Kaplan Practice Test 2

Question 1

Equivocal

Answer 1

Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

Question 2

Querulous

Answer 2

Complaining in a whining manner

Question 3

Piquant

Answer 3

Having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor; pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind

Question 4

Recreant

Answer 4

Cowardly

Question 5

Dilatory

Answer 5

Slow to act

Question 6

Cache

Answer 6

Store away in hiding or for future use

Question 7

Obstreperous

Answer 7

Noisy and difficult to control

Question 8

Zeal

Answer 8

Great energy or entusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective

Question 9

Cogitation

Answer 9

The action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation

Question 10

Clement

Answer 10

Mild or merciful

Question 11

Implacable

Answer 11

Unstoppable

Question 12

Filial

Answer 12

From a son or daughter

Question 13

Approbation

Answer 13

Approval or praise

Question 14

Decorum

Answer 14

Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

Question 15

Astringent

Answer 15

Sharp or severe in manner or style

Question 16

Venerate

Answer 16

Regard with great respect

Question 17

Sacrosanct

Answer 17

Regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with

Question 18

Obfuscate

Answer 18

To render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible

Question 19

Punctilious

Answer 19

Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

Question 20

Onerous

Answer 20

Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome

Question 21

Portent

Answer 21

A sign or warning that something is likely to happen

Question 22

Augury

Answer 22

A sign of what will happen in the future

Question 23

Aggrandize

Answer 23

To increase power, status, or wealth beyond what is justified

Question 24

Vituperate

Answer 24

To blame or insult in strong or violent language

Question 25

Credulous

Answer 25

Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things

Question 26

Contrite

Answer 26

Affected by guilt; feeling or expressing remorse

Question 27

Impecunious

Answer 27

Having little or no money

Question 28

Ephemeral

Answer 28

Lasting for a very short time

Question 29

Insurgent

Answer 29

(n) a rebel; (v) to revolt

Question 30

Innocuous

Answer 30

Not harmful or offensive

Question 31

Noisome

Answer 31

Unpleasant

Question 32

Indomitable

Answer 32

Impossible to defeat

Question 33

Capitulate

Answer 33

Surrender

Question 34

Castigate

Answer 34

To reprimand someone severely

Question 35

Trite

Answer 35

Lacking originality or freshness

Question 36

Abatement

Answer 36

The ending, reduction, or lessening of something

Question 37

Antithetical

Answer 37

Directly opposed or contrasted

Question 38

Apostate

Answer 38

Abandoning a religious or political belief or principle

Question 39

Liminal

Answer 39

Being at a boundary or threshold

Question 40

Precipitous

Answer 40

Dangerously high or steep; done suddenly and without careful consideration

Question 41

Sumptuous

Answer 41

Splendid and expensive-looking

Question 42

Accord

Answer 42

(n) an official agreement or treaty. (v) Give or grant someone power

Question 43

Fracas

Answer 43

A noisy disturbance or quarrel

Question 44

Elixir

Answer 44

A magical or medicinal potion

Question 45

Aberration

Answer 45

A departure from what is normal; typical unwelcome

Question 46

Cavalcade

Answer 46

A formal procession of people

Question 47

Peregrination

Answer 47

Travel or wander from place to place

Question 48

Mendacious

Answer 48

Lying

Question 49

Abjure

Answer 49

To solemnly renounce

Question 50

Languid

Answer 50

Pleasantly lazy and peaceful OR weak from illness or fatigue

Question 51

Incisive

Answer 51

Accurate and sharply focused

Question 52

Capricious

Answer 52

Changing often and quickly

Question 53

Umbrage

Answer 53

Offense or annoyance

Question 54

Lugubrious

Answer 54

Looking or sounding sad and dismal

Question 55

Ersatz

Answer 55

Used as an inferior substitute for something else

Question 56

Semblance

Answer 56

Apparent and false form of something

Question 57

Foible

Answer 57

A minor weakness in someone’s character

Question 58

Patently

Answer 58

Clearly; without doubt

Question 59

Obviate

Answer 59

To remove (think: Obliviate)

Question 60

Presage

Answer 60

A sign or warning that something bad will happen

Question 61

Specious

Answer 61

Misleadingly attractive

Question 62

Pellucid

Answer 62

Translucently clear; Lucid in style

Question 63

Incipient

Answer 63

Beginning to happen or develop

Question 64

Fallacious

Answer 64

Based on a mistaken belief

Question 65

Redolent

Answer 65

Reminiscent or suggestive of