Vocabulary Test: Advanced Words

Vocabulary Building

• Guady: Showy, flashy, and tastelessly ornamented
• Lothario: A man who seduces women, especially by cunning or deceit
• Jingoist: A person who strongly supports and defends their country, often in a narrow-minded or aggressive way
• Rake: A person who is immoral, dissolute, and licentious
• Seduce: To persuade or induce someone to do something, often in a subtle or deceptive way
• Deteriorate: To become weaker or worse in quality or condition over time
• Peasant: A person who works in agriculture, especially in a lowly or laborious position
• Tawdry: Showy, but lacking in quality or value; gaudy and cheap
• Depict: To represent or show something in a picture or image
• Sybarite: A person who is self-indulgent and pleasure-loving

Language and Grammar

• Spoonerism: A playful transposition of sounds in two words, often with humorous effect
• Solecism: A nonstandard or ungrammatical expression, often used to describe a mistake in speech or writing

Idioms and Phrases

• Drive s.b up the wall: To annoy or frustrate someone extremely
• Saturnine: Gloomy, melancholy, or sullen in temperament
• Level-headed: Having a calm and rational mind, even in difficult situations
• Quixotic: Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic in a way that is considered unrealistic or impractical
• Pyrrhic victory: A victory that is won at great cost, often with more harm than good
• Propensity: A natural tendency or inclination towards something
• Resent: To feel bitter or indignant about something
• Protean: Able to change frequently or easily, often in a way that is hard to understand or predict
• Procrustean: Relating to a practice or method that is rigidly and inflexibly enforced, often at the expense of individuality or creativity
• Devastating: Causing severe and overwhelming shock or grief
• Philippic: A speech or written work that is strongly critical or condemning
• Insincerely: In a way that is not genuine or sincere
• Philanderer: A person who engages in casual and irresponsible sexual relationships
• Pretentious: Claiming or pretending to be something that one is not, often in a way that is intended to impress or deceive
• Retribution: Punishment or vengeance inflicted for a wrong or injury
• Nemesis: A person or thing that is seen as an opponent or enemy, often in a way that is feared or avoided
• Maverick: A person who refuses to conform to established norms or attitudes, often in a way that is seen as independent or rebellious