VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 3

(1) quip


1) taunt

2) very bad or disagreeable

3) begin

4) mutual relationship

(2) relic


1) intense sexual desire

2) person who collects coins

3) surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)

4) composed

(3) murmur


1) thunder

2) low, indistinct, continuous sound

3) action of moving secretly or unseen

4) unpredictable

(4) rolling


1) disloyal

2) mixed up

3) top (as of a hill or wave)

4) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes

(5) edict


1) occurring again and again

2) evil spirit

3) decree (especially one issued by a sovereign)

4) careless

(6) schism


1) blessedness

2) face courageously

3) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion

4) division into factions (esp. within a religious body)

(7) expedient


1) compiler of a dictionary

2) suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct)

3) charming

4) hot sweet dish

(8) surfeit


1) satiate

2) experiencing nausea

3) driving forward

4) (of an animal) not domestic

(9) humid


1) damp

2) local or provincial dialect

3) elliptic

4) border

(10) inimical


1) (of someone) unfriendly

2) mob

3) reject

4) forbiddingly stern

(11) discriminating


1) able to see differences

2) possession of land or building by rent

3) prevent

4) autopsy

(12) alliteration


1) repetition of beginning sound in poetry

2) separate religious body

3) distance around something

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

(13) halfhearted


1) boredom

2) cause to stop for a period

3) exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm

4) of a margin

(14) repulsion


1) clowning

2) distaste

3) transmit (money) in payment

4) insert between

(15) stoop


1) bend forward and down

2) condense or shorten

3) speediness

4) done secretly

(16) anathema


1) deceptive

2) sensual

3) location

4) solemn curse

(17) digression


1) lively

2) pertaining to marriage

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

4) wandering away from the subject

(18) sequester


1) unreal reflection

2) humiliate by embarassing excessively

3) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)

4) isolate

(19) querulous


1) (of societies or groups) combine

2) given to complaining

3) loathe

4) cut into small parts

(20) interpolate


1) insert between

2) irresistible crushing force

3) physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes

4) shrink back as if in fear

(21) generate


1) missile

2) cause

3) existing at birth

4) find out for certain

(22) hackneyed


1) remitting of money

2) commonplace

3) give protection (by giving food and shelter)

4) fertility

(23) tarnish


1) legally correct

2) moving slowly

3) excessive

4) make or become dull or discolored

(24) deport


1) move or throw suddenly and quickly

2) acute pain

3) send out of the country

4) one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)

(25) collateral


1) security given for loan

2) split into opposite extremes or camps

3) happening at the same time

4) unfairness