VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 174

(1) gruel


1) woman who rules a family or larger social group

2) thin liquid porridge

3) shy (flirtatiously)

4) distance around something

(2) astronomical


1) sum

2) tear made by rending

3) enormously large or extensive

4) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

(3) procrastinate


1) former occupant of a post

2) postpone

3) blame

4) boastful

(4) invocation


1) prayer for help (used in invoking)

2) framework and working parts of an automobile

3) mercy killing

4) be excessively fond of

(5) brook


1) prominent

2) musical repetition

3) tending or leaning toward

4) tolerate

(6) glower


1) scowl

2) mental disorder

3) loyalty

4) obligated

(7) shrewd


1) assertion

2) attack with abusive language

3) person interested mostly in external objects and actions

4) clever

(8) indolent


1) object believed to have spiritual powers

2) lazy

3) confuse

4) applaud

(9) amble


1) walking at an easy unhurried pace

2) similarly timed

3) cry out suddenly

4) arrogant

(10) ordination


1) ceremony conferring holy orders

2) effort

3) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

4) humorous imitation

(11) sound


1) force or push out

2) obedient

3) in good condition

4) ordinary

(12) integrity


1) laughable

2) pertaining to the aurora borealis

3) neat and trim in appearance

4) honesty

(13) primordial


1) existing at the beginning (of time)

2) poisonous

3) offering or providing help

4) hold back (the natural expression of)

(14) recline


1) struggle and thrash about

2) real being

3) fluent (with insincerity or superficiality)

4) lie down

(15) consequential


1) keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)

2) self-important

3) deficient in intelligence

4) speak evil of

(16) cleft


1) stop or check flow of blood

2) condition of being squalid

3) of hidden meaning and spiritual power

4) N: split

(17) filch


1) steal (things of small value)

2) profane

3) willing to obey orders

4) without guile

(18) resolution


1) fearful

2) determination

3) neat and trim (in appearance)

4) absence of contradictions

(19) rickety


1) (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart

2) complain

3) peak

4) servile flatterer

(20) fathom


1) comprehend

2) in a coma

3) narrow space between things

4) continue in existence

(21) retaliate


1) partner in crime

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

3) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)

4) student of the history and science of humankind

(22) hem


1) surround tightly so that movement is impossible

2) put an end to forcibly

3) diminish

4) happiness

(23) meander


1) upstart

2) wind or turn in its course

3) place of spiritual expiation

4) harmful

(24) jaundice


1) unfortunate

2) into parts

3) medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow

4) storage place for military equipment

(25) etymology


1) walk lamely

2) study of word parts

3) deceive

4) divine gift