VOCABULARY TEST 173
(1) aboriginal
1) violation (of a rule or regulation)
2) thin
3) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
4) being the first of its kind in a region
(2) dribble
1) flow or fall in drops
2) anxious
3) mar
4) snip off
(3) dynamic
1) make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle
2) energetic
3) showy
4) ghost
(4) revulsion
1) unlikely occurrence
2) speed
3) comfort in sorrow or trouble
4) sudden strong feeling of disgust
(5) gustatory
1) indulge
2) connected with history
3) affecting or relating to the sense of taste
4) reduce
(6) coy
1) student of the history and science of humankind
2) smoulder
3) shy (flirtatiously)
4) torn piece of cloth
(7) mobile
1) disprove
2) conciseness
3) movable
4) endanger
(8) reverie
1) strike forcefully
2) mistaken
3) fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage
4) daydream
(9) flamboyant
1) rotting flesh of a dead body
2) ornate
3) wild
4) crowd (of people or things)
(10) rehabilitate
1) struggle
2) (of societies or groups) combine
3) restore to proper condition (health or useful life)
4) trail of ship or other object through water
(11) tyranny
1) rhythmical throbbing of arteries
2) lawyer in the lower court of law
3) plunge into water or liquid
4) oppression
(12) coax
1) story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols
2) persuade by flattery
3) irritable
4) gigantic
(13) snivel
1) complain or whine tearfully
2) overbright in color
3) capricious
4) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents
(14) empirical
1) transmit (money) in payment
2) fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)
3) moral correctness
4) based on experience
(15) chuckle
1) conceal in the palm of the hand
2) laugh quietly
3) calculating
4) protruding knot on a tree
(16) abysmal
1) habitual return to crime (even after being punished)
2) bottomless
3) means
4) shy and reserved (of a person)
(17) scuttle
1) of a schema or scheme
2) anger
3) sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull
4) dictionary
(18) retribution
1) charming (in a childlike way)
2) deep
3) deserved punishment for wrongdoing
4) authoritative order
(19) cumulative
1) contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
2) endanger
3) growing by addition
4) heavy substance used to add stability or weight
(20) rhapsody
1) skeptical or distrustful of human motives
2) excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling
3) appropriate
4) someone who bears the blame for others
(21) husband
1) jaunty
2) heavy substance used to add stability or weight
3) use sparingly
4) logically convincing
(22) recrimination
1) plants of a region or era
2) story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)
3) countercharges
4) genuine
(23) dupe
1) prohibit
2) damnation
3) slandering
4) someone easily fooled or deceived
(24) chassis
1) not essential
2) in a spirited manner
3) satisfy (thirst)
4) framework and working parts of an automobile
(25) profligate
1) flow in drops or in a thin stream
2) healthy
3) showing excitement
4) wasteful (of money)
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)1 (3)2 (4)4 (5)3 (6)3 (7)3 (8)4 (9)2 (10)3 (11)4 (12)2 (13)1 (14)4 (15)2 (16)2 (17)3 (18)3 (19)3 (20)2 (21)3 (22)3 (23)4 (24)4 (25)4
