This is a vocabulary test. You must choose the right word to go with each meaning.
Write the number of that word next to its meaning. Here is an example.
l
2
3
4
5
6
business
clock
horse
pencil
shoe
wall
______ part of a house
______ animal with four legs
______ something used for writing
You answer it in the following way.
l
2
3
4
5
6
business
clock
horse
pencil
shoe
wall
___6__ part of a house
___3__ animal with four legs
___4__ something used for writing
Some words are in the test to make it more difficult. You do not have to find a
meaning for these words. In the example above, these words are business, clock, and
shoe.
If you have no idea about the meaning of a word, do not guess. But if you think you
might know the meaning, then you should try to find the answer.
Version 1 The 2,000 word level
1 birth
2 dust
3 operation
4 row
5 sport
6 victory
1 choice
2 crop
3 flesh
4 salary
5 secret
6 temperature
1 cap
2 education
3 journey
4 parent
5 scale
6 trick
1 attack
2 charm
3 lack
4 pen
5 shadow
6 treasure
1 cream
2 factory
3 nail
4 pupil
5 sacrifice
6 wealth
_____ game
_____ winning
_____ being born
_____ heat
_____ meat
_____ money paid regularly for
doing a job
_____ teaching and learning
_____ numbers to measure with
_____ going to a far place
_____ gold and silver
_____ pleasing quality
_____ not having something
_____ part of milk
_____ a lot of money
_____ person who is studying
1 adopt
2 climb
3 examine
4 pour
5 satisfy
6 surround
1 bake
2 connect
3 inquire
4 limit
5 recognize
6 wander
1 burst
2 concern
3 deliver
4 fold
5 improve
6 urge
1 original
2 private
3 royal
4 slow
5 sorry
6 total
1 brave
2 electric
3 firm
4 hungry
5 local
6 usual
_____ go up
_____ look at closely
_____ be on every side
_____ join together
_____ walk without purpose
_____ keep within a certain size
_____ break open
_____ make better
_____ take something to someone
_____ first
_____ not public
_____ all added together
_____ commonly done
_____ wanting food
_____ having no fear
Version 1 The 3,000 word level
1 belt
2 climate
3 executive
4 notion
5 palm
6 victim
1 acid
2 bishop
3 chill
4 ox
5 ridge
6 structure
1 bench
2 charity
3 jar
4 mate
5 mirror
6 province
1 boot
2 device
3 lieutenant
4 marble
5 phrase
6 vein
1 apartment
2 candle
3 draft
4 horror
5 prospect
6 timber
_____ idea
_____ inner surface of your hand
_____ strip of leather worn
around the waist
1 betray
2 dispose
3 embrace
4 injure
5 proclaim
6 scare
_____ cold feeling
_____ farm animal
_____ organization or framework
1 encounter
2 illustrate
3 inspire
4 plead
5 seal
6 shift
_____ long seat
_____ help to the poor
_____ part of a country
1 assist
2 bother
3 condemn
4 erect
5 trim
6 whirl
_____ army officer
_____ a kind of stone
_____ tube through which blood
flows
1 annual
2 concealed
3 definite
4 mental
5 previous
6 savage
_____ a place to live
_____ chance of something
happening
_____ first rough form of
something written
1 dim
2 junior
3 magnificent
4 maternal
5 odd
6 weary
_____ frighten
_____ say publicly
_____ hurt seriously
_____ meet
_____ beg for help
_____ close completely
_____ help
_____ cut neatly
_____ spin around quickly
_____ wild
_____ clear and certain
____ happening once a year
_____ strange
_____ wonderful
_____ not clearly lit
Version 1 The 5,000 word level
1 balloon
2 federation
3 novelty
4 pail
5 veteran
6 ward
_____ bucket
_____ unusual interesting thing
_____ rubber bag that is filled
with air
1 blend
2 devise
3 hug
4 lease
5 plague
6 reject
1 alcohol
2 apron
3 hip
4 lure
5 mess
6 phase
_____ stage of development
_____ state of untidiness or
dirtiness
_____ cloth worn in front to
protect your clothes
1 abolish
2 drip
3 insert
4 predict
