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 4
abet     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
Select answer:
clean; remove offensive parts of book
become popular with; make agreeable or acceptable
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation
Don't select.
arrears     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
Select answer:
a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination
dictator; ruler having unlimited power
patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine
being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation
Don't select.
censorious     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
incipient; coming into existence; emerging
capable of being bribed; for sale, available for a price; corrupt
Don't select.
collate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
Select answer:
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
oversee with the power of direction; take care of with authority; supervise
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
Don't select.
dispassionate     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical
calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
Don't select.
edification     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
Select answer:
the layer of soil on the surface
indifference; lack of concern; composure
building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement
the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
Don't select.
extrovert     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
Select answer:
a person interested mostly in external objects and actions
handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
eye defect that prevents proper focus
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
Don't select.
filament     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
Select answer:
habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of the trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery
common person, or one of the common of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born
dictator; ruler having unlimited power
fine thread or fiber; thin wire;  threadlike structure within the light bulb
Don't select.
gourmand     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
Select answer:
repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing
a person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
memorizing process using routine or repetition; the sound of surf breaking on the shore
Don't select.
inert     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
skillful and adept under pressing conditions
very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
inactive; lacking the power to move; unable to move or act
absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
Don't select.
kinetic     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against the leadership of a political party
intended to confuse in an argument
Don't select.
lionize     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
Select answer:
stroll slowly; walk at a leisurely pace
decorate with needlework; add details to
look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
lean to one side, as a ship under a press of sail; sway from side to side
express strong disapproval of; disparage
Don't select.
nestling     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
Select answer:
stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
a long narrow opening; long narrow depression in a surface
bird too young to leave its nest; young child
being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation
something defends from assault or secures safety; defense
Don't select.
petrify     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
Select answer:
fertilize by transferring pollen
start; initiate; induct into office by a formal ceremony
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
Don't select.
precis     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
Select answer:
pompous array of words; overabundance of words
uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
concise summing up of main points
hill; relatively flat highland
a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
Don't select.
rapt     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
lacking self-restraint; lacking sexual restraint; unchaste
providing general overview; summary
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
absorbed; deeply moved or delighted
Don't select.
replete     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
slavish; suitable to slave or servant;  relating to servitude or forced labor
separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
Don't select.
skinflint     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
Select answer:
one who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
swiftness of action or motion; speed
Don't select.
succor     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
Select answer:
take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
cancel; revoke command or order; order or direct in opposition to; prohibit; forbid
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting
aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve
Don't select.
turpitude     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
Select answer:
a person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man
depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
an instrument for mowing grass, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge
Don't select.