Test Prep 3

Question 1

Boor

Answer 1

Rude or ill mannered

Saying a boy is poor is rude

Question 2

Circumspect

Answer 2

Thinking carefully before you do something

Question 3

Circumspect

Answer 3

Wary and unwilling to take risks

Question 4

Cloister

Answer 4

Seclude

Close - oyster: if you live in an oyster you will be secluded

Question 5

Compendium

Answer 5

A collection of things presented together

Question 6

Confer

Answer 6

To consult together

Conference- to consult together

Question 7

Conflate

Answer 7

Mistake one thing for the other. Mistake two things for the same thing

Question 8

Congenial

Answer 8

Friendly

Question 9

Contrite

Answer 9

Remorseful

Count right (money) or you will regret it

Question 10

Credulous

Answer 10

Easily believing

Question 11

Cursory

Answer 11

Done quickly and without attention to detail

Question 12

Destitute

Answer 12

Penniless

Question 13

Disaffected

Answer 13

Dissatisfied/ Discontented especially with authority

Question 14

Dearth

Answer 14

A scarcity or lack of something

Question 15

Disconcerting

Answer 15

Disturbing

Question 16

Dynamism

Answer 16

Energy and activity

Question 17

Exacting

Answer 17

Demanding

Question 18

Extol

Answer 18

To praise highly

Question 19

Florid

Answer 19

Overly elaborate

Question 20

Fodder

Answer 20

Food for animals

Question 21

Foolhardy

Answer 21

Foolishly bold or adventurous

Question 22

Galvanize

Answer 22

To stimulate or excite to take action

Question 23

Goad

Answer 23

Or urge or provoke

Question 24

Abate

Answer 24

To decrease in strength

Ate- strength, ab means no

Question 25

Attenuate

Answer 25

To weaken

Question 26

Deify

Answer 26

To treat as a God

Question 27

Exorbitant

Answer 27

Unreasonably high

Question 28

Foolhardy

Answer 28

Foolishly bold or adventurous

Question 29

Goad

Answer 29

To urge or provoke

Question 30

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 30

A quirk, a unique characteristic

Question 31

Imperious

Answer 31

Overbearingly and arrogantly controlling

Question 32

Impetus

Answer 32

A driving force or motive

Question 33

Improvidant

Answer 33

Not providing for the future, esp. financially

Question 34

Incense

Answer 34

Make angry

Question 35

Inadvertent

Answer 35

unintentional

Question 36

Indefatigable

Answer 36

Tireless

Question 37

Indelible

Answer 37

Permanent In-delete-able: not able to delete

Question 38

Indiscriminate

Answer 38

Not done or chosen in a careful way

Question 39

Indolent

Answer 39

Lazy

Question 40

Inordinate

Answer 40

Excessive, unusually or disproportionally large

Question 41

Insipid

Answer 41

Uninteresting, unexcitign

Question 42

Interloper

Answer 42

A person who inserts oneself into a situation which s/he is unwelcome or does not belong

Question 43

Intractable

Answer 43

Very difficult or impossible to control

Question 44

Instransigent

Answer 44

Very stubborn

Question 45

Intrepid

Answer 45

Bold

Question 46

Itinerant

Answer 46

Traveling from place to place

Question 47

Irreverent

Answer 47

Lacking proper respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously