TEST 9

1.mysterious          1.apocryphal                 1.thorough                    1.renaissance

2.code writing        2.abstrACTion                 2.beginning                   2.pediatrician

3.fake                   3.abscond                     3.boring teacher            3.cognate

4.difficult                     4.cryptic                      4.related                       4.encyclopedic

5.tomb                  5.abstruse                     5.present from birth       5.nascent

6.theory                6.crypt                         6.education                   6.pedant

7.self-controlled     7.cryptography             7.revival                       7.innate

8.flee                    8.abstemious                 8.children’s doctor        8.pedagogy

1.fertile                 1.supreme                    1. avert                 1.with many uses

2.transcendent              2.implied conclusion      2.spherical             2.upper atmosphere

3.deferential           3.glorification                3.divert                 3.wrongheaded

4.transfiguration     4.productive                 4.hemisphere         4.avoid

5.proliferate           5.multiply                     5.verSATile              5.half-sphere

6.transient             6.yielding               6.biosphere            6.entertain

7.inference            7.passing                      7.stratosphere        7.globelike

8.transfuse            8.transfer                            8.perverse             8.life zone

1.indoctrinate         1.instruction costs

2.tutelage               2.easily led

3.doctrine              3.fill with a point of view

4.tutorial                4. insight

5.doctrinaire          5.guardianship

6.intuition              6.teaching

7.docile                 7.individual instruction

8.tuition                 8.rigidly principled

1.disposition   a. temperature b. personality c. anger d. riddance

2.tenacious    a. sticking b. intelligent c. loving d. helping

3.superimpose a. surpass b. put into c. place over d. amaze

4.abstinence    a. self-help b. self-will c. self-service d. self-restraint

5.repository    a. tomb b. storage container c. office d. library

6.tenable         a. decent b. tough c. reasonable d. controlled

7.component   a. part b. whole c. some d. all

8.sustenance   a. substance b. apartment c. clothing d. nourishment

1.evince         a. reveal b. throw out c. eject d. overcome

2.interminable a. remarkable b. unthinkable c. reliable d. eternal

3.terminollgy   a. instruction b. design c. vocabulary d. technology

4.provincial     a. professional b. global c. local d. national

5.invincible     a. unsuitable b. impossible c. inflammable d. unconquerable

6.terminal       a. fatal b. technical c. verbal d. similar

7.indeterminate a. lengthy b. uncertain c. unending d. likely

8.victimize      a. conquer b. applaud c. deceive d. invite

1.docile          a. tame b. learned c. taught d. beloved

2.tuition          a. requirement b. instruction c. resolution d. housing

3.indoctrinate  a. medicate thoroughly b. research thoroughly

c. instruct thoroughly d. consider thoroughly

4.tutelage        a. responsibility b. protection c. instruction d. safeguard

5.doctrine       a. solution b. principle c. religion d. report

6.tutorial         a. small class b. large class c. night class d. canceled class

7.doctrinaire   a. by the way b. by the by c. by the rule d. by the class

8.intuition       a. ignorance b. quick understanding c. payment d. consideration

TEST 10

1.topical                1.central point                            

2.egocentric           2.centered on one’s own group    

3.topiary               3.away from its usual place          

4.ethnocentric        4.self-centered                                  

5.topography         5.of current interest                            

6.eccentric            6.ornamentally pruned                  

7.ectopic               7.placed off-center                      

8.epicenter             8.landscape features                    

1.retroGREss           1.enormous

2.propitious           2.effective as of earlier

3.retrospective              3.promising

4.retrofit                4.put off

5.procrastinate              5.review of a body of work

6.prophylaxis         6.revert to an earlier state

7.retroACTive          7.disease prevention

8.prodigious           8.modernize

1.chronic               1.current                                    

2.temporal             2.order of events                        

3.anachronism              3.ongoing                                  

4.extemporaneous  4.happening at the same time                            

5.synchronous              5.talk to fill time                  

6.temporize            6.unplanned                                

7.chronology         7.measurable by time                  

8.contemporary      8.something from the past            

1.ancient                      1.perennial

2.of the same age          2.longevity

3.yearly payment           3.primeval

4.era of earthly paradise 4.coeval

5.of the Middle ages      5.millennium

6.worn out                   6.annuity

7.length of life               7.medieval

8.continuing                  8.superannuated

1.domination a. name b. control c. attrACTion d. movement

2.habitation     a. custom b. limit c. dwelling d. chewing

3.domicile       a. imbecile b. ridicule c. home d. supremacy

4.inhibit         a. live in b. laugh at c. restrain d. retrain

5.dominion     a. weakness b. kingdom c. game d. habit

6.habitual       a. customary b. concise c. ordinary d. gnawing

7.predominant a. longest b. lightest c. strongest d. earliest

8.exhibitionist  a. show-off b. shower c. show time d. showdown

1.perennial     a. flowerlike b. excellent c. everlasting d. thorough

2.longevity      a. length b. long life c. longitude d. longing

3.superannuated     a. amazing b. huge c. aged d. perennial

4.coeval         a. ancient b. simultaneous c. same-sized d. continuing

5.millennium   a. thousand b. century c. era d. a thousand years

6.annuity        a. annual event b. annual payment c. annual income d. annual garden

7.medieval   a. antiquated b. middle-aged c. romantic d. knightly

8.primeval      a. wicked b. elderly c. primitive d. muddy

1.codify         a. conceal b. list c. disobey d. interpret

2.signet          a. stamp  b. gold ring c. Pope’s sign d. baby swan

3.codicil         a. small fish b. one-tenth c. amendment to a will d. legal objection

4.assignation   a. signature b. assassination c. secret lover d. appointment

5.resign         a. accept b. appoint c. assign d. arrest

6. codex               a. private seal b. handwritten book c. secret letter d. coded message

7.signatory     a. document b. aGREement c. banner d. consigner

8.decode        a. explain b. conceal c. symbolize d. disguise

TEST 11

1.philology a. study of cigars b. study of trees c. study of language d. study of love

2.negligible a. small b. correctable c. noteworthy d. considerate

3.oenophile a. pig lover b. book lover c. word lover d. wine lover

4.renegade a. restorer b. rebel c. reformer d. realist

5.philatelist a. stamp collector b. gem collector c. wine collector d. coin collector

6. abnegation a. abundance b. abruptness c. self-denial d. self-SATisfACTion

7.philter a. healing lotion b. sieve c. car part d. love potion

8.renege a. repeat b. go back on c. renegotiate d. overturn

1.fungible a. identical b. unique c. exchangeable d. defective

2.permutation  a. perversion b. rearrangement c. deviation d. inflation

3.functionary a. bureaucrat b. hard worker c. ACTivist d. executive

4.transmute a. reconsider b. send away c. silence d. convert

5.perfunctory a. perfect b. mechanical c. thorough d. persuasive

6.immutable a. unchangeable b. immature c. noisy d. defiant

7.malfunction a. work slowly b. work improperly c. work evilly d. work mechanically

8.commutation a. driving b. train ride c. replacement d. review

1.correlate a. carry over b. show a relationship c. get along d. compare

2.degrade       a. reduce in size b. raise in esteem c. lower in rank d. increase in importance

3.collate  a. arrange in order b. distribute c. review d. produce

4.graduate a. go to school b. measure exACTly c. increase in size d. rise to a higher stage

5.prelate  a. high church official b. foremost player

c. important officer d. graduate deGREe

6.gradation     a. program in a series b. stage in a series

c. eventual decline d. definite improvement

7.relativity      a. galACTic travel

b. altered speed of light

c. relationship between mass, energy, and time

d. relationship of human races

8.retrograde    a. moving in reverse b. grading again c. primitive d. switching grades

1.dynamo              a. powerhouse b. force unit c. time interval d. power outage

2.incumbent    a. coming in b. retiring c. holding office d. standing up

3.dynasty       a. glamorous clam b. ruling family c. GREat wealth d. powerful leader

4.succumb     a. rest b. enchant c. approach d. give up

5. incubate      a. brood b. store c. lie down d. sleep

6. hydrodynamic    a. relating to moving fluids b. water-resistant

c. relating to boats d. relating to water

7.recumbent          a. tired again b. lying down c. vulnerable d. not straight

8.dynamic             a. explosive b. energetic c. excited d. dangerous

1.recapitulate         1.free-market system

2.misanthropic              2.charitable     ACT

3.capitalism           3.surrender

4.anthropoid          4.summarize

5.decapitate           5.hating humans

6.anthropology       6.study of cultures

7.capitulate            7.ape

8.philanthropy       8.behead

1.telepathic            1.incomplete          

2.refrACTion            2.quarrelsome      

3.telemetry            3.mind-reading      

4.fragmentary        4.distortion            

5.telegenic             5.violation                    

6.frACTious             6.well-suited to television      

7.teleological          7.long-distance measurement

8.infrACTion            8.relating to design or purpose

TEST 12

1.persevere           1.seep

2.metonymy          2.equating one thing with another

3.permeate             3.spread throughout

4metaphysics         4.keep going

5.peremptory         5.use of an associated term

6.percolate             6.study of the nature of things

7.metaphorical              7.biological absorption processes

8.metabolism         8.abrupt and final

1.prerequisite         a. pattern b. requirement c. preference d. direction

2.paragon                     a. geometric figure b. imposing figure

c. model of excellence d. location

3.predispose          a. recycle b. eliminate c. demonstrate d. influence

4.paradigm            a. example b. punishment c. tale d. charACTeristic

5.precept               a. general rule b. teacher c. contradiction d. model

6.paradox                     a. contrary belief b. instructive c. opposing truths d. painful truth

7.precocious          a. nearly cooked b. maturing early

c. self-contradictory d. necessary

8.parameter           a. rule b. requirement

c. large framework  d. charACTeristic element

1.paternlistic          1.wrong name

2.nomenclature      2.aristocrat

3.patrimony           3.exercising fatherly

4.misnomer           4.heritage

5.expatriate            5.naming system

6.nominal              6.disgraceful

7.ignominious        7.in name only

8.patrician             8.living abroad

1.hyperACTive                1.breathe deeply and rapidly                

2.subjugate                   2.secret effort to overthrow                

3.hyperventilate             3.extreme overstatement                    

4.subconscious             4.not strong enough to be sensed        

5.hypertension                     5.beneath the level of consciousness    

6.subversion                 6.overly ACTive                                  

7.hyperbole                   7.conquer                                          

8.subliminal                  8.high blood pressure                  

1.place of misery                  1.tempera

2.unrestrained                      2.purge

3.remove offensive material 3.temperance

4.mix or moderate                4.purgative

5.purifying                           5.temper

6.moderation or abstinence    6.expurgate

7.remove impure elements     7.intemperate

8.egg-based paint                 8.purgatory