VOCABULARY TEST 162


(1) depose
1) lacking intelligence or wit
2) healthy
3) dethrone
4) hide



(2) conciliatory
1) enhance the flavor of by adding a spice, etc.
2) reconciling
3) deserve
4) falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves



(3) compound
1) eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal)
2) combine
3) insightful
4) lazy person



(4) dialectical
1) disloyal
2) honor the memory of
3) relating to the art of debate
4) provide with food necessary for life and growth



(5) disheveled
1) encode
2) keep
3) untidy (of hair or clothing)
4) drink with zest



(6) malfeasance
1) wrongdoing
2) pierce (with a sharp point)
3) counselor
4) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species



(7) indite
1) write
2) aqueduct
3) funeral ceremony
4) sear



(8) excerpt
1) well-paid position with little responsibility
2) selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work
3) estimate value of
4) rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds)



(9) swarm
1) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts
2) offering or providing help
3) black magic
4) large group of insects moving in a mass



(10) timbre
1) strong longing to travel
2) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)
3) a place where bees are kept
4) assuage or satisfy (thrust)



(11) chasm
1) (particular form of) political organization
2) recover
3) abyss
4) in name only



(12) breadth
1) width
2) deceive
3) small speck (esp. of dust)
4) abusive



(13) veracious
1) motion
2) (of a person) truthful
3) father
4) overcome



(14) repast
1) one who supplicates
2) meal
3) one devoted to the promotion of human welfare
4) infallibility



(15) mischance
1) of a schema or scheme
2) only slightly connected
3) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
4) ill luck



(16) behoove(behove)
1) poet
2) sudden disastrous downfall or defeat
3) full of flowers
4) be suited to



(17) shade
1) slight difference in degree
2) one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
3) nearing
4) great shock



(18) surmise
1) powerful person
2) guess
3) plunder
4) landless agricultural worker



(19) grandeur
1) impressiveness
2) churlish, miserly individual
3) wise
4) like wood



(20) dispel
1) step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish)
2) teacher of philosophy
3) shove
4) scatter



(21) sullen
1) (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed
2) silently showing ill humor or resentment
3) massive
4) repetition of beginning sound in poetry



(22) passive
1) cut down
2) all-powerful
3) long loose garment (worn by monks)
4) not active



(23) stickler
1) irresistible
2) worship of idols
3) question closely
4) perfectionist



(24) expedite
1) hasten
2) defamation
3) change in direction
4) protest



(25) demoniac(demoni
1) acal) fiendish
2) deviate
3) money or goods given to the poor
4) deadlock


ANSWERS:
(1)3 (2)2 (3)2 (4)3 (5)3 (6)1 (7)1 (8)2 (9)4 (10)2 (11)3 (12)1 (13)2 (14)2 (15)4 (16)4 (17)1 (18)2 (19)1 (20)4 (21)2 (22)4 (23)4 (24)1 (25)1

VOCABULARY TEST 161


(1) unwitting
1) not knowing
2) outsmart
3) teach (ideas or principles)
4) sharpen



(2) unimpeachable
1) make stupid in mind
2) complicated situation (as in a play)
3) that cannot be impeached
4) having minute hairs



(3) shudder
1) move heavily or clumsily
2) honor
3) (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline
4) shake uncontrollably



(4) parity
1) event
2) small planet
3) equality
4) hint



(5) humane
1) riddle
2) huge
3) damnation
4) marked by kindness or consideration



(6) interjection
1) exclamation
2) murder of a king or queen
3) flood
4) copy



(7) kismet
1) (of the voice) extremely loud
2) maim
3) fate
4) bury



(8) retract
1) worship of idols
2) attack with abusive language
3) vote against (an applicant)
4) withdraw



(9) subsidy
1) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun
2) small ring
3) direct financial aid by government, etc.
4) wandering (esp. in search of adventure)



(10) animosity
1) irritable
2) state as a necessary condition (of an agreement)
3) active enmity
4) rural



(11) nautical
1) pertaining to ships or navigation
2) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
3) based on experience
4) sky blue



(12) dulcet
1) solemn curse
2) breeder or dealer of animals
3) sweet sounding
4) appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form)



(13) whorl
1) one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers
2) ring of leaves around stem
3) secret
4) extremely (offensively) obvious



(14) urchin
1) mischievous child (usually a boy)
2) state of being partial
3) measure
4) provide written evidence (for a claim)



(15) sibling
1) curse
2) (of something written or painted) still in existence
3) approval
4) brother or sister



(16) exemplify
1) show by example
2) without guile
3) lacking interest or effort
4) (of costs or demands) excessive



(17) resentment
1) indignation
2) give up
3) strong emotion
4) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality



(18) peripheral
1) stout
2) state of being partial
3) of a periphery
4) resulting from compulsion



(19) hallowed
1) blessed
2) pledge of good faith especially in betrothal
3) deserter
4) like a meteor



(20) petulant
1) touchy
2) (of something bad) highly conspicuous
3) self-governing
4) joining



(21) summation
1) act of finding the total
2) prophetic
3) based on assumptions or hypotheses
4) one who studies the skin and its diseases



(22) potable
1) fear
2) devoutness
3) suitable for drinking
4) ability to be molded



(23) abrogate
1) ) hanging down from something
2) act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
3) deportment
4) abolish



(24) disfigure
1) mar the appearance of
2) position giving an advantage (such as a strategic point)
3) attacking
4) hang about



(25) fecundity
1) having a sawtoothed edge
2) tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium
3) having human form or characteristics
4) fertility


ANSWERS:
(1)1 (2)3 (3)4 (4)3 (5)4 (6)1 (7)3 (8)4 (9)3 (10)3 (11)1 (12)3 (13)2 (14)1 (15)4 (16)1 (17)1 (18)3 (19)1 (20)1 (21)1 (22)3 (23)4 (24)1 (25)4

VOCABULARY TEST 160


(1) aspirant
1) teacher
2) acting without dialogue
3) flow out slowly
4) seeker after position or status



(2) dyspeptic
1) (esp. of an expression of the face) twisted
2) blessing
3) going from one state of action to another
4) suffering from indigestion



(3) implement
1) put into effect
2) large three-masted sailing ship
3) having minute hairs
4) (of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating)



(4) misapprehension
1) corrupt morally
2) enclose
3) error
4) something taken for granted



(5) induce
1) open widely
2) very small object or insect-like creature
3) persuade
4) supposed



(6) chortle
1) organization for a special purpose
2) long angry denunciatory speech
3) chuckle with delight
4) pious



(7) leash
1) talent
2) tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)
3) complete independence and self-government (of a country)
4) restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it)



(8) curb
1) person who seeks to overturn the established government
2) chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse
3) lack of harmony
4) malleable



(9) winnow
1) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun
2) relating to space
3) sift
4) contact that keeps parties in communication



(10) wheedle
1) lower
2) combination (of two business corporations)
3) deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery
4) accidental



(11) credulity
1) serious and sedate
2) belief on slight evidence
3) rather fat
4) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion



(12) lot
1) object used in making a determination at random
2) burning
3) ill luck
4) fault



(13) peevish
1) tranquil
2) effect
3) seize another's power or rank (without legal authority)
4) bad-tempered



(14) monochromatic
1) dig up
2) noxious(harmful) smell
3) ordinary
4) having only one color



