Verbal Advantage - Level 06 Review Test
Question 1 |
Which word by derivation means the working of miracles?
A | prestidigitation |
B | legerdemain |
C | thaumaturgy |
Question 2 |
Which word means literally nimbleness with the fingers?
A | legerdemain |
B | thaumaturgy |
C | prestidigitation |
Question 3 |
Which pair of words contains a word that is not a synonym of puerile?
A | frivolous, inane |
B | genteel, sophomoric |
C | callow, asinine |
D | juvenile, fatuous |
Question 4 |
Which pair of words is antonymous (opposite in meaning)?
A | perspicuous, lucid |
B | cryptic, arcane |
C | inscrutable, esoteric |
D | manifest, enigmatic |
Question 5 |
The -cilious part of supercilious comes from a Latin word meaning
A | eyebrow |
B | proud |
C | superior |
D | nose |
Question 6 |
Which word means spacious or comprehensive?
A | vacuous |
B | capacious |
C | fatuous |
D | superfluous |
Question 7 |
Who was the goddess of memory in Greek mythology?
A | Laodicea |
B | Athena |
C | Mnemosyne |
D | Ops |
Question 8 |
Which pair of words is not synonymous?
A | sonorous, sinuous |
B | devious, circuitous |
C | serpentine, meandering |
D | labyrinthine, tortuous |
Question 9 |
Which word means to free from blame, remove a burden of guilt?
A | disparage |
B | ostracize |
C | remunerate |
D | exonerate |
Question 10 |
What is petalism?
A | revenge |
B | a school of philosophy |
C | a form of banishment |
D | flattery |
Question 11 |
Which word is not a synonym of plethoric?
A | turgid |
B | opulent |
C | bombastic |
D | grandiloquent |
Question 12 |
Who was the robber of Attica who tortured people on his infamous bed?
A | Procrustes |
B | Draco |
C | Pyrrho |
D | Theseus |
Question 13 |
Which word means skepticism, universal doubt?
A | solecism |
B | Pyrrhonism |
C | epicureanism |
D | hedonism |
Question 14 |
Which word is not a synonym of Arcadian?
A | pastoral |
B | bucolic |
C | idyllic |
D | Boeotian |
E | agrarian |
Question 15 |
Which word denotes a social impropriety or a grammatical error?
A | pejorative |
B | Pyrrhonism |
C | solecism |
D | ostracism |
Question 16 |
Which word is closest in meaning to incessant?
A | unceasing |
B | continual |
C | sporadic |
D | regular |
Question 17 |
What is a toady?
A | a foolish person |
B | an informer |
C | a fawning follower |
D | a despised person |
Question 18 |
Tenacious and tenable come from the Latin tenere, which means
A | to bite |
B | to defend |
C | to propose |
D | to hold |
Question 19 |
Something easily perceived or felt is
A | tangential |
B | palpable |
C | imperceptible |
D | ubiquitous |
Question 20 |
Which set of words contains a word that is not a synonym of odious?
A | abhorrent, abominable, flagitious |
B | repugnant, loathsome, refractory |
C | repellent, execrable, obnoxious |
D | objectionable, heinous, opprobrious |
Question 21 |
Ruminate comes from a Latin word meaning
A | to boil slowly |
B | to contemplate |
C | to make a low, deep sound |
D | to chew the cud |
Question 22 |
Which word means lying down in a comfortable position?
A | recumbent |
B | malingering |
C | opulent |
D | prostrate |
Question 23 |
A bromide is a statement or idea that is
A | imaginative and pithy |
B | doleful and lugubrious |
C | hackneyed and insipid |
D | grandiose and bombastic |
Question 24 |
The -dox in heterodox and orthodox comes from a Greek word meaning
A | thought |
B | custom |
C | opinion |
D | religion |
Question 25 |
Which word comes from a Latin verb meaning “to speak?”
A | grandiloquent |
B | cacoethes |
C | cacophony |
D | orthoepy |
Question 26 |
Which set of three words contains a word that is not a synonym of the others?
A | melancholy, dolorous, plaintive |
B | woeful, funereal, lachrymose |
C | doleful, saturnine, disconsolate |
D | dismal, impecunious, lugubrious |
Question 27 |
An infinitesimal amount of something is
A | a substantial amount |
B | an immeasurably great amount |
C | a very small but measurable amount |
D | an immeasurably small amount |
Question 28 |
What do malingerers do?
A | they loiter |
B | they pretend to be sick |
C | they threaten or intimidate |
D | they panhandle or steal |
Question 29 |
Which word means to declare in a solemn, earnest manner?
A | vindicate |
B | ruminate |
C | asseverate |
D | indemnify |
Question 30 |
Which statement is false?
A | Something eminent is about to happen. |
B | Something eminentis remarkable. |
C | Something eminent is distinguished. |
Question 31 |
By derivation, what does the phon- in cacophony and phonetic mean?
A | word |
B | letter |
C | speech |
D | sound |
Question 32 |
Which word means a bad habit, insatiable urge?
A | recalcitrance |
B | cacoethes |
C | equanimity |
D | animadversion |
Question 33 |
Which pair of words is not antonymous?
A | obstinate, malleable |
B | refractory, intractable |
C | acquiescent, perverse |
D | deferential, recalcitrant |
E | submissive, intransigent |
Question 34 |
Which word is an antonym of enervated?
A | animated |
B | bored |
C | tired |
D | curious |
Question 35 |
Which word means coolness of mind, composure?
A | acclamation |
B | stricture |
C | sang-froid |
D | levity |
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