Civil Service Exam Vocabulary 63 Questions with Verified Answers
Resolute - CORRECT ANSWER Determined
Vanquish - CORRECT ANSWER To defeat or conquer
... [Show More] in battle
Cautious - CORRECT ANSWER Careful in actions and behaviors
Sullen - CORRECT ANSWER Depressed, gloomy
Legible - CORRECT ANSWER Possible to read or decipher
Fawn - CORRECT ANSWER To act in a servile manner
Adrift - CORRECT ANSWER Wandering aimlessly; afloat without direction
Query - CORRECT ANSWER A question; to call into question
Impure - CORRECT ANSWER Lacking in purity; containing something unclean
Disinterested - CORRECT ANSWER Impartial; unbiased
Accept - CORRECT ANSWER To take or receive
Except - CORRECT ANSWER Leave out
Adverse - CORRECT ANSWER Unfavorable
Averse - CORRECT ANSWER Opposed or reluctant
Advice - CORRECT ANSWER Recommendation as to what should be done
Advise - CORRECT ANSWER To recommend what should be done
Affect - CORRECT ANSWER To have an impact or influence on
Effect - CORRECT ANSWER Result, impact
Altar - CORRECT ANSWER An elevated structure, typically intended for the performance of the religious rituals
Alter - CORRECT ANSWER To change
Among - CORRECT ANSWER Used to compare three or more items or entities
Between - CORRECT ANSWER Used to compare two or more items or entities
Assent - CORRECT ANSWER Agreement/ to agree
Ascent - CORRECT ANSWER Movement upward
Assure - CORRECT ANSWER To convince or guarantee
Ensure - CORRECT ANSWER To make certain
Insure - CORRECT ANSWER To guard against loss
Bazaar - CORRECT ANSWER A market
Bizarre - CORRECT ANSWER Very strange, weird
Cite - CORRECT ANSWER To quote, to refer
Sight - CORRECT ANSWER Something seen or visible; the faculty of seeing
Site - CORRECT ANSWER Location; to place or locate
Complement - CORRECT ANSWER Something that completes; to go with or complete
Compliment - CORRECT ANSWER To flatter; a flattering remark
Continual - CORRECT ANSWER Repeated regularly and frequently
Continuous - CORRECT ANSWER Extended or prolonged without interruption
Decent - CORRECT ANSWER Proper, acceptable
Descent - CORRECT ANSWER Downward movement
Discrete - CORRECT ANSWER Separate, not connected
Discreet - CORRECT ANSWER Prudent, modest, having discretion; not allowing others to notice
Disinterested - CORRECT ANSWER Impartial, objective
Uninterested - CORRECT ANSWER Not interested
Eminent - CORRECT ANSWER Outstanding, distinguished
Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER About to happen, impending
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER Frequency
Uncountable noun: occurance
Incident - CORRECT ANSWER An occurrence of an event or situation
Countable noun: events, cases
Personal - CORRECT ANSWER Private or pertaining to the individual
Personnel - CORRECT ANSWER Employees
Precede - CORRECT ANSWER To come before
Proceed - CORRECT ANSWER To go forward
Principal - CORRECT ANSWER Head of school or organization, primary participant, main sum of money; main, foremost, more important
Principle - CORRECT ANSWER A basic truth or law
Reign - CORRECT ANSWER To exercise power; period in which a ruler exercised power or a condition prevailed
Rein - CORRECT ANSWER A means of restraint or guidance
Than - CORRECT ANSWER Used to compare
Then - CORRECT ANSWER At that time, afterwards, next
Weather - CORRECT ANSWER Climate conditions, state of the atmosphere
Whether - CORRECT ANSWER Used to refer to a choice between alternatives
Synonym - CORRECT ANSWER A word that is similar in meaning to another word
Antonyms - CORRECT ANSWER Words that have the opposite meaning of one another
Analogies - CORRECT ANSWER Compare two words and then extend the relationship to another set of words
Classic Bridges - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Character
2. Lack
3. Function
4. Degree
5. Example
6. Group
Genuine - CORRECT ANSWER Something real [Show Less]