VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 32

(1) evocative


1) disparage

2) operate with one's hands

3) harmony

4) tending to call up (emotions, memories)

(2) epitome


1) force into less space

2) husk

3) prudence

4) perfect example or embodiment

(3) miniature


1) person who collects coins

2) small model

3) unsuited

4) last demand

(4) jaundiced


1) yellowed

2) weaken gradually

3) morose

4) conclusion

(5) opalescent


1) assemble

2) ward off a blow

3) particular variety of art or literature

4) iridescent

(6) caricature


1) pronounce indistinctly

2) distortion

3) animal that ruminates

4) deprived of (someone beloved through death)

(7) bluff


1) major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals

2) small ornamental statuette(very small statue)

3) pretense (of strength)

4) docile

(8) subjugate


1) experiencing nausea

2) discerning

3) conquer

4) quick clever reply

(9) venturesome


1) humorous

2) morally upright

3) pertaining to ships or navigation

4) (of a person) bold

(10) rustic


1) wring from

2) pertaining to country people

3) evidence concerning one's authority

4) nonstandard grammatical construction

(11) corpuscle


1) small (often rural) community whose members share work and income

2) red or white cell in the blood

3) without feeling

4) bad-tempered

(12) din


1) assemble

2) continued loud noise

3) equal in extent

4) parish priest

(13) encircle


1) one who is habitually cruel to weaker people

2) surround

3) inquiry

4) examination of a dead body

(14) soporific


1) sleep-causing

2) strong point or special talent in a person's character

3) corrupt

4) inclined to form factions

(15) hurl


1) radiating

2) having absolute unchecked power

3) attacking cherished traditions

4) throw forcefully

(16) buffet


1) strike forcefully

2) deck opening

3) having many languages

4) pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

(17) behoove(behove)


1) trace

2) be suited to

3) moved by sexual love

4) strikingly bright

(18) mortify


1) crookedly

2) humiliate by embarassing excessively

3) flowing

4) te) ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)

(19) menace


1) cheating

2) threat

3) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)

4) lack of balance or symmetry

(20) estimable


1) noisy quarrel

2) cold or cheerless

3) (of a person) worthy of esteem

4) paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls

(21) pedagogue


1) teacher

2) pleasantly fat

3) shortcoming

4) having a pale or sickly color

(22) gait


1) give

2) morose

3) manner of walking or running

4) kinship

(23) correlation


1) combination (of two business corporations)

2) having no equal

3) burlesque

4) mutual relationship

(24) falsify


1) clothing

2) make (something written) false by changing

3) penitent

4) frustrate

(25) psychopathic


1) supporter

2) advantage

3) pertaining to mental dearrangement

4) dwell