VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 51

(1) reprobate


1) going beyond what is right

2) produce a design in raised relief

3) supplicatory prayer

4) morally disapproved person

(2) impenitent


1) write

2) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action

3) not repentant

4) redden

(3) insensible


1) effusively sentimental

2) masses of leaves

3) unconscious

4) combine

(4) prolific


1) producing offspring or fruit in abundance

2) quarrel noisily

3) pouring forth

4) long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero)

(5) pessimism


1) belief that life is basically bad or evil

2) shrewd in money matters

3) nervous or excited

4) bitterness of speech and temper

(6) dowse


1) use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals

2) breathing

3) pertaining to conversational or common speech

4) blacken

(7) reek


1) call forth (memory or feeling)

2) intellectuals

3) turn aside

4) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)

(8) energize


1) invigorate

2) tireless

3) wandering (esp. in search of adventure)

4) shriveled

(9) coax


1) persuade by flattery

2) striking one object against another sharply

3) self-satisfaction

4) animal-biting fly

(10) validate


1) make valid

2) slightly obscure

3) bravery

4) state of being self-contradictory

(11) vulture


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

2) clever in deceiving

3) word considered offensive

4) carrion-eating birds

(12) heckler


1) person who verbally harasses others

2) half asleep

3) hackneyed

4) of or like an uncle

(13) enliven


1) not able to be perceived by touch

2) having importance

3) make lively or spirited

4) prove genuine

(14) recluse


1) hermit

2) offensive in odor or flavor

3) multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester)

4) change

(15) cordon


1) something fit to be eaten

2) (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious

3) unrestrained

4) extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress

(16) academic


1) honor

2) shut in an enclosed space

3) casual and offhand

4) related to a school

(17) antler


1) tending or leaning toward

2) careless

3) place under water

4) bony growth on the head of a deer

(18) venal


1) ridicule

2) lay eggs (in large numbers)

3) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

4) capable of being bribed

(19) imbue


1) wandering

2) saturate(soak thoroughly)

3) raised platform used in preaching (in a church)

4) of a prophet or prophecy

(20) delirium


1) deputize

2) storage place for military equipment

3) great joy and delight

4) mental disorder marked by confusion

(21) quarry


1) dig into (to get stone)

2) model of perfection

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

4) cheerful and pleased with life

(22) bovine


1) cowlike

2) upset

3) change or harden into bone

4) change in direction

(23) edify


1) not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own

2) point directly overhead in the sky

3) instruct

4) retired or disqualified because of age

(24) blotch


1) lawyer using questionable methods

2) not spacious

3) spot

4) limited

(25) longevity


1) very carefully

2) long life

3) choosing of a lot or card

4) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind