VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 62

(1) ratiocination


1) unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)

2) reasoning

3) like wood

4) superfluous

(2) mode


1) invulnerable

2) prevailing style

3) shaky

4) widespread damage

(3) wispy


1) balance

2) thin

3) too improbable to be believed

4) unmanageable

(4) vulgar


1) of the common people

2) not genuine

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

4) condition of being squalid

(5) unctuous


1) introductory statement

2) insane

3) oily

4) conceivably true

(6) monolithic


1) solidly uniform

2) fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)

3) exclamation

4) (of an animal) not domestic

(7) angular


1) formal agreement

2) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem

3) sharp-cornered

4) reading desk or stand for a public speaker

(8) imprudent


1) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

2) lacking caution

3) annoy

4) (of land) dry

(9) unerringly


1) make lively or spirited

2) infallibly

3) compulsive habitual need

4) lustful

(10) gleam


1) use sparingly

2) lustful

3) brief flash of light

4) move (a railway train) from one track to another

(11) biting


1) sharply painful to the body or mind

2) wasteful

3) legal delay of payment or action

4) physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes

(12) commune


1) small (often rural) community whose members share work and income

2) small representative world

3) make smooth or glossy

4) having a very fine bore

(13) unfetter


1) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

2) crushed oats used for making porridge

3) clear from blame or guilt

4) liberate

(14) maleficient


1) doing evil

2) impressionable

3) refrain

4) slight degree of color

(15) sleight


1) hint

2) dexterity

3) hairy

4) remorse

(16) swerve


1) deviate

2) agreeable

3) mental keenness

4) pertaining to cultivation of gardens

(17) lethal


1) deadly

2) something taken for granted

3) anxious

4) aggressiveness

(18) finicky


1) candid

2) too particular

3) comprehend

4) one incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness

(19) truculence


1) aggressiveness

2) wasting away

3) hanging

4) local or provincial dialect

(20) consanguineous(


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

2) deep-rooted

3) connected with history

4) consanguine) having a common ancestor

(21) preeminent


1) outstanding

2) pertinent

3) decree

4) having foresight

(22) titanic


1) severely critical

2) gigantic

3) group of persons joined in political intrigue

4) father and ruler of a family or tribe

(23) championship


1) rebellious

2) made of inferior material

3) assault

4) position of champion

(24) colloquial


1) strenuous work

2) based on assumptions or hypotheses

3) pertaining to conversational or common speech

4) show by example

(25) avalanche


1) severe trial or affliction

2) scold

3) hostile invasion

4) great mass of falling snow and ice