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
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 2
affectionate     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
ready; fully developed; mature
having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; kindly inclined; zealous
compatible; in agreement or harmony with
Don't select.
astray     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
separately; individually; in the order given
away from the correct path or direction, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering
out of houses; out of doors
suited or favorable to one's comfort, purpose, or needs; near; accessible
inadvertently; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially or intrinsically
Don't select.
biologist     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
Select answer:
a scientist who studies living organisms
a tiny piece of anything; the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
one who takes part in an armed group against the constituted authority; revolt;
a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
goodness, moral excellence; good quality
Don't select.
collective     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming
inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously
common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features; beautiful
incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
Don't select.
contemptuous     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary
successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle
exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid
under the level of the ground; buried
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
Don't select.
deception     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
Select answer:
a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving
region; territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing; division of territory
sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor
subsistence; financial means whereby one lives
the act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage
Don't select.
endanger     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
Select answer:
practice; drill; engage in preparation for a public performance
make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
move one way and the other with quick turns; shake to and fro; move in vibrating; cause to vibrate
Don't select.
expressive     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
conspicuous; immediately noticeable; sticking out; widely known
astonishing; very effective or surprising, or difficult to believe
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple
cautious; careful about one's own interests
showing what someone thinks or feels; indicative
Don't select.
glassware     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
Select answer:
the relation between things or events; shifting from one form of transportation to another
an article of tableware made of glass
draw out; flow out; waste
bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack
very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
Don't select.
hoe     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
Select answer:
make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge
weed, cultivate, or dig up with a tool, which has a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
defeat another in competition or conflict; conquer; prevail over
accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
Don't select.
informal     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
unavoidably; in a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent
absence of ceremony; casual
consecutive; happening one after the other without any break
not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
hard; solid; resolute; determined
Don't select.
literal     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
completely certain about something; sure
having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
damaging; noxious; detrimental; dangerous
grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; really intending what is said
Don't select.
mock     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
Select answer:
have experience or enjoyment; take a sample of; have flavor
move or bring by force or with great effort
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
endure or survive the effects of wind, rain, or other forces
Don't select.
plain     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
Select answer:
house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
act of controlling or directing according to rule; prescribed by or according to rule
framed section of window or door that is filled with a sheet of glass or others; panel in a wall or door
without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome
chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
Don't select.
quotation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
Select answer:
passage or expression that is quoted or cited; the practice of quoting from books
wonder; state of extreme surprise or wonder; astonishment
desire to know or learn
quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
aspiration; a strong wish to achieve something
Don't select.
religion     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
Select answer:
branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
cavity; a depression scratched or carved into a surface
belief in supernatural power regarded as creator and governor of the universe
the long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation
burden; something  which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance
Don't select.
scotch     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
Select answer:
pick; hit lightly with a picking motion; eat like a bird
suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
rub hard; wash with rubbing
defeat another in competition or conflict; conquer; prevail over
put an abrupt end to; block to prevent rolling or slipping
Don't select.
suitable     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
during the current time; presently
a little; a bit; in a small amount or degree
pleasant-smelling; odorous
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
Don't select.
tranquil     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
free from disturbance; pacific
widespread; far-reaching; wide
not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
damaging; noxious; detrimental; dangerous
Don't select.
wade     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
Select answer:
give up temporarily; yield; give up voluntarily; defer
leave someone who needs or counts on you
pick; hit lightly with a picking motion; eat like a bird
display announcement  in a place of public view; publish  on a list
paddle; walk through relatively shallow water
Don't select.