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
High School: 12th Grade
acerbic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
Don't select.
brandish     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
Select answer:
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
Don't select.
cervical     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
Don't select.
culminate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
Select answer:
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
to give an account or tell the story of
pay back for some expense incurred
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
place over something else; place on top of
Don't select.
deficient     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
expecting the worst possible outcome
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
Don't select.
dignitary     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
Select answer:
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
Don't select.
eclectic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
composed of elements from a variety of sources
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
Don't select.
equilibrium     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
Select answer:
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
concluding part; closing section
small or simply constructed dwelling; small, wretched house
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
Don't select.
finale     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
Select answer:
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
concluding part; closing section
Don't select.
hoax     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
Select answer:
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
Don't select.
induce     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
Select answer:
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
Don't select.
irony     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
Select answer:
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
Don't select.
necessitate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
Select answer:
scold harshly; criticize severely
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
discuss the terms of an arrangement
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
Don't select.
pertinent     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
Don't select.
prose     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
Select answer:
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
Don't select.
rebuke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
Select answer:
to give an account or tell the story of
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
scold harshly; criticize severely
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
spread or flow throughout; pervade
Don't select.
rift     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
Select answer:
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
Don't select.
smelt     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
Select answer:
make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
give off; send out; give out as sound
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
Don't select.
taint     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
Select answer:
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
place over something else; place on top of
Don't select.
usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
Select answer:
make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
place over something else; place on top of
Don't select.