Synonyms
Antonyms
Complete the Sentence
Definitions (Set A)
Definitions (Set B)
100

sorry to infringe on their property

OPTIONS: encroach; purchase; suspect; camp

encroach

100

according to stringent rules

OPTIONS: stern; permissive; random; simple

permissive

100

In the current economic climate, banks and other financial institutions enforce __ regulations on businesses that wish to apply for loans.

OPTIONS: stringent; intrinsic; callow; bombastic

stringent

100

a period of one thousand years

millennium

100

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

ameliorate

200

 surprised by the dog’s lassitude

OPTIONS: fierceness; fatigue; liveliness; vigor

fatigue

200

a bombastic campaign speech

OPTIONS: plain; memorized; raving; confident

plain

200

This ragged handmade quilt made long ago by my great-grandmother has very little ____ value as an antique or a work of art, but to my family, it is priceless.

OPTIONS: bombastic; ex officio; intrinsic; stringent

intrinsic

200

poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity

aplomb

200

to conjecture or guess

surmise

300

to ingratiate the host with a present

OPTIONS: cozy up to; ask permission of; imitate; resist

cozy up to

300

make a precipitate decision

OPTIONS: reckless; foolish; cautious; fateful

cautious

300

American writer Shirley Jackson is best known for her tales of horror and the _____, which are all the more terrifying because they take place in realistic, everyday settings.

OPTIONS: occult; millennium; epitome; aplomb

occult

300

 a summary, condensed account

epitome

300

an intruder, one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be

interloper

400

disliked the bombastic tone

OPTIONS: simple; whiny; mournful; inflated

inflated

400

counseled by a callow student

OPTIONS: sophomore; witty; mature; unlettered

mature

400

The driver education instructor _____ learners always to buckle their seatbelts, observe the posted speed limit, and drive alertly and defensively.

OPTIONS: occult; precipitate; exhorted; inveigh


exhorted

400

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

exhort

400

 by virtue of holding a certain office

ex officio

500

admired his aplomb

OPTIONS: intellect; courage; composure; talent

composure

500

such occult knowledge

OPTIONS: common; supernatural; basic; advanced

common

500

The poet was utterly convinced that she had written a masterpiece, but her words sounded like pure _______ to my ears.

OPTIONS: aplomb; drivel; lassitude; surmise

drivel

500

without experience

callow

500

foolish, aimless talk or thinking

drivel

600

inveigh against the hoodlums

OPTIONS: protect; unite; remonstrate; lobby

remonstrate

600

ingratiating behavior

OPTIONS: accepting; humiliating; responsible; annoying

humiliating

600

We made the deans of the colleges ________ members of the curriculum committee because we feel that their expertise will certainly be helpful.

OPTIONS: occult; precipitate; stringent; ex officio

ex officio

600

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

inveigh

600

 to spread through, penetrate, soak through

permeate

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