Vocabulary Test

Be ______________ enough to learn from your mistakes.

• Spurious

• Wary

• Humble

• Eloquent

Answer explanation

humble means modest

He had managed to create the entirely ________________ impression that the company was thriving.

• Humble

• Wary

• Eloquent

• Spurious

Answer explanation

spurious means not genuine

Be ______ of pickpockets in this area of the city.

• Humble

• Wary

• Eloquent

• Spurious

Answer explanation

wary means careful

He is a(n) ______________ speaker, everyone knows he can speak well in public.

• Wary

• Humble

• Spurious

• Eloquent

Answer explanation

eloquent means being able to use language and express opinions very well

She gave him a look that made words _________________________.

• Tedious

• Self-effacing

• Eclectic

• Superfluous

Answer explanation

superfluous means unnecessary

We had to listen to all the _____________ details of his operation.

• Tedious

• Self-effacing

• Superfluous

• Eclectic

Answer explanation

tedious means boring

He was a shy, _________________ man.

• Tedious

• Superfluous

• Eclectic

• Self-effacing

Answer explanation

self-effacing means modest

She has very _________ tastes in literature.

• Superfluous

• Tedious

• Eclectic

• Self-effacing

Answer explanation

eclectic means not following only one style

Everyone makes mistakes, even doctors are not __________________.

• Incongruous

• Impervious

• Infallible

• Apt

Answer explanation

infallible means never making mistakes

You can tell her whatever you want, she seems to be ______________ to any criticism.

• Infallible

• Apt

• Incongruous

• Impervious

Answer explanation

impervious means not affected by