VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 33

(1) swagger


1) walk or behave with an over-confident manner

2) dummy

3) funeral director

4) radiating

(2) insolence


1) word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance)

2) reluctant

3) impudent disrespect

4) slanderous remark

(3) clap


1) contaminate

2) consanguine) having a common ancestor

3) strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound

4) controlling influence

(4) vicarious


1) group of closely located islands

2) experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another

3) commemorate

4) peaceful

(5) flick


1) plait

2) noisy quarrel

3) light stroke as with a whip

4) besiege or attack (with an army)

(6) worldly


1) consider

2) drink of the gods

3) engrossed in matters of this earth

4) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

(7) ebb


1) waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily)

2) (of the tide) recede

3) stretching

4) come together

(8) woeful


1) partnership

2) showy

3) sad

4) living at the same time as

(9) sate


1) evil schemes or plots

2) satisfy to the full

3) the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events

4) short poem idealizing rural life

(10) outwit


1) outsmart

2) sudden sharp feeling of pain

3) changeable

4) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

(11) polemical(polem


1) of a periphery

2) unattractive

3) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

4) excessively fat

(12) diorama


1) freedom from punishment or harm

2) frenzy

3) infinite

4) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history

(13) linguistic


1) look on with scorn

2) pertaining to language

3) trifle with

4) boisterous

(14) renegade


1) overlook

2) mouthlike opening

3) uneasiness

4) deserter

(15) savory


1) arrest (a criminal)

2) extreme corruption

3) pleasant in taste

4) stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

(16) momentous


1) very important

2) enhance the flavor of by adding a spice, etc.

3) sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals

4) crystal clear

(17) insightful


1) discerning

2) breathe out

3) not genuine

4) ars) ancestors

(18) partition


1) persuade by flattery

2) strong emotion

3) bad-tempered complaint

4) divide into parts

(19) venial


1) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture

2) (of a fault or sin) forgivable

3) command

4) contemptible

(20) throttle


1) strong emotion

2) evil schemes or plots

3) strangle

4) abstain from

(21) whimsical


1) beginning

2) incinerate (a corpse)

3) walk through a substance, such as water, that impedes movement

4) capricious

(22) buccaneer


1) perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic)

2) untimely

3) pirate

4) (of weather) warm and damp

(23) feign


1) small planet

2) plead

3) unification

4) pretend

(24) outlook


1) model

2) point of view

3) depravity

4) pertaining to cultivation of gardens

(25) adherent


1) supporter

2) self-imposed punishment for sin

3) exceed

4) frankness