a r e t o c i r c l e f r o m t h e f o u r words on the right the one you think has the closest association with the word i n capitals. The word will not necessarily mean the same he opposite of the key w o r d b u t will relate to it. Give yourself any reasonable time to complete the test. Do not use aids to memory. W h a t we are here trying to gauge |S your feel for words. The test should be completed in one s i n g l e s e t t i n g . In this test you The a n s w e r s are on page 127. 1. A C R I M O N Y abuse taxation accounting chess 2. A C U M E N brain thought j u d g e m e n t examination 3. TRANSVERT level smooth revert turn 4. MAYHEM sex offend injure soften 5. BRUSQUE curt sensitive confident e g o t i s t i c 6. VILIFY slight s i g h t r i g h t m i g h t 7. POIGNANT sickness illness grief animal 8. GREGARIAN alone one mob s c e n e r y 9. SORORICIDE sisterhood b r o t h e r h o o d w o m a n h o o d d e a t h 10. SOCIOGENY science f i g h t s o c i e t y p i c t u r e 122 in E M E R a a i , » « TREPIDATION 2 9 . 30. 31. 32. PALAEONTOLOGY b e t t e r m e n t t o r p e d o tremble trick _ H A L L O W tighten simplify levy raise _ E R G O N O M I C S place work fish time SPIFFLICATE lecture run claim crush ARROGATE= arrogant think usurp plunder SPUMESCENT whales wales wails foam KLAXON sound angel ribbon wind RETICULE fence grid gate cog CONCIERGE wife child mother manageress BROUHAHA hubbub job dance fire PROVOST - lead sun drink drunk C O M B E tree comb hair valley MAMMOPLASTY bed tank foot restoration PSYCHEDELIC drug mind addiction a n c i e n t leg intestine t h r o a t bones ABNEGATE abjure size paint level A N A D O N I A s t r e n g t h speed feeling cleverness _ DEHORTATION rhyme rhythm speech redness POLLICITATION seek policeman find promise ENNUI jobber weakness weariness disinterest PHENGITE kerchief beard boot metal ANOESIS consciousness game song garden 123 MERKIN | wig club door eye _ A N O D Y N A L tallness harmless sickness feeling _ TELENOMY telescope tallow purpose telegraph _ STILLAGE | owl cup frame orange - C O M P L A N A T E boss hang level smooth RUNIC foreign up down single - C O N C Y C L I C | circumference point edge epicycle _ ECBOLIC | parturition slavery economics econometrics _ REMONSTRATE expostulate charge simplify score _ DISCULPATE _ knob insult gain blame - B U C C I N A L hornish bookish blackish silly _ DEREQUISITION : crime cities property starvation MYSOPHOBIA dirt shift shirt left _PANDICULATION trace callow stretch lift MYOSIS contraction binding change sleep _ MORIOPLASTY loss sighting pitch sharing PRAETOR science book head tail INFIBULATION hair clasp dart head RICTUS crater moon grin grind EMICTION : urination watering salting eating K W A S H I O R K O R t r a c k s t e a l s i n k f o o d A L N A S C H A R I S M | dreams habit living friendship 124 61. 62. o4 MACERATE fat lean heighten encourage 65. 66. 67. 69. 70. . ZETETIC ~?S*-_ zodiac slee . F O L I A _ i f t turnbuckle GIPPO TABULA-RASA p time enquiry m u s i c linoleum SOUP Scoop troop hoop experience effort space wilderness TRIDE speed hardness sickly astronomer . FIBONACC order priesthood sainthood church FULGID full bright childhood flow RECIDIVIST _? __. Charity crime hospitals income DYSRHYTHMIA tail insects pilot bate PLEBICOLIST a c o u r t s h i p f i g h t e r stranger maid O N E I R O L O G Y interpretation linguist w o r d s littoral BURD | bird female gate diction PTERYGIA ___ toe finger skin nail ANTITHEMATIC standard forest systematization longing ANTISTASIS| reverse hand s o r r o w hangover S S R Note: Tests 1 . a n d 2 have been specifically compiled for this book, so an actual lO rating cannot be given. Test 3 1 . abuse, 2 . judgement, 3 . turn, 4 , injure, S . curt, G. slight, 7 . grief, 8 . mob, 9 . death, 1 0 . society, 1 1 . tremble, 1 2 , raise, 1 3 . work, 1 4 . crush, 1 5 . usurp, 1 6 . foam, - 1 7 . sound, 1 8 . g r i d , 19. manageress, 2 0 . hubbub, 2 1 . lead, 2 2 . valley, 2 3 . restoration, 2 4 . mind, 2 5 . bones, 2 6 . abjure, 2 7 . feeling, 2 8 . speech, 2 9 . p r o m i s e , 3 0 . weariness, 3 1 . metal, ? 3 2 . consciousness, 3 3 . wig, 3 4 . harmless, 3 5 . p u r p o s e , 3 G . frame, 3 7 . level, 3 8 . foreign, 3 9 . circumference, 4 0 . parturition, 4 1 . expostulate, 4 2 , blame, - 4&3. hornish, 4 4 . property, 4 5 . dirt, 4 6 . stretch, 4 7 . contraction, 4 8 . loss, 4 9 . head. 5 0 . clasp. 5 1 . grin, 3 2 . urination, 5 3 . food, 5 4 . dreams, 3 5 . enquiry, 5 G . music, 5 7 . soup, 3 8 . experience, 5 9 . speed, GO. order, 6 1 . b r i g h t , G 2 . c r i m e , 6 3 . p i l o t , G 4 . lean, 6 5 . courtship, 6 G . interpretation, 6 7 . f e m a l e , 6 8 . s k i n , G 9 . s t a n d a r d , 7 0 . s o r r o w . See page 128 for an assessment rating for test 3. ) Ta The table is for the generat dduit population only Source: I.S.P.E. selection W I T H ?14 - Top 50 *4 5 - " 1 6 0 2 - 4 5 17 _ 40 1802 -StC«O 19 _ 30 20 - 25 21 - 20 2 - 5 n r 4 OC - t « * 0 0 2 - 8 2 - 7 27 - 6 29 - 5 30 - 4 32 - 3 35 - 2 3 9 0 - 1 40 ~ o f 7 8 4 2 7 44 - Of6 44 - 0.5 45 ~ 0.4 46 ~_ 0.3. 48 -~ 0.2 52 = 0.1 53 = 0.08 54 - 9.07 55 - 005 56 - 0.03 58 - 0 2 6 - 001 81 - 0.006 62 - 0.004 Highestk n o w n SCore = § * average S Te o p 0 . 0 0 0 4 % , 7 0 = t e s t C e i l i n g