VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 41

(1) furtive


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

2) stealthy

3) one guilty of a crime

4) pretense (of strength)

(2) crochet


1) push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude

2) decisive

3) make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle

4) echo repeatedly

(3) gestate


1) evolve as in prenatal growth

2) someone seeking revenge

3) falling to pieces

4) not planned

(4) casual


1) mak less severe

2) blessing

3) take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment

4) happening by chance

(5) anvil


1) taking pains

2) iron block used in hammering out metals

3) displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness

4) increase

(6) infiltrate


1) too particular

2) determined

3) pass into or through

4) unruly

(7) anonymity


1) facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc

2) lover of luxury

3) state of being nameless

4) dig

(8) anachronism


1) belief that life is basically bad or evil

2) partial shadow (in an eclipse)

3) shove

4) an error involving time in a story

(9) tickle


1) touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter

2) a light meal

3) oblige or help someone

4) (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing

(10) don


1) place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited

2) put on

3) eating both plant and animal food

4) increase in number by producing young

(11) oratorio


1) dramatic poem set to music

2) burn to ashes

3) constituting

4) changing its habitat

(12) forgo(forego)


1) hypnotize

2) fault

3) give up

4) (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently

(13) fallible


1) liable to err

2) counselor

3) immature

4) infection (by contact)

(14) beatitude


1) show by example

2) striking one object against another sharply

3) blessedness

4) faithless lover

(15) innuendo


1) overcharge (with high price)

2) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint

3) government under a single ruler

4) growing or spreading uncontrollably

(16) parched


1) damp

2) arrangement by rank or standing

3) extremely dry

4) introduction (to a poem or play)

(17) agog


1) highly excited

2) pertaining to cultivation of gardens

3) kind in a generous way (to someone less important)

4) pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general

(18) runic


1) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents

2) mysterious

3) stamp out(put an end to)

4) unattractive

(19) ignominy


1) menacing

2) examination of accounts of a business

3) vote against (an applicant)

4) deep disgrace

(20) belated


1) delayed

2) (of a plant or grass) growing very well

3) bloody

4) teacher

(21) oversee


1) watch over and direct

2) state of being self-contradictory

3) crash

4) disloyal

(22) cursory


1) assume a particular posture

2) casual

3) ghastly

4) boisterous mirth(merriment

(23) devolve


1) deputize

2) ideal place, state, or society

3) pertaining to a bishop or pope

4) cause

(24) somatic


1) crude cabin

2) person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

3) formal systematic inquiry

4) pertaining to the body

(25) ravenous


1) extremely hungry

2) eat away

3) talk at length

4) disguise