VOCABULARY RANGE TEST

Choose the word with the closest definition to the italicized words.

1. disheveled appearance 8. ominous report

a. untidy a. loud
b. fierce b. threatening
c. foolish c. untrue
d. peculiar d. serious
e. unhappy e. unpleasant
2. a baffling problem 9. an incredible story
a. difficult a. true
b. simple b. interesting
c. puzzling c. well-known
d. long d. unbelievable
e. new e. unknown
3. lenient parents 10. an ophthalmologist
a. tall a. eye doctor
b. not strict b. skin doctor
c. wise c. foot doctor
d. foolish d. heart doctor
e. severe e. cancer specialist
4. repulsive personality 11. will supersede the old law
a. disgusting a. enforce
b. attractive b. specify penalties
c. normal c. take the place of
d. confused d. repeal
e. conceited e. continue
5. audacious attempt 12. an anonymous doctor
a. useless a. generous
b. bold b. stingy
c. foolish c. well-known
d. crazy d. one whose name is not
e. necessary known
6. parry a blow e. reluctant
a. ward off 13. performed an autopsy
b. fear a. examination of living tissue
c. expect b. examination of a corpse to
d. invite determine the cause of death
e. ignore c. process in the manufacture of
7. prevalent disease optical lenses
a. dangerous d. operation to cure an organic
b. catching disease
c. childhood e. series of questions to
d. fatal determine the causes of
e. widespread delinquent behavior
14. an indefatigable worker 22. living in affluence
a. well-paid a. difficult circumstances
b. tired b. countrified surroundings
c. skillful c. fear
d. tireless d. wealth
e. pleasant e. poverty
15. a confirmed atheist 23. in retrospect
a. bachelor a. view of the past
b. disbeliever in God b. artistic balance
c. believer in religion c. anticipation
d. believer in science d. admiration
e. priest e. second thoughts
16. endless loquacity 24. a gourmet
a. misery a. seasoned traveler
b. fantasy b. greedy eater
c. repetitiousness c. vegetarian
d. ill health d. connoisseur of good food
e. talkativeness e. skillful chef
17. a glib talker 25. to simulate interest
a. smooth a. pretend
b. awkward b. feel
c. loud c. lose
d. friendly d. stir up
e. boring e. ask for
18. an incorrigible optimist 26. a magnanimous action
a. happy a. puzzling
b. beyond correction or reform b. generous
c. foolish c. foolish
d. hopeful d. unnecessary
e. unreasonable e. wise
19. an ocular problem 27. a clandestine meeting
a. unexpected a. prearranged
b. insoluble b. hurried
c. visual c. important
d. continual d. secret
e. imaginary e. public
20. a notorious demagogue 28. the apathetic citizens
a. rabble-rouser a. made up of separate ethnic
b. gambler groups
c. perpetrator of financial fraud b. keenly vigilant of their rights
d. liar c. politically conservative
e. spendthrift d. indifferent, uninterested,
21. a nave attitude uninvolved
a. unwise e. terrified
b. hostile
c. unsophisticated
d. friendly
e. contemptuous
29. to placate his son 36. a taciturn host
a. please a. stingy
b. help b. generous
c. find a job for c. disinclined to conversation
d. make arrangements for d. charming
e. change a feeling of hostility to e. gloomy
one of friendliness 37. a malign his friend
30. to vacillate continually a. accuse
a. avoid b. help
b. swing back and forth in c. disbelieve
indecision d. slander
c. inject e. introduce
d. treat 38. a congenital deformity
e. scold a. hereditary
31. a nostalgic feeling b. crippling
a. nauseated c. slight
b. homesick d. incurable
c. sharp e. occurring at or during birth
d. painful 39. a definite neurosis
e. delighted a. plan
32. feel antipathy b. emotional disturbance
a. bashfulness c. physical disease
b. stage fright d. feeling of fear
c. friendliness e. allergic reactions
d. hostility 40. made of unequivocal statement
e. suspense a. hard to understand
33. be more circumspect b. lengthy
a. restrained c. politically motivated
b. confident d. clear and forthright
c. cautious e. supporting
d. honest 41. vicarious enjoyment
e. intelligent a. complete
34. an intrepid fighter of human rights b. unspoiled
a. fearless c. occurring from a feeling of
b. eloquent identification with another
c. popular d. long-continuing
d. experienced e. temporary
e. famous 42. psychogenic ailment
35. diaphanous material a. incurable
a. strong b. contagious
b. sheer and gauzy c. originating in the mind
c. colorful d. intestinal
d. expensive e. imaginary
e. synthetic
43. an anachronous attitude 50. posthumous child
a. unexplainable a. cranky
b. unreasonable b. brilliant
c. belonging to a different time c. physically weak
d. out of place d. illegitimate
e. unusual e. born after the death of the
44. her iconoclastic phase father
a. artistic 51. feels enervated
b. sneering at tradition a. full of ambition
c. troubled b. full of strength
d. difficult c. completely exhausted
e. religious d. troubled
45. a tyro e. full of renewed energy
a. dominating personality 52. shows perspicacity
b. beginner a. sincerity
c. accomplished musician b. mental keenness
d. dabbler c. love
e. serious student d. faithfulness
46. a laconic reply e. longing
a. immediate 53. an unpopular martinet
b. assured a. candidate
c. terse and meaningful b. supervisor
d. unintelligible c. strict disciplinarian
e. angry d. military leader
47. semantic confusion e. discourteous snob
a. relating to the meaning of 54. gregarious person
words a. outwardly calm
b. pertaining to money b. very sociable
c. having to do with the c. completely trustworthy
emotions d. vicious
d. relating to mathematics e. self-effacing and timid
e. caused by inner turmoil 55. generally phlegmatic
48. cavalier treatment a. smug, self-satisfied
a. courteous b. easily pleased
b. haughty and high-handed c. nervous, high-strung
c. negligent d. emotionally unresponsive
d. affectionate e. lacking in social graces
e. expensive 56. an inveterate gambler
49. an anomalous situation a. impoverished
a. dangerous b. successful
b. intriguing c. habitual
c. unusual d. occasional
d. pleasant e. superstitious
e. unhappy
57. an egregious error
a. outstandingly bad
b. slight
c. irreparable
d. unnecessary
e. deliberate
58. cacophony of a large city
a. political administration
b. crowded living conditions
c. cultural advantages
d. unpleasant noises, harsh
sounds
e. busy traffic
59. a prurient adolescent
a. tall and gangling
b. sexually longing
c. clumsy, awkward
d. sexually attractive
e. soft-spoken
60. uxorious husband
a. henpecked
b. suspicious
c. guilty of infidelity
d. fondly and foolishly doting on
his wife
e. tightfisted, penny-pinching
ANSWER KEY

1a 2c 3b 4a 5b 6a 7e 8b 9d 10a 11c 12d 13b 14d 15b 16e 17a 18b 19c 20a 21c 22d 23a 24d 25a 26b 27d
28d 29e 30b 31b 32d 33c 34a 35b 36c 37d 38e 39b 40d 41c 42c 43c 44b 45b 46c 47a 48b 49c 50e 51c
52b 53c 54b 55d 56c 57a 58d 59b 60d