Verbal section test 1

Question 1

jaded

Answer 1

fatigued; tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something.

Question 2

admonish

Answer 2

warn or reprimand someone firmly.

Question 3

sequester

Answer 3

isolate or hide away.

Question 4

cower

Answer 4

crouch down in fear.

Question 5

ornery

Answer 5

bad-tempered and combative.

Question 6

auspicious

Answer 6

conducive to success; favorable.

Question 7

meritorious

Answer 7

deserving reward or praise.

Question 8

cagey

Answer 8

reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion.

Question 9

rescind

Answer 9

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

Question 10

knoll

Answer 10

a small hill or mound.

Question 11

totemic

Answer 11

relating to or resembling a totem or totems.

regarded as being symbolic or representative of a particular quality or concept.

Question 12

jurisdiction

Answer 12

the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

Question 13

dominion

Answer 13

sovereignty or control.

the territory of a sovereign or government

Question 14

perforate

Answer 14

pierce and make a hole or holes in.

Question 15

permeate

Answer 15

spread throughout (something); pervade.

Question 16

distend

Answer 16

swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.

Question 17

prodigal

Answer 17

spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.

having or giving something on a lavish scale.

Question 18

insipid

Answer 18

lacking flavor.

lacking vigor or interest.

Question 19

impertinent

Answer 19

not showing proper respect; rude.

Question 20

furtive

Answer 20

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

Question 21

flagrant

Answer 21

(of something considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive.

Question 22

miscontrued

Answer 22

interpret (something, especially a person’s words or actions) wrongly.

Question 23

tentative

Answer 23

not certain or fixed; provisional.

Question 24

tumult

Answer 24

a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.

Question 25

peturbation

Answer 25

anxiety; mental uneasiness.

a deviation of a system, moving object, or process from its regular or normal state or path, caused by an outside influence.

Question 26

lament

Answer 26

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.

mourn (a person’s loss or death).

Question 27

precipitate

Answer 27

cause (an event or situation, typically one that is bad or undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely.

Question 28

sate

Answer 28

satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full.
“sate your appetite at the resort’s restaurant”

supply (someone) with as much as or more of something than is desired or can be managed.
“he was sated with flying”

Question 29

abstruse

Answer 29

difficult to understand; obscure.