VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 24

(1) conservatory(co


1) nservatoire) school of the fine arts (especially music or drama)

2) location

3) fond word or act

4) characterizing or affecting all

(2) conventional


1) faithless lover

2) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts

3) rustic

4) ordinary

(3) patent


1) obvious

2) violent

3) speechless

4) soften by soaking in liquid

(4) interdict


1) prohibit

2) discuss lightly or glibly

3) very generous in giving

4) of a pole

(5) exegesis


1) cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it

2) decorative edge of hanging threads

3) severe disapproval

4) explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages

(6) scaffold


1) analyze (to discover what materials are present)

2) composed

3) temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground)

4) lacking in imagination

(7) dispatch


1) disgrace

2) speediness

3) e make into an institution

4) having many languages

(8) incontinent


1) holding fast (as to a belief)

2) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife

3) lacking self-restraint

4) approve

(9) pugnacity


1) quality of being true

2) self-imposed punishment for sin

3) combativeness

4) insincere speech or expression of piety

(10) pudding


1) bombastic

2) agree

3) biting

4) hot sweet dish

(11) transport


1) strangle

2) solemn wonder

3) strong emotion

4) abstain from

(12) amass


1) provide for the payment of

2) rise and float in the air (especially by magical means)

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

4) causing cancer

(13) coroner


1) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)

2) trail of ship or other object through water

3) public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes

4) tease

(14) facetious


1) make oneself tidy in appearance

2) evidence concerning one's authority

3) dark

4) joking (often inappropriately)

(15) friction


1) clash or conflict in opinion

2) one who builds or works with stone or brick

3) enjoy

4) strict disciplinarian

(16) demur


1) object (because of doubts, scruples)

2) dirty matter

3) squander

4) juicy

(17) allay


1) sour

2) equip

3) monkeylike

4) calm

(18) frivolous


1) acal) fiendish

2) fastidious

3) lacking in seriousness

4) block or hinder

(19) jaded


1) climb up

2) having a sawtoothed edge

3) (of things and place) dirty and dull

4) tired or uninterested by surfeit

(20) cordial


1) warmly friendly

2) accustom or familiarize

3) lacking in spirit or energy

4) boasted

(21) incline


1) person of prominence or influence

2) secret

3) slope

4) move (a railway train) from one track to another

(22) hummock


1) small hill

2) gross lewdness

3) sign or warning (of coming danger)

4) outward demonstration

(23) whiff


1) puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.)

2) (of weather) hot

3) strip a priest or minister of church authority

4) acquire

(24) innovation


1) deride or provoke

2) grieve

3) combination (of two business corporations)

4) change

(25) fulcrum


1) flood

2) beg persistently

3) support on which a lever rests or pivots

4) shyness