5 soothe
6 thrive
1 apparatus
2 compliment
3 ledge
4 revenue
5 scrap
6 tile
_____ expression of admiration
_____ set of instruments or
machinery
_____ money received by the
Government
1 bleed
2 collapse
3 precede
4 reject
5 skip
6 tease
1 bulb
2 document
3 legion
4 mare
5 pulse
6 tub
_____ female horse
_____ large group of soldiers or
people
_____ a paper that provides
information
1 casual
2 desolate
3 fragrant
4 radical
5 unique
6 wholesome
1 concrete
2 era
3 fiber
4 loop
5 plank
6 summit
_____ circular shape
_____ top of a mountain
_____ a long period of time
1 gloomy
2 gross
3 infinite
4 limp
5 slim
6 vacant
_____ mix together
_____ plan or invent
_____ hold tightly in your arms
_____ bring to an end by law
_____ guess about the future
_____ calm or comfort someone
_____ come before
_____ fall down suddenly
_____ move with quick steps and
jumps
_____ sweet-smelling
_____ only one of its kind
____ good for your health
_____ empty
_____ dark or sad
_____ without end
Version 1 The 10,000 word level
1 antics
2 batch
3 connoisseur
4 foreboding
5 haunch
6 scaffold
_____ foolish behavior
_____ a group of things
_____ person with a good
knowledge of art or music
1 acquiesce
2 bask
3 crease
4 demolish
5 overhaul
6 rape
1 auspices
2 dregs
3 hostage
4 jumble
5 saliva
6 truce
_____ confused mixture
_____ natural liquid present in the
mouth
_____ worst and most useless
parts of anything
1 blaspheme
2 endorse
3 nurture
4 skid
5 squint
6 straggle
1 casualty
2 flurry
3 froth
4 revelry
5 rut
6 seclusion
_____ someone killed or injured
_____ being away from other
people
_____ noisy and happy
celebration
1 clinch
2 jot
3 mutilate
4 smolder
5 topple
6 whiz
1 apparition
2 botany
3 expulsion
4 insolence
5 leash
6 puddle
1 arsenal
2 barracks
3 deacon
4 felicity
5 predicament
6 spore
_____ ghost
_____ study of plants
_____ small pool of water
_____ happiness
_____ difficult situation
_____ minister in a church
1 auxiliary
2 candid
3 luscious
4 morose
5 pallid
6 pompous
1 dubious
2 impudent
3 languid
4 motley
5 opaque
6 primeval
_____ to accept without protest
_____ sit or lie enjoying warmth
_____ make a fold on cloth or
paper
_____ slip or slide
_____ give care and food to
_____ speak badly about God
_____ move very fast
_____ injure or damage
_____ burn slowly without flame
_____ bad-tempered
_____ full of self-importance
_____ helping, adding support
_____ rude
_____ very ancient
_____ of many different kinds
Version 1 Academic Vocabulary
1 benefit
2 labor
3 percent
4 principle
5 source
6 survey
_____ work
_____ part of 100
_____ general idea used to
guide one's actions
1 achieve
2 conceive
3 grant
4 link
5 modify
6 offset
1 element
2 fund
3 layer
4 philosophy
5 proportion
6 technique
_____ money for a special
purpose
_____ skilled way of doing
something
_____ study of the meaning
of life
1 convert
2 design
3 exclude
4 facilitate
5 indicate
6 survive
1 consent
2 enforcement
3 investigation
4 parameter
5 sum
6 trend
_____ total
_____ agreement or permission
_____ trying to find information
about something
1 anticipate
2 compile
3 convince
4 denote
5 manipulate
6 publish
_____ 10 years
_____ subject of a discussion
_____ money paid for services
1 equivalent
2 financial
3 forthcoming
4 primary
5 random
6 visual
_____ action against the law
_____ wearing away gradually
_____ shape or size of something
1 alternative
2 ambiguous
3 empirical
4 ethnic
5 mutual
6 ultimate
1 decade
2 fee
3 file
4 incidence
5 perspective
6 topic
1 colleague
2 erosion
3 format
4 inclination
5 panel
6 violation
_____ change
_____ connect together
_____ finish successfully
_____ keep out
_____ stay alive
_____ change from one thing
into another
