Tests:

1- He’s a very nosy journalist; he keeps ... into my past.
a) delving b) probing c) diving
2- Young men tend to ... in the crime statics.
a) dominate b) predominate c) shine
3- His sister is very bad-tempered. She’s pretty
a) cheerful
 b) cantankerous 
c) circumspect 
4- I know. I’m ... and fault-finding! 
a) finicky b) irritable c) captious 
5- They will attack us tonight. We have to ... the castle.
a) mandate b) discern c) fortify 
6- That was an embarrassing performance! That loss will ... his pride for a while.
a) inundate b) pique c)
replete 
7- What a/an ... novel! I couldn’t stop reading it!
a) captious b) sedentary c) enthralling 
8- I need to find another job to ... my income.
a) awl b) augment c) assuage 
9- I’m not hungry; I had a ... lunch.
a) delicious b) substantial c) savory 
10- He ... with the victims.
a) supervene b) commiserate c) rankle
11- He just wants to control me and never cares about how I feel. He’s very ...
a) dominating b) domineering c) bohemian 
12- I need to ... my article. It needs to be shorter.
a) fortify b) truncate c) rankle 
13- As always, he ... the task! Why did u trust him with this?!
a) burnished b) blanched c) bungled 
14- He spent the whole month ... for votes.
a) truncating b) canvassing c) commiserating 
15- His theory has been ... . Didn’t you know that?
a) fortified b) refuted c) rankled 
16- I just can’t describe this awesome feeling I have! It’s ...
a) commendable b) ineffable c) lurid
17- He’s ... to reasonable arguments; he’s not hard to control.
a) amenable b) eloquent c) elusive
18- It was a hard thing to talk about but I finally managed to ... it to him.
a) overreach b) lodge c) broach 
19- ... your eyes! Don’t look at it!
a) avert b) lodge c) awl
20- This essay is ... with problems!
a) lurid b) replete c) accredited 
21- Don’t let him ... your confidence! Stay focused!
a) fortify  b)  lodge c) undermine 
22- I couldn’t ... any sense of responsibility into him! He’s something else!
a) inundate b) inculcate c) lodge
23- Stories about your journeys ...
a) rankle b) abound c) canvass
24- Why are you so shy? You must ... yourself more.
a) fortify b) assert c) regurgitate 
25- Always have a ... plan! That’s rule number 1.
a) contingency b) salubrious c) commendable 

Answers:

1-b
2-b
3-b
4-c
5-c
6-b
7-c
8-b
9-b
10-b
11-b
12-b
13-c
14-b
15-b
16-b
17-a
18-c
19-a
20-b
21-c
22-b
23-b
24-b
25-a

Your percentage:
 (N x 100)/25
N= the number of correct answers