Vocabulary Size Test 10k-print

Appendix Vocabulary Size Test Directions: In each question, you must choose the right meaning to go with the word in CAPITAL letters. Here is an example. 1. CAT: The cat sat on the mat.     a. animal that chases dogs     b. animal that carries people     c. animal that chases a mouse     d. animal that eats fruit In the example, the best meaning for CAT is answer c,"animal that chases a mouse," so the circle beside this answer is the one you should click. In this small demonstration, the button has been clicked for you. First 1000 1. SEE: They saw it. a. cut b. waited for c. looked at d. started 2. TIME: They have a lot of time. a. money b. food c. hours d. friends 3. PERIOD: It was a difficult period. a. question b. time c. thing to do d. book 4. FIGURE: Is this the right figure? a. answer b. place c. time d. number 5. POOR: We are poor. a. have no money b. feel happy c. are very interested d. do not like to work hard 6. DRIVE: He drives fast. a. swims b. learns c. throws balls d. uses a car 7. JUMP: She tried to jump. a. lie on top of the water b. get off the ground suddenly c. stop the car at the edge of the road d. move very fast 8. SHOE: Where is your shoe? a. the person who looks after you b. the thing you keep your money in c. the thing you use for writing d. the thing you wear on your foot 9. STANDARD: Her standards are very high. a. the bits at the back under her shoes b. the marks she gets in school c. the money she asks for d. the levels she reaches in everything 10. BASIS: I don't understand the basis. a. reason b. words c. road signs d. main part Second 1000 1. MAINTAIN: Can they maintain it? a. keep it as it is b. make it larger c. get a better one than it d. get it 2. STONE: He sat on a stone. a. hard thing b. kind of chair c. soft thing on the floor d. part of a tree 3. UPSET: I am upset. a. tired b. famous c. rich d. unhappy 4. DRAWER: The drawer was empty. a. sliding box b. place where cars are kept c. cupboard to keep things cold d. animal house 5. PATIENCE: He has no patience. a. will not wait happily b. has no free time c. has no faith d. does not know what is fair 6. NIL: His mark for that question was nil. a. very bad b. nothing c. very good d. in the middle 7. PUB: They went to the pub. a. place where people drink and talk b. place that looks after money c. large building with many shops d. building for swimming 8. CIRCLE: Make a circle. a. rough picture b. space with nothing in it c. round shape d. large hole 9. MICROPONE: Please use the microphone. a. machine for making food hot b. machine that makes sounds louder c. machine that makes things look bigger d. small telephone that can be carried around 10. PRO: He's a pro. a. someone who is employed to find out important secrets b. a stupid person c. someone who writes for a newspaper d. someone who is paid for playing sport etc Third 1000 1. SOLDIER: He is a soldier. a. person in a business b. student c. person who uses metal d. person in the army 2. RESTORE: It has been restored. a. said again b. given to a different person c. given a lower price d. made like new again 3. JUG: He was holding a jug. a. A container for pouring liquids b. an informal discussion c. A soft cap d. A weapon that explodes 4. SCRUB: He is scrubbing it. a. cutting shallow lines into it b. repairing it c. rubbing it hard to clean it d. drawing simple pictures of it 5. DINOSAUR: The children were pretending to be dinosaurs. a. robbers who work at sea b. very small creatures with human form but with wings c. large creatures with wings that breathe fire d. animals that lived a long time ago 6. STRAP: He broke the strap. a. promise b. top cover c. shallow dish for food d. strip of material for holding things together 7. PAVE: It was paved. a. prevented from going through b. divided c. given gold edges d. covered with a hard surface 8. DASH: They dashed over it. a. moved quickly b. moved slowly c. fought d. looked quickly 9. ROVE: He couldn't stop roving. a. getting drunk b. travelling around c. making a musical sound through closed lips d. working hard 10. LONESOME: He felt lonesome. a. ungrateful b. very tired c. lonely d. full of energy Fourth 1000 1. COMPOUND: They made a new compound. a. agreement b. thing made of two or more parts c. group of people forming a business d. guess based on past experience 2. LATTER: I agree with the latter. a. man from the church b. reason given c. last one d. answer 3. CANDID: Please be candid. a. be careful b. show sympathy c. show fairness to both sides d. say what you really think 4. TUMMY: Look at my tummy. a. cloth to cover the head b. stomach c. small furry animal d. thumb 5. QUIZ: We made a quiz. a. thing to hold arrows b. serious mistake c. set of questions d. box for birds to make nests in 6. INPUT: We need more input. a. information, power, etc. put into something b. workers c. artificial filling for a hole in wood d. money 7. CRAB: Do you like crabs? a. sea creatures that walk sideways