Test your basic knowledge |

100 Words For Every College Student

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Favoring social equality






2. Commonplace; trivial






3. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






4. To make faulty or imperfect






5. To make or grow better






6. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)






7. More than is wanted or is sufficient






8. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence






9. Brief - concise






10. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage






11. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once






12. A chain; a succession






13. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues






14. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






15. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources






16. Inclined to keep quiet






17. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences






18. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important






19. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)






20. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






21. Whimsical; changeable






22. The choice and use of words in speech or writing






23. Extremely scanty (bare)






24. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry






25. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules






26. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping






27. A minute amount; an iota or trace






28. Full; entire; complete






29. Relating to money






30. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void






31. Wicked in the extreme






32. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct






33. Very talkative






34. Disparaging - belittling






35. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless






36. Exempli gratia (for example)






37. Seize the moment






38. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas






39. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






40. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste






41. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






42. Of doubtful authority or authenticity






43. An indispensable thing






44. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






45. Displaing a lack of maturity






46. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy






47. Perception; understanding; knowledge






48. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






49. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






50. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'