sign of the cross
    • (d) an act of deception
    • (e) a prayer
  13. Which word means to inform?
    • (a) appraise
    • (b) apprise
  14. Which word means rash, reckless or abrupt, sudden?
    • (a) precipitate
    • (b) precipitous
  15. In the Trojan War, who was king and commander of the Myrmidons?
    • (a) Hector
    • (b) Odysseus
    • (c) Procrustes
    • (d) Achilles
    • (e) Draco
  16. Something antediluvian is
    • (a) inscrutable or impenetrable
    • (b) fearsome and unstoppable
    • (c) amusingly eccentric
    • (d) old or old-fashioned
  17. Which word by derivation means great-spirited?
    • (a) catholic
    • (b) magnanimous
    • (c) pusillanimous
    • (d) avuncular
    • (e) sanctimonious
  18. Which word denotes abusive language that is filthy and obscene?
    • (a) invective
    • (b) obloquy
    • (c) billingsgate
    • (d) vituperation
  19. Which word means to attack violently with words, express angry disapproval?
    • (a) coruscate
    • (b) objurgate
    • (c) bombast
    • (d) inveigh
    • (e) capitulate
  20. Which phrase does not properly apply to a deus ex machina?
    • (a) unexpected resolution
    • (b) sinister plot
    • (c) divine intervention
    • (d) unlikely occurrence
  21. What is a docent?
    • (a) an itinerant teacher
    • (b) a friendly, agreeable person
    • (c) a lecturing tour guide
    • (d) an assistant or servant
  22. Which word is an antonym of fetid?
    • (a) redolent
    • (b) putrid
    • (c) graveolent
    • (d) mephitic
    • (e) noisome
  23. In the phrase mea culpa, what does culpa mean?
    • (a) fault
    • (b) belief
    • (c) mistake
    • (d) responsibility
  24. Someone who makes an inappropriate or tiresome display of knowledge is
    • (a) an exponent
    • (b) a docent
    • (c) a parvenu
    • (d) a pedant
    • (e) a myrmidon
  25. Which word is a synonym of inchoate?
    • (a) insouciant
    • (b) refulgent
    • (c) nascent
    • (d) senescent
  26. Which set of three words contains a word that is not a synonym of the others?
    • (a) scrupulous, upright, ethical
    • (b) mendacious, veracious, disingenuous
    • (c) hypocritical, equivocal, duplicitous
    • (d) evasive, prevaricating, deceitful
  27. Which word means pertaining to twilight?
    • (a) inchoate
    • (b) subfuscous
    • (c) crepuscular
    • (d) umbrageous
  28. Which is the traditional and proper pronunciation of ribald?
    • (a) RY-bawld
    • (b) RIB-uld
    • (c) RIB-awld
  29. What is an arriviste?
    • (a) a convert to a religion or cause
    • (b) a vulgar and often ruthless social climber
    • (c) an ostentatiously learned person
    • (d) a faithful servant or subordinate
  30. Which three words are synonyms?
    • (a) unrelenting, implacable, obliging
    • (b) compliant, compromising, obdurate
    • (c) inexorable, acquiescent, intransigent
    • (d) tractable, complaisant, docile
  31. Which word does not precisely apply to a sanctimonious person?
    • (a) hypocritical
    • (b) disingenuous
    • (c) unctuous
    • (d) redoubtable
    • (e) affected
Answer Key
  1. (c) anomalous
  2. (d) ascetic
  3. (c) sycophantic
  4. (b) ethereal
  5. (c) salubrious
  6. (a) cure for all ills
  7. (a) latitudinarian
  8. (b) effusive
  9. (d) mendacious
  10. (c) sedulous
  11. (c) duplicity
  12. (b) a bending of the knee
  13. (b) apprise
  14. (a) precipitate
  15. (d) Achilles
  16. (d) old or old-fashioned
  17. (b) magnanimous
  18. (c) billingsgate
  19. (d) inveigh
  20. (b) sinister plot
  21. (c) a lecturing tour guide
  22. (a) redolent
  23. (a) fault
  24. (d) a pedant
  25. (c) nascent
  26. (b) mendacious, veracious, disingenuous
  27. (c) crepuscular
  28. (b) RIB-uld
  29. (b) a vulgar and often ruthless social climber
  30. (d) tractable, complaisant, docile
  31. (d) redoubtable
Answer Key
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