VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 55

(1) traduce


1) increase in number by producing young

2) expose to slander

3) shine erratically

4) (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed

(2) seedy


1) preoccupation with physical comforts and things

2) run-down

3) call forth (memory or feeling)

4) making up for

(3) traumatic


1) (of an experience) deeply shocking

2) theatrical

3) implied comparison

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

(4) martinet


1) strict disciplinarian

2) entirely acceptable

3) moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol)

4) conflict

(5) felicitous


1) (of a word or remark) apt

2) unshakably calm

3) prevent

4) nook

(6) lineage


1) (of a person) having reason

2) furthest behind

3) blood-vessel

4) descent

(7) augment


1) denying the existence of God

2) adjacent to

3) blotched in coloring

4) increase

(8) incipient


1) beginning

2) dress with vulgar finery

3) one who has equal standing with another

4) like a spirit or fairy

(9) extant


1) approve

2) (of something written or painted) still in existence

3) distribute

4) increase in size or effect

(10) slink


1) raging mad

2) move furtively

3) lack of harmony

4) bundle of stalks of grain

(11) asylum


1) fragrant

2) state of being partial

3) place of refuge or shelter

4) warlike

(12) ecclesiastic


1) brawl

2) become boring

3) atrocious

4) ecclesiastical

(13) engulf


1) acal) fiendish

2) flexible

3) surround and swallow up

4) delicate skill

(14) elaboration


1) emancipate

2) varying from of an element

3) neat

4) addition of details

(15) citadel


1) fortress

2) instituting

3) scrap of cloth

4) weaken

(16) purveyor


1) style of cooking

2) furnisher of foodstuffs

3) unit of weight for precious stones

4) nervous or excited

(17) swelter


1) (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat

2) delayed

3) irreverence

4) not able to be traveled or crossed

(18) anthropoid


1) small piece or mark

2) respect

3) generosity

4) manlike

(19) stipulate


1) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

2) one-sided

3) diligent

4) state as a necessary condition (of an agreement)

(20) devise


1) reasoning

2) extreme corruption

3) expressing sorrow

4) think up

(21) stratified


1) divided into classes

2) make coins

3) full of self-admiration

4) beginner

(22) importune


1) beg persistently

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

3) speechless

4) pertaining to disease

(23) imperturbable


1) equal in extent

2) unshakably calm

3) deserve

4) go through or across

(24) centigrade


1) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

2) advanced in development

3) proper to the point of affectation

4) lacking intelligence or wit

(25) impiety


1) resentment

2) struggle confusedly

3) irreverence

4) understood (without actually being expressed)