تست شماره 2 : لغات زبان عمومی کارشناسی ارشد و دکتری
سوالات تالیفی
51) describes their views on soviet naval policy as something of an/a mystery.
1) enmity 2) enigma 3) encomium 4) enormity
52) When I left, two neighbors were quarreling noisily. When I returned an hour later, they were still ……… .
1) wresting 2) wrenching 3) wrangling 4) wreaking
53) Jack would not be over weighted if he were not such a ……… eater.
1) gluttonous 2) mutinous 3) tenacious 4) scrupulous
54) The trouble with your studying is that you spend too much time concerned with trifling matters and not enough on the important matters.
1) frail 2) picayune 3) flimsy 4) fussy
55) A ……… person does thing very carefully and with great attention to details.
1) meretricious 2) mendacious 3) meticulous 4) mercurial
56) The old Dutch fort with it’s thick high walls and backing on to the sea looks virtually unconquerable.
1) inexhaustible 2) incompatible 3) unnoticeable 4) impregnable
57) He learned the printing trade by serving as a/an novice to his brother.
1) dexterous 2) craftsman 3) apprentice 4) clumsy
58) If your brother paid $300 for that camera he was fleeced. My brother says it is worth $ 150.
1) swiveled 2) swerved 3) swirled 4) swindled
59) A good education will help you discover and develop your dormant talents.
1) nascent 2) latent 3) sedate 4) patent
60) The fact that you were absent when the assignment was given does not ……… you from doing the homework.
1) abjure 2) abate 3) abet 4) absolve
61) The candidate has few supporters in the rural areas, most of his ……… are in the cities.
1) adversaries 2) adherents 3) artifices 4) absconders
62. Steinmetz’s discoveries in the field of electricity made him one of the ……… Scientists of the 20th century.
1) immature 2) imminent 3) eminent 4) immodest
63) Before chapter I, there is a brief ……… in which the author explains why he wrote the book.
1) foresight 2) foreground 3) foreboding 4) foreword
64) Some traffic signs are so confusing that they ……… the traveler.
1) mislead 2) mislay 3) misquote 4) misuse
65) John sometime hurts others when he criticizes their work because he is too ……… .
1) outgoing 2) outspoken 3) outlandish 4) outworn
66) Both the strikers and their employers want the mayor to arbitrate their dispute because they consider him.
1) unwary 2) uncongenial 3) unassuming 4) unbiased
67) The love of liberty is so firmly embedded in men’s heart that no tyrant can hope to ……… it.
1) uphold 2) uproot 3) upturn 4) upkeep
68) On July 14,1789 the people of Paris freed the prisoners in the Bastille.
1) inhibited 2) insinuated 3) incarcerated 4) incriminated
69) Some educators want to focus on ……… sports and do away with inter scholastic contests.
1) intraparty 2) intravenous 3) intrastate 4) intramural
70) Radio stations sometimes offer a brief ……… of music between the programs
1) intersection 2) intermission 3) interjection 4) interception
71) fter Romeo and Juliet died, their families who had been ……… enemies became
friends.
1) irreconcilable 2) irrevocable 3) irreparable 4) irrefutable
72) Who ever did this must have been ………, no sane person would have acted in such a way.
1) depraved 2) dejected 3) demented 4) decrepit
73) The parents ……… the child’s story, since he was in the habit of telling lies.
1) discredited 2) disclaimed 3) disbanded 4) discerned
74) In a dictatorship, any one who criticizes the head of state maybe charged with ……… .
1) secession 2) segregation 3) sedition 4) seclusion
75) The House and the Senate will ……… at noon to hear an address by preside
1) concord 2) convene 3) coalesce 4) correspond
76) Authors have come and gone, but Shakespeare has remained a ……… favorite.
1) perpetual 2) perishable 3) peripheral 4) permeable
77) The new manager……… the losing team and made it a strong contender for first
place.
1) regenerated 2) replenished 3) reimbursed 4) relegated
78) The ……… on Paul’s medal reads. For Excellence in English.
1) subscription 2) inscription 3) prescription 4) conscription
79) There is a misspelled word on your paper, strenght. Correct it by ……… the last two letters.
1) transposing 2) postponing 3) superimposing 4) deposing
80) Immigrants came to America because they ……… a better future here for themselves and their children. 1) envisioned 2) engendered 3) enhanced 4) ensconced
81) Remember that your answer will be treated as provisional you will be permitted to change it.
1) definitive 2) tentative 3) deleterious 4) tendentious
82) At the first flash of lightning people scurried for shelter from the imminent storm.
1) suspending 2) impending 3) pending 4) appending
83) Though I like company there are times when I prefer loneliness.
1) solitude 2) solicitude 3) solidarity 4) solace
84) As the spurious heirs of Mr.Wilks were disposing of his fortune, the …………. heirs arrived unexpectedly.
1) veritable 2) verbose 3) vagrant 4) versatile
85) How can you call yourself ……… if you don’t believe in majority rule?
1) Bureaucrat 2) autocrat 3) plutocrat 4) democrat
86) A kleptomaniac is a mania mainly to ………
1) liberty 2) property 3) life 4) time
87) Because of his unfailingly ……… character, John makes everyone like him.
1) amiable 2) pompous 3) oblivious 4) satirical
88) Although the heat was extreme it was ……… by the people.
1) correlated 2) terminated 3) incorporated 4) tolerated
89) The assignment was to write a synopsis of our favorite novel.
