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
GRE Vocabulary: Level 4
amorphous     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
formless; lacking shape or definition
having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having an eager desire for something
relating to the near future; limited to short distances
insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
Don't select.
artless     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline
green; full of juice in vegetation
speaking and repeating loud words; calling or demanding loudly or urgently
free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
Don't select.
chortle     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
Select answer:
be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment
say, state, or perform again; repeat
follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
chuckle with delight;  joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint
dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
Don't select.
condescension     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
Select answer:
greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors
downward slope, as of a hill
subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
forerunner; an indication of the approach of something or someone
Don't select.
desultory     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
Don't select.
encroachment     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
Select answer:
lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference
nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of the given name
gradual intrusion; entry into a place that was previously uncommon; advance beyond former borders
state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
Don't select.
ersatz     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
preventing infection; having cleansing effect
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
being an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
Don't select.
gallantry     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
Select answer:
unexpected acceleration or hastening; the quantity of water falling to earth
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
the quality of being brave when something is difficult or dangerous
the interdependent relationship between groups or species, often mutually beneficial
scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
Don't select.
harbinger     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
Select answer:
an intricate trap that ensnares its victim
outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
gear; tackle; the combination of tackles for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
dictator; ruler having unlimited power
forerunner; an indication of the approach of something or someone
Don't select.
imprecation     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
Select answer:
making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely
cleverly executed trick or deception; skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with hands
of various predominantly aquatic arthropods of the class Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimps
curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
Don't select.
jurisprudence     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
Select answer:
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion
swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in a conversation
pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
philosophy or science of law; a division or department of law
Don't select.
malleable     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
diligent; hardworking; persevering, and constant in effort or application
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
Don't select.
nomenclature     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
Select answer:
act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity
terminology; system of names used in an art or science
Don't select.
patina     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
Select answer:
undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth
a plant of the genus Linum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
appearance;  becoming visible
the green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
Don't select.
primp     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
Select answer:
become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
discharge; release liquid in drops or small quantities
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
Don't select.
radiate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
Select answer:
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of
enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict
decorate with needlework; add details to
Don't select.
satirical     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient
mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule
untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
Don't select.
spendthrift     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
Select answer:
omission of words from a text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination
one who spends money recklessly or wastefully
teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation
new or newly invented word or phrase
Don't select.
torpor     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
Select answer:
retort; comeback; answer to a reply
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing
book of literary selections by various authors
ancient paper made from stem of plant
Don't select.
vassal     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
Select answer:
self-control; self-restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior; feudatory; feudal tenant
Don't select.