VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 14

(1) unaccountable


1) recollection

2) face (as showing the character and the mind)

3) unexplicable

4) one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless

(2) lethargic


1) drowsy

2) pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich

3) climb by crawling with difficulties

4) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive

(3) boisterous


1) violent

2) move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves

3) mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer

4) strip a priest or minister of church authority

(4) husbandry


1) frugality

2) make shiny by rubbing

3) thing that completes another

4) produce young

(5) superimpose


1) point of origin

2) place over something else

3) large group

4) binding

(6) resentment


1) present but not yet noticeable or active

2) (of the voice) extremely loud

3) indignation

4) fit for growing crops

(7) multilingual


1) eat away

2) parody

3) having many languages

4) wise saying

(8) insouciant


1) without concern or care

2) related to seed or semen

3) full of vigor or energy

4) target of a hunt

(9) whorl


1) common

2) thousand-year period (as in the New Testament)

3) shabby and dirty

4) ring of leaves around stem

(10) dyslexia


1) gigantic statue

2) put under a spell(condition caused by magical power)

3) arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained

4) word blindness

(11) infamous


1) notoriously bad

2) impenetrable

3) shy (flirtatiously)

4) great joy and delight

(12) ramp


1) correct a false impression

2) be thankful for

3) someone easily fooled or deceived

4) slope

(13) capitulate


1) annoying

2) cold or cheerless

3) moment of calm

4) surrender

(14) marital


1) of or causing sepsis

2) menacing

3) filthy

4) pertaining to marriage

(15) niggle


1) fault

2) shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals)

3) spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault)

4) decrease in size or strength (after being full)

(16) irresolute


1) neglect

2) disgustingly excessive

3) uncertain how to act

4) without hope and courage

(17) allegiance


1) severe disapproval

2) flattery

3) loyalty

4) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

(18) commonwealth


1) nation governed by the people

2) person having administrative authority

3) apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.

4) stop or check flow of blood

(19) cohorts


1) bearing of fruit

2) refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation)

3) condition of being squalid

4) group of people who share some common quality

(20) imperil


1) causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.

2) put in danger

3) suppress

4) return of part of a payment

(21) berate


1) scold strongly

2) agreement

3) lottery

4) conceited person

(22) inanimate


1) lifeless

2) conspicuous

3) sameness leading to boredom

4) perfect example or embodiment

(23) sententious


1) gap

2) pithy

3) loyalty

4) person who looks on the bright side

(24) backslide


1) something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract

2) burn the surface of

3) revert (to bad habits)

4) study of insects

(25) naivet\'e(naive


1) ty) quality of being unsophisticated

2) put into effect

3) plunder

4) become less severe