VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 8

(1) scraps


1) vote against (an applicant)

2) e make into an institution

3) resolve

4) leftover food

(2) rescind


1) habitually silent

2) repeal

3) able to spring back into shape

4) theme

(3) castrate


1) cause to stop for a period

2) discerning

3) genuine

4) remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person)

(4) colossal


1) connected with birth

2) elementary

3) charlatan

4) huge

(5) purport


1) intention

2) skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair

3) fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage

4) familiar with

(6) plenary


1) (of power) complete

2) give

3) harass or trouble from all directions

4) long shallow trench made by a plow

(7) chaff


1) worthless products of an endeavor

2) group of mammals including humans

3) (of air) thin in density

4) belief in one God

(8) resumption


1) distasteful (because excessive)

2) being in debt

3) taking up again

4) word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing

(9) extrude


1) payment or expense

2) ornament a metal surface by indenting

3) person who does things too quickly without thinking

4) force or push out

(10) disabuse


1) correct a false impression

2) give

3) abstruse

4) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory

(11) high-flown


1) highly pretentious or inflated

2) hasty

3) insightful

4) steal things of small value

(12) die


1) metal block used for shaping metal or plastic

2) strict disciplinarian

3) unerring

4) honor

(13) retroactive


1) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)

2) regret

3) interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial

4) using satire

(14) matriculate


1) properly made and complete

2) enroll (in college or graduate school)

3) accustom a baby not to nurse

4) become less severe

(15) cognate


1) the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance

2) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

3) remainder

4) having a common origin

(16) arroyo


1) clear from blame

2) appearance of truth

3) stinginess

4) gully

(17) shoddy


1) practical rule guiding conduct

2) revive

3) disown

4) made of inferior material

(18) impasse


1) predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape

2) quantity of motion of a moving body

3) soften by soaking in liquid

4) and forwards

(19) erotic


1) morose

2) pertaining to passionate love or sexual love

3) fly

4) animal-biting fly

(20) predispose


1) vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young

2) stealthy

3) give an inclination toward (in advance)

4) torn piece of cloth

(21) gyroscope


1) apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.

2) twisted

3) disapproval

4) encouraging

(22) nether


1) lower

2) irregularity

3) belief in one God

4) violent whirlpool

(23) perspicuous


1) delicate

2) pertaining to the brain or intellect

3) filled (with something unpleasant)

4) (of something) plainly expressed

(24) self-indulgence


1) satisfy to the full

2) excessive indulgence of one's own desire

3) phrase repeated throughout a song or poem

4) enjoy

(25) offensive


1) thunder

2) attacking

3) false

4) bitter scolding or denunciation