HSPT vocabulary in practice tests
Questions With Complete Solutions
repel - Answer-to push away
/.refute - Answer-to disprove, successfully argue against
/.alienate - Answer-cause to become unfriendly, hostile, or distant
/.chronicle - Answer-a continuous, detailed record of historical events in order of their
occurrence
/.suppress - Answer-to stop by force, put down
/.supple - Answer-bending easily
/.obligatory - Answer-required or demanded.
/.timely - Answer-well-timed, happening at a suitable time
/.elusive - Answer-hard to grasp
/.implicit - Answer-implied; understood, but not stated
/.explicit - Answer-definite; stated in detail, leaving nothing to be guessed at; outspoken
/.brittle - Answer-easily broken, fragile
/.ceaseless - Answer-without stopping; unending
/.juvenile - Answer-not fully grown; immature
/.graphic - Answer-lifelike, vivid
/.uncanny - Answer-strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
/.ultimate - Answer-greatest; highest possible; final
/.censure - Answer-to condemn severely for doing something bad
/.pliable - Answer-easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
/.nonsensical - Answer-foolish or absurd (nonsense)
, /.opaque - Answer-not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid
/.indifferent - Answer-not caring one way or the other
/.apathetic - Answer-feeling or showing little emotion
/.customary - Answer-usual, expected, routine
/.extol - Answer-praise, glorify, or honor
/.acclaim - Answer-loud applause or approval
/.inept - Answer-clumsy, awkward; not capable of doing the job
/.auxiliary - Answer-giving assistance or support
/.fraud - Answer-a deliberate deception intended to secure an unfair or unlawful gain
/.minute - Answer-(adj.) extremely small; insignificant
/.embezzle - Answer-to steal property entrusted to one's care
/.denote - Answer-to be a sign of; to indicate; to signify; to mean explicitly
/.connote - Answer-to suggest; to imply
/.assert - Answer-to say firmly; to declare
/.indulge - Answer-to yield to the wishes or desires
/.abberration - Answer-something different from the usual
/.mediate - Answer-to help settle conflicts or differences
/.authority - Answer-having the right to control and make decisions...also, to be an
"authority" on a subject is to be an expert
/.meek - Answer-humble in spirit or manner
/.arrogant - Answer-haughty, too convinced of one's own importance
/.jovial - Answer-cheerful and friendly
/.gloomy - Answer-bad, dark weather
Questions With Complete Solutions
repel - Answer-to push away
/.refute - Answer-to disprove, successfully argue against
/.alienate - Answer-cause to become unfriendly, hostile, or distant
/.chronicle - Answer-a continuous, detailed record of historical events in order of their
occurrence
/.suppress - Answer-to stop by force, put down
/.supple - Answer-bending easily
/.obligatory - Answer-required or demanded.
/.timely - Answer-well-timed, happening at a suitable time
/.elusive - Answer-hard to grasp
/.implicit - Answer-implied; understood, but not stated
/.explicit - Answer-definite; stated in detail, leaving nothing to be guessed at; outspoken
/.brittle - Answer-easily broken, fragile
/.ceaseless - Answer-without stopping; unending
/.juvenile - Answer-not fully grown; immature
/.graphic - Answer-lifelike, vivid
/.uncanny - Answer-strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
/.ultimate - Answer-greatest; highest possible; final
/.censure - Answer-to condemn severely for doing something bad
/.pliable - Answer-easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
/.nonsensical - Answer-foolish or absurd (nonsense)
, /.opaque - Answer-not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid
/.indifferent - Answer-not caring one way or the other
/.apathetic - Answer-feeling or showing little emotion
/.customary - Answer-usual, expected, routine
/.extol - Answer-praise, glorify, or honor
/.acclaim - Answer-loud applause or approval
/.inept - Answer-clumsy, awkward; not capable of doing the job
/.auxiliary - Answer-giving assistance or support
/.fraud - Answer-a deliberate deception intended to secure an unfair or unlawful gain
/.minute - Answer-(adj.) extremely small; insignificant
/.embezzle - Answer-to steal property entrusted to one's care
/.denote - Answer-to be a sign of; to indicate; to signify; to mean explicitly
/.connote - Answer-to suggest; to imply
/.assert - Answer-to say firmly; to declare
/.indulge - Answer-to yield to the wishes or desires
/.abberration - Answer-something different from the usual
/.mediate - Answer-to help settle conflicts or differences
/.authority - Answer-having the right to control and make decisions...also, to be an
"authority" on a subject is to be an expert
/.meek - Answer-humble in spirit or manner
/.arrogant - Answer-haughty, too convinced of one's own importance
/.jovial - Answer-cheerful and friendly
/.gloomy - Answer-bad, dark weather
