Circle A, B, C, or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.
1. Transpire
A. to penetrate
B. to delay
C. to postpone
D. to happen
2. Subsidiary
A. company owned by a larger one
B. substitute
C. unimportant part
D. auxiliary
3. Divest
A. to spend lavishly
B. to sell assets
C. to keep on changing
D. to scatter
4. Insinuate
A. to burn
B. to involve
C. to hint
D. to twist
5. Astral
A. huge
B. mysterious
C. distant
D. relating to stars
6. Cursory
A. handwritten
B. hasty
C. vulgar
D. angry
7. Congenital
A. acquired
B. vestigial
C. false
D. hereditary
8. Lexicon
A. epic poem
B. dictionary
C. many-sided figure
D. scholarly treatise
9. Ethnic Of or relating to
A. marriage
B. morals
C. races or people
D. medicine
10. Repartee
A. amendment
B. apology
C. conversation
D. rude remark
11. Ampere Unit for measuring
A. speed
B. light
C. heat
D. electricity
12. Vulcanise
A. to strengthen rubber
B. erupt
C. link together
D. roll hot metal into a sheet
13. Silhouette
A. cartoon
B. abstract art
C. graph
D. outline picture
14. Mesmerise
A. to change
B. to captivate
C. to remember
D. to daze
15. Bacchanal
A. tourney
B. art show
C. drunken party
D. recital
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Key
1.D
2.A
3.B
4.C
5.D
6.B
7.D
8.B
9.C
10.C
11.D
12.A
13.D
14.B
15.C
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Ratings
10 – 12 Correct: Good
13 – 15 Correct: Excellent End
