VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 52

(1) collation


1) shorten

2) one who studies reptiles

3) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)

4) a light meal

(2) undulating


1) moving with a wavelike motion

2) worldly as opposed to spiritual

3) utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)

4) giving off an odor

(3) nauseous


1) ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living

2) happening by chance

3) causing nausea

4) modest

(4) stodgy


1) abundance

2) dull

3) complete

4) approach

(5) overwhelm


1) incomplete

2) (of water) cover completely

3) excessive interest in one's self

4) pretending to be virtuous

(6) imbalance


1) great shock

2) lack of balance or symmetry

3) pastoral song

4) pale

(7) temporize


1) speak evil of

2) slang

3) gain time as by postponing an action

4) meeting place

(8) emolument


1) lacking intelligence or wit

2) salary

3) walking at an easy unhurried pace

4) deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow

(9) charm


1) mixed up

2) having the appearance of truth or reality

3) invioably sacred

4) quality of pleasing

(10) unassuaged


1) having womanly traits

2) scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities

3) think over

4) unsatisfied

(11) adore


1) servile dependent

2) love deeply and respect highly

3) abusive

4) act of finding the total

(12) mandate


1) power of endurance

2) unchangeable

3) order

4) trouble or worry over trifles

(13) overbearing


1) distinctive behavioral trait

2) bossy

3) sear

4) work together

(14) elixir


1) cure-all

2) claw of bird

3) without guile

4) agree

(15) complement


1) evident

2) division of a long poem

3) complete

4) recover

(16) salutary


1) diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers

2) tending to improve

3) understood (without actually being expressed)

4) disease communicator

(17) debacle


1) ing\'enue

2) sudden disastrous downfall or defeat

3) unrefined

4) delicate skill

(18) soar


1) repetition

2) yearly allowance

3) rise or fly high in the air

4) arsonist

(19) healthy


1) female warrior

2) large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way

3) leader or noticeable supporter of an idea

4) possessing good health

(20) vestige


1) person of no importance

2) full of pores

3) trace

4) not shiny

(21) countenance


1) sudden flood or rush

2) isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection

3) approve

4) pertaining to money

(22) incubus


1) cutting off

2) burden

3) very generous in giving

4) large wave of water

(23) genesis


1) (of words or statements) ambiguous

2) terrorize

3) ordinary

4) beginning

(24) travail


1) sharpness

2) entreat

3) cure-all

4) strenuous work

(25) corroborate


1) annoy by repeated attacks

2) security given for loan

3) confirm

4) minor objection or complaint