(15) proxy
1) twist out of shape
2) repair or make whole by using a metal alloy
3) introverted
4) authorized agent



(16) squeamish
1) concise
2) lack of harmony
3) easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things
4) curved



(17) argot
1) come between
2) slang
3) meat-eating
4) call forth (memory or feeling)



(18) vise
1) layer of earth's surface
2) make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession
3) vice
4) person of high rank or position



(19) slur
1) justification
2) having no previous example
3) efficiency or conciseness in using something
4) pronounce indistinctly



(20) gall
1) place of safety
2) discomposed
3) pertaining to memory
4) annoy



(21) masticate
1) chew
2) unfairness
3) curved
4) pleasant



(22) deluge
1) winding
2) flood
3) of or like an uncle
4) harshness



(23) ingenue
1) ing\'enue
2) practical (as opposed to idealistic)
3) hard
4) period of ideal or peak condition



(24) conifer
1) hegm) pithy, compact saying
2) tic) frenzied
3) pine tree (usu. evergreen)
4) (of a part of the body) swollen



(25) brook
1) tolerate
2) facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc
3) imagined
4) subordinate


ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)4 (3)1 (4)3 (5)3 (6)3 (7)4 (8)2 (9)3 (10)3 (11)2 (12)1 (13)4 (14)4 (15)4 (16)3 (17)2 (18)3 (19)4 (20)4 (21)1 (22)2 (23)1 (24)3 (25)1

VOCABULARY TEST 159


(1) comport
1) (of a sound) echoing
2) bear one's self
3) accustom a baby not to nurse
4) arrival



(2) mandatory
1) impending
2) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)
3) obligatory
4) stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly



(3) fitful
1) pry
2) urgent situation
3) spasmodic
4) begin to grow



(4) generate
1) tending to call up (emotions, memories)
2) dark and gloomy
3) varied
4) cause



(5) postmortem
1) taking up again
2) autopsy
3) set off
4) deserving high respect



(6) colander
1) clever
2) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
3) waster
4) pertaining to earthquakes



(7) brawl
1) noisy quarrel
2) unshakably calm
3) iridescent
4) shortcoming



(8) sanctimonious
1) phrase repeated throughout a song or poem
2) one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)
3) displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
4) of a pole



(9) lavish
1) liberal
2) (of something written or painted) still in existence
3) work (esp. musical composition)
4) every two years



(10) delineate
1) speak in favor of
2) portray
3) without guile
4) inappropriate



(11) limber
1) flexible
2) flexible
3) drink in
4) lift by pushing up from below



(12) presage
1) pick out from others (to kill the weakest members)
2) state of being partial
3) foretell
4) lure or bait



(13) pluck
1) domestic
2) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
3) courage
4) killing of animals for food



(14) shard
1) faultfinding
2) fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)
3) plunder
4) dirty matter



(15) burlesque
1) give an imitation that ridicules
2) having foresight
3) make thin
4) luxuriate



(16) cohere
1) stick together
2) loiter or dawdle
3) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly
4) slow moving tree-dwelling mammal



(17) impotent
1) weak
2) move about playfully
3) fret
4) urging



(18) prerogative
1) holding fast (as to a belief)
2) privilege
3) arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained
4) familiar with



(19) inscrutable
1) pretense (of strength)
2) sensual
3) lottery
4) difficult to understand



(20) admonish
1) apparatus for making sounds
2) warn or speak to with gentle disapproval
3) characterizing or affecting all
4) outcry



(21) ribald
1) elevated position
2) blunt
3) avaricious
4) marked by vulgar lewd humor



(22) vitreous
1) related to seed or semen
2) of glass
3) sparing in eating and drinking
4) be a sign of



(23) pare
1) copy
2) cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)
3) foul-smelling
4) freedom from narrow limitations



(24) adage
1) order
2) producing many young, fruits, or seeds
3) wise saying
4) quality of being true



(25) truculence
1) aggressiveness
2) scorn
3) commemorate
4) muscular


ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)3 (3)3 (4)4 (5)2 (6)2 (7)1 (8)3 (9)1 (10)2 (11)2 (12)3 (13)3 (14)2 (15)1 (16)1 (17)1 (18)2 (19)4 (20)2 (21)4 (22)2 (23)2 (24)3 (25)1

VOCABULARY TEST 158


(1) defoliate
1) destroy leaves
2) felt in one's inner organs
3) brother or sister
4) eyesight



(2) derision
1) ridicule
2) praising
3) please intensely
4) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols



(3) parallel
1) oddity
2) similar
3) attractive
4) arrange (laws or rules) as a code



(4) rue
1) lacking in seriousness
2) (of beliefs) against accepted opinion
3) full of initiative
4) regret



(5) arboreal
1) informal discussion
2) difficult situation
3) of or living in trees
4) thin liquid porridge



(6) evanescent
1) comprehend
2) mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer
3) with identity concealed
4) fleeting



(7) infallible
1) unerring
2) systematic
3) action of moving secretly or unseen
4) imitation of a real object used as a substitute



(8) obelisk
1) tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid
2) written symbols
3) hybridize
4) subordinate



(9) ingrate
1) ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)
2) lethargy
3) treat (a person) as a celebrity
4) outrun



(10) compress
1) force into less space
2) underline
3) emancipate
4) loyalty



(11) painstaking
1) taking pains
2) having only one color
3) honor
4) damp



(12) impetuous
1) humorous imitation
2) state of being undecided
3) oily
4) violent



(13) hypocritical
1) weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use
2) state of being numerous or multiple
3) pretending to be virtuous
4) build



(14) multiform
1) something of little importance or value
2) having many forms
3) liberal
4) (of people or animals) sturdy



(15) ideology
1) yearly allowance
2) walking at an easy unhurried pace
3) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
4) (of a woman or child) grave



(16) recalcitrant
1) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
2) small hill
3) disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished
4) person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment



(17) penury
1) self-evident truth requiring no proof
2) bearlike
3) speed of music
4) extreme poverty



(18) viable
1) brief explanation of words used in the text
2) uprightness
3) one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)
4) capable of maintaining life



(19) voluptuous
1) quick and active
2) brief, comprehensive summary
3) resistant to
4) sensual



(20) verisimilitude
1) large city
2) suggestive of something (in the past)
3) appearance of truth
4) hurl downward



(21) bungle
1) substance that prevents infection in a wound
2) gather leavings
3) turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)
4) mismanage



(22) brave
1) face courageously
2) cause to appear by magic
3) enclose
4) exactly vertical



(23) bridle
1) discord
2) dig into (to get stone)
3) eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal)
4) harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain)



(24) chisel
1) deserving blame
2) swindle or cheat
3) full of life
4) debark



(25) enunciate
1) someone seeking revenge
2) announce
3) very large number
4) testimony under oath


ANSWERS:
(1)1 (2)1 (3)2 (4)4 (5)3 (6)4 (7)1 (8)1 (9)1 (10)1 (11)1 (12)4 (13)3 (14)2 (15)3 (16)3 (17)4 (18)4 (19)4 (20)3 (21)4 (22)1 (23)4 (24)2 (25)2

VOCABULARY TEST 157


(1) prodigious
1) occupying a lower rank
2) mock
3) enormous
4) endanger



(2) hysteria
1) reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)
2) excessive or uncontrollable excitement
3) change in direction
4) repay