_____ control something skillfully
_____ expect something will
happen
_____ produce books and
newspapers
_____ most important
_____ concerning sight
_____ concerning money
_____ last or most important
_____ something different that
can be chosen
_____ concerning people from
a certain nation
Version 2 The 2,000 word level
1 copy
2 event
3 motor
4 pity
5 profit
6 tip
_____ end or highest point
_____ this moves a car
_____ thing made to be like
another
1 admire
2 complain
3 fix
4 hire
5 introduce
6 stretch
_____ make wider or longer
_____ bring in for the first time
_____ have a high opinion of
someone
1 accident
2 debt
3 fortune
4 pride
5 roar
6 thread
_____ loud deep sound
_____ something you must pay
_____ having a high opinion of
yourself
1 arrange
2 develop
3 lean
4 owe
5 prefer
6 seize
_____ grow
_____ put in order
_____ like more than something
else
1 coffee
2 disease
3 justice
4 skirt
5 stage
6 wage
_____ money for work
_____ a piece of clothing
_____ using the law in the right
way
1 blame
2 elect
3 jump
4 manufacture
5 melt
6 threaten
_____ a drink
_____ office worker
_____ unwanted sound
1 ancient
2 curious
3 difficult
4 entire
5 holy
6 social
_____ chance
_____ twelve
_____ money paid to the
government
1 bitter
2 independent
3 lovely
4 merry
5 popular
6 slight
1 clerk
2 frame
3 noise
4 respect
5 theater
6 wine
1 dozen
2 empire
3 gift
4 opportunity
5 relief
6 tax
_____ make
_____ choose by voting
_____ become like water
_____ not easy
_____ very old
_____ related to God
_____ beautiful
_____ small
_____ liked by many people
Version 2 The 3,000 word level
1 bull
2 champion
3 dignity
4 hell
5 museum
6 solution
_____ formal and serious manner
_____ winner of a sporting event
_____ building where valuable
objects are shown
1 abandon
2 dwell
3 oblige
4 pursue
5 quote
6 resolve
1 blanket
2 contest
3 generation
4 merit
5 plot
6 vacation
_____ holiday
_____ good quality
_____ wool covering used on
beds
1 assemble
2 attach
3 peer
4 quit
5 scream
6 toss
1 comment
2 gown
3 import
4 nerve
5 pasture
6 tradition
1 administration
2 angel
3 frost
4 herd
5 fort
6 pond
1 atmosphere
2 counsel
3 factor
4 hen
5 lawn
6 muscle
_____ long formal dress
_____ goods from a foreign
country
_____ part of the body which
carries feeling
1 drift
2 endure
3 grasp
4 knit
5 register
6 tumble
_____ group of animals
_____ spirit who serves God
_____ managing business and
affairs
1 brilliant
2 distinct
3 magic
4 naked
5 slender
6 stable
_____ advice
_____ a place covered with grass
_____ female chicken
1 aware
2 blank
3 desperate
4 normal
5 striking
6 supreme
_____ live in a place
_____ follow in order to catch
_____ leave something
permanently
_____ look closely
_____ stop doing something
_____ cry out loudly in fear
_____ suffer patiently
_____ join wool threads together
_____ hold firmly with your hands
_____ thin
_____ steady
_____ without clothes
_____ usual
_____ best or most important
_____ knowing what is happening
Version 2 The 5,000 word level
1 analysis
2 curb
3 gravel
4 mortgage
5 scar
6 zeal
_____ eagerness
_____ loan to buy a house
_____ small stones mixed with
sand
1 contemplate
2 extract
3 gamble
4 launch
5 provoke
6 revive
1 cavalry
2 eve
3 ham
4 mound
5 steak
6 switch
_____ small hill
_____ day or night before a
holiday
_____ soldiers who fight from
horses
1 demonstrate
2 embarrass
3 heave
4 obscure
5 relax
6 shatter
1 circus
2 jungle
3 nomination
4 sermon
5 stool
6 trumpet
_____ musical instrument
_____ seat without a back or
arms
_____ speech given by a priest in
a church
1 correspond
2 embroider
3 lurk
4 penetrate
5 prescribe
6 resent
1 artillery
2 creed
3 hydrogen
4 maple
5 pork
6 streak
1 chart
2 forge
