VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 30

(1) suffuse


1) spread through or over (with a color or liquid)

2) leader or noticeable supporter of an idea

3) influenced by personal feelings

4) strong point or special talent in a person's character

(2) bent


1) shell or jewel carved in relief

2) terms used in a science or art

3) what someone deserves

4) determined

(3) controvert


1) oppose with arguments

2) strict disciplinarian

3) deluge

4) worthless products of an endeavor

(4) abdicate


1) hold firmly within arms

2) renounce

3) hammerlike tool

4) issue forth

(5) pushy


1) puzzle

2) bad-tempered

3) disagreeably aggressive

4) warm by rubbing

(6) perceptive


1) use of force to get someone to object

2) lawsuit

3) insightful

4) ash-colored

(7) knell


1) title or heading (in red print)

2) miser

3) introductory statement

4) tolling of a bell especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.

(8) lagoon


1) external

2) heavier or larger on one side than the other

3) shallow body of water or lake near a sea

4) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.

(9) embellish


1) composed (with no excitement)

2) property inherited from a father

3) enroll (in college or graduate school)

4) adorn

(10) congenial


1) soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells

2) pleasant

3) trick

4) sun's corona

(11) insipid


1) plan in advance

2) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society

3) hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)

4) lacking in flavor

(12) celerity


1) student at a military school

2) speed

3) resigned to defeat or failure

4) (the stated person's) habit or custom

(13) satyr


1) cutting off

2) half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning

3) partial shadow (in an eclipse)

4) face courageously

(14) preposterous


1) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)

2) absurd

3) requiring sitting

4) producing results

(15) categorical


1) conducive to mental or physical health

2) without exceptions

3) characteristic of an entire class or species

4) having womanly traits

(16) bog


1) soft wet land

2) sameness leading to boredom

3) bossy

4) throb

(17) commemorate


1) boxer

2) honor the memory of

3) money

4) desert

(18) potent


1) powerful

2) incapable of injury

3) small speck (esp. of dust)

4) make or become confused

(19) ungainly


1) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

2) revere

3) (of someone) awkward in movement

4) assist usually in doing something wrong

(20) pedigree


1) ancestry

2) manly

3) throw into confusion

4) become less severe

(21) fetid(foetid)


1) correct a false impression

2) malodorous

3) connoisseur of food and drink

4) soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body

(22) pulchritude


1) motivated solely by money or gain

2) small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone))

3) beauty

4) loop formed in a rope

(23) taut


1) be cautious (of)

2) tight

3) (of things and place) dirty and dull

4) close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion)

(24) ramification


1) drink of the gods

2) branching out

3) breathing

4) make amends for (a sin)

(25) vying


1) contending

2) waste

3) favorable

4) bundle of stalks of grain