SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Creative Writing Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
writing-skills
,
bvat
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. To examine in detail
wry
scrutinize
primordial
frazzled
2. Possessions evicted
torrid
dispossessed
windfall
resuscitate
3. Arrogantly assuming knowledge of what is or what is to come
presumptuous
gambit
overweening
dross
4. Extraordinarily
uncannily
haltingly
wrongheaded
noncommittal
5. Regulating or toning down
modulation
bulbous
tattered
avocation
6. A tendency
noncommittal
propensity
rendition
sequester
7. To polish a surface by friction
radiant
burnish
prissy
pristine
8. To cause to become irritated or upset
ogle
cerebral
jangle
rendition
9. To soothe or quiet
sequester
inexplicable
lull
abiding
10. Uncorrupted or unsullied
taper
nettle
pristine
scrubby
11. Strengthening or hardening
annealing
inexplicable
vernacular
paradox
12. To blend together
ancestral
prissy
coalesce
wrongheaded
13. Conceited - overconfident - or proud
throes
overweening
avert
coalesce
14. A gentle reprimand
resuscitate
admonition
rendition
haltingly
15. An attempt of a peaceful settlement through a third party
mediation
frazzled
dross
scrutinize
16. A particular principle - position - or policy taught or advocated - as of a religion or government
doctrine
querulous
jangle
receptive
17. Prim or proper
cerebral
prissy
dilapidated
querulous
18. To make unsophisticated or unfashionable
provincialize
utmost
unravel
underpinnings
19. Full of complaints
querulous
haltingly
noncommittal
avert
20. An accidental advantage
tattered
suffuse
sequester
fluke
21. To turn away or aside
avert
coherent
frazzled
underpinnings
22. Misguided and stubborn
burnish
underpinnings
admonition
wrongheaded
23. Worn-out
receptive
ancestral
primordial
frazzled
24. To solve or make clear
receptive
jangle
unravel
sprawl
25. To breathe abnormally fast and deep
hyperventilate
mediation
unravel
radiant
26. Tastelessly showy
primordial
windfall
dross
garish
27. Bulging
noncommittal
internalize
bulbous
suffuse
28. Waste matter - something of no value
coherent
avocation
dross
titter
29. Fallen into partial ruin or decay
flume
resuscitate
primordial
dilapidated
30. A narrow gorge with a stream flowing through it
modulation
suffuse
noncommittal
flume
31. An opening move in which a player in a game seeks to obtain some advantage
coherent
gambit
hyperventilate
coalesce
32. A foundation or basis
overweening
underpinnings
laconic
windfall
33. To take in and make personal ones attitudes or beliefs
haltingly
presumptuous
belated
internalize
34. A translation or interpretation
rendition
admonition
avert
avaricious
35. Someone who doesnt want to spend money
sprawl
admonition
hull
skinflint
36. To spread with liquid - color - or light
coherent
haltingly
paradox
suffuse
37. To revive from death or unconsciousness
avert
avaricious
resuscitate
abiding
38. The persistence of sound after the source has stopped
radiant
overweening
scrubby
reverberation
39. Of the greatest degree or quality
bulbous
ancestral
clairvoyant
utmost
40. To laugh nervously
underpinnings
gambit
titter
lull
41. Coming after the expected time
pristine
belated
coalesce
ancestral
42. To feel or express worry - annoyance
fret
doctrine
tattered
avert
43. Unexpected gain
bulbous
windfall
presumptuous
sequester
44. To irritate - annoy - or provoke
skinflint
wrongheaded
querulous
nettle
45. Grossly irreverent toward what is sacred
fluke
sequester
provincialize
sacrilegious
46. Descending from ancestors
ancestral
skinflint
gambit
suffuse
47. Using few words
pristine
paradox
laconic
primordial
48. Any covering or envelope as a seed or fruit
rendition
skinflint
hull
noncommittal
49. The standard native language of a country
vernacular
ogle
nettle
avocation
50. A statement that seems self-contradictory but expresses a possible truth
ogle
unravel
propensity
paradox