3 mansion
4 outfit
5 sample
6 volunteer
_____ a kind of tree
_____ system of belief
_____ large gun on wheels
1 decent
2 frail
3 harsh
4 incredible
5 municipal
6 specific
_____ map
_____ large beautiful house
_____ place where metals are
made and shaped
1 adequate
2 internal
3 mature
4 profound
5 solitary
6 tragic
_____ think about deeply
_____ bring back to health
_____ make someone angry
_____ have a rest
_____ break suddenly into small
pieces
_____ make someone feel shy or
nervous
_____ exchange letters
_____ hide and wait for someone
_____ feel angry about something
_____ weak
_____ concerning a city
_____ difficult to believe
_____ enough
_____ fully grown
_____ alone away from other
things
Version 2 The 10,000 word level
_____ small barrel
_____ soft white stone
_____ tool for shaping wood
1 dissipate
2 flaunt
3 impede
4 loot
5 squirm
6 vie
1 benevolence
2 convoy
3 lien
4 octave
5 stint
6 throttle
_____ kindness
_____ set of musical notes
_____ speed control for an
engine
1 contaminate
2 cringe
3 immerse
4 peek
5 relay
6 scrawl
1 bourgeois
2 brocade
3 consonant
4 prelude
5 stupor
6 tier
_____ middle class people
_____ row or level of something
_____ cloth with a pattern or gold
or silver threads
1 blurt
2 dabble
3 dent
4 pacify
5 strangle
6 swagger
1 alabaster
2 chandelier
3 dogma
4 keg
5 rasp
6 tentacle
1 alcove
2 impetus
3 maggot
4 parole
5 salve
6 vicar
1 alkali
2 banter
3 coop
4 mosaic
5 stealth
6 viscount
_____ priest
_____ release from prison early
_____ medicine to put on wounds
_____ light joking talk
_____ a rank of British nobility
_____ picture made of small pieces
of glass or stone
1 illicit
2 lewd
3 mammoth
4 slick
5 temporal
6 vindictive
1 indolent
2 nocturnal
3 obsolete
4 torrid
5 translucent
6 wily
_____ steal
_____ scatter or vanish
_____ twist the body about
uncomfortably
_____ write carelessly
_____ move back because of fear
_____ put something under water
_____ walk in a proud way
_____ kill by squeezing someone's
throat
_____ say suddenly without
thinking
_____ immense
_____ against the law
_____ wanting revenge
_____ lazy
_____ no longer used
_____ clever and tricky
Version 2 Academic Vocabulary
1 area
2 contract
3 definition
4 evidence
5 method
6 role
_____ written agreement
_____ way of doing something
_____ reason for believing
something is or is not true
1 debate
2 exposure
3 integration
4 option
5 scheme
6 stability
_____ plan
_____ choice
_____ joining something into a
whole
1 access
2 gender
_____ male or female
3 implementation _____ study of the mind
4 license
_____ entrance or way in
5 orientation
6 psychology
1 accumulation
2 edition
3 guarantee
4 media
5 motivation
6 phenomenon
_____ collecting things over time
_____ promise to repair a broken
product
_____ feeling a strong reason or
need to do something
1 adult
2 exploitation
3 infrastructure
4 schedule
5 termination
6 vehicle
_____ end
_____ machine used to move
people or goods
_____ list of things to do at
certain times
1 alter
2 coincide
3 deny
4 devote
5 release
6 specify
_____ change
_____ say something is not true
_____ describe clearly and exactly
1 correspond
2 diminish
3 emerge
4 highlight
5 invoke
6 retain
_____ keep
_____ match or be in agreement
with
_____ give special attention
to something
1 bond
2 channel
3 estimate
4 identify
5 mediate
6 minimize
_____ make smaller
_____ guess the number or size
of something
_____ recognizing and naming
a person or thing
1 explicit
2 final
3 negative
4 professional
5 rigid
6 sole
1 abstract
2 adjacent
3 controversial
4 global
5 neutral
6 supplementary
_____ last
_____ stiff
_____ meaning `no' or `not'
_____ next to
_____ added to
_____ concerning the whole world