Civil Service Exam Reviewer 2026

A set of 100 vocabulary-style flashcards based on the Civil Service Reviewer 2026 transcript, covering mathematics, English vocabulary, and the Philippine Constitution.

Divisible by 8

A property of a number where its last three digits are divisible by 8.

300 000

The result of rounding the number 299 943 to the nearest thousands.

398.101

The decimal value read as three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one thousandths.

Transitive property of equality

The property illustrated by the statement: If $8(6) + 4 = 48 + 4 = 52$, then $8(6) + 4 = 52$.

Perimeter

The mathematical concept involved in calculating the flowers needed to border a rectangular garden.

Apathetic

Feeling or showing little or no emotion; indifferent.

Cognizant

Having knowledge or being aware of something.

Disparaging

Expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; damaging or derogatory.

Ephemeral

Lasting for a short time; short lived.

Fastidious

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; choosy.

Gargantuan

Enormous or gigantic in size.

Haughty

Disdainfully proud or arrogant.

Ignominious

Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; disrespectable.

Impudent

Not showing due respect for another person; rude.

Infinitesimal

Extremely small; microscopic.

Insidious

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects; treacherous.

Irascible

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered; hot-tempered.

Meticulous

Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Mundane

Lacking interest or excitement; dull or worldly.

Myophic

The transcript spelling for being nearsighted or having difficulty seeing things from afar.

Oblivious

Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one; unmindful.

Omniscient

Knowing everything; all-knowing.

Piquant

In the context of the mouse, meaning clever or sharp-witted.

Plausible

Seeming reasonable or probable.

Prudent

Acting with or showing care and thought for the future; wise.

Aphorism

A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as a proverb.

Deportment

A person's behavior or manners; commendable conduct.

Enmity

The state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone; mutual hatred.

Concord

Agreement or harmony between people or groups.

Fortitude

Courage in pain or adversity; endurance.

Impediment

A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.

Upbraided

Scolded or find fault with someone.

Urbane

Courteous and refined in manner; well-mannered.

Vapid

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; lacking spirit.

Veracity

Conformity to facts; accuracy or truthfulness.

Weaned

Accustomed to managing without something on which they have become dependent; free from dependence.

Wraith

A ghost or ghostlike image of someone.

Unkempt

Having an untidy or disheveled appearance.

Topsy-turvy

Utterly disordered or confused.

Sleuth

A detective.

Rummaged

Searched unsystematically and untidily through a mass or selection.

Ruffian

A violent person, especially one involved in crime; a brutal person.

Augment

Make something greater by adding to it; increase.

Calumniate

Make false and defamatory statements about someone; slander.

Effaced

Erased from a surface.

Brusque

Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner; blunt.

Candid

Truthful and straightforward; frank.

Derided

Expressed contempt for; ridiculed.

Ecstatic

Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.

Excruciating

Intensely painful.

Facile

Appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue; easy.

Garrulous

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

Heathens

People who do not belong to a widely held religion as regarded by those who do; uncivilized people.

Hindrance

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

Inebriated

Drunk or intoxicated.

Inveighed

Spoke or wrote about with great hostility.

Jinx

A person or thing that brings bad luck.

Kibitzers

Spectators or onlookers who often offer unwanted advice.

Lanky

Ungracefully thin and tall.

Lethal

Sufficient to cause death; fatal.

Repugnant

Extremely distasteful or unacceptable; foul.

Mellifluous

A sound that is sweet and smooth, pleasing to hear.

Munificence

The quality or action of being extremely generous.

Nefarious

Wicked or criminal; vile.

Noteworthy

Worth paying attention to; remarkable.

Obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

Obtrusive

Noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

Modest

Unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's abilities or wealth.

Paragon

A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.

Pathos

A quality that evokes pity or sadness.

Precocious

Having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual.

Quixotic

Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.

Ramshackle

In a state of severe disrepair; shabby.

Ultimate

The best, greatest, or most extreme of its kind.

Uncanny

Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way; remarkable.

Utterly

Completely and without qualification; absolutely.

Vacillate

To alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; to sway.

Vindictive

Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.

Vitriolic

Filled with bitter criticism or malice; scathing.

Vouch

To assert or confirm as a result of one's own experience; guarantee.

Yonder

At some distance in the direction indicated; farther.

Zealous

Having or showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause.

Trivial

Of little value or importance; inconsequential.

Islet

A small island.

Rivulet

A small river or stream.

Entourage

A group of people attending or surrounding an important person.

Cortege

A funeral procession.

Agnostic

A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.

Atheist

A person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God.

Infanticide

The crime of killing a child within a year of birth.

Genocide

The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

Preamble

The introductory part of the Philippine Constitution.

Republican and Democratic

The specific forms of government the Philippines adopts.

Right of eminent domain

The power of the State to take private property for public use upon payment of just compensation.

Naturalization

The process by which a foreigner may acquire Filipino citizenship.

Suffrage

The right to vote in political elections.

Legislative power

The power of the government vested in the Congress.

Presidential Succession Order

The transfer of power order: $\text{President} \rightarrow \text{Vice-President} \rightarrow \text{Senate President} \rightarrow \text{House Speaker}$.

Income tax

The tax paid by individuals who derive compensation income.

Estate tax

The tax imposed on one's right to transmit property at death, measured by the value of the property.