(3) rank
1) difficult situation
2) offensive in odor or flavor
3) fitness
4) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)



(4) augury
1) distinct
2) certainty
3) omen
4) final outcome



(5) nexus
1) connection
2) diligent
3) anxious
4) having no motion



(6) deplete
1) relating to the highest point
2) reduce
3) make or become suitable for a specific use
4) grant condescendingly



(7) acetic
1) storehouse for grain
2) board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)
3) vinegary
4) fall or let fall in drops



(8) maraud
1) risk
2) easy to approach
3) intelligent
4) move in search of plunder



(9) bacchanalian
1) hint
2) not easily satisfied
3) smear (as with paint)
4) drunken



(10) score
1) having great volume (as of a garment or container)
2) number of points
3) distorted
4) examination of a dead body



(11) presume
1) honor at a festival
2) take for granted
3) presumptuous or bold
4) unpredictable



(12) buoyant
1) able to float
2) reprimand
3) pertaining to marriage
4) irritate



(13) grisly
1) ghastly
2) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)
3) irritate
4) having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes



(14) kaleidoscope
1) of or suitable for a palace
2) tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects
3) insincere speech or expression of piety
4) psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution



(15) conglomeration
1) divine gift
2) brief explanation of words used in the text
3) mass of material sticking together
4) of hidden meaning and spiritual power



(16) saline
1) salty
2) journey
3) favorable
4) consecrate



(17) personable
1) military unit
2) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun
3) attractive (in personality or appearance)
4) in love



(18) asteroid
1) cule) extremely small
2) lacking caution
3) small planet
4) jaunty



(19) conjecture
1) mixture of writings on various subjects
2) blame
3) surmise
4) one's opinion of oneself



(20) idle
1) not working
2) place of spiritual expiation
3) rate of occurrence
4) into parts



(21) figment
1) invention
2) spotted
3) money
4) soul



(22) integrate
1) sound on judgment
2) make whole
3) meanly stingy
4) (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value



(23) mundane
1) work (esp. musical composition)
2) wasteful (of money)
3) worldly as opposed to spiritual
4) taking for one's own use in violation of trust



(24) prostrate
1) sailing vessel built for great speed
2) laugh quietly
3) varied
4) stretch out full on ground



(25) halfhearted
1) stupid awkward person
2) powerful
3) split into opposite extremes or camps
4) exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm


ANSWERS:
(1)3 (2)2 (3)2 (4)3 (5)1 (6)2 (7)3 (8)4 (9)4 (10)2 (11)2 (12)1 (13)1 (14)2 (15)3 (16)1 (17)3 (18)3 (19)3 (20)1 (21)1 (22)2 (23)3 (24)4 (25)4

VOCABULARY TEST 156


(1) consolidation
1) be thankful for
2) unification
3) thousand-year period (as in the New Testament)
4) cancel



(2) assimilate
1) evolve as in prenatal growth
2) trader
3) person of high rank or position
4) absorb



(3) retrieve
1) tic) frenzied
2) rude, insensitive person
3) restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it)
4) recover



(4) nomenclature
1) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful
2) rather fat
3) terminology(system of specialized words)
4) habitually intoxicated



(5) benefit
1) advantage
2) die or kill from lack of air
3) chief
4) good fortune and financial success



(6) canto
1) division of a long poem
2) condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
3) dummy
4) vibrate pendulumlike



(7) resilient
1) time for rest
2) oval building with tiers of seats
3) damaged
4) elastic



(8) ebb
1) twisting
2) rider on horseback
3) (of the tide) recede
4) court of justice



(9) kneel
1) beyond reasonable limits
2) go down on one's knee(s)
3) put into a lower or worse place
4) star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness



(10) negligible
1) so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded
2) slight offense or fault
3) concerning trade or merchants
4) either of the correlated things



(11) finish
1) long-lasting hatred
2) slow
3) clearly different
4) surface texture



(12) obsequy
1) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history
2) speaking several languages
3) deficient in intelligence
4) funeral ceremony



(13) plaudit
1) pertaining to the brain or intellect
2) praise
3) money
4) decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury)



(14) ascetic
1) practicing self-denial
2) point of view
3) government ruled by old people
4) slope



(15) microcosm
1) reckless, desperate outlaw
2) assist usually in doing something wrong
3) small representative world
4) turn to for help



(16) occlude
1) move back suddenly
2) faultfinding
3) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
4) shut



(17) besiege
1) ruler in a monarchy
2) person who has a compulsive desire to steal
3) surround with armed forces
4) very small object or insect-like creature



(18) throttle
1) ) any gain above stipulated salary
2) strangle
3) feeling of sickness and desire to vomit
4) linger



(19) titillate
1) tickle
2) decorative edge of hanging threads
3) torn ragged wound
4) plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed



(20) swamp
1) done or active at night
2) of air
3) wetland
4) melted



(21) symmetry
1) small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
2) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast
3) arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained
4) last stop of railroad



(22) obstreperous
1) having great weight
2) waste
3) boisterous
4) exercising the most influence



(23) compunction
1) remorse
2) immediate insight
3) wasted away
4) respectable



(24) temerity
1) be violently disturbed
2) boldness
3) beginning
4) disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished



(25) egotistical
1) egotistic
2) gather leavings
3) uncertain
4) of the common people


ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)4 (3)4 (4)3 (5)1 (6)1 (7)4 (8)3 (9)2 (10)1 (11)4 (12)4 (13)2 (14)1 (15)3 (16)4 (17)3 (18)2 (19)1 (20)3 (21)3 (22)3 (23)1 (24)2 (25)1

VOCABULARY TEST 155


(1) disband
1) soul
2) changeable (in affections or friendship)
3) dissolve
4) exactly vertical



(2) bask
1) superintendent
2) luxuriate
3) go down on one's knee(s)
4) stockpile



(3) veneer
1) ridicule
2) fleshly
3) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)
4) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage



(4) miscellany
1) mixture of writings on various subjects
2) (of a word or remark) apt
3) madly excited
4) invioably sacred



(5) paragon
1) gain for the performance of service or labor
2) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
3) model of perfection
4) strategem to gain an advantage



(6) exempt
1) domineering
2) not subject to a duty or obligation
3) blame (not angrily but sadly)
4) renunciation



(7) insubordination
1) not harmonious
2) disobedience
3) exclamation
4) stormy



(8) auxiliary
1) explain in detail
2) put forth for consideration or analysis
3) offering or providing help
4) decorate



(9) tedium
1) puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.)
2) gloomy
3) formal systematic inquiry
4) boredom



(10) regime
1) like a glacier
2) study of insects
3) unnoticeable
4) method of system or government



(11) stygian
1) state without proof
2) undistinctive
3) an error involving time in a story
4) unpleasantly dark



(12) forensic
1) mutually agreed on
2) worn through till the threads show
3) preoccupation with physical comforts and things
4) suitable to debate or courts of law



(13) sedition
1) (of an experience) deeply shocking
2) language used by special group
3) conduct or language inciting rebellion
4) person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others



(14) purge
1) hateful
2) remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted
3) highly excited
4) neatly or smartly dressed



(15) practical
1) very important
2) harmony
3) great influence (especially political or social)
4) based on experience



