VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 40

(1) rasp


1) (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves)

2) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)

3) make or become dull or discolored

4) movable

(2) circlet


1) sharp-cornered

2) disloyal

3) rustic

4) small ring

(3) saturnine


1) morose

2) resonant

3) separate

4) decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury)

(4) forensic


1) widespread

2) suitable to debate or courts of law

3) inconspicuous

4) sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories)

(5) omnivorous


1) eating both plant and animal food

2) unworthy

3) expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.

4) self-governing

(6) resurge


1) rise again

2) direct vote by all the people

3) fall or let fall in drops

4) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party

(7) equity


1) plot outline

2) fairness

3) pertaining to a province

4) repulsive to the sight

(8) centaur


1) mythical figure, half man and half horse

2) having no equal

3) ability to change in form

4) portray

(9) pathological


1) pertaining to disease

2) of the law and its administration

3) conduct or language inciting rebellion

4) falling to pieces

(10) propriety


1) short stiff hair

2) stinginess

3) act or state of separation

4) fitness

(11) discordant


1) sear

2) agree

3) not harmonious

4) subordinate possessions

(12) incredulous


1) withholding belief

2) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

3) risk

4) going against

(13) pliable


1) permitting light to pass through freely

2) unable to be restrained or held back

3) related

4) flexible

(14) idiom


1) piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest

2) braid

3) expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words

4) based on assumptions or hypotheses

(15) mural


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

2) wall painting

3) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth

4) nearness

(16) cohesion


1) language used by special group

2) tendency to keep together

3) beginner

4) blessedness

(17) cue


1) disprove

2) (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently

3) separate

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

(18) artery


1) impose (a fine)

2) aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously)

3) blood-vessel

4) waste

(19) pilfer


1) clowning

2) move or swing back and forth

3) hackneyed

4) steal things of small value

(20) vitriolic


1) protruding knot on a tree

2) in essence

3) causing sharp pain to the mind

4) shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.)

(21) eugenic


1) pertaining to the improvement of race

2) place into a case

3) lurch

4) testimony under oath

(22) pauper


1) very poor person

2) changing its habitat

3) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)

4) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

(23) cognizance


1) roundabout

2) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

3) third in order or rank

4) knowledge

(24) fractious


1) hybridize

2) grow well

3) Christian religious ceremony

4) unruly

(25) hindsight


1) pale purple

2) understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened

3) poor verse

4) given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought