Directions: Answer the following sample questions by selecting the word that is most nearly the same in 
meaning as the word in capital letters. Darken the circle for your answer choice in the sample answer 
sheet at the bottom of the page. After you finish answering the questions, turn to the next page and 
evaluate your answers.

1. CHAGRIN:
(A) courtesy
(B) distress
(C) geniality
(D) temperance

2. PARSIMONIOUS: 
(A) artificial
(B) disorganized
(C) frugal
(D) voracious

3. SIMULATE:
(A) feign
(B) integrate
(C) oversimplify
(D) rouse

 

 

 

Directions: Answer the following sample questions. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly 
completes the sentence. Darken the circle for your answer choice in the sample answer sheet at the 
bottom of the page. After you finish answering the questions, turn to the next page and evaluate your 
answers.

Note: To assist you in finding the right answer among the answer choices, one-word answers are listed 
alphabetically and two-word answers are listed alphabetically by the first word. 

1. Always -------, the journalist actively questioned the relevant viewpoints on both sides of the issue.
(A) enigmatic
(B) ignoble
(C) impartial
(D) partisan

2. Because the Jackson House Inn on Martha’s Vineyard maintains ------- accommodations, guests
routinely contribute ------- comments on the inn’s Web site.
(A) arbitrary . . . amiable
(B) immaculate . . . laudatory
(C) reprehensible . . . cordial
(D) utilitarian . . . inconsiderate

3. In recent years, poultry producers have been working to ------- the widespread ------- that eggs 
cannot be part of a healthy diet.
(A) ameliorate . . . credentials
(B) dispel . . . fallacy
(C) disperse . . . franchise
(D) invoke . . . reprimand