Online English Test

1) adorn

a) v. leave to someone by means of a will; hand down
b) n. the meat of a deer
c) v. decorate
d) n. statement that looks false but is actually correct; a contradictory statement

2) adjunct

a) n. hermit
b) adj. sleeping; lethargic
c) n. something attached to but holding an inferior position
d) adj. very important

3) adulterate

a) n. seriousness
b) v. make impure by mixing with baser substances
c) v. issue forth
d) n. confusion; strife

4) acuity

a) n. sharpness
b) adj. spread throughout
c) n. kinship
d) n. poverty, misfortune

5) adherent

a) adj. verbose; drawn out
b) n. supporter; follower
c) adj. conspicuously wicked
d) adj. irreverent

6) admonish

a) n. uprightness
b) v. fret; complain
c) adj. unorthodox; unconventional
d) v. warn; reprove

7) adventitious

a) n. self-control; formal but distant manner
b) v. cut away; trim
c) adj. fleeting; vanishing
d) adj. accidental; casual

8) acumen

a) adj. spotted; stained
b) n. prototype; primitive pattern
c) n. premonition; foreboding
d) n. mental keenness

9) adversary

a) n. opponent; enemy
b) adj. imagined; unreal
c) n. mass of floating ice
d) adj. wasted away; gaunt

10) adage

a) v. wise saying; proverb
b) adj. pertaining to the people
c) v. follow
d) n. accident