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
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adventitious     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses
streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
having time error in the story; erroneous in date; in the wrong time
Don't select.
aureole     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
Select answer:
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
member of working class; blue collar person
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in a conversation
Don't select.
avuncular     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
unwholesome; not healthful; not promoting health
compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant
providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
Don't select.
coalesce     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
Select answer:
reach the highest or most decisive point;  rise to the summit
combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove
move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
Don't select.
convalesce     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
Select answer:
recover gradually from an illness
lean to one side, as a ship under a press of sail; sway from side to side
renounce upon oath; abandon forever
deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
inform; give notice to; make aware
Don't select.
dissonance     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
Select answer:
belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book; short literary sketch
one who feigns illness to escape duty
person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination
discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
Don't select.
enrapture     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
Select answer:
fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound
assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of
examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
Don't select.
fleck     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
Select answer:
spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
lean to one side, as a ship under a press of sail; sway from side to side
besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
associate with others in a brotherly or  friendly  way
Don't select.
heckler     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
Select answer:
large sailing ship, usually having two or more decks and carrying guns
fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
error in the use of language, especially  intentional use of misspelling; violation of the conventional rules of society
symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
Don't select.
infirmity     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
Select answer:
idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
the government ruled by or subject to religious authority
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
an exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
Don't select.
irreproachable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair
impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes
perfect or blameless in every respect; faultless; impeccable
powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible
Don't select.
mellifluous     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
belong to noble origin; having high birth
flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
designed to create ill will or envy
occurring or appearing again or repeatedly
concise and full of meaning; using as few words as possible
Don't select.
nomenclature     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
Select answer:
power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility
intelligent and educated  elite, especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia, and later the Soviet Union
terminology; system of names used in an art or science
powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
power to produce desired effect
Don't select.
parch     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
Select answer:
force or push out; drive away; displace or remove, as a person from a place or office
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
burn the surface of; roast over the fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity
separate; break or wrench apart
Don't select.
polemical     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
Select answer:
having a harmful effect; injurious; having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
showing a high degree of refinement
not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type
like a glacier; lacking warmth and friendliness; extremely cold or slow
Don't select.
rectitude     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
Select answer:
uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
truth, fact, or reality, especially enduring religious or ethical truth
entire ruin; utter destruction, especially, utter loss of soul, or of final happiness in future
process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in a conversation
Don't select.
sate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
Select answer:
hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
change the appearance of something or someone to the negative; deform
satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
embezzle;  appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public money entrusted to one's care
Don't select.
sheathe     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
Select answer:
enclose with a protective covering; encase; cover-up or hide
hatch; develop under favorable conditions
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
rise again; sweep or surge back again
calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
Don't select.
theocracy     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
Select answer:
one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works
celebrity; a person who is an inspiration to others; a person who has achieved eminence in a specific field
the government ruled by or subject to religious authority
gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
Don't select.
turpitude     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
Select answer:
one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing
habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
Don't select.