Advanced Vocabulary Test 1

She's a ________ student. She studies every night and never fails to do her homework.

1. conceited
2. conscientious
3. conscious
4. self-conscious

I was ________ all week for the midterm test and I wasn't even near the pass mark!

1. brushing
2. cramming
3. hitting
4. stuffing

You can't trust your ________ when you're in love!

1. consideration
2. contemplation
3. intuition
4. tuition

It was just a ________ test, and we still have two months until the real test.

1. mock
2. mocker
3. mockery
4. mocking

I made a ________ of what he looked like and hoped I would never meet him again.

1. mental note
2. mental notion
3. thoughtful note
4. thoughtful notion

How did you know Mark would be here? – It was just ________.

1. a hunch
2. a judgement
3. an assessment
4. an instinct

I get it. You like someone else. I can put ________ together.

1. one and one
2. the math
3. the numbers
4. two and two

Well done, but don't let it ________ your head. You're still far from perfect.

1. climb to
2. get into
3. go to
4. hit

At first, some parents were a bit ________ about the project but then all of them signed the consent.

1. attentive
2. deliberate
3. dubious
4. plausible

I don't want to overdo it, but I don't want to ________ the impression that I don't give a damn either.

1. do
2. give
3. let
4. make

I guess I need to ________ away with laziness and start working out every day.

1. back
2. do
3. give
4. make

The pieces are moved ________ around the game board.

1. clockish
2. clocklike
3. clockwards
4. clockwise

The origin of chess ________ back to the beginning of civilization itself.

1. dates
2. marks
3. moves
4. stretches

A lot of people start smoking in their teens and they never manage to ________ the habit.

1. kick
2. kill
3. leave
4. stop

How can you ________ such a demand, after all we've been through?

1. ask
2. do
3. make
4. use

But you said you wouldn't go. – I've had a change of ________.

1. decision
2. heart
3. mind
4. thoughts

My father was a mechanic, my grandfather was a mechanic, but I was determined to break the ________ and do something more creative.

1. mold
2. stick
3. tracks
4. tune

It was sunny in the morning but the weather soon ________.

1. decayed
2. deteriorated
3. disapproved
4. spoilt

Another glass of wine? – No thanks, I'll ________ to beer.

1. adjust
2. amend
3. shift
4. switch

My friend ________ to Christianity when she saw a preacher who healed people.

1. converted
2. modified
3. reformed
4. transformed