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.
 Actions
 Test Questions
GRE Vocabulary: Level 3
alcove     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
Select answer:
nook; small, recessed section of a room
payment or expense; output
a weapon that is thrown or projected; self-propelled missile, such as rocket; a fired or thrown object
belief in or acceptance of something as right; faith
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
Don't select.
attribute     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
Select answer:
the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement; an instance of abnormal activity
a heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it isn't easy to free oneself
essential quality; reputation; honor
Don't select.
celestial     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
weak; lacking firmness
relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good;  god or angel
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
Don't select.
connoisseur     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
Select answer:
specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
the feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
competing as for any profit or prize
defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery
Don't select.
depravity     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
Select answer:
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel
novelty; creativity; capacity to act or think independently
Don't select.
dingy     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
becoming to brothers; brotherly
darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored
tending to call up emotions, memories
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
established firmly and securely; rooted
Don't select.
enzyme     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
Select answer:
suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong
a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep
long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat
specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in biochemical reactions
Don't select.
flux     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
Select answer:
vain man; one who wants to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
a piece of orange or lemon peel used to give flavor to liquor; something that gives a pleasant taste; appetizer
the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries
flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
a person dissatisfied with current conditions; a discontented person
Don't select.
gust     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
Select answer:
organization of performers and associated personnel
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
blast; outburst; a sudden strong wind
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
Don't select.
impertinent     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
improperly forward or bold; rude
impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
utterly stupid or silly; inanely foolish
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
Don't select.
jumble     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
Select answer:
assemble without order or sense; a confused multitude of things; chaos or mess
protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seeds the second year
direct financial aid by the government
Don't select.
malevolent     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
existing, happening, or done at the same time
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
Don't select.
originality     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
Select answer:
one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown
independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place
novelty; creativity; capacity to act or think independently
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
Don't select.
persecute     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
Select answer:
pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy
bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
put down by force or intimidation; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
Don't select.
precocious     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
incapable of failure or error
of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
Don't select.
repertoire     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
Select answer:
edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which cast off the water that falls on the roof
list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
turning or twisting force
vain man; one who wants to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
Don't select.
satire     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
Select answer:
long-legged, swift-running wild cat tamed and used for hunting in India
tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material
act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
Don't select.
subliminal     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
below the threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
Don't select.
tactile     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
inclined to eat; hungry; irritable
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
Don't select.
vernacular     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
Select answer:
a bowl-shaped tool with many small holes, used to separate larger from smaller pieces or solids from a liquid
arrangement of parts or elements; outline
everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality
line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces; line across a surface, as a crack; scar
an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
Don't select.