Vocabulary and concept building – Edited and collected by
Anupam Banerjee October 2020
1) After waiting patiently for an extraordinarily long
period of time , the crowd was infuriated by the
extreme ____ of the concise announcement that said
simply, “Tonight’s concert is cancelled”.
(a) Coarseness
(b) Affluence
(c) Brevity
(d) Congruity
(e) Denial
2) Although she has a modest upbringing , the
entrepreneur now lives in the most ___ building in the
city.
(a) Spartan
(b) Factious
(c) Salubrious
(d) Opulent
(e) Exiguous
3) Unfortunately the campers encountered unexpectedly
____ weather , making them wish that they had
brought outerwear that was more ______.
(a) Propitious; conspicuous
(b) Arctic; chromatic
(c) Frigid; substantial
(d) Gelid; delicate
(e) Temperate; durable
4) Either ___ or ____ , every story the dinner guest told
was crude or dull.
(a) Lascivious; dull
(b) Ribald; succinct
(c) Lubricious ; vibrant
(d) Salacious ; provocative
(e) Capricious; vacuous
5) The supervisor forced his subordinates to ____ with his
every whim, lest they find _____ from his good graces.
(a) Accord ; garnered
, (b) Comply; banished
(c) Assent; abetted
(d) Concur; sanctioned
(e) Contend ; exiled
6) After missing the bus, Mitch was saved from a 3 mile
trudge to school by the ____ appearance of his next-
door neighbour’s car heading into town.
a) Luxurious
b) Serene
c) Requisite
d) Fortuitous
e) Commodious
7) ____ even from a distance, Mount Everest is the
highest mountain in the world, and certainly one of
nature’s wonders
a) Prodigious
b) Deceptive
c) Resplendent
d) Gilded
e) Exquisite
8) A talented ___ , she had a wide array of stories and
loved to get the crowd laughing with one of her
hilarious anecdotes.
a) Pundit
b) Raconteur
c) Sybarite
d) Pugilist
e) Thespian
9) Miles Davis , the ____ Jazz trumpeter , was renowned
as much for his enigmatic style as his ____ playing.
a) Legendary ; pedestrian
b) Obscure ; exceptional
c) Arcane; transcendental
d) Ubiquitous ; plebian
e) Acclaimed ; virtuosic
10) Despite the ____ tone of the play, the subject matter
was rather _____.
a) Grave; pensive
b) Ominous; morbid
Anupam Banerjee October 2020
1) After waiting patiently for an extraordinarily long
period of time , the crowd was infuriated by the
extreme ____ of the concise announcement that said
simply, “Tonight’s concert is cancelled”.
(a) Coarseness
(b) Affluence
(c) Brevity
(d) Congruity
(e) Denial
2) Although she has a modest upbringing , the
entrepreneur now lives in the most ___ building in the
city.
(a) Spartan
(b) Factious
(c) Salubrious
(d) Opulent
(e) Exiguous
3) Unfortunately the campers encountered unexpectedly
____ weather , making them wish that they had
brought outerwear that was more ______.
(a) Propitious; conspicuous
(b) Arctic; chromatic
(c) Frigid; substantial
(d) Gelid; delicate
(e) Temperate; durable
4) Either ___ or ____ , every story the dinner guest told
was crude or dull.
(a) Lascivious; dull
(b) Ribald; succinct
(c) Lubricious ; vibrant
(d) Salacious ; provocative
(e) Capricious; vacuous
5) The supervisor forced his subordinates to ____ with his
every whim, lest they find _____ from his good graces.
(a) Accord ; garnered
, (b) Comply; banished
(c) Assent; abetted
(d) Concur; sanctioned
(e) Contend ; exiled
6) After missing the bus, Mitch was saved from a 3 mile
trudge to school by the ____ appearance of his next-
door neighbour’s car heading into town.
a) Luxurious
b) Serene
c) Requisite
d) Fortuitous
e) Commodious
7) ____ even from a distance, Mount Everest is the
highest mountain in the world, and certainly one of
nature’s wonders
a) Prodigious
b) Deceptive
c) Resplendent
d) Gilded
e) Exquisite
8) A talented ___ , she had a wide array of stories and
loved to get the crowd laughing with one of her
hilarious anecdotes.
a) Pundit
b) Raconteur
c) Sybarite
d) Pugilist
e) Thespian
9) Miles Davis , the ____ Jazz trumpeter , was renowned
as much for his enigmatic style as his ____ playing.
a) Legendary ; pedestrian
b) Obscure ; exceptional
c) Arcane; transcendental
d) Ubiquitous ; plebian
e) Acclaimed ; virtuosic
10) Despite the ____ tone of the play, the subject matter
was rather _____.
a) Grave; pensive
b) Ominous; morbid
