Verbal Advantage – Level 04 Review Test

Which word means specifically an amateur practitioner of an art?

Which word is an antonym of garrulous?

The combining form auto- means

The combining form pan- means

Which phrase is not redundant?

Which is not an accepted meaning of pantheon?

Insipid, vapid, and jejune are synonyms of

Which pair of words is not synonymous?

Mechanical, routine, and listless are synonyms of

Which statement does not apply to sophistry?

Miss Thistlebottom, the hidebound grammarian, is the creation of

What is a lexicographer?

Which word is a synonym of mundane?

In ancient Greece a myriad was

Which pair of words is synonymous?

Which of the following is least likely to make someone jaded?

Which word is a synonym of latitudinarian?

Which sentences illustrate proper usage? (This question has two correct answers.)

By derivation, the word pontificate is related to

Which word means expressing opinion as if it were fact?

In ambivalent and ambidextrous, the combining form ambi- means

To speculate, surmise, and conjecture all mean

Which word is an antonym of surreptitious?

Which is the proper pronunciation of heinous?

Which word is an antonym of impeccable?

Which word means a small sin, minor fault or flaw?

Which word means a lull, hiatus?

In preferable, formidable, comparable, and applicable, where does the stress properly fall?

The question “What are you inferring?” means

“Amanda was ________ to improve her verbal skills.” In careful usage, which word properly should fill the blank in that sentence?

By derivation, a cornucopia is

Which word is an antonym of stoic?

Which pair of words are synonyms?

Unsullied, immaculate, and pristine are antonyms of

Conjecture and abject both come from the Latin verb jacere, which means