1) evaluation 2) summary 3) critique 4) preview
90) Psychologists encourage their patients not get upset about trivial matters.
1) unexpected 2) unusual 3) unimportant 4) uncertain
91) In his biography Thomas Hardy is described as a very industrious writer.
1) sensible 2) pessimistic 3) diligent 4) fallacious
92) The man walked ……… to keep warm on the very cold night.
1) briskly 2) blatantly 3) brusquely 4) brutally
93) Every effort was made to reduce the budget substantially.
1) proportionately 2) confidently 3) effectively 4) considerably
94) I am glad to hear about the young man’s good recovery.
1) coalescence 2) effervescence 3) convalescence 4) acquiescence
95) The ……… which existed between the two families prevented the young couple from getting married.
1) affability 2) assiduity 3) animosity 4) adversity
96) The warden believes in ……… Of first offenders from hardened criminals.
1) transposition 2) segregation 3) expurgation 4) extirpation
97) Young people who go away to college often experience a strong nostalgia which can produce deep emotions.
1) awkwardness 2) gloominess 3) unwillingness 4) peevishness
98) Tennis wear has become a very lucrative business for the manufactures.
1) charitable 2) perishable 3) miserable 4) profitable
99) The general planned a new scheme to conquer the rebel forces.
1) stratum 2) stricture 3) stratagem 4) strife
100) It is unavoidable that smoking will damage your health.
1) inevitable 2) incompatible 3) inalienable 4) incorrigible
101) Years of deprivation only made the rebels more vindictive.
1) resentful 2) reproachful 3) respectful 4) revengeful
102) During the war the shipping lanes proved vulnerable to attack.
1) susceptible 2) impeccable 3) malleable 4) subliminal
103) The governor’s impromptu remarks caused his political party much embarrassmen.
1) extemporaneous 2) encomiastic 3) embryonic 4) equanimous
Self-assessment comprehensive
TEST
گزینه 2
Enigma: mystery, conundrum
گزینه 3
Wrangle: controversy, bickering, rumpus, altercation
گزینه 1
Gluttonous: voracious, covetous, rapacious
گزینه 2
Picayune: trifling, paltry, insignificant, piddling
گزینه 3
Meticulous: conscientious, fastidious, scrupulous, punctilious
گزینه 4
Impregnable: invincible, invulnerable, unassailable
گزینه 3
Apprentice: novice, amateur, tyro, rookie
گزینه 4
Fleece: swindle, deceive, bamboozle
گزینه 2
Dormant: latent, inactive, quiescent
گزینه 4
Absolve: exempt, vindicate
گزینه 2
Adherent: advocate, aficionado, devotee
گزینه 3
Eminent: famous, distinguished, distinguished
گزینه 4
Foreword: prelude, preface, prologue
گزینه 1
Mislead: misguide, misdirect
گزینه 2
Outspoken: explicit, blunt, straightforward
گزینه 4
Unbiased: unprejudiced, unbigoted, fair, impartial
گزینه 2
Uproot: demolish, annihilate, extirpate, exterminate
گزینه 3
Incarcerate: imprison, immure, jail
گزینه 4
intramural: within the same school or college
گزینه 2
Intermission: break, recess, cessation, pause
گزینه 1
Irreconcilable: hostile, conflicting, unfriendly
گزینه 3
Demented: crazy, insane, deranged, idiotic
گزینه 1
Discredit: doubt, question, distrust
گزینه 3
Sedition: rebellion, defiance, disobedience, insurgency
گزینه 2
Convene: meet, congregate, muster
گزینه 1
Perpetual: everlasting, perennial, eternal
گزینه 1
Regenerate: revive, renovate, revivify
گزینه 2
Inscription: words that are written or cut in something
گزینه 1
Transpose: alter, exchange, interchange
گزینه 1
Envision: anticipate, conceive, anticipate
گزینه 2
Provisional: tentative, interim, ephemeral, transient
گزینه 2
Imminent: impending, forthcoming, immediate
گزینه 1
Solitude: loneliness, isolation, confinement
گزینه 1
Veritable: authentic, genuine, bona fide
گزینه 4
Plutocrat: one who believes in ruling of wealth
Autocrat: one who believes in dictatorship
گزینه 2
Kleptomaniac: one who has an excessive desire to steal
گزینه 1
Amiable: friendly, affable, amicable
گزینه 4
Incorporate: integrate Tolerate: bear, endure, put up with
گزینه 2
Synopsis: summary, précis, condensation
گزینه 3
Trivial: unimportant, insignificant, paltry
گزینه 3
Industrious: diligent, hardworking, laborious, assiduous
گزینه 1
Briskly: quickly, rapidly, promptly
گزینه 4
Substantially: considerably, largely, mainly
گزینه 3
Convalescence: recuperation, rehabilitation, revival
گزینه 3
Animosity: hatred, rancor, enmity
گزینه 2
Segregation: separation, isolation, seclusion
گزینه 2
Nostalgia: gloominess
گزینه 4
Lucrative: profitable, money-making, remunerative
گزینه 3
Scheme: stratagem, plot, subterfuge, ruse
گزینه 1
Inevitable: unavoidable, ineluctable, irrevocabl
گزینه 4
Vindictive: revengeful, vengeful, avenging, grudging
گزینه 1
Vulnerable, susceptible, assailable, defenseless
گزینه 1
Extemporaneous: impormptu, improvised, spontaneous
