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Monday, January 25, 2010

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 25

(1) elliptical


1) appease

2) elliptic

3) (of the tide) recede

4) alert and watchful

(2) igneous


1) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

2) rubble

3) produced by fire

4) honor the memory of

(3) synchronous


1) similarly timed

2) needlessly repetitious

3) trivial

4) secondary or minor occupation

(4) choreography


1) control

2) reduce

3) art of representing dances in written symbols

4) court of justice

(5) obviate


1) award of merit

2) pertaining to the stars

3) make unnecessary

4) experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another

(6) physiological


1) overwhelming

2) collection

3) pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms

4) cut into small parts

(7) stammer


1) chance

2) repeat aloud (something learned)

3) undertaker

4) speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions

(8) suppress


1) put an end to forcibly

2) practical rule guiding conduct

3) word considered offensive

4) weakness

(9) gale


1) direct financial aid by government, etc.

2) bookish

3) windstorm

4) overcome

(10) maraud


1) move in search of plunder

2) easily approachable

3) trickery

4) blood-vessel

(11) incident


1) (of costs or demands) excessive

2) lack of seriousness or steadiness

3) event

4) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

(12) desperate


1) having lost all hope

2) having many forms

3) unscrupulous

4) seine net

(13) embark


1) foreshadow

2) fastidious

3) commence

4) extremely small

(14) fray


1) e indisputable

2) whim

3) unchangeable

4) brawl

(15) torpor


1) having a fixed order of procedure

2) lethargy

3) (of an animal) feed on growing grass

4) pirate

(16) notch


1) rejoicing

2) composed (with no excitement)

3) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive

4) V-shaped cut in a surface

(17) draft


1) first rough form

2) person with power to decide a matter in dispute

3) central or vital part

4) mercy killing

(18) homespun


1) domestic

2) put into a lower or worse place

3) give an indication beforehand

4) authoritative

(19) sensual


1) highly pretentious or inflated

2) devoted to the pleasures of the sense

3) impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)

4) possessing good health

(20) lechery


1) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

2) humorous

3) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.

4) gross lewdness

(21) counterpart


1) thing that completes another

2) large in quantity

3) point of view

4) spacious

(22) import


1) highly ornate

2) exaggeration

3) significance

4) beg persistently

(23) favoritism


1) display of partiality toward a favored person

2) fantastically improbable

3) uninterrupted

4) legal official of high rank

(24) gamely


1) prepare by mixing or combining

2) place of refuge

3) arrogant

4) in a spirited manner

(25) ligneous


1) slight knowledge

2) decay

3) little round hill

4) like wood


VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 25

(1) elliptical


1) appease

2) elliptic

3) (of the tide) recede

4) alert and watchful

(2) igneous


1) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

2) rubble

3) produced by fire

4) honor the memory of

(3) synchronous


1) similarly timed

2) needlessly repetitious

3) trivial

4) secondary or minor occupation

(4) choreography


1) control

2) reduce

3) art of representing dances in written symbols

4) court of justice

(5) obviate


1) award of merit

2) pertaining to the stars

3) make unnecessary

4) experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another

(6) physiological


1) overwhelming

2) collection

3) pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms

4) cut into small parts

(7) stammer


1) chance

2) repeat aloud (something learned)

3) undertaker

4) speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions

(8) suppress


1) put an end to forcibly

2) practical rule guiding conduct

3) word considered offensive

4) weakness

(9) gale


1) direct financial aid by government, etc.

2) bookish

3) windstorm

4) overcome

(10) maraud


1) move in search of plunder

2) easily approachable

3) trickery

4) blood-vessel

(11) incident


1) (of costs or demands) excessive

2) lack of seriousness or steadiness

3) event

4) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

(12) desperate


1) having lost all hope

2) having many forms

3) unscrupulous

4) seine net

(13) embark


1) foreshadow

2) fastidious

3) commence

4) extremely small

(14) fray


1) e indisputable

2) whim

3) unchangeable

4) brawl

(15) torpor


1) having a fixed order of procedure

2) lethargy

3) (of an animal) feed on growing grass

4) pirate

(16) notch


1) rejoicing

2) composed (with no excitement)

3) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive

4) V-shaped cut in a surface

(17) draft


1) first rough form

2) person with power to decide a matter in dispute

3) central or vital part

4) mercy killing

(18) homespun


1) domestic

2) put into a lower or worse place

3) give an indication beforehand

4) authoritative

(19) sensual


1) highly pretentious or inflated

2) devoted to the pleasures of the sense

3) impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)

4) possessing good health

(20) lechery


1) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

2) humorous

3) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.

4) gross lewdness

(21) counterpart


1) thing that completes another

2) large in quantity

3) point of view

4) spacious

(22) import


1) highly ornate

2) exaggeration

3) significance

4) beg persistently

(23) favoritism


1) display of partiality toward a favored person

2) fantastically improbable

3) uninterrupted

4) legal official of high rank

(24) gamely


1) prepare by mixing or combining

2) place of refuge

3) arrogant

4) in a spirited manner

(25) ligneous


1) slight knowledge

2) decay

3) little round hill

4) like wood