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
High School: 12th Grade
antithesis     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
Select answer:
an expert who gives advice
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
Don't select.
bland     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
unreachable; not available; unattainable
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
Don't select.
celibacy     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
Select answer:
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
state of being unmarried; single life
body excluding head and neck and limbs
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
Don't select.
consul     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
Select answer:
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
state of being unmarried; single life
attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
Don't select.
denizen     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
Select answer:
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
body excluding head and neck and limbs
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
Don't select.
disintegrate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
Select answer:
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
Don't select.
encampment     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
Select answer:
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
Don't select.
equivocal     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
performed with a natural or offhand ease
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
Don't select.
furtive     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
differing in some characteristics; various
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
Don't select.
humdrum     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
directly ahead; straightforward
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
Don't select.
inert     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
improperly forward or bold; rude
Don't select.
liquidate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
Select answer:
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
Don't select.
metaphysical     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
Don't select.
parry     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
Select answer:
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
Don't select.
prose     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
Select answer:
the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
small or simply constructed dwelling; small, wretched house
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
Don't select.
ratify     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
Select answer:
approve formally; confirm; verify
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
pollute; make dirty or spotty
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
Don't select.
reprove     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
Select answer:
combine something into a larger whole; unite
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
come into being; become reality
Don't select.
stupor     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
Select answer:
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
Don't select.
surreptitious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
increasing by successive addition
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
Don't select.
whet     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
Select answer:
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
Don't select.