VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 56

(1) compendium


1) fault

2) sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull

3) windy

4) brief, comprehensive summary

(2) engage


1) ridicule

2) devoutness

3) attract

4) analysis

(3) coin


1) glassy residue from smelting metal

2) obscurity

3) make coins

4) make unconscious or numb as by a blow

(4) amplify


1) reluctant

2) impressive

3) take part in a conspiracy

4) increase in size or effect

(5) doldrums


1) bossy

2) blues

3) pardon (an offense)

4) an act of yielding

(6) embroil


1) dig

2) state of being self-contradictory

3) throw into confusion

4) risk

(7) curfew


1) regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times

2) use of force to get someone to object

3) the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions

4) equipment

(8) unprepossessing


1) of air

2) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

3) unattractive

4) complain

(9) stealth


1) complete independence and self-government (of a country)

2) unconquerable

3) action of moving secretly or unseen

4) warmly friendly

(10) proviso


1) agree

2) hit or knock against with force

3) support

4) stipulation

(11) generic


1) large group

2) characteristic of an entire class or species

3) small church (in a prison, college, or hospital)

4) not good-looking

(12) attest


1) (of likings and interests) universal

2) act of dissecting living animals

3) testify

4) obligatory

(13) killjoy


1) soothe an angry person

2) grouch

3) offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)

4) of a periphery

(14) margin


1) border

2) woman whom a man loves

3) prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

4) daily

(15) compensatory


1) stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision

2) making up for

3) wring from

4) unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)

(16) stumble


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

2) urgent situation

3) trip and almost fall

4) chief

(17) catalyst


1) put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles

2) sympathy for the suffering of others

3) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

4) closed circular line around an area

(18) implausible


1) location

2) pertaining to money

3) unlikely (to be true)

4) egg-shaped

(19) wallow


1) used to prevent disease

2) face

3) size or volume (esp. when very large)

4) roll in mud

(20) fickle


1) strike forcefully

2) changeable (in affections or friendship)

3) pertaining to language

4) shortcoming

(21) muggy


1) forewarning

2) one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)

3) (of weather) warm and damp

4) division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)

(22) perquisite(perk


1) estimate value of

2) ) any gain above stipulated salary

3) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)

4) suffer (harm or loss)

(23) sullen


1) defrock

2) deviate

3) soak

4) silently showing ill humor or resentment

(24) heresy


1) abuse

2) operate with one's hands

3) opinion contrary to popular belief

4) fight

(25) precedent


1) preceding (in time, rank, etc.)

2) (of light or color) bright and distinct

3) indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)

4) tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects