Vocabulary Test Online - DIY

Test your vocabulary by dynamic question sheets, including options like spelling words of American middle school and high school, some standardized exams, and word frequency levels.

Want to get a comment or suggestion? Show the result to your teacher, or report it to us by the PL Tutor Page.
Vocabulary Study Online by Level
Vocabulary Study Online By Level (VSOBL) is a fast, reliable, and handy tool to prepare English exam vocabulary. It has lots of built-in word lists to load by level.
 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
applicable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
invulnerable; able to withstand attack
unable to have children
Don't select.
belie     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
Select answer:
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
stop; impede; shut out from view
contradict; give a false impression
Don't select.
borough     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
Select answer:
turning or twisting force
picture; drawing; showing by example
a flock of geese; a cluster or group
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
an incorporated town that is not a city; a town, or a division of a large town
Don't select.
congenial     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
elastic; difficult to chew; having a texture resembling rubber
unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure
harmful to living things; injurious to health
compatible; friendly, and pleasant
various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
Don't select.
delectable     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
likely to fail or be inaccurate
delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
Don't select.
effigy     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
Select answer:
expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
shell; outer covering
crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
Don't select.
encephalitis     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
Select answer:
rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on
lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
freeing someone from the control of another
inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus
a piece of orange or lemon peel used to give flavor to liquor; something that gives a pleasant taste; appetizer
Don't select.
fume     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
Select answer:
isolation; solitude; secluded place; shutting out or keeping apart
an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
deceptively attractive external appearance; paint to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
Don't select.
gallop     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
Select answer:
move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
Don't select.
incarcerate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
Select answer:
speak about unimportant matters  rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
Don't select.
linoleum     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
Select answer:
inexpensive waterproof covering used for floors; a stiff, smooth material that is used for covering floors
brink; the very top edge of a container
science of God or religion
ban on commerce or other activity
a strong wooden fence built around an area to defend it against attack; enclosure made with posts and stakes
Don't select.
mania     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
Select answer:
mental keenness; quickness of perception
hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness
craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
Don't select.
nuance     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
Select answer:
animals of a period or region
continual and persistent demands
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
a subtle or slight degree of difference; a small difference in meaning
Don't select.
pacifier     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
Select answer:
roof-like cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind
insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on
isolation; solitude; secluded place; shutting out or keeping apart
agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
Don't select.
psychoanalysis     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
Select answer:
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
upward slope or grade; movement upward
the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement; an instance of abnormal activity
follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders
Don't select.
relic     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
Select answer:
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
a place where animals are kept
specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
the open square in a European town, especially an Italian town
Don't select.
sacrilegious     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
composed of elements from a variety of sources
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
Don't select.
strife     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
Select answer:
hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
earnest endeavor; violent or angry disagreement
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
Don't select.
sycophant     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
Select answer:
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
trick or stratagem practiced for deception
one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
Don't select.
veterinary     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
of or about the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
having some characteristic of a woman; womanlike; womanly; tender
Don't select.