(16) cogent
1) convincing
2) general agreement
3) protruding knot on a tree
4) transparent



(17) bleak
1) holding tenaciously to an action
2) study industriously
3) made of bone
4) cold or cheerless



(18) execrate
1) empty
2) drink with zest
3) curse
4) mischievous child (usually a boy)



(19) inter
1) bury
2) something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event
3) soothe an angry person
4) fear



(20) fulcrum
1) favorable
2) support on which a lever rests or pivots
3) ornate
4) autopsy



(21) clime
1) insolent
2) divide into parts
3) climate
4) poet



(22) fauna
1) animals of a period or region
2) unutterable
3) small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter
4) unfortunate accident



(23) accommodate
1) female fox
2) oblige or help someone
3) embarrass
4) dining hall



(24) enduring
1) lasting
2) size or volume (esp. when very large)
3) of glass
4) either of the correlated things



(25) fluster
1) make coins
2) bearlike
3) confuse
4) bitter scolding or denunciation


ANSWERS:
(1)3 (2)2 (3)3 (4)1 (5)3 (6)2 (7)2 (8)3 (9)4 (10)4 (11)4 (12)4 (13)3 (14)2 (15)4 (16)1 (17)4 (18)3 (19)1 (20)2 (21)3 (22)1 (23)2 (24)1 (25)3

VOCABULARY TEST 154


(1) decapitate
1) command
2) prayer for help (used in invoking)
3) behead
4) stick out



(2) verve
1) settle comfortably
2) lascivious
3) exaggerated
4) enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition)



(3) nimble
1) no longer in fashion or use
2) harmonious
3) very generous in giving
4) quick in movement



(4) elaborate
1) whimsical
2) work out carefully
3) first rough form
4) pierce



(5) decant
1) able to float
2) of a theme
3) mixture as of metals
4) pour off gently (wine or liquid)



(6) ineffable
1) large three-masted sailing ship
2) unutterable
3) delayed
4) having a common center



(7) decollete
1) growing by addition
2) (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline
3) winding
4) based on theory



(8) juggernaut
1) loyalty
2) complete
3) ambush
4) irresistible crushing force



(9) saturnine
1) beautiful clothes for a special occasion
2) change (esp. from good to bad)
3) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)
4) morose



(10) impiety
1) simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, etc.)
2) narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
3) irreverence
4) (of voice) harsh and unpleasant



(11) anarchist
1) room to move
2) person who seeks to overturn the established government
3) person designated to execute the terms of a will
4) combining parts or separate things into a whole



(12) abominate
1) loathe
2) represent (an inanimate object) as a person
3) pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
4) shove



(13) seminary
1) thrift
2) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.
3) school for training future ministers
4) relating to the art of debate



(14) calamity
1) highly excited
2) disaster
3) urge on
4) harm someone's reputation



(15) encipher
1) encode
2) deserve
3) attractive
4) become successful (esp. financially)



(16) arcane
1) boorish
2) imitate
3) esoteric
4) strip a priest or minister of church authority



(17) esoteric
1) hard to understand
2) flair
3) nonmoral
4) adequate



(18) acidulous
1) swindle or cheat
2) slightly sour (in taste or manner)
3) elevation to godhood
4) supplicatory prayer



(19) castigation
1) nearness
2) punishment
3) absence of contradictions
4) lottery



(20) induct
1) place formally in office
2) hypnotize
3) of or coming from the side
4) means



(21) tribulation
1) state as a necessary condition (of an agreement)
2) short-lived
3) suffering
4) combination (of two business corporations)



(22) burgeon
1) not knowing
2) pertaining to a province
3) grow rapidly
4) open widely



(23) manifestation
1) persuade by flattery
2) lift by pushing up from below
3) outward demonstration
4) suspend until a later time



(24) indemnify
1) strong abrupt rush of wind
2) chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically)
3) make secure against damage or loss
4) fitness



(25) emulate
1) slandering
2) guarantee
3) feverish
4) imitate


ANSWERS:
(1)3 (2)4 (3)4 (4)2 (5)4 (6)2 (7)2 (8)4 (9)4 (10)3 (11)2 (12)1 (13)3 (14)2 (15)1 (16)3 (17)1 (18)2 (19)2 (20)1 (21)3 (22)3 (23)3 (24)3 (25)4

VOCABULARY TEST 153


(1) objective
1) diminish
2) flair
3) trip
4) not influenced by emotions



(2) tint
1) having great weight
2) of a prophet or prophecy
3) slight degree of color
4) accustom a baby not to nurse



(3) iridescent
1) put or force in without being asked
2) food of the gods
3) exhibiting rainbowlike colors
4) intense sexual desire



(4) ragamuffin
1) dirty child in torn clothes
2) pierce with a lance
3) self-evident truth requiring no proof
4) accustomed



(5) nectar
1) drink of the gods
2) annoyance and disappointment
3) hesitate for ethical reasons
4) obligatory



(6) synoptic
1) providing a general overview
2) compelling charm
3) nook
4) lay eggs (in large numbers)



(7) acclimate
1) moved by sexual love
2) greedy
3) irresistible
4) adjust to climate or environment



(8) insurmountable
1) bad-tempered
2) transient
3) pertaining to the universe
4) overwhelming



(9) irascible
1) foul smelling
2) give protection (by giving food and shelter)
3) explain
4) irritable



(10) malefactor
1) gully
2) maker of a will
3) evildoer
4) very generous in giving



(11) psychopathic
1) injury to body
2) habitually intoxicated
3) abdominal
4) pertaining to mental dearrangement



(12) reimburse
1) draw
2) repay
3) reveal
4) party



(13) clamor
1) relating to stars
2) sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)
3) mosaic
4) loud continous noise



(14) spendthrift
1) lack of harmony
2) burden
3) someone who wastes money
4) liberate



(15) sagacious
1) blunt
2) injury to body
3) jaunty
4) wise



(16) bewitch
1) sharpen
2) sear
3) decorate
4) cast a spell over



(17) corpus
1) reasoning
2) deserving reverence
3) destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)
4) collection (of writings or information)



(18) seamy
1) rejoicing
2) exile
3) support or base as for a pillar or statue
4) sordid



(19) expound
1) put an end to forcibly
2) flexible
3) hypnotic state
4) explain



(20) bequeath
1) guarantee
2) trifles
3) assent
4) leave to someone by means of a will



(21) nugatory
1) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
2) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)
3) worthless
4) cule) extremely small



(22) compliance
1) elevated position
2) dwelling place
3) conformity in fulfilling requirements
4) holding of an office or real estate



(23) catharsis
1) pamphlet
2) cheerfulness
3) purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
4) stroke



(24) disgorge
1) surrender something (stolen)
2) throb
3) whirlwind
4) unscrupulous



(25) interpolate
1) having a dull edge
2) insert between
3) proper to the point of affectation
4) time of greatest success or power


ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)3 (3)3 (4)1 (5)1 (6)1 (7)4 (8)4 (9)4 (10)3 (11)4 (12)2 (13)4 (14)3 (15)4 (16)4 (17)4 (18)4 (19)4 (20)4 (21)3 (22)3 (23)3 (24)1 (25)2

VOCABULARY TEST 152


(1) fancied
1) make return for
2) imagined
3) dead
4) destroy completely



(2) ruthless
1) pitiless
2) piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest
3) difficult situation
4) characteristic of an entire class or species



