Test Prep Set 1

Question 1

Abridge

Answer 1

To Shorten

Question 2

Acclaim

Answer 2

Enthusiastic public praise

Question 3

Accord

Answer 3

Agreement

Question 4

Adept

Answer 4

Skilled

Question 5

aghast

Answer 5

Shocked and horrified

Question 6

Allay

Answer 6

Make less severe, to calm

Question 7

Aloof

Answer 7

Not sociable or friendly toward others

Question 8

Altruistic

Answer 8

Actions that show unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Question 9

Appropriate

Answer 9

To take for one’s own use; to put toward a particular use

Question 10

Ascertain

Answer 10

To determine with certainty

Question 11

Arresting

Answer 11

Capturing one’s attention

Question 12

Avarice

Answer 12

Greed

Question 13

Auspicious

Answer 13

Signaling future success

Question 14

Beget

Answer 14

To bring into existence (of offspring)

Question 15

Blunder

Answer 15

A careless or stupid mistake

Question 16

Bumbling

Answer 16

Awkwardly clumsy or prone to mistakes

Question 17

Canny

Answer 17

Clever and showing good judgment

Granny is canny

Question 18

Certitude

Answer 18

Certainty

Question 19

Circuitous

Answer 19

Circular or winding, not direct

Question 20

Circumvent

Answer 20

To find a way around something; to clearly avoid

Question 21

Contend

Answer 21

To assert as true

Question 22

Cosmopoilatan

Answer 22

Worldly and well-traveled

Question 23

Covert

Answer 23

Secret

Question 24

Contempt

Answer 24

Someone or something is unworthy of respect

Question 25

Deft

Answer 25

Skillful and quick (of mind and body)

Deaf- skillful in other ways

Question 26

Din

Answer 26

A loud continued noise: unpleasant

Question 27

Gaffe

Answer 27

A clumsy or embarrassing error made in a social situation

Question 28

Dubious

Answer 28

Doubtful

Question 29

Fanciful

Answer 29

Imaginative in an unrealistic way
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