VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 76