(3) coagulate
1) uprightness
2) provide for the payment of
3) include
4) congeal



(4) whine
1) become engaged to marry
2) complain (in a sad voice)
3) (of an experience) deeply shocking
4) move back suddenly



(5) turbid
1) pertaining to passionate love or sexual love
2) (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed
3) encouraging
4) ponder at length



(6) polygamist
1) one who has more than one spouse at a time
2) seeker after position or status
3) plead
4) happening at last as a result



(7) stealth
1) dwelling place
2) insert improperly
3) (of something written or painted) still in existence
4) action of moving secretly or unseen



(8) millennium
1) thousand-year period (as in the New Testament)
2) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
3) come to one as a gain
4) meanly stingy



(9) raspy
1) revive
2) making a harsh noise
3) apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
4) purgative



(10) miscellaneous
1) made up of a variety of parts
2) eliminate from consideration
3) style of cooking
4) free from an entanglement or difficulty



(11) pedagogy
1) mutual relationship
2) something taken for granted
3) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents
4) teaching



(12) veer
1) split
2) change in direction
3) (of power) complete
4) reject



(13) sardonic
1) scornfully mocking
2) pen name
3) stormy
4) pertaining to conversational or common speech



(14) dispatch
1) of air
2) waste
3) one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
4) speediness



(15) dictum
1) authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court)
2) physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies
3) authoritative order
4) large three-masted sailing ship



(16) dysentery
1) inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract
2) temporary moderation (of disease symptoms)
3) gaiety
4) conceal



(17) oversee
1) story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols
2) start
3) watch over and direct
4) burning



(18) prevaricate
1) lie
2) original work used as a model by others
3) free from worries
4) fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)



(19) adhere
1) real being
2) make thin
3) stick fast
4) existing at the beginning (of time)



(20) acoustics
1) going from one state of action to another
2) science of sound
3) family descent
4) ghastly



(21) bar
1) railing in a courtroom
2) signs
3) laugh quietly
4) fairness



(22) undulating
1) biting
2) shackle
3) not able to be erased
4) moving with a wavelike motion



(23) application
1) essential or main point
2) (of voice) harsh and unpleasant
3) defraud a person of something
4) diligent attention



(24) yoke
1) make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances
2) join together
3) bony growth on the head of a deer
4) concise and meaningful



(25) avocation
1) attribute
2) first in rank or importance
3) secondary or minor occupation
4) reject bluntly


ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)1 (3)4 (4)2 (5)2 (6)1 (7)4 (8)1 (9)2 (10)1 (11)4 (12)2 (13)1 (14)4 (15)1 (16)1 (17)3 (18)1 (19)3 (20)2 (21)1 (22)4 (23)4 (24)2 (25)3

VOCABULARY TEST 151


(1) unguent
1) make return for
2) ointment
3) person interested mostly in external objects and actions
4) walk lamely



(2) amenities
1) autopsy
2) detest
3) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)
4) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant



(3) pertinent
1) language
2) suitable
3) cause
4) imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing



(4) repudiate
1) harmony
2) beyond reproach
3) disown
4) soft food made by boiling oatmeal



(5) enthrall
1) capture
2) churlish, miserly individual
3) pertaining to memory
4) Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)



(6) impuissance
1) remedy to counteract a poison or disease
2) powerlessness
3) unclear or doubtful in meaning
4) speak violently or excitedly



(7) misanthrope
1) one who hates mankind
2) calm
3) provide food and drink (for)
4) home



(8) regicide
1) murder of a king or queen
2) suitable to debate or courts of law
3) top (as of a hill or wave)
4) expressing a meaning



(9) flag
1) beyond what is normal in nature
2) not earthly
3) droop
4) be violently disturbed



(10) prompt
1) direct a speech to
2) cause
3) partial shadow (in an eclipse)
4) harmonious



(11) acerbity
1) abandon
2) abdominal
3) closed circular line around an area
4) bitterness of speech and temper



(12) affected
1) gather leavings
2) worthless products of an endeavor
3) artificial
4) element



(13) espionage
1) showing excitement
2) trace
3) admit
4) spying



(14) faze
1) uncertain
2) disconcert
3) utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)
4) memoirs



(15) die
1) metal block used for shaping metal or plastic
2) increase
3) insane
4) man who is not a cleric



(16) cue
1) detestable
2) stick out
3) lie down
4) word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance)



(17) capacity
1) mental or physical ability
2) assuage or satisfy (thrust)
3) sweet sound
4) thwart



(18) lounge
1) stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way
2) intellectuals
3) life after death
4) advance in rank



(19) untenable
1) giving off an odor
2) pretend
3) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible
4) discomposed



(20) frolic
1) of or coming from the side
2) play and jump about happily
3) pertaining to language
4) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers



(21) bicameral
1) severe trial or affliction
2) stubborn and disobedient
3) two-chambered as a legislative body
4) rural



(22) compulsion
1) shut
2) marshal
3) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels
4) compelling



(23) camaraderie
1) good-fellowship
2) long-lasting hatred
3) bored with pleasure or dissipation
4) unmoved or unconcerned by



(24) scintillate
1) full of initiative
2) small weakness of character
3) defeat
4) sparkle



(25) propensity
1) grand suggesting great expense
2) natural inclination
3) poisonous snake
4) humoring


ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)4 (3)2 (4)3 (5)1 (6)2 (7)1 (8)1 (9)3 (10)2 (11)4 (12)3 (13)4 (14)2 (15)1 (16)4 (17)1 (18)1 (19)3 (20)2 (21)3 (22)4 (23)1 (24)4 (25)2

VOCABULART TEST 150


(1) palatial
1) large group of insects moving in a mass
2) disorderly fight between two or more people
3) of or suitable for a palace
4) heat



(2) travesty
1) real being
2) pretty good)''
3) copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing
4) respect or admiration



(3) rave
1) felt in one's inner organs
2) overwhelmingly favorable review
3) self-satisfied
4) (of land) dry



(4) amplify
1) increase in size or effect
2) person convicted of a grave crime
3) shorten
4) parish priest



(5) vain
1) sudden strong feeling of disgust
2) (of someone) having insight
3) limit
4) full of self-admiration



(6) aphorism
1) seriousness
2) pithy maxim or saying
3) minor fight
4) knowledge



(7) sententious
1) expert at
2) scrupulous
3) pithy
4) wear a mask or disguise



(8) eclectic
1) embarrass
2) absentminded
3) (the stated person's) habit or custom
4) selective



(9) clairvoyant
1) ugly
2) official or legal permission
3) stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly
4) having foresight



(10) fleet
1) unrestrained
2) continue steadily in spite of difficulties
3) endanger
4) fast



(11) timidity
1) lack of self-confidence or courage
2) invulnerable
3) work or appoint as a deputy
4) indignation



(12) Bohemian
1) doubts
2) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge
3) unconventional (in an artistic way)
4) cheat



(13) dauntless
1) supply
2) excessively exacting
3) (of someone) having insight
4) bold



(14) voluminous
1) storage place for military equipment
2) attack or defense of an opinion
3) having great volume (as of a garment or container)
4) contradict



(15) obstinate
1) Peeping Tom
2) pacify
3) stubborn
4) blindly devoted patriot



(16) anomaly
1) related to dogs
2) growth or increase in size by gradual addition
3) irregularity
4) trinket



