ISEE Upper Level Vocabulary Study Guide

ISEE Upper Level Vocabulary Test Overview

• Test Title: ISEE Upper Level Vocabulary | Quizlet

• Document Details:

  • Date: $7/23/26$

  • Time: $4:57\,\text{PM}$

  • Page Count: $14$ pages total

  • Content Structure: $20$ Multiple choice questions including definitions, options, and supplementary visual hints or etymological notes.

Vocabulary Definitions and Question Sets ($1$-$10$)

• Question $1$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

  • Visual/Textual Hint: "Here's a Little Hint, I DON'T CARE".

  • Options:

    • bureaucratic

    • apathetic

    • anachronistic

    • integrative

• Question $2$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Untidy, dirty, careless.

  • Options:

    • slovenly

    • vitriolic

    • penury

    • callously

• Question $3$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).

  • Options:

    • mollify

    • rescind

    • elucidate

    • appease

• Question $4$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Cheerful.

  • Options:

    • bureaucratic

    • coherent

    • benign

    • buoyant

• Question $5$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Unstoppable.

  • Options:

    • implacable

    • impeccable

    • reprehensible

    • profligate

• Question $6$ of $20$:

  • Definition: To make something happen sooner.

  • Options:

    • loon

    • exedite (Note: reproduced exactly as per transcript spelling)

    • elucidate

    • dolorous

• Question $7$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Filled with bitter criticism or malice.

  • Options:

    • noncommittal

    • vitriolic

    • intrinsic

    • eidetic

• Question $8$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.

  • Options:

    • amoral

    • deciduous

    • onerous

    • affluent

• Question $9$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Lifeless; lacking energy.

  • Options:

    • anxious

    • laconic

    • painful

    • listless

• Question $10$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret.

  • Options:

    • assertiveness

    • boorishness

    • furtiveness

    • perniciousness

Vocabulary Definitions and Question Sets ($11$-$20$)

• Question $11$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Lacking originality.

  • Options:

    • substantiate

    • elucidate

    • contrite

    • trite

• Question $12$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Curious.

  • Options:

    • egocentric

    • spiteful

    • inquisitive

    • critical

• Question $13$ of $20$:

  • Definition: A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

  • Options:

    • torpor

    • quandary

    • revulsion

    • complexity

• Question $14$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

  • Options:

    • dolorous

    • insidious

    • precipitous

    • surreptitious

• Question $15$ of $20$:

  • Definition: To scold.

  • Options:

    • reprimand

    • arbitrary

    • correspond

    • sorority

• Question $16$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.

  • Etymological Reference: Latin "desultor" = leaper.

  • Options:

    • didactic

    • vitriolic

    • latin desultor = leaper

    • desultory

• Question $17$ of $20$:

  • Definition: To take advantage of.

  • Options:

    • revulsion

    • salvage

    • exploit

    • esteem

• Question $18$ of $20$:

  • Definition: To delay or prevent.

  • Options:

    • impede

    • initiate

    • encourage

    • consternation

• Question $19$ of $20$:

  • Definition: Not able to be erased or removed; memorable.

  • Visual Hint: "PERMANENT MARKS", "Sharpie", "FINE POINT".

  • Options:

    • nocturnal

    • tangible

    • indelible

    • bureaucratic

• Question $20$ of $20$:

  • Definition: A society or club of women or girls, especially in college.

  • Options:

    • sorority

    • solitary

    • gymnasium

    • cult