Practice Vocab Words From ETS

Question 1

Fortuitous

Answer 1

Happening by accident / chance

Question 2

Milieu

Answer 2

One’s social environment

Question 3

Fastidiousness

Answer 3

Quality of possessing careful / meticulous attention to detail

Question 4

Didacticism

Answer 4

Inclination to teach / lecture others too much

Question 5

Iconoclasm

Answer 5

The act of attacking or rejections beliefs, institutions, values, practices, etc

Question 6

Polemical

Answer 6

Strongly critical or controversial writing / speech

Question 7

Disseminate

Answer 7

To widely spread or distribute

Question 8

Capricious

Answer 8

Sudden or unaccountable changes in mood or behavior

Question 9

Acerbic

Answer 9

Sharp, forthright

Question 10

Diffidence

Answer 10

Modesty or shyness from lack of self-confidence

Question 11

Illiberality

Answer 11

Quality of being narrow-minded / bigoted

Question 12

Fanciful

Answer 12

Unrealistic, fantasy, far-fetched

Question 13

Tenuous

Answer 13

Thin, lacking strong basis / reasoning, weak

Question 14

Disquieting

Answer 14

Causing anxiety / uneasiness, disturbing

Question 15

Frivolity

Answer 15

Light-hearted, lack of seriousness

Question 16

Penitential

Answer 16

A showing of regret

Question 17

Affability

Answer 17

The quality of being friendly / good-natured