VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 57

(1) tawny


1) adage

2) brownish yellow

3) permanent

4) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

(2) anthropologist


1) fear

2) student of the history and science of humankind

3) throb

4) deceive

(3) ordeal


1) envy

2) irritation

3) systematic

4) severe trial or affliction

(4) render


1) small poor bed

2) dependent on something uncertain or in the future

3) operate with one's hands

4) give

(5) gargantuan


1) public speaker

2) outward appearance

3) huge

4) husk

(6) acclaim


1) hold firmly within arms

2) applaud

3) severely critical

4) negligent

(7) smirk


1) bend or hang downward

2) conceited smile

3) encouraging

4) pertaining to existence

(8) modish


1) fashionable

2) well-paid position with little responsibility

3) crafty

4) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)

(9) tentative


1) become less severe

2) charlatan

3) nonsense

4) not fully worked out or developed

(10) flowery


1) ered) marked by great changes in fortune

2) having many talents

3) rosy

4) full of flowers

(11) array


1) great fire

2) boat or yacht race

3) marshal

4) unsuccessful

(12) executor


1) refuse to give

2) remaining

3) restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs

4) person designated to execute the terms of a will

(13) mauve


1) pale purple

2) surround and swallow up

3) cover with a thin and shiny surface

4) outward sign

(14) agrarian


1) harmful

2) pertaining to land or its cultivation

3) nearing

4) watch over and direct

(15) residue


1) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

2) able to spring back into shape

3) remainder

4) bow (to show respect and obedience)

(16) disdain


1) fear

2) treat with scorn or contempt

3) (of a person) truthful

4) wandering (esp. in search of adventure)

(17) unction


1) the act of anointing with oil

2) mushy(sentimental) and gushy

3) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols

4) purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

(18) thermal


1) of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal

2) pertaining to heat

3) willing to obey orders

4) list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to present

(19) sacrilegious


1) examination of accounts of a business

2) desecrating

3) correspondence of parts

4) dummy

(20) freebooter


1) pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich

2) make pregnant

3) metric

4) nook

(21) amok(amuck)


1) in a state of rage

2) raised platform for speakers or other important people

3) pretty good)''

4) slingshot

(22) hap


1) binding

2) point of view

3) chance

4) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

(23) fatuous


1) strong emotion

2) cheerfulness

3) unsatisfied

4) smugly and unconsciously foolish

(24) solder


1) evil schemes or plots

2) repair or make whole by using a metal alloy

3) greatness (in size or extent)

4) home of a hermit

(25) trite


1) hackneyed

2) acal) fiendish

3) gather leavings

4) plan in advance