Circle A, B, C or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.
1. Hubbub
A. mob
B. noisy confusion
C. centre
D. foolishness
2. Temerity
A. recklessness
B. selfishness
C. innocence
D. timidity
3. Incipient
A. secret
B. boring
C. threatening
D. just beginning
4. Demeanour
A. humility
B. fault
C. behaviour
D. shabbiness
5. Disparate
A. frantic
B. dissimilar
C. eccentric
D. scattered
6. Fractious
A. splintered
B. uncertain
C. irritable
D. dishonest
7. Torpor
A. sluggish condition
B. swelling
C. grief
D. happiness
8. De rigueur
A. strenuous
B. forbidden
C. required by etiquette
D. desirable
9. Immutable
A. unspeakable
B. unchanging
C. temporary
D. annoying
10. Bland
A. religious
B. immoral
C. without individuality
D. unreliable
11. Ipso facto
A. by that very fact
B. according to law
C. contrary to nature
D. naturally
12. Dysfunctional
A. efficient
B. inefficient
C. ordinary
D. impaired
13. Risibility
A. wit
B. humorous awareness
C. off-colour joke
D. weak point
14. Pugilistic
A. amicable
B. basic
C. confrontational
D. diplomatic
15. Thrall
A. slavery
B. fascination
C. disdain
D. hospitality
16. Propensity
A. acute vision
B. effectiveness
C. tendency
D. sensitivity
17. Lodestar
A. good-luck sign
B. guiding star
C. burden
D. novelty
18. Deference
A. indifference
B. shyness
C. submission
D. rudeness
19. Angst
A. trouble
B. emptiness
C. annoyance
D. anxiety
20. Elegiac
A. sorrowful
B. classy
C. dignified
D. towering
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Key
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. A
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Ratings
10 – 14 Correct: Good
15 – 17 Correct: Excellent
18 – 20 Correct: Exceptional
