VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 1

(1) permissive


1) allowing much freedom

2) agreement between two groups or people

3) (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious

4) twist in coils

(2) blunder


1) possession of land or building by rent

2) official periodical publication

3) error

4) burst inward

(3) vent


1) release or discharge through a vent

2) without concern or care

3) mutual

4) adjust to climate or environment

(4) meteoric


1) like a meteor

2) repeat aloud (something learned)

3) purposely continuing to do something wrong

4) inclined to

(5) infallible


1) unerring

2) mob

3) live together

4) showy

(6) cessation


1) of different colors

2) very thin candle

3) mentally quick and observant

4) stoppage

(7) transgression


1) achieve by cleverness or trick

2) talk dully

3) violation of a law

4) obligatory

(8) mystic


1) faultfinding

2) defamatory written statement

3) of hidden meaning and spiritual power

4) gigantic

(9) acrimonious


1) army unit made up of four or more companies

2) cut down

3) stinging

4) (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language

(10) viscous


1) shallow body of water or lake near a sea

2) (of a liquid) thick and sticky

3) entice

4) please

(11) stun


1) make unconscious or numb as by a blow

2) charlatan

3) collect (gradually, in a very large amount)

4) feverish

(12) supererogatory


1) injure without breaking the skin

2) plunder

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

4) superfluous

(13) mirage


1) unreal reflection

2) windstorm

3) balance of opposing forces

4) provide food and drink (for)

(14) ossify


1) confirm

2) change or harden into bone

3) difficult condition

4) unselfishly generous

(15) ford


1) feeling of sickness and desire to vomit

2) make unfriendly or hostile

3) make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)

4) place where a river can be crossed on foot

(16) emollient


1) soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)

2) place for burying the dead

3) be a sign of

4) knowledge

(17) kinetic


1) harmful

2) producing motion

3) small poor bed

4) recover

(18) perpetuate


1) underwater explosive apparatus

2) dark

3) practicing self-denial

4) make perpetual

(19) prototype


1) hypnotic state

2) small surgical tool for making incisions

3) original work used as a model by others

4) drive or hunt out of hiding

(20) impermeable


1) abstruse

2) hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

3) impervious

4) flowing

(21) entree(entr\'ee


1) ) entrance

2) agreeable

3) obligated

4) disposed to revenge

(22) tangible


1) (of a plant or grass) growing very well

2) burn the surface of

3) going against

4) able to be touched

(23) pretend


1) of a pole

2) drink with zest

3) feign

4) oblige or help someone

(24) epilogue


1) begin formally

2) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

3) file of documents on a subject or person

4) burst inward

(25) ornithologist


1) scientific student of birds

2) waster

3) minor objection or complaint

4) distribute