VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 65

(1) agility


1) sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories)

2) nimbleness

3) explanatory

4) pretend

(2) alloy


1) language

2) extremely dry

3) play or frolic boisterously

4) mixture as of metals

(3) frock


1) mar

2) long loose garment (worn by monks)

3) swamp gas

4) steadfast

(4) alleviate


1) external

2) relieve (pain)

3) lively

4) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

(5) rotund


1) (of a person) fat and round

2) choosing of a lot or card

3) spying

4) discomposed

(6) coeval


1) living at the same time as

2) servile dependent

3) introduction (to a poem or play)

4) ability to change in form

(7) bullion


1) a covered passageway usually lined with shops

2) waster

3) energetic

4) gold and silver in the form of bars

(8) incessant


1) copy

2) odorous

3) universally present

4) uninterrupted

(9) deputize


1) large city

2) move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves

3) lacking proper seriousness

4) work or appoint as a deputy

(10) pass_off


1) present falsely

2) incomplete

3) confuse

4) border

(11) witticism


1) science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health

2) lack of seriousness or steadiness

3) providing a general overview

4) witty saying

(12) filibuster


1) block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches

2) disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group

3) pick out from others (to kill the weakest members)

4) tendency to keep together

(13) skeptic


1) abusive

2) cut to pieces with ax or sword

3) tremble

4) sceptic

(14) compulsive


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

2) resulting from compulsion

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

4) bully

(15) protocol


1) keep as precious

2) enrage

3) diplomatic etiquette

4) holding of an office or real estate

(16) fluency


1) bending of a ray of light

2) smoothness of speech

3) topple

4) harmonious

(17) rend


1) producing results

2) split

3) shine with a flickering light

4) composed

(18) determinate


1) limited quantity

2) make rational

3) having a fixed order of procedure

4) hurl downward

(19) irretrievable


1) clamorous

2) dark

3) conquer

4) impossible to recover or regain

(20) abstinence


1) support (a claim) with evidence

2) cut away

3) restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking

4) clumsy (in social behavior)

(21) sovereignty


1) unsafe

2) inharmonious

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

4) small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter

(22) immolate


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

2) difference

3) excess

4) relating to races

(23) sect


1) written symbols

2) suitable to debate or courts of law

3) associate with

4) separate religious body

(24) wrongheaded


1) having a backbone or spinal column

2) stubbornly wrong

3) generous

4) obligatory

(25) spectral


1) adage

2) hint

3) harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill

4) ghostly