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Student Power: Road to UTBK Vocabulary

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means as the same as erroneous?

a)

digressive

b)

confused

c)

impenetrable

d)

incorrect

2.

Which word means the same grotesque?

a)

extreme

b)

frenzied

c)

hideous

d)

typical

3.

Which word means the same as garbled?

a)

lucid

b)

unintelligible

c)

devoured

d)

outrageous

4.

Which word means the same as expose?

a)

relate

b)

develop

c)

reveal

d)

pretend

5.

Which word means the same as coerce?

a)

force

b)

permit

c)

waste

d)

deny

6.

He typed rather ___________ chat in the WA group. No one understands it.

a)

devoured

b)

lucid

c)

outrageous

d)

garbled

7.

We found so many errors in her essay. She has ___________ belief about the phenomena.

a)

impenetrable

b)

confused

c)

digressive

d)

erroneous

8.

The character he is working on really disgusts people. As the enemy of Batman, it will be hated much by the viewers for its ________________ appearance.

a)

grotesque

b)

frenzied

c)

extreme

d)

typical

9.

Today's newspaper contains a searing _________ of police brutality.

a)

development

b)

relation

c)

expose

d)

review

10.

One of police brutality is to __________ the defendants into making a confession using torture.

a)

waste

b)

permit

c)

coerce

d)

deny

11.

Our conversation came to an abrupt end when Renni burst into the room. Which word means the same as abrupt?

a)

interrupt

b)

sudden

c)

extended

d)

corrupt

12.

The country suffers from the voter apathy. There were almost 35% citizens did not vote in the last presidential election.

Which word means the same as apathy?

a)

hostility

b)

indifference

c)

concern

d)

depression

13.

To her teacher's despair, Leah never does the work she's told to do. Which word means the same as despair?

a)

mourning

b)

disregard

c)

hopelessness

d)

loneliness

14.

He was very contemptuous of chauvinist scholars, whom he described as pathetic group of people. Which word means the same as the word in italics?

a)

respectful

b)

unique

c)

insecure

d)

scornful

15.

The young police officer who posted his photo toting a gun in twitter asking whether viewers' boyfriend could do the same has been detained. Which word means the same as tote?

a)

acquire

b)

carry

c)

tremble

d)

abandon

16.

Mommy got mad when there's a distinct smell of cigarette in my big brother's bedroom. Which word means the same as distinct?

a)

uneasy

b)

imprecise

c)

separate

d)

satisfied

17.

There has been a flagrant misuse of privilege among cadets whose parents are the member of the council. Which means the same as flagrant?

a)

secret

b)

worthless

c)

noble

d)

glaring

18.

Do you know the person who's doing oration at the podium right now? He does it very well.

Which word means the same as oration?

a)

nuisance

b)

independence

c)

address

d)

length

19.

Timothy, the rock star, threatened the tabloid for a libel. The tabloid wrote that he had had an affair with the first lady before getting married to Scarlett.

Which word means the same as libel?

a)

description

b)

praise

c)

destiny

d)

slander

20.

No one ever doubts his philanthropy. He donated his wealth to poor people and orphanages in the town.

Which word means the same as philanthropy?

a)

fascination

b)

disrespect

c)

charity

d)

selfishness

21.

One good thing about the location of grandma's house is its proximity to the hiking gate.

a)

distance

b)

agreement

c)

nearness

d)

intelligence

22.

The difference between the original and the imitated products of Maybelline is negligible. No one would recognize its difference.

Which word means the same as negligible?

a)

meaningful

b)

insignificant

c)

illegible

d)

delicate

23.

Following the corona virus outbreak, the government warned people to be extra vigilant when travelling to China.

Which word means the same as vigilant?

a)

nonchalant

b)

righteous

c)

strenuous

d)

watchful

24.

He needs five-year experience before he becomes an astute stock broker that. His prediction is always accurate.


Which word means the same as astute?

a)

perceptive

b)

inattentive

c)

stubborn

d)

elegant

25.

The Indonesian and Philippine police collaborate in catching the international mobsters.


Which word means the same as collaborate?

a)

cooperate

b)

entice

c)

elaborate

d)

convince

26.

Over the centuries, ________ that try to explain the origins of the universe.

a)

although many theories

b)

many theories

c)

have many theories been

d)

there have been many theories

27.

The planet Venus is almost exactly the same size and mass _______ Earth, with a similar interior, including a nickel-iron core.

a)

to

b)

as

c)

is

d)

than

28.

George Washington Carver _____ international fame for revolutionizing agriculture research in the southern United States during the early twentieth century.

a)

won

b)

winning

c)

who has won

d)

the winner of

29.

Constituting one of the earliest engineering-techniques, ________ in Paleolithic time was done in order to extend natural caves.

a)

tunnels were built

b)

which built tunnels

c)

the building of tunnels

d)

tunnels whose building

30.

The tulip tree is native to the eastern United States, ______ the tallest and largest broad leaf tree.

a)

where

b)

where it is

c)

it is where

d)

is where

31.

Elementary schools in the United States provide formal education ______ arithmetic, science, social science, and communication skills that including reading, writing, spelling, and speaking.

a)

such subjects as basic in

b)

as basic subjects in such

c)

in such basic subjects as

d)

as in such basic subjects

32.

_______ land and money enabled construction of the Union Pacific railroad to begin from Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1865.

a)

By the government granting of

b)

Government grants of

c)

For the government to grant

d)

Government so that

33.

Appointments to the United States Supreme Court and all lower federal courts _______ by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate.

a)

making

b)

to make

c)

are made

d)

have made

34.

The name "squirrel" is commonly used for those forms of the family sciuridae that live in trees, ______ it is equally accurate for ground dwelling types.

a)

whether

b)

that

c)

although

d)

in spite of

35.

Green plants combine ______ with water and carbon dioxide to make food.

a)

energy derived from light

b)

energy, derived it from light

c)

energy is derived from light

d)

from light, and energy derived

36.

From the archaeologist's perspective, understanding the past is vitally important and requires ________ of earlier cultures.

a)

the ruins examined

b)

examining the ruins

c)

of the ruins to be examined

d)

that he examined ruins

37.

The Texas Legislature selected Vassar Miller _____ in 1982, and again in 1988.

a)

was the state's poet laureate

b)

as the state's poet laureate

c)

the state's poet laureate

d)

become the state's poet laureate

38.

The distinguishing feature of a fluid, in contrast to a solid, is the ease _____

a)

that s deformed fluid

b)

to deform a fluid

c)

when a fluid that is deformed

d)

with which a fluid may be deformed

39.

Oxygen and nutrients reach the body's tissues ______ from the blood through the capillary wall.

a)

pass

b)

by passing

c)

to be passing

d)

have passed

40.

_______ important development of the Neolithic age was not in the manufacture of stone tools but in the production of food.

a)

The most

b)

Most

c)

Most of

d)

Of the most