Vocabulary Test

Match the following

• concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

• aesthetic

• out of proportion; too large or too small in comparison with something else

• venerate

• incapable of being affected

• impervious

• having a shine or glow

• lustrous

• to regard with reverence; great respect

• disproportionate

Match the following.

• skillful, expert in the use of the hands

• extant

• unchanging

• immutable

• still existing; not exterminated

• inscrutable

• incapable of being understood

• opulence

• wealth, affluence, abundance

• adroit

Match the following.

• abundant; plentiful

• attest

• to bear witness, affirm to be true or ge

• anomaly

• deviation from what is normal

• relegate

• to establish by evidence, prove; to give

• substantiate

• to place in a lower position; to assign

• copious

Match the following.

• enthusiastic and expert follower or fan

• denizen
• A testable prediction

• cogent
• hard to explain, incomprehensible

• hypothesis
• convincing; reasonable

• inexplicable
• an inhabitant, resident

• aficionado

The seasoned art ​ (a)   couldn't help but ​ (b)   the ​ (c)   beauty of the classic painting, appreciating its timeless ​ (d)   appeal.

• aficionado
• venerate
• immutable
• aesthetic

The ​ (a)   surface of the polished marble countertop was not only ​ (b)   pleasing, but it was also impressively ​ (c)   to stains and scratches.

• lustrous
• aesthetically
• impervious

The extravagant chandeliers, gold-leafed furniture, and marble floors in the ballroom ​ (a)   to a level of ​ (b)   that felt ​ (c)   to the modest exterior of the home.

• attested
• opulence
• disproportionate

The scientific community was intrigued by the ​ (a)   in the experimental results, prompting researchers to delve deeper into their investigations to ​ (b)   the ​ (c)   findings with ​ (d)   explanations.

• anomaly
• substantiate
• cogent
• inexplicable

The ancient manuscript, filled with ​ ​ (a)   symbols and cryptic text, seemed to ​ (b)   its meaning to an ​ (c)   realm, challenging scholars to unravel its mysteries.

• copious
• relegate
• inscrutable

The ​ (a)   scientist skillfully navigated through the available data, formulating a compelling ​ (b)   that could potentially explain the phenomenon.

• adroit
• hypothesis