TPR Practice Test 7

Question 1

pomposity

Answer 1

self-importance; the quality of being pompous

Question 2

vapid

Answer 2

offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

Question 3

derelict

Answer 3

in a very poor condition as a result of disease or neglect; a person without a home, job, or property

Question 4

filament

Answer 4

a slender threadlike object or fiber, especially one found in animal or plant structure

Question 5

accrete

Answer 5

to grow by accumulation or coalescence; to form by gradual accumulation

Question 6

effervescent

Answer 6

giving off bubbles; fizzy; vivacious and enthusiatic

Question 7

perambulate

Answer 7

to walk or travel through or around a place or area, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way

Question 8

transmogrify

Answer 8

to transform, especially in a surprising or magical manner

Question 9

torpid

Answer 9

mentally or physically inactive; lethargic

Question 10

evince

Answer 10

to reveal the presence of a quality or feeling; to be evidence of; to indicate

Question 11

vertiginous

Answer 11

causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep

Question 12

restive

Answer 12

(of a person) unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom

Question 13

slovenly

Answer 13

messy an dirty; careless; excessively casual

Question 14

supercilious

Answer 14

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

Question 15

pugnacious

Answer 15

eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

Question 16

assaying

Answer 16

to determine the content or quality of a metal or ore

Question 17

vituperative

Answer 17

bitter and abusive

Question 18

homiletic

Answer 18

the art of preaching or writing sermons

Question 19

emotive

Answer 19

arousing or able to arouse intense feeling; expressing a person’s feelings rather than being neutrally or objectively descriptive

Question 20

basal

Answer 20

forming or belonging to a bottom layer or base

Question 21

verdant

Answer 21

(of countryside) green with grass or other rich vegetation; of the bright green color of lush grass

Question 22

piquant

Answer 22

having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor; pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind

Question 23

stilted

Answer 23

stiff and self-conscious or unnatural

Question 24

glib

Answer 24

(of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow

Question 25

acquiescent

Answer 25

ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants

Question 26

pliable

Answer 26

easily bent or influenced; flexible

Question 27

adage

Answer 27

a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth

Question 28

promulgate

Answer 28

to promote or make widely known an idea or cause; to put a law or decree into effect by official proclamation