b. very thin small cakes c. tight, hard collars d. large black insects that sing at night 8. VOCABULARY: You will need more vocabulary. a. words b. skill c. money d. guns 9. REMEDY: We found a good remedy. a. way to fix a problem b. place to eat in public c. way to prepare food d. rule about numbers 10. ALLEGE: They alleged it. a. claimed it without proof b. stole the ideas for it from someone else c. provided facts to prove it d. argued against the facts that supported it Fifth 1000 1. DEFICIT: The company had a large deficit. a. spent a lot more money than it earned b. went down a lot in value c. had a plan for its spending that used a lot of money d. had a lot of money in the bank 2. WEEP: He wept. a. finished his course b. cried c. died d. worried 3. NUN: We saw a nun. a. long thin creature that lives in the earth b. terrible accident c. woman following a strict religious life d. unexplained bright light in the sky 4. HAUNT: The house is haunted. a. full of ornaments b. rented c. empty d. full of ghosts 5. COMPOST: We need some compost. a. strong support b. help to feel better c. hard stuff made of stones and sand stuck together d. rotted plant material 6. CUBE: I need one more cube. a. sharp thing used for joining things b. solid square block c. tall cup with no saucer d. piece of stiff paper folded in half 7. MINIATURE: It is a miniature. a. a very small thing of its kind b. an instrument to look at small objects c. a very small living creature d. a small line to join letters in handwriting 8. PEEL: Shall I peel it? a. let it sit in water for a long time b. take the skin off it c. make it white d. cut it into thin pieces 9. FRACTURE: They found a fracture. a. break b. small piece c. short coat d. rare jewel 10. BACTERUM: They didn't find a single bacterium. a. small living thing causing disease b. plant with red or orange flowers c. animal that carries water on its back d. thing that has been stolen and sold to a shop Sixth 1000 1. DEVIOUS: Your plans are devious. a. tricky b. well‑developed c. not well thought out d. more expensive than necessary 2. PREMIER: The premier spoke for an hour. a. person who works in a law court b. university teacher c. adventurer d. head of the government 3. BUTLER: They have a butler. a. man servant b. machine for cutting up trees c. private teacher d. cool dark room under the house 4. ACCESSORY: They gave us some accessories. a. papers allowing us to enter a country b. official orders c. ideas to choose between d. extra pieces 5. THRESHOLD: They raised the threshold. a. flag b. point or line where something changes c. roof inside a building d. cost of borrowing money 6. THESIS: She has completed her thesis. a. long written report of study carried out for a university degree b. talk given by a judge at the end of a trial c. first year of employment after becoming a teacher d. extended course of hospital treatment 7. STRANGLE: He strangled her. a. killed her by pressing her throat b. gave her all the things she wanted c. took her away by force d. admired her greatly 8. CAVALIER: He treated her in a cavalier manner. a. without care b. politely c. awkwardly d. as a brother would 9. MALIGN: His malign influence is still felt. a. evil b. good c. very important d. secret 10. VEER: The car veered. a. went suddenly in another direction b. moved shakily c. made a very loud noise d. slid sideways without the wheels turning Seventh 1000 1. OLIVE: We bought olives. a. oily fruit b. scented pink or red flowers c. men's clothes for swimming d. tools for digging up weeds 2. QUILT: They made a quilt. a. statement about who should get their property when they die b. firm agreement c. thick warm cover for a bed d. feather pen 3. STEALTH: They did it by stealth. a. spending a large amount of money b. hurting someone so much that they agreed to their demands c. moving secretly with extreme care and quietness d. taking no notice of problems they met 4. SHUDDER: The boy shuddered. a. spoke with a low voice b. almost fell c. shook d. called out loudly 5. BRISTLE: The bristles are too hard. a. questions b. short stiff hairs c. folding beds d. bottoms of the shoes 6. BLOC: They have joined this bloc. a. musical group b. band of thieves c. small group of soldiers who are sent ahead of others d. group of countries sharing a purpose 7. DEMOGRAPHY: This book is about demography. a. the study of patterns of land use b. the study of the use of pictures to show facts about numbers c. the study of the movement of water d. the study of population 8. GIMMICK: That's a good gimmick. a. thing for standing on to work high above the ground b. small thing with pockets to hold money c. attention‑getting action or thing d. clever plan or trick 9. AZALEA: This azalea is very pretty. a. small tree with many flowers growing in groups b. light material made from natural threads c. long piece of material worn by women in India d. sea shell shaped like a fan 10. YOGHURT: This yoghurt is disgusting. a. grey mud found