VOA Advanced Definitions Test

Test and Build Your Vocabulary

Looking to expand your vocabulary while testing your word skills? Our quiz is here to help you learn and grow!

How It Works

  • You’ll tackle 40 engaging questions.
  • Each question presents a definition alongside four possible words.
  • Each definition is clearly labelled as n. (noun), v. (verb), or adj. (adjective), making it easier to choose the right word and learn from the process.

Submit Your Answers

  • Once you’ve answered all 40 questions, simply click Submit.
  • No pressure, there’s no time limit, so you can think through each word carefully.

Learn from Your Results

  • We’ll email your results directly to your inbox, giving you the chance to see where you shine and where you can improve.
  • Each quiz helps you build your vocabulary by introducing new words and their meanings.

This isn’t just a test, it’s a fun and interactive way to discover new words, refine your language skills, and become more confident with your vocabulary.

Are you ready to learn something new? Lets go!

n. all surrounding things, conditions and influences that affect life; the natural world of land, sea, air, plants and animals

n. cleans liquid wastes from the body

conj. connecting word used to link things that may be similar, but are not equal

n. a drink made from the plant of the same name

v. to bring or gather together in one place; to demand and receive

ad. not gentle; causing much pain, sadness or damage

n. an opening for entering or leaving a building or room

v. to get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or facts

n. a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating and curing disease or improving health

pron. the boy or man who is being spoken about

v. to approve; to say that something is true

ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about weapons that explode by using energy from atoms

n. a small animal that often lives with humans

v. to use cigarettes or other tobacco products by burning them and breathing in the smoke

n. sound, especially when loud

n. a joining together; in atomic fusion, atomic particles are joined together to produce nuclear energy

v. to injure; to hurt

n. the center part of an atom or cell

n. violent weather, including strong winds and rain or snow

v. to put something over a person or thing

n. the different effects of light on the eye, making blue, red, brown, black, yellow and others

v. to cause pain, suffering or loss for doing something bad or illegal

n. an examination in a court of a question or dispute to decide if a charge is true

n. something known or proved to be true

v. to join or hold together with some material

n. a competition by opposing political candidates seeking support from voters; a connected series of military actions during a war

n. a disease in which dangerous cells grow quickly and destroy parts of the body

v. to pull apart, often by force

n. a living thing, often so small it can be seen only through a microscope

ad. quiet; peaceful

n. a payment ordered by a court to punish someone for a crime

n. a ceremony held in connection with the burial or burning of the dead

n. political protection given by a government to a person from another country

v. to make something not open

n. a grown person

v. to forgive for a crime and release from punishment

prep. in the direction of; leading to

v. to come to life; to come into existence

ad. involving machines, processes and materials in industry, transportation and communications; of or about a very special kind of subject or thing

v. to cause pain, injury or damage

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