UCVTS ADMISSIONS EXAM
COMMONLY TESTED WORDS PART 2
Abate - Correct Answers -To lessen.
Abode - Correct Answers -Home.
Accord - Correct Answers -Agreement.
Acrid - Correct Answers -Harsh in taste or odor; sharp in manner or temper.
Adept - Correct Answers -Skillful.
Adjacent - Correct Answers -Next to.
Advocate - Correct Answers -To speak in favor of.
Affable - Correct Answers -Friendly.
Affliction - Correct Answers -Something that causes pain or suffering.
Akin - Correct Answers -Related to or alike.
Allege - Correct Answers -To assert without proof or confirmation.
Allure - Correct Answers -The power to attract or charm.
Ambiguous - Correct Answers -Unclear or doubtful in meaning.
Amiss - Correct Answers -In a wrong or imperfect way.
Anarchy - Correct Answers -(n) A lack of government and law; confusion.
Apathetic - Correct Answers -Feeling or showing little emotion.
Apex - Correct Answers -The highest point of something.
Deploy - Correct Answers -To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up.
Deter - Correct Answers -To discourage or prevent from taking action.
, Dexterous - Correct Answers -(adj.) Skillful in the use of hands or body; clever.
Dialect - Correct Answers -A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary,
spelling, and pronunciation.
Articulate - Correct Answers -(v.) To pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to fit
together into a system; (adj.) able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and
forcefully.
Aspire - Correct Answers -(v.) To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher
goal, desire earnestly; to ascend.
Assimilate - Correct Answers -(v.) To absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's
own; to adapt fully.
Astute - Correct Answers -(adj.) Shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom.
Atrocity - Correct Answers -(n.) An extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel act; something
very bad or unpleasant.
Audacious - Correct Answers -(adj.) Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring.
Augment - Correct Answers -To make larger, increase.
Avert - Correct Answers -(v.) To turn aside, turn away; to prevent, avoid.
Avid - Correct Answers -Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager.
Awry - Correct Answers -(adj., adv.) In a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong,
out of the right or hoped-for course.
Banter - Correct Answers -(v.) To exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is
playful and teasing.
Barter - Correct Answers -(n.) An exchange in trade; (v.) to exchange goods.
Benefactor - Correct Answers -A person who gives friendly aid.
Benighted - Correct Answers -Being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant;
unenlightened.
Bigot - Correct Answers -(n.) An intolerant, prejudiced, or biased person.
Bizarre - Correct Answers -(adj.) Extremely strange, unusual, atypical.
COMMONLY TESTED WORDS PART 2
Abate - Correct Answers -To lessen.
Abode - Correct Answers -Home.
Accord - Correct Answers -Agreement.
Acrid - Correct Answers -Harsh in taste or odor; sharp in manner or temper.
Adept - Correct Answers -Skillful.
Adjacent - Correct Answers -Next to.
Advocate - Correct Answers -To speak in favor of.
Affable - Correct Answers -Friendly.
Affliction - Correct Answers -Something that causes pain or suffering.
Akin - Correct Answers -Related to or alike.
Allege - Correct Answers -To assert without proof or confirmation.
Allure - Correct Answers -The power to attract or charm.
Ambiguous - Correct Answers -Unclear or doubtful in meaning.
Amiss - Correct Answers -In a wrong or imperfect way.
Anarchy - Correct Answers -(n) A lack of government and law; confusion.
Apathetic - Correct Answers -Feeling or showing little emotion.
Apex - Correct Answers -The highest point of something.
Deploy - Correct Answers -To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up.
Deter - Correct Answers -To discourage or prevent from taking action.
, Dexterous - Correct Answers -(adj.) Skillful in the use of hands or body; clever.
Dialect - Correct Answers -A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary,
spelling, and pronunciation.
Articulate - Correct Answers -(v.) To pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to fit
together into a system; (adj.) able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and
forcefully.
Aspire - Correct Answers -(v.) To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher
goal, desire earnestly; to ascend.
Assimilate - Correct Answers -(v.) To absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's
own; to adapt fully.
Astute - Correct Answers -(adj.) Shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom.
Atrocity - Correct Answers -(n.) An extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel act; something
very bad or unpleasant.
Audacious - Correct Answers -(adj.) Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring.
Augment - Correct Answers -To make larger, increase.
Avert - Correct Answers -(v.) To turn aside, turn away; to prevent, avoid.
Avid - Correct Answers -Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager.
Awry - Correct Answers -(adj., adv.) In a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong,
out of the right or hoped-for course.
Banter - Correct Answers -(v.) To exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is
playful and teasing.
Barter - Correct Answers -(n.) An exchange in trade; (v.) to exchange goods.
Benefactor - Correct Answers -A person who gives friendly aid.
Benighted - Correct Answers -Being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant;
unenlightened.
Bigot - Correct Answers -(n.) An intolerant, prejudiced, or biased person.
Bizarre - Correct Answers -(adj.) Extremely strange, unusual, atypical.
