VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 35

(1) enamored


1) blessedness

2) condescend

3) act or manner of using

4) in love

(2) humble


1) beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw

2) unjustified

3) of low rank or position

4) dependent on something uncertain or in the future

(3) abominate


1) give up temporarily

2) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)

3) start a fire

4) loathe

(4) adjacent


1) payment or expense

2) death

3) adjoining

4) bearing of fruit

(5) Philistine


1) foretell

2) please

3) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

4) system of religious or ethical belief

(6) mosaic


1) not requited

2) area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church

3) picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles

4) food

(7) discernible


1) distinguishable

2) ornamental clasp

3) tropical hurricane or cyclone

4) thwart

(8) bromide


1) platitude

2) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

3) story-teller

4) wise saying

(9) inebriated


1) funeral ceremony

2) romp

3) habitually intoxicated

4) cutting off

(10) requisite


1) necessary requirement

2) dull

3) lowest point

4) unable to compromise about points of doctrine

(11) vendetta


1) downward slope

2) blood feud (esp. between two families)

3) text of an opera or oratorio

4) lending money at illegal high rates of interest

(12) euphoria


1) feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded

2) renunciation

3) uncouple

4) mad with violent anger

(13) fusion


1) whirlwind

2) winding

3) not biased

4) union

(14) effective


1) tending to cause death

2) extreme wealth

3) effectual

4) path taken by a projectile

(15) prevaricate


1) science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health

2) lie

3) walk lamely

4) lacking interest or effort

(16) codify


1) glass water bottle

2) slavish

3) arrange (laws or rules) as a code

4) judgment that someone is guilty of a crime

(17) monochrome


1) varied

2) tunnels in which rabbits live

3) painting in only one color

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

(18) reiterate


1) repeat

2) lifeless

3) begin and continue (a war)

4) morally disapproved person

(19) whim


1) person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

2) renounce

3) sudden capricious idea

4) fantastic

(20) augury


1) waste

2) iridescent

3) omen

4) decree or command

(21) concave


1) obligatory

2) hollow

3) metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)

4) (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous

(22) fabricate


1) arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained

2) build

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

4) (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline

(23) polygamist


1) becoming putrid

2) defamation

3) poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead)

4) one who has more than one spouse at a time

(24) cardinal


1) large volume

2) chief

3) providing nourishment

4) dull

(25) retard


1) thriftless

2) delay (in development)

3) state with less truth than seems warranted by the facts

4) peaceful