PRACTICE TEST 1 85
19. The participants in the road rally agreed to near the village
commons at 5:00.
a. rendezvous
b. scatter
c. filibuster
d. disperse
20. Understanding the world economic conditions, the recent graduates spoke
about job prospects for the future.
a. warily
b. luxuriously
c. measurably
d. narrowly
Directions: For questions 21 through 45, choose the best definition for the word
in italics.
21. Aswad has such a caustic sense of humor that most people find his jokes
upsetting rather than humorous.
Caustic means
a. bitingly sarcastic.
b. relentlessly funny.
c. refreshingly honest.
d. original, cutting edge.
22. Sandra is truly an enigma; although she’s lived here for years and everyone
knows her, no one seems to know anything about who she is or where she
came from. Enigma means
a. stranger.
b. enemy.
c. newcomer.
d. mystery.
23. Exorbitant means
a. belonging to a group.
b. to orbit.
c. in a new location.
d. far beyond what is normal or reasonable; very high.