VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 2

(1) subpoena


1) liberate

2) changeable (in affections or friendship)

3) stop or check flow of blood

4) writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court

(2) tempestuous


1) hesitate

2) stormy

3) holding

4) silent

(3) bacchanalia


1) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

2) prank

3) daring

4) supporting bar

(4) incur


1) drive or force onward

2) taking for one's own use in violation of trust

3) bring upon oneself

4) mixed indiscriminately

(5) precursor


1) destruction by fire

2) forerunner

3) approve formally

4) (of a person) worthy of esteem

(6) insurmountable


1) respectable

2) drive or force onward

3) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased

4) overwhelming

(7) glaring


1) obscurity

2) knowledge

3) (of something bad) highly conspicuous

4) window projecting upright from roof

(8) squabble


1) indignation

2) what someone deserves

3) minor quarrel

4) causing cancer

(9) influx


1) draftee

2) flowing into

3) make valid

4) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain

(10) oculist


1) uneasiness

2) move about playfully

3) physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes

4) defame

(11) plebiscite


1) amoral

2) direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)

3) cause of complaint

4) supporting bar

(12) solvent


1) no longer in fashion or use

2) lacking in flavor

3) substance that dissolves another

4) punish as by beating

(13) rift


1) narrow opening in a large mass

2) scholar

3) pointed tool used for piercing

4) beginning

(14) luxuriant


1) social or moral custom

2) throw lightly

3) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun

4) abundant

(15) largess


1) unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)

2) song of praise or patriotism

3) lottery

4) generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)

(16) besmirch


1) produce a design in raised relief

2) pertaining to the lungs

3) an act of yielding

4) soil

(17) cohabit


1) take possession of (often for public use and without payment)

2) live together

3) intruder

4) person interested mostly in external objects and actions

(18) woe


1) swagger

2) great sorrow

3) sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object

4) enclose

(19) haven


1) frenzy

2) place of safety

3) ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant

4) cheater

(20) histrionic


1) theatrical

2) person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs

3) relating to the art of debate

4) poor

(21) deciduous


1) yield to

2) person who looks on the bright side

3) falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves

4) make unconscious or numb as by a blow

(22) clarion


1) addition of details

2) shake repeatedly from side to side

3) bending of a ray of light

4) shrill, trumpetlike sound

(23) vilify


1) derived by reasoning

2) likely to change

3) slander

4) noisy party with a lot of drinking

(24) itinerary


1) put in danger

2) shrink back as if in fear

3) plan of a trip

4) begin to grow

(25) untenable


1) framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)

2) distasteful (because excessive)

3) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible

4) good fortune and financial success