(17) derelict
1) timely
2) no longer in fashion or use
3) negligent
4) happening at last as a result



(18) waif
1) homeless child or animal
2) long established as a disease
3) having womanly traits
4) pertaining to the stars



(19) strut
1) supporting bar
2) pointed projecting part
3) foul-smelling
4) small surgical tool for making incisions



(20) pry
1) exaggerated
2) overflowing abundance
3) talk dully
4) inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs)



(21) geriatrics
1) cause to stop for a period
2) medical treatment and care of old age
3) balance of opposing forces
4) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)



(22) sophisticated
1) worldly wise and urbane
2) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)
3) cliff
4) courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties)



(23) intolerant
1) branching out
2) property inherited from a father
3) flavored dessert ice
4) not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own



(24) gestate
1) easily burned
2) antiquated
3) an act of yielding
4) evolve as in prenatal growth



(25) meditation
1) neatly or smartly dressed
2) wintry
3) reflection
4) (of beliefs) against accepted opinion


ANSWERS:
(1)3 (2)3 (3)2 (4)1 (5)4 (6)2 (7)3 (8)4 (9)4 (10)4 (11)1 (12)3 (13)4 (14)3 (15)3 (16)3 (17)3 (18)1 (19)1 (20)4 (21)2 (22)1 (23)4 (24)4 (25)3

VOCABULART TEST 149


(1) imbibe
1) drink in
2) loud continous noise
3) able to see differences
4) bury



(2) fermentation
1) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds
2) following in time or order
3) loiter
4) attach



(3) pen
1) utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)
2) join
3) feather, esp. large or showy one
4) fenced enclosure for animals



(4) consecrate
1) careful about money
2) practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks
3) posion
4) dedicate



(5) unequivocal
1) having human form or characteristics
2) beggar
3) plain
4) self-imposed punishment for sin



(6) synthetic
1) (of someone) suspicious
2) change
3) small piece or mark
4) not natural



(7) incline
1) slope
2) approach
3) ghostly
4) set free



(8) denouement
1) belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control
2) fill up again
3) debark
4) final outcome



(9) zany
1) Scandinavian myth
2) comic
3) laugh quietly
4) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape



(10) turpitude
1) depravity
2) contemptible
3) twistings
4) tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium



(11) azure
1) sky blue
2) tender sorrow
3) pithy maxim or saying
4) pertaining to the body



(12) tome
1) time long past
2) be next to
3) soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells
4) large volume



(13) centrifugal
1) radiating
2) (of likings and interests) universal
3) blow in heavy gusts
4) submissive



(14) prominent
1) prove genuine
2) disagreeably aggressive
3) living language (as compared to the official language)
4) protruding(sticking out)



(15) finished
1) mutual
2) two-chambered as a legislative body
3) act or manner of using
4) properly made and complete



(16) dominant
1) opinion contrary to popular belief
2) elevation to godhood
3) exercising the most influence
4) reluctant



(17) compatible
1) domestic
2) harmonious
3) prophetic
4) feeling of sickness and desire to vomit



(18) piquant
1) suitable to debate or courts of law
2) long life
3) pleasantly tart-tasting
4) fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based)



(19) introvert
1) one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself
2) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)
3) steadily loyal
4) affected



(20) homespun
1) pertaining to tailors or tailoring
2) casual
3) domestic
4) do drudgery



(21) acclaim
1) unable to compromise about points of doctrine
2) done with speed
3) applaud
4) commotion of a great crowd



(22) predicament
1) difficult situation
2) move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)
3) strong abrupt rush of wind
4) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)



(23) overwrought
1) journey
2) fond of books and reading
3) paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)
4) nervous or excited



(24) problematic
1) substance causing vomiting
2) great joy and delight
3) overcome
4) causing a problem



(25) tertiary
1) one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
2) attack or defense of an opinion
3) calamity
4) third in order or rank


ANSWERS:
(1)1 (2)1 (3)4 (4)4 (5)3 (6)4 (7)1 (8)4 (9)2 (10)1 (11)1 (12)4 (13)1 (14)4 (15)4 (16)3 (17)2 (18)3 (19)1 (20)3 (21)3 (22)1 (23)4 (24)4 (25)4

VOCABULART TEST 148


(1) perjury
1) false testimony while under oath
2) contact that keeps parties in communication
3) form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly
4) reject disdainfully



(2) ford
1) place into a case
2) small exclusive group of people
3) place where a river can be crossed on foot
4) time for rest



(3) heterodox
1) (of beliefs) against accepted opinion
2) weird
3) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)
4) pare



(4) flutter
1) look on with scorn
2) draw
3) (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly
4) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own



(5) blemish
1) spread throughout
2) expurgate
3) lover of luxury
4) mar



(6) predator
1) predatory animal or bird
2) harshness
3) state as a necessary condition (of an agreement)
4) cure-all



(7) wretch
1) miserable person
2) willingness to take new ventures
3) neat and trim in appearance
4) prepare by mixing or combining



(8) blush
1) examination of accounts of a business
2) frustrate
3) pertaining to the art of delineating
4) become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame)



(9) ample
1) lawyer in the lower court of law
2) slow
3) enough
4) having great weight



(10) sovereignty
1) deep feeling of dislike
2) use equivocal language to deceive people
3) respectable
4) complete independence and self-government (of a country)



(11) fervent
1) irreverence
2) capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around)
3) ardent
4) an error involving time in a story



(12) pious
1) acquire
2) devout
3) crystal clear
4) mutually agreed on



(13) artery
1) return of part of a payment
2) full of self-admiration
3) blood-vessel
4) assertion



(14) ovoid
1) continue steadily in spite of difficulties
2) egg-shaped
3) sullen
4) dominance especially of one nation over others



(15) decorum
1) propriety
2) blessedness
3) incapable of being pacified
4) think up



(16) gory
1) furnisher of foodstuffs
2) deviate
3) decree
4) bloody



(17) tendentious
1) difficult to understand
2) promoting a particular point of view
3) drug that relieves pain or trouble
4) clergyman attached to a chapel



(18) blurt
1) conventions
2) greediness for wealth
3) utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement
4) full of pores



(19) affidavit
1) arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)
2) violation of a law
3) cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it
4) written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)



(20) preempt
1) prevent in advance
2) trick
3) study of prehistoric life or fossils
4) pertaining to the art of delineating



(21) callus
1) travel
2) area of thick hard skin
3) one who builds or works with stone or brick
4) stretch out full on ground



(22) forum
1) lengthen
2) public square of an ancient Roman city
3) miscellaneous
4) social environment



(23) ancestry
1) area of thick hard skin
2) daily
3) rise again
4) family descent



(24) tan
1) laugh (at)
2) convert (hide) into leather
3) severe dizziness
4) deep



(25) mode
1) prevailing style
2) comfort in sorrow or trouble
3) flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river
4) a place where bees are kept


ANSWERS:
(1)1 (2)3 (3)1 (4)3 (5)4 (6)1 (7)1 (8)4 (9)3 (10)4 (11)3 (12)2 (13)3 (14)2 (15)1 (16)4 (17)2 (18)3 (19)4 (20)1 (21)2 (22)2 (23)4 (24)2 (25)1

VOCABULART TEST 147


(1) fabricate
1) (of weather) warm and damp
2) build
3) accustomed
4) support militantly



(2) supplicate
1) (of air) thin in density
2) petition humbly
3) suggestive of something (in the past)
4) tease



(3) stringent
1) existing at the beginning (of time)
2) group of attendants
3) something taken for granted
4) (of rules) binding



(4) scurvy
1) every two years
2) contemptible
3) outwit
4) incapable of being pacified



(5) affable
1) take vengence for something or on behalf of someone
2) oval building with tiers of seats
3) surrender
4) easily approachable



(6) bait
1) adorn
2) return of part of a payment
3) harass
4) satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger)



(7) underlying
1) external
2) honor
3) noisy quarrel
4) lying below



(8) clemency
1) disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments
2) expand
3) physically strong
4) disposed to revenge



(9) paleontology
1) sharp to the taste
2) complain (in a sad voice)
3) short simple story teaching a moral
4) study of prehistoric life or fossils



(10) agenda
1) items of business at a meeting
2) sorcery
3) fast
4) very harmful



(11) shrew
1) like a glacier
2) the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance
3) scolding woman
4) small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone))



(12) rarefied
1) pantry
2) not being a person
3) shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match)
4) made less dense (of a gas)



(13) outgoing
1) sociable
2) make unfriendly or hostile
3) combine
4) looking back on the past



(14) degenerate
1) go down on one's knee(s)
2) drive or hunt out of hiding
3) uncorrectable
4) become worse in quality



(15) rail
1) religion practiced chiefly in Haiti
2) complain bitterly
3) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)
4) growing or spreading uncontrollably



(16) shed
1) ointment
2) sudden sharp feeling of pain
3) small roofed structure for storage and shelter
4) skin disease (on the face)



(17) parvenu
1) unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)
2) rather fat
3) put at a loss
4) upstart



(18) makeshift
1) calm and unexcitable
2) stupid
3) one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather)
4) temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need)



(19) cascade
1) line (of waiting people or vehicles)
2) abundance
3) arise from
4) small waterfall



(20) mordant
1) biting
2) time of greatest success or power
3) rotting flesh of a dead body
4) bend the knee as in worship



(21) paraphrase
1) restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author
2) title or heading (in red print)
3) grandiloquent, pompous speech
4) plunder



(22) malicious
1) devoutness
2) hateful
3) inclination
4) mar



(23) rectitude
1) show clearly
2) move or swing back and forth
3) moral correctness
4) leave to someone by means of a will



(24) insubstantial
1) lacking substance
2) person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment
3) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)
4) build



(25) relinquish
1) mercy killing
2) rider on horseback
3) give up something (with reluctance)
4) hidden danger


ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)2 (3)4 (4)2 (5)4 (6)3 (7)4 (8)1 (9)4 (10)1 (11)3 (12)4 (13)1 (14)4 (15)2 (16)3 (17)4 (18)4 (19)4 (20)1 (21)1 (22)2 (23)3 (24)1 (25)3

VOCABULART TEST 146


(1) alacrity
1) (of a person) bold
2) cheerful promptness without reluctance
3) cast a spell over
4) go through or across



(2) invincible
1) derived by reasoning
2) unconquerable
3) dejected
4) braid



(3) proselytize
1) ty) quality of being unsophisticated
2) imitation of a real object used as a substitute
3) (induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief
4) swing from side to side



(4) stun
1) include (as a member of a group)
2) expurgate
3) tentative
4) make unconscious or numb as by a blow



(5) loath
1) reluctant
2) behavior
3) combativeness
4) very large number



(6) metropolis
1) large city
2) excessively or elaborately decorated
3) point of origin
4) clumsy (in social behavior)



(7) heyday
1) deep regret for wrongdoing
2) gallop slowly
3) time of greatest success or power
4) ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant



(8) requisition
1) abolish
2) formal demand or request
3) group of closely located islands
4) spacious



(9) verbose
1) sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals
2) emotionally removed
3) wordy
4) praise



(10) opulence
1) extreme wealth
2) imagined
3) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)
4) make lively or spirited



(11) plaintive
1) deceptive scheme
2) expressing sorrow
3) manner of walking or running
4) made for practical use only (without decoration)



(12) aviary
1) enclosure for birds
2) praise
3) complain
4) laugh (at)



(13) marital
1) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife
2) (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline
3) utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement
4) pertaining to marriage



(14) skimp
1) inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs)
2) demand and obtain by force
3) provide or use scantily
4) speaking several languages



(15) tablet
1) comparable
2) striking one object against another sharply
3) small round piece of medicine
4) adjust to climate or environment



(16) dorsal
1) change or harden into bone
2) relating to the back of an animal
3) malodorous
4) confuse



(17) titter
1) radiating
2) nervous giggle
3) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
4) dig



(18) beget
1) risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements
2) father
3) overcharge (with high price)
4) brief flash of light



(19) proletarian
1) based on experience
2) member of the working class
3) obstruct
4) hold firmly within arms



(20) haggle
1) lacking interest or effort
2) argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)
3) too particular
4) impervious



(21) miasma
1) swamp gas
2) unfortunate
3) brother or sister
4) become engaged to marry



(22) inception
1) start
2) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion
3) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint
4) impressiveness



(23) exceptionable
1) objectionable
2) neigh like a horse
3) foretell
4) hatred of marriage



(24) fugitive
1) elevated position
2) a covered passageway usually lined with shops
3) calmness
4) fleeting or transitory



(25) bantering
1) joking talk
2) aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously)
3) only slightly connected
4) approach


ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)2 (3)3 (4)4 (5)1 (6)1 (7)3 (8)2 (9)3 (10)1 (11)2 (12)1 (13)4 (14)3 (15)3 (16)2 (17)2 (18)2 (19)2 (20)2 (21)1 (22)1 (23)1 (24)4 (25)1

VOCABULART TEST 145


(1) disavowal
1) denial
2) attack with abusive language
3) clash or conflict in opinion
4) inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract



(2) thrall
1) short simple story teaching a moral
2) unwilling
3) slave
4) easily understood



(3) friction
1) climate
2) limited
3) clash or conflict in opinion
4) foul smelling



(4) embrace
1) withholding belief
2) hug
3) evolve as in prenatal growth
4) dock



(5) discrete
1) unwillingness
2) separate
3) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion
4) explosion



(6) high-flown
1) joyous
2) sticky
3) bruise
4) highly pretentious or inflated



(7) verity
1) plan in advance
2) quality of being true
3) strike forcefully
4) manner of walking or running



(8) granulate
1) object of general attention
2) person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected)
3) tax levied by a ruler
4) form into grains or granules



(9) providence
1) dominance especially of one nation over others
2) shove
3) someone seeking revenge
4) quality of being provident



(10) amnesty
1) moderate
2) poor verse
3) skeptical or distrustful of human motives
4) pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)



(11) kindred
1) add leaven to
2) change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)
3) small round piece of medicine
4) related



(12) dainty
1) loud continous noise
2) V-shaped cut in a surface
3) amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
4) delicate



(13) gullible
1) tunnels in which rabbits live
2) scold strongly
3) easily deceived
4) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)



(14) remission
1) (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value
2) temporary moderation (of disease symptoms)
3) outer boundary
4) untidy (of hair or clothing)



(15) dissection
1) gross lewdness
2) beginning
3) analysis
4) related to telling a story



(16) incontinent
1) lacking self-restraint
2) changing its habitat
3) condition or period of flowering
4) government run by religious leaders



(17) seep
1) something fit to be eaten
2) charge
3) pass slowly through small openings
4) one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life



(18) incontrovertibl
1) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
2) person with power to decide a matter in dispute
3) e indisputable
4) comfort in sorrow or trouble



(19) hazy
1) person of high rank or position
2) resistant to
3) slightly obscure
4) clean



(20) immobility
1) make thin
2) truthfulness
3) in a state of rage
4) state of being immovable



(21) founder
1) und) astonish (making dumb)
2) predict (according to present indications)
3) quack
4) person who establishes (an organization or business)



(22) nascent
1) strong desire
2) incipient
3) distribute
4) meanly stingy



(23) psychosis
1) deep dish for serving soup
2) mental disorder
3) preoccupation with physical comforts and things
4) maze



(24) conscientious
1) scrupulous
2) opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments
3) humorous imitation
4) like a lion



(25) emollient
1) change of form
2) persuade by flattery
3) condition of no movement or activity
4) soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)


ANSWERS:
(1)1 (2)3 (3)3 (4)2 (5)2 (6)4 (7)2 (8)4 (9)4 (10)4 (11)4 (12)4 (13)3 (14)2 (15)3 (16)1 (17)3 (18)3 (19)3 (20)4 (21)4 (22)2 (23)2 (24)1 (25)4

VOCABULART TEST 144


(1) cauterize
1) people of standing(rank or position)
2) connected with history
3) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action
4) burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection



(2) pique
1) change
2) repentant
3) first in rank or importance
4) irritation



(3) codify
1) curse
2) intimidate
3) full of pores
4) arrange (laws or rules) as a code



(4) assurance
1) show clearly
2) firm statement that something is certainly true
3) shell or jewel carved in relief
4) excuse



(5) defame
1) miserable person
2) (of a person or book) learned
3) harm someone's reputation
4) knowledge



(6) prototype
1) atrocious
2) silent
3) original work used as a model by others
4) vehicle



(7) striated
1) marked with parallel bands
2) harmless
3) not essential
4) envy



(8) cantankerous
1) bitter scolding or denunciation
2) showy
3) ill-humored
4) of the common people



(9) padre
1) wear a mask or disguise
2) violent
3) chaplain (in the armed forces)
4) participation



(10) litigation
1) whim
2) lawsuit
3) very fat
4) imprison



(11) vie
1) not earthly
2) willing to obey orders
3) contend
4) turn upside down or inside out



(12) notch
1) not open to attack
2) V-shaped cut in a surface
3) prohibit
4) slow up



(13) sibylline
1) serious and sedate
2) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)
3) prophetic
4) violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness)



(14) dissident
1) helpful
2) earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
3) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)
4) attractive



(15) charlatan
1) metal pin used for fastening metal plates together
2) occurring irregularly
3) quack
4) deep-rooted



(16) halcyon
1) calm
2) award of merit
3) repetition of beginning sound in poetry
4) composed



(17) iota
1) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue
2) beat with or as if with a flail
3) self-evident truth
4) very small quantity



(18) boost
1) observable facts
2) lift by pushing up from below
3) te) ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)
4) one-sided



(19) disclaim
1) disown
2) ornamental clasp
3) reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship)
4) concerning alchemy or magic



(20) rake
1) seize another's power or rank (without legal authority)
2) immoral or dissolute person
3) efficiency or conciseness in using something
4) white with age



(21) collected
1) ornament a metal surface by indenting
2) extremely (offensively) obvious
3) composed
4) mock



(22) sere
1) sear
2) without attention to comfort
3) derived by reasoning
4) lash



(23) woeful
1) determination
2) smugly and unconsciously foolish
3) impossible to reconcile
4) sad



(24) vulture
1) mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer
2) worn through till the threads show
3) plant or scatter seed
4) carrion-eating birds



(25) promulgate
1) inclined to form factions
2) announce
3) gigantic
4) unspoiled


ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)4 (3)4 (4)2 (5)3 (6)3 (7)1 (8)3 (9)3 (10)2 (11)3 (12)2 (13)3 (14)3 (15)3 (16)1 (17)4 (18)2 (19)1 (20)2 (21)3 (22)1 (23)4 (24)4 (25)2

VOCABULART TEST 143


(1) steadfast
1) damp
2) steadily loyal
3) casual
4) crush or grind into very small particles



(2) skeptic
1) love deeply and respect highly
2) shade of slight difference in meaning or color
3) cover with a thin and shiny surface
4) sceptic



(3) litter
1) ignore or behave coldly toward
2) not natural
3) waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily)
4) landless agricultural worker



(4) upright
1) ornate
2) boredom
3) gentle breeze
4) (sitting or standing) straight up



(5) convert
1) decorate with needlework
2) cause
3) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion
4) bow (to show respect and obedience)



(6) thrifty
1) being in debt
2) maker of a will
3) careful about money
4) stipulation



(7) skittish
1) detest
2) inconstant
3) crafty
4) giving or showing bliss



(8) bacchanalia
1) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus
2) illegitimate child
3) gather
4) make (a bill) into law



(9) putative
1) (particular form of) political organization
2) supposed
3) give up (a position, right, or claim)
4) (of a place) dilapidated



(10) address
1) direct a speech to
2) separate
3) range of knowledge
4) not to be taken away



(11) specious
1) scorn
2) seemingly reasonable but incorrect
3) pertaining to mental dearrangement
4) gaiety



(12) interdict
1) prohibit
2) egotistic
3) concise and meaningful
4) end



(13) potion
1) dose (of liquids)
2) natural home of a plant or animal
3) small amount (of money)
4) silent



(14) somatic
1) pertaining to passionate love or sexual love
2) pertaining to the body
3) standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces
4) abusive



(15) abortive
1) loop formed in a rope
2) collarbone
3) daring
4) unsuccessful



(16) formality
1) unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)
2) delayed
3) multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester)
4) ceremonious quality



(17) jovial
1) good-natured
2) scorn
3) (of music) played smoothly
4) injure without breaking the skin



(18) progeny
1) related to dogs
2) heavier or larger on one side than the other
3) children
4) detest



(19) ravage
1) without a material body
2) willingness to take new ventures
3) devastate
4) deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow



(20) convoluted
1) coiled around
2) understood but not stated
3) gloomy
4) flair



(21) illusion
1) unbecoming
2) misleading vision or visual image
3) something long-lasting
4) musical repetition



(22) adept
1) apart
2) giving pleasure to the senses
3) expert at
4) praise



(23) barrister
1) self-governing
2) run-down
3) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law
4) restore to good condition



(24) urbane
1) upset
2) switch (a railroad car) to a siding
3) suave
4) bearing of fruit



(25) meander
1) sun's corona
2) adjust to climate or environment
3) wind or turn in its course
4) process of nourishing or being nourished


ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)4 (3)3 (4)4 (5)3 (6)3 (7)2 (8)1 (9)2 (10)1 (11)2 (12)1 (13)1 (14)2 (15)4 (16)4 (17)1 (18)3 (19)3 (20)1 (21)2 (22)3 (23)3 (24)3 (25)3