Vocabulary Profile

General Instructions

Answer the following questions to establish your vocabulary profile.

Please make a choice for each and every question.
Then, fill in your details and click the submit button to send your answers through to Fortune International Ltd.

On the left hand side of the following pages are a number of short sentences and phrases. In each, one word has been printed in italics. One of the four words following each phrase has very nearly the same meaning as the italicised word. Indicate which one it is by clicking the button nearest it.

Even though an exact synonym may not be given, choose the word most nearly the same in meaning to the italicised word. Indicate only one answer for each sentence, and do not omit answering any of them. If you are not sure of the correct answer, make your best guess. There is no time limit, but work rapidly.

Vocabulary Profile Questions
1 - The rapid advance

2 - Observe the change:

3 - In this regard:

4 - Remove the pin:

5 - It is a ruin:

6 - He can accomplish it:

7 - The principal reason:

8 - Maintain your position:

9 - John is absent:

10 - His sober face:

11 - In proportion to the demand:

12 - Alter the plans:

13 - The school is very convenient:

14 - The books are similar:

15 - He is my rival:

16 - Abandon the ship:

17 - The stubborn child:

18 - The permanent position:

19 - They were reconciled:

20 - Resume the work:

21 - He shattered the glass

22 - The mature fruit

23 - Satisfactory conditions

24 - Do not scoff

25 - The woman's spouse

26 - Such a clatter

27 - The judge was partial

28 - A brisk walk

29 - Deep in reflection

30 - Admonish the boy

31 - Superflous words

32 - His conspicuous position

33 - A great calamity

34 - Quell the riot

35 - The adjacent building

36 - Unanimous consent

37 - Business is stagnant

38 - The nucleus of the idea

39 - To refute an argument

40 - Repel the soldiers

41 - The requisite amount

42 - Accumulated money

43 - A partisan of the party

44 - Pernicious drugs

45 - Done by sorcery

46 - A prominent pinnacle

47 - Occupants of a building

48 - Sundry people

49 - A diminutive child

50 - Noted for his sagacity

51 - A clever artiface

52 - An unusual episode

53 - Sham jewellery

54 - Completely enamoured

55 - He was humiliated

56 - Shameful negligence

57 - To abridge a report

58 - Her ostentatious manner

59 - The heterogeneous group

60 - Four consecutive jobs

61 - They will recede

62 - An adroit reply

63 - Her indordinate desire

64 - Crime is rife

65 - A period of probation

66 - A recreat person

67 - An obsolete word

68 - We adjured the captain

69 - Of no instrinsic value

70 - The insurgent general

71 - Your candid opinion

72 - Filled with repugnance

73 - Her fear was accentuated

74 - To perpetrate an act

75 - Suggestive of calumny

76 - A severe retribution

77 - The incumbent senator

78 - His supercilious manner

79 - A voracious appetite

80 - Abrogate the law

81 - His opprobrious words

82 - Without rancour

83 - The service is remiss

84 - She is reticent

85 - A flagrant error

86 - The antithesis of evil

87 - Ephemeral pleasures

88 - An omniscient person

89 - A sardonic smile

90 - To simulate insanity

91 - His convalescence was slow

92 - Superannuated automobiles

93 - Organised a quorum

94 - Emendation of the copy

95 - Constrict the opening

96 - A virile emperor

97 - The precient policy

98 - Propulsion of his action

99 - Objectionable platitude

100 - Accustomed to persiflage