Circle A, B, C or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.
1. Encroach
A. To press
B. To postpone
C. To trespass
D. To delay
2. Concede
A. To acknowledge as true
B. To vilify
C. To praise
D. To monitor
3. Solicitude
A. Honesty
B. Faith
C. Dishonesty
D. Concern
4. Appertain
A. To talk back
B. To belong to something
C. To humiliate
D. To polish
5. Diffuse
A. To streamline
B. To order
C. To scatter
D. To obey
6. Appellation
A. Name or title
B. Something added
C. Ordinary people
D. Office procedure
7. Efficacy
A. Obedience
B. Effectiveness
C. Honesty
D. Stubbornness
8. Infraction
A. Part
B. Procedure
C. Violation
D. Healing method
9. Acquiescence
A. Original story
B. Comical behaviour
C. Allowance
D. Passive consent
10. Enjoin
A. To kill
B. To command
C. To prosecute
D. To preserve
11. Concerted
A. Aggressive
B. Sudden
C. Done cooperatively
D. Temporary
12. Rank
A. Incomplete
B. Valuable
C. Crooked
D. Complete
13. Mitigate
A. To force
B. To make less intense
C. To admit
D. To judge
14. Inveterate
A. Firm
B. Untrustworthy
C. Habitual
D. Old
15. Infer
A. To conclude from known facts
B. To admit
C. To protect
D. To agree
16. Enormity
A. Small size
B. Competitiveness
C. Great size
D. Absence
17. Delineate
A. To find
B. To describe in detail
C. To disagree
D. To diagnose
18. Inducement
A. Protest
B. Punishment
C. Incentive
D. Promotion
19. Salutary
A. Incomplete
B. Beneficial
C. Very weak
D. Sudden
20. Palpitate
A. To beat quickly
B. To touch
C. To criticise
D. To reduce
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Key
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. B
11. C
12. D
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. B
20. A
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Ratings
10 – 14 Correct: Good
15 – 17 Correct: Excellent
18 – 20 Correct: Exceptional
