ISEE Upper Level Vocabulary Exam
2025 Questions and Answers
abjure - ANSWER✔✔-solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)
ambivalent - ANSWER✔✔-having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about
something or someone
assiduous - ANSWER✔✔-persistent, attentive, diligent
asinine - ANSWER✔✔-extremely stupid or foolish
anachronistic - ANSWER✔✔-chronologically misplaced
apathetic - ANSWER✔✔-showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern
avarice - ANSWER✔✔-greed; desire for wealth
aspersion - ANSWER✔✔-an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or
something
anodyne - ANSWER✔✔-not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often
deliberately so
, bureaucratic - ANSWER✔✔-relating to the business of running an organization, or
government
buoyant - ANSWER✔✔-cheerful
curtail - ANSWER✔✔-To cut short or reduce
clandestine - ANSWER✔✔-(adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded
consternation - ANSWER✔✔-feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something
unexpected
complacent - ANSWER✔✔-self-satisfied; smug
congruence - ANSWER✔✔-agreement, harmony
dolorous - ANSWER✔✔-exhibiting sorrow or pain
dissonance - ANSWER✔✔-lack of agreement or harmony
desultory - ANSWER✔✔-lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
demagogue - ANSWER✔✔-a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power
disparge - ANSWER✔✔-to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue
debilitate - ANSWER✔✔-to make weak or feeble
endorse - ANSWER✔✔-declare one's public approval or support of
elucidate - ANSWER✔✔-to clarify, explain
2025 Questions and Answers
abjure - ANSWER✔✔-solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)
ambivalent - ANSWER✔✔-having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about
something or someone
assiduous - ANSWER✔✔-persistent, attentive, diligent
asinine - ANSWER✔✔-extremely stupid or foolish
anachronistic - ANSWER✔✔-chronologically misplaced
apathetic - ANSWER✔✔-showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern
avarice - ANSWER✔✔-greed; desire for wealth
aspersion - ANSWER✔✔-an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or
something
anodyne - ANSWER✔✔-not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often
deliberately so
, bureaucratic - ANSWER✔✔-relating to the business of running an organization, or
government
buoyant - ANSWER✔✔-cheerful
curtail - ANSWER✔✔-To cut short or reduce
clandestine - ANSWER✔✔-(adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded
consternation - ANSWER✔✔-feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something
unexpected
complacent - ANSWER✔✔-self-satisfied; smug
congruence - ANSWER✔✔-agreement, harmony
dolorous - ANSWER✔✔-exhibiting sorrow or pain
dissonance - ANSWER✔✔-lack of agreement or harmony
desultory - ANSWER✔✔-lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
demagogue - ANSWER✔✔-a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power
disparge - ANSWER✔✔-to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue
debilitate - ANSWER✔✔-to make weak or feeble
endorse - ANSWER✔✔-declare one's public approval or support of
elucidate - ANSWER✔✔-to clarify, explain
