VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 75

(1) browse


1) steering wheel of a ship

2) well-paid position with little responsibility

3) add leaven to

4) graze

(2) carat(karat)


1) tranquil

2) pleasing to taste or smell

3) vinegary

4) unit of weight for precious stones

(3) smart


1) intelligent

2) druggist

3) every two years

4) weak

(4) cull


1) surrender something (stolen)

2) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife

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

4) secondary or minor occupation

(5) grovel


1) lie

2) fallen fruit

3) crawl or creep on ground

4) occurring irregularly

(6) healthful


1) mad with violent anger

2) conducive to good health

3) unconventional (in an artistic way)

4) protest

(7) juxtapose


1) dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing

2) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun

3) place side by side

4) rustic

(8) wangle


1) imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing

2) rebellion

3) achieve by cleverness or trick

4) wine merchant

(9) inept


1) unsuited

2) operatic solo

3) widespread

4) self-important

(10) veer


1) stare foolishly

2) make or become suitable for a specific use

3) change in direction

4) layer of earth's surface

(11) dismantle


1) condense or shorten

2) pleasantly merry

3) slingshot

4) take apart

(12) crone


1) hag

2) curved

3) penitent

4) sameness leading to boredom

(13) flirt


1) instruct

2) behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention

3) insert improperly

4) cowardly

(14) parable


1) short simple story teaching a moral

2) believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided

3) recover

4) hot-tempered

(15) effete


1) major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals

2) grouch

3) storehouse for grain

4) having lost one's original power

(16) denizen


1) indifference

2) dreamily or deeply thoughtful

3) social outcast

4) (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place

(17) venture


1) taking pains

2) risk

3) decayed and foul-smelling

4) give an inclination toward (in advance)

(18) charlatan


1) decrease in size or strength (after being full)

2) quack

3) reasoning

4) without guile

(19) cursive


1) peaceful

2) (of writing) flowing

3) swayed by sentiment

4) lead-colored

(20) evanescent


1) corpse

2) long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking

3) talent

4) fleeting

(21) purgatory


1) cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)

2) place of spiritual expiation

3) calm

4) storage place for military equipment

(22) vex


1) annoy

2) minor fight

3) sign or warning (of coming danger)

4) youthful

(23) scrutinize


1) balance

2) examine closely and critically

3) speak evil of

4) substance causing vomiting

(24) refulgent


1) turn into a god

2) kindly

3) effulgent

4) object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced

(25) bulge


1) strong foul odor

2) of a title

3) seriousness

4) protruding part