Test 3 — 1.S.R.E. VOCABULARY TEST ‘B’ One of the three words following is most closely related to the word in CAPITALS. Some words will have the same meaning, some the opposite, but many others will simply be associated with the key word. Underline or circle your choice from the three words given. Give yourself any reasonable time to complete this test. Do not use aids to memory. The test should be completed in a single sitting. The answers are on page 125. 1. CENOTAPH box tomb pile 2. CRECHE day night clerk 3. ANNUITY axe sum mail 4. ARBOREAL tree sail nil 5. BESOT glass drink tea 6. CANT slant flat first 7. COALESCE tilt fly fuse 8. CONTRALTO come buy singing 9. CONNUBIAL marriage birth death 10. CLARION type call fill 11. CLEMENCY lenient prince tube 12. BELATED dark before some 13. BENEDICK son sun married 14. AFFIANCE marriage pair pick 15. ANTITHETICAL same opposite none 16. APOTHECARY pharmacy cure case 17. BEDOUIN boat base arab 18. BARD singer play tree . APLOMB corner name confidence APHORISM nine maxim street . ABJURE tell renounce take ABROGATE will annul whisper CAVIL object teach twist CANONICAL law wall witch ABNEGATE reach feel deny ALACRITY brisk stop farming AMULET sing charm glasses . ANGLOPHILE USA USSR UK APPELLATION title crown crop BACCHUS grapes wine fire BEATITUDE we Christ God BOVINE ox cow hen CHAGRIN disappointment doctor fit COHORT tie companion plant CONCOMITANT accompany search plead CONVOCATION body floor water ACRIMONY lecture boor abuse AMBIT bitter precincts better ANODYNE pain thirst thrust APOSTASY faith church minister APPROBATION praise raise help BALMY silk soap soothing BANSHEE grave death life BANTER witty speech bush BAROQUE desk dictionary art BATHOS signature levity climax BEATIFIC love hate happy BURGEON heap blossom steal CARREL library surface stone CHORTLE cheat chase chuckle CONCERTO solo ship cheap CUMMERBUND sash slash slight CONSUMMATE damage perfect change ALEATORY money dice change . ANTHROPOMORPHIC effect sear human APOCRYPHAL exact spurious same . APOTHEOSIS deify raise fling . AQUILINE bird eagle nest _ AVUNCULAR aunty uncle father BALEFUL pernicious loving so . CARRION stone earth flesh CATECHISM bible books questions CATHARSIS pure bushel language CHARISMA love prince lands CHIMERA cloud clown horror CONCENTRATION link join application CONTAGION partness contact no . ACRONYM letters pens papers . ACROSTIC label bail verse . ACEPHALOUS headless body language . AEGIS protocol protection wean . ADUMBRATE sketch picture ketch . APHASIA whine talk wine . ARCANE mysterious plain common . ARGOT cloth police dialect . ATAVISM throwback face eye BIBULOUS coffee sugar drink BIFURCATE divorce divide rule CALLOW woman colour immature CALUMNY malicious cowardly worldly . CARMAGNOLE German French Italian CEPHALIC toe finger head BONHOMIE kind Dick kid CACHINNATION laugh bat cave BURLESQUE idiot imitation cream CHURL gate lateness stingy . CINCTURE belt state county CLANDESTINE judge firm secrecy . CODA end beginning trust . COGNOMEN child sister family CONDUIT dream pipe pill . CONTERMINOUS common uncommon extraordinary CONTIGUOUS fare near soon . AVOCATION tip top distraction CONTRITION sin sorrow sentence . ACHATES me you friend ANNOTATE list note notes . ANTEDILUVIAN . ASSUAGE . BARRANCA . BUNTING . CANKER . CHILIASM . CHOLERIC . ATRABILIOUS . AVERMENT . ACME . AGORAPHOBIA . ALLEGORY . AMBIENCE . ANATHEMA . CORRIGENDUM . CONDONATION . BULIMIA . BOSKY . CORYPHAEUS . CHICANERY . ANOMIE . ANDANTE . APROPOS . APERCUS . APPANAGE . CHERUB . COELACANTH . AMORTIZATION . ANEURYSM . CORUSCATE . ANISOTROPIC . ANOSMIA . CURVET . AMANUENSIS . AMBROSIA . CONTUMACY . ANIMALCULE . ANABIOSIS . ANASTROPHE arch seed flood sweet pie pea hill gully gallery strings fare flags sickness crabbed struck 10 100 1,000 hear ear ire silly angry peevish verify reify stupefy basket journal summit time space journey spirit soil spade place stage sea place curse lens error lapsed erratum parole prison pardon drink food knife woods wooden cut leader follower flock show part trick conduct attention surrounds calmly slowly quickly unimportant pertinent pointless compendium stake thrill falsehood price adjunct woman child grandmother fish bird plant postman mortmain pain port vessel pots collide sprinkle sparkle axle axes axe nose urine smell hoarse horse whore copyist lady waitress drink food sour court coarse course bird fish animal wakeful mindful sleep affectation effect fear The table is for the general adult population only (Source: |.S.P.E. Selection) With 61 correct - top 55% of the population 64 50 average 66 45 69 40 71 35 74 30 76 25 79 20 81 15 84 12 86 10 87 8 89 7 90 6 92 5 94 4 96 S 98 2 102 1 103 0.9 104 0.8 105 0.7 106 0.6 107 0.5 108 0.4 109 0.3 111 0.2 117 0.1 119 0.07 121 0.04 123 0.03 124 0.023 125 0.013 126 0.008 127 0.007 128 0.005 129 0.003 131 0.002 134 0.001 136 0.0004