Verbal Advantage – Level 05 Review Test

Which word means refined by study and training, marked by skill and taste?

What is the correct pronunciation of mischievous?

On which syllable does the stress properly fall in superfluous?

Which group of three words contains two antonyms and one synonym of voluble?

Which word is not a synonym of transitory?

The phil- in philanthropy and philharmonic comes from the Greek philein, which means

Which pair contains a word that is not a synonym of lethargy?

Pugnacious comes from a Latin word that means

What is a quidnunc?

Which word comes from the ritual of conferring knighthood?

Which statement is never true of vernacular language?

The Roman god Jupiter is the source of which word?

What is the proper plural of medium?

Which are the two cultivated pronunciations of ebullient? (This question has two correct answers.)

Which word is an antonym of impervious?

Imaginary, fantastic, and preposterous are synonyms of

Posit and juxtapose come from the Latin ponere, which means

Which word is not a synonym of esoteric?

Auspicious is related to auspex, a soothsayer of ancient Rome who made predictions

Which word is a synonym of promulgate?

What does the nomen- in nomenclature mean?

The noun satiety denotes

Which set of words contains a word that is not a synonym of beguile?

The Latin adjective plenus, the source of replete and plenary, means

Which word is an antonym of preclude?

Chastise and castigate were both formerly used of

Which word means a vernacular expression?

Facile, facility, and facilitate all come from the Latin verb facere, which means

Which words are synonyms?

What is the traditional, proper pronunciation of eschew?

Which word comes from a character in a satirical romance by Franois Rabelais?

Which word comes from Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels?

Which word is not a synonym of idiosyncratic?

Which word is a synonym of approbation?