TOEFL Vocabulary Test (20 Questions)

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1.
adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest
  anonymous
  ken
  sinister
  cadaverous
 
2.
n. regret for wrongdoing
  compunction
  ecclesiastic
  extemporaneous
  vaunt
 
3.
v. assign
  expedient
  clement
  attribute
  contemptuous
 
4.
adj. acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit
  accord
  dissolute
  supine
  mercenary
 
5.
adj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon
  delete
  reiterate
  credulous
  jeopardy
 
6.
n. origin
  consensus
  genesis
  chicanery
  simper
 
7.
adj. causing or given to shedding tears
  coalition
  lachrymose
  proletariat
  acumen
 
8.
n. a party slogan
  shibboleth
  abandon
  commodious
  recumbent
 
9.
adj. conceited
  egotistic
  exodus
  vernal
  craven
 
10.
n. a skilled storyteller
  genesis
  raconteur
  apt
  epitaph
 
11.
n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting
  dispassionate
  masquerade
  cabal
  retrieve
 
12.
n. a state of happiness; a high ability
  callous
  felicity
  sally
  fatuous
 
13.
adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous
  egotistic
  gregarious
  corpulent
  civil
 
14.
adj. very steep; descending rapidly
  craven
  fatuous
  untenable
  precipitous
 
15.
adj. deadly
  noisome
  extemporaneous
  lethal
  extemporaneous
 
16.
v. to abolish or render void
  abrogate
  contemptuous
  conjecture
  approbation
 
17.
adj. perfect or highly accomplished
  acrimonious
  inscrutable
  fulsome
  consummate
 
18.
v. to exclaim or utter suddenly
  accolade
  clamorous
  ostracize
  ejaculate
 
19.
adj. no longer existing or active
  acumen
  scourge
  extinct
  boorish
 
20.
n. a flattering speech or act
  blandishment
  forbear
  fleeting
  misanthropic