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Depth of vocabulary knowledge test

Instructions: There are 27 items in this test. Each looks like this:
Sound
a) logical b) healthy c)bold d)solid a) snow b) temperature c) sleep d)dance
Anwar: a) b) c) d) a) b) c) d)
In this example, some of the words in the left box are similar to/share the meaning
of“Sound”; logic, healthy and solid. In the right box, some of the collocations are used
commonly in a phrase or sentence with “sound” ; ” Sound sleep” There are 8 words in the two
boxes, but only 4 of them are correct. You have to choose which are the correct 4 answers:In this
example, there are 3 correct answers on the left box and1 on the right. But in some other items
there will be either 1 in the left and 3 on the right, or 2 on the left and 2 on the right.
Now draw a circle round the correct answer: accurate exact
1) Few
a) rare B) plentiful c) thick d)scare e) words f) materials g) exceptions h) hot
2) Close
a) remote B) earnest c) far d)approaching e) translation f) coat g) secret h) patriot
3) Beautiful
a) dirty B) pretty c) attractive d)primitive e) ugly f) face g) girl h) need
4) Clean
a) foul B) dirty c) suitable d)neat e) shanty f) memory g) hands h) night
5) Accurate
a) exact B) helpful c) responsible d)precise e) error f) money g) memory h) estimate
6) Green
a) raw B) alike c) unripe d)immature e) card f) red g) release h) hot
7) Valuable
a) rare B) inexpensive c) priceless d)costly e) risky f) aspect g) papers h) particles
8) Troublesome
a) annoying B) irritating c) dangerous d)bothersome e) favor f) relief g) weeds h) opportunity
9) Positive
a) bad B) Optimistic c) Calm d) Affirmative e) answer f dirty g) Results h) camel
10) Obvious
a) singular b)apparent c)visible d) explicit e)dark f) hard g) hot h)sign
11) Dangerous
a) nasty b)secure c)risky d) awkward e) hot f) weapon g) data h)money
12) Digital
a) numerical b)valuable c)binary d) body e)computer f) liquid g) keyboard h)wind
13) Key
a) primary b)fundamental c)hidden d) false e)issues f) purposes g) wealth h)duration
14) Brief
a) short b) terse c)quick d) clear e)help f) answer g) hotel h)hand
15) Remote
a) mental b)distant c) a field d) far e) money f) knowledge g) package h)era

16) Essential
a) vital b)necessary c)sensible d) critical e)loose f) nutrients g) outlook h) opportunity
17) Upper
a) higher b)lower c)superior d) superficial e)hand f) chart g) resolution h)class
18) Contaminated
a) rejected b)infected c)unclean d)inconvenient e)weather f) news g) site h)needle
19) Starting
a) beginning b)end c)compact d)influential e)point f) gate g) help h)perfection
20) Conventional
a) traditional b)practical c)neat d) expensive e)clothing f) warfare g) methods h)awkwardness
21) Complete
a) entire b)whole c)through d) racial e)statues f) fool g) portion h)schedule
22) Powerful
a) potent b)definite c)influential d)supportive e)position f) engine g) repetition h)price
23) Leading
a) foremost b)principle c)developed d)competitive e)scientist f) society g) work h)producer
24) Historical
a) documented b)modern c)present d)acquaint e)research f) play g) present h)million
25) Obscure
a) unclear b)unknown c)vague d)old e)product f) product g) appraisal h)remark
26) International
a) domestic b)national c)universal d)global e)practice f) sentence g) law h)reflection
27) Common
a) ordinary b)queer c)sparking d)especial e)currency f) work g) gender h)bay

Vocabulary Breadth Test


This is a vocabulary test. You must choose the right word to go with each meaning. Write the
number of that word next to its meaning.
1 copy
2 event ………….end or highest point
3 motor …………..this moves a car
4 pity ………….. thing made to be like another
5 profit
6 tip
1 accident
2 debt ………….. loud deep sound
3 fortune ………….. something you must pay
4 pride …………… having a high yourself
5 roar
6 thread

1 coffee
2 disease …………..work money for
3 justice …………... a piece of clothing
4 skirt …………... using the law in the right way
5 stage
6 wage
1 arrange
2 develop ……………… grow
3 lean ……………… put in order
4 owe ……………….like more than something else
5 prefer
6 seize

1 clerk
2 frame ……………. a drink
3 noise ……………..office work
4 respect ……………... unwanted sound
5 theater
6 wine

1 blame
2 elect ……………. make
3 jump …………….. become like water
4 threaten ……………..choose by voting
5 melt
6 manufacture

1 dozen
2 empire ……………..chance
3 gift …………….. money paid to the government
4 tax ……………… twelve
5 relief
6 opportunity

1 ancient
2 curious …………….. not easy
3 difficult …………….. very old
4 entire ………………related to God
5 holy
5 social

1 admire
2 complain ……………… make wider or longer
3fix ………………bring in for the first time
4 hire ………………have a high opinion of someone
5 introduce
6 stretch

1 slight
2 bitter ………………… beautiful
3 lovely ………………… small
4 merry …………………liked by many people
5 popular
6 independent

1 bull
2 champion ………………. formal and serious manner
3 dignity ……………….. winner of a sporting event
4 hell ………………..building where valuable objects are shown
5 museum
6 solution

1 muscle
2 counsel ……………….advice
3 factor ……………….a place covered with grass
4 hen ……………….female chicken
5 lawn
6 atmosphere
5 lawn
6 atmosphere

1 blanket ………………holiday
2 contest ………………. good quality
3 generation ……………… wool covering used on beds
4 merit
5 plot
6 vacation

1 abandon
2 dwell ……………… live in a place
3 oblige …..…………..follow in order to catch
4 pursue leave ………………. something permanently
5 quote
6 resolve

1 comment
2 gown ……………….long formal dress
3 import ………………. goods from a foreign country
4 nerve ……………….part of the body which carries feeling
5 pasture
6 tradition

1 assemble
2 attach ……………….look closely
3 peer ………………..stop doing something
4 quit ………………..cry out loudly in fear
5 scream
6 toss

1 pond
2 angel ………………. group of animals
3 frost ………………. spirit who serves God
4 herd ……………….. managing business and affairs
5 fort
6 administration

1 drift ………………..suffer patiently


2 endure ……………….. join wool threads together
3 grasp ..……………….hold firmly with your hands
4 knit
5 register
6 tumble

1 brilliant
2 distinct ………………. thin
3 magic ……………….steady
4 naked ……………….without clothes
5 slender
6 stable

1 aware
2 blank .………………..best or most important
3 desperate ……………….. knowing what is happening
4 normal ……………….. usual
5 striking
6 supreme
1 analysis
2 curb ………………… eagerness
3 gravel ………………… loan to buy a house
4 mortgage ………………… small stones mixed with sand
5 scar
6 zeal
1 artillery
2 creed ………………a kind of tree
3 hydrogen ………………..system of belief
4 maple ……………….large gun on wheels
5 pork
6 streak
1 cavalry
2 eve ………………..small hill
3 ham ………………..day or night before a holiday
4 mound ………………..soldiers who fight from horses
5 steak
6 switch
1 chart
2 forge ………………… map
3 mansion ………………… large beautiful house
4 outfit …………………place where metals are made and shaped
5 sample
6 volunteer
1 circus
2 jungle …………………musical instrument
3 trumpet ………………… speech given by a priest in a church
4 sermon …………………seat without a back or arms
5 stool
6 nomination
Thank you!

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