at the bottom of rivers b. unhealthy, open sore c. thick, soured milk, often with sugar and flavouring d. large purple fruit with soft flesh Eighth 1000 1. ERRATIC: He was erratic. a. without fault b. very bad c. very polite d. unsteady 2. PALETTE: He lost his palette. a. basket for carrying fish b. wish to eat food c. young female companion d. artist's board for mixing paints 3. NULL: His influence was null. a. had good results b. was unhelpful c. had no effect d. was long‑lasting 4. KINDERGARTEN: This is a good kindergarten. a. activity that allows you to forget your worries b. place of learning for children too young for school c. strong, deep bag carried on the back d. place where you may borrow books 5. ECLIPSE: There was an eclipse. a. a strong wind b. a loud noise of something hitting the water c. The killing of a large number of people d. The sun hidden by a planet 6. MARROW: This is the marrow. a. symbol that brings good luck to a team b. Soft centre of a bone c. control for guiding a plane d. increase in salary 7. LOCUST: There were hundreds of locusts. a. insects with wings b. unpaid helpers c. people who do not eat meat d. brightly coloured wild flowers 8. AUTHENTIC: It is authentic. a. real b. very noisy c. Old d. Like a desert 9. CABARET: We saw the cabaret. a. painting covering a whole wall b. song and dance performance c. small crawling insect d. person who is half fish, half woman 10. MUMBLE: He started to mumble. a. think deeply b. shake uncontrollably c. stay further behind the others d. speak in an unclear way Ninth 1000 1. HALLMARK: Does it have a hallmark? a. stamp to show when to use it by b. stamp to show the quality c. mark to show it is approved by the royal family d. Mark or stain to prevent copying 2. PURITAN: He is a puritan. a. person who likes attention b. person with strict morals c. person with a moving home d. person who hates spending money 3. MONOLOGUE: Now he has a monologue. a. single piece of glass to hold over his eye to help him to see better b. long turn at talking without being interrupted c. position with all the power d. picture made by joining letters together in interesting ways 4. WEIR: We looked at the weir. a. person who behaves strangely b. wet, muddy place with water plants c. old metal musical instrument played by blowing d. thing built across a river to control the water 5. WHIM: He had lots of whims. a. old gold coins b. female horses c. strange ideas with no motive d. sore red lumps 6. PERTURB: I was perturbed. a. made to agree b. Worried c. very puzzled d. very wet 7. REGENT: They chose a regent. a. an irresponsible person b. a person to run a meeting for a time c. a ruler acting in place of the king d. a person to represent them 8. OCTOPUS: They saw an octopus. a. a large bird that hunts at night b. a ship that can go under water c. a machine that flies by means of turning blades d. a sea creature with eight legs 9. FEN: The story is set in the fens. a. low land partly covered by water b. a piece of high land with few trees c. a block of poor‑quality houses in a city d. a time long ago 10. LINTEL: He painted the lintel. a. Beam over the top of a door or window b. small boat used for getting to land from a big boat c. beautiful tree with spreading branches and green fruit d. board showing the scene in a theatre Tenth 1000 1. AWE: They looked at the mountain with awe. a. worry b. interest c. wonder d. respect 2. PEASANTRY: He did a lot for the peasantry. a. local people b. place of worship c. businessmen's club d. poor farmers 3. EGALITARIAN: This organization is egalitarian. a. does not provide much information about itself to the public b. dislikes change c. frequently asks a court of law for a judgement d. treats everyone who works for it as if they are equal 4. MYSTIQUE: He has lost his mystique. a. his healthy body b. the secret way he makes other people think he has special power or skill c. the woman who has been his lover while he is married to someone else d. the hair on his top lip 5. UPBEAT: I'm feeling really upbeat about it. a. upset b. good c. hurt d. confused 6. CRANNY: We found it in the cranny! a. sale of unwanted objects b. narrow opening c. space for storing things under the roof of a house d. large wooden box 7. PIGTAIL: Does she have a pigtail? a. a rope of hair made by twisting bits together b. a lot of cloth hanging behind a dress c. a plant with pale pink flowers that hang down in short bunches d. a lover 8. CROWBAR: He used a crowbar. a. heavy iron pole with a curved end b. false name c. sharp tool for making holes in leather d. light metal walking stick 9. RUCUS: He got hurt in the rucus. a. hollow between the stomach and the top of the leg b. pushing and shoving c. group of players gathered round the ball in some ball games d. race across a field of snow 10. LECTERN: He stood at the lectern. a. desk to hold a book at a height for reading b. table or block used for church sacrifices c. place where you buy drinks d. very edge