A vocabulary levels test: Version 1
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
3
4
part of a house
animal with four legs
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, shoe.
Try to do every part of the test.
Version 1
1 birth
2 dust
3 operation
4 row
5 sport
6 victory
The 2,000 word level
_____ game
_____ winning
_____ being born
1 adopt
2 climb
3 examine
4 pour
5 satisfy
6 surround
1 choice
2 crop
_____ heat
3 flesh
_____ meat
4 salary
_____ money paid regularly for doing a job
5 secret
6 temperature
1 bake
2 connect
3 inquire
4 limit
5 recognize
6 wander
1 cap
2 education
3 journey
4 parent
5 scale
6 trick
1 burst
2 concern
3 deliver
4 fold
5 improve
6 urge
1 attack
2 charm
3 lack
4 pen
5 shadow
6 treasure
1 cream
2 factory
3 nail
4 pupil
5 sacrifice
6 wealth
_____ 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 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
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
The 3,000 word level
_____ idea
_____ inner surface of your hand
_____ strip of leather worn around the waist
_____ cold feeling
_____ farm animal
_____ organization or framework
_____ long seat
_____ help to the poor
_____ part of a country
_____ army officer
_____ a kind of stone
_____ tube through which blood flows
_____ a place to live
_____ chance of something happening
_____ first rough form of something written
1 betray
2 dispose
3 embrace
4 injure
5 proclaim
6 scare
1 encounter
2 illustrate
3 inspire
4 plead
5 seal
6 shift
1 assist
2 bother
3 condemn
4 erect
5 trim
6 whirl
1 annual
2 concealed
3 definite
4 mental
5 previous
6 savage
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
1 alcohol
2 apron
3 hip
4 lure
5 mess
6 phase
1 apparatus
2 compliment
3 ledge
4 revenue
5 scrap
6 tile
1 bulb
2 document
3 legion
4 mare
5 pulse
6 tub
1 concrete
2 era
3 fibre
4 loop
5 plank
6 summit
_____ bucket
_____ unusual interesting thing
_____ rubber bag that is filled with air
_____ stage of development
_____ state of untidiness or dirtiness
_____ cloth worn in front to protect your clothes
_____ expression of admiration
_____ set of instruments or machinery
_____ money received by the government
_____ female horse
_____ large group of soldiers or people
_____ a paper that provides information
_____ circular shape
_____ top of a mountain
_____ a long period of time
1 blend
2 devise
3 hug
4 lease
5 plague
6 reject
1 abolish
2 drip
3 insert
4 predict
5 soothe
6 thrive
1 bleed
2 collapse
3 precede
4 reject
5 skip
6 tease
1 casual
2 desolate
3 fragrant
4 radical
5 unique
6 wholesome
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
Academic Vocabulary
1 benefit
2 labour
3 percent
4 principle
5 source
6 survey
1 element
2 fund
3 layer
4 philosophy
5 proportion
6 technique
1 consent
2 enforcement
3 investigation
4 parameter
5 sum
6 trend
1 decade
2 fee
3 file
4 incidence
5 perspective
6 topic
1 colleague
2 erosion
3 format
4 inclination
5 panel
6 violation
_____ work
_____ part of 100
_____ general idea used to guide one's actions
1 achieve
2 conceive
3 grant
4 link
5 modify
6 offset
_____ 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
_____ 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
_____ 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 1 The 10,000 word level
1 antics
2 batch
3 connoisseur
4 foreboding
5 haunch
6 scaffold
1 auspices
2 dregs
3 hostage
4 jumble
5 saliva
6 truce
1 casualty
2 flurry
3 froth
4 revelry
5 rut
6 seclusion
1 apparition
2 botany
3 expulsion
4 insolence
5 leash
6 puddle
1 arsenal
2 barracks
3 deacon
4 felicity
5 predicament
6 spore
_____ foolish behaviour
_____ a group of things
_____ person with a good knowledge of art or music
_____ confused mixture
_____ natural liquid present in the mouth
_____ worst and most useless parts of anything
_____ someone killed or hurt
_____ being away from other people
_____ noisy and happy celebration
_____ ghost
_____ study of plants
_____ small pool of water
_____ happiness
_____ difficult situation
_____ minister in a church
1 acquiesce
2 bask
3 crease
4 demolish
5 overhaul
6 rape
1 blaspheme
2 endorse
3 nurture
4 skid
5 squint
6 straggle
1 clinch
2 jot
3 mutilate
4 smoulder
5 topple
6 whiz
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