ADMISSION TEST (GMAT) VOCABULARY
PROFICIENCY PRACTICE TEST
VERBAL REASONING – VOCABULARY ASSESSMENT |VERBAL AND
LANGUAGE STUDIES |COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
SPRING SEMESTER EXAM 2025/2026
abrupt
1. To be sudden; out of expectations. 2. To be brief without trying to be friendly.
absolute value
It represents the magnitude of the number without taking into consideration whether the
number is positive or negative.
accelerate
1. To start to move increasingly faster. 2. To make something happen faster than it was
happening before.
access
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1. To find a way to get into a place. 2. To have the right to be able to take part in something.
, access
1. The opportunity to enter a place. 2. The right to be able to use something.
accidental
Describes an event that was not planned and happened by chance.
accommodate
To change one's actions as a way of responding to someone else's needs.
accordingly
To act consistently with what was agreed upon or said.
account for
To explain a situation that has or will occur.
accrue
To amass or gather wealth of some sort over a period of time.
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, acquire
To obtain ownership of something.
acquisition
1. The act of obtaining or getting something.
acquit
To officially declare the innocence of somebody after they have been charged with a crime.
activate
To make something turn on or make it active.
acute
Describes a situation that is considered to be either very bad, extremely serious or painful.
acute angle
An angle that is less than 90 degrees and greater than 0 degree.
adamant
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, Being extremely determined and resolute in ones opinions; not influenced by others who ask to
reconsider.
addition
1. The process of summing up two or more numbers; the process of combining two or more
things or people 2. A part added to a new building.
additive
An ingredient added to food to change the food in some way.
adjacent angle
adopt
1. To legally raise a child, that is not your own biologically, as if it were your own. 2. To take up
ideas or customs as your own that originated from somewhere else.
adrenal
Functions relating to the kidneys.
adverse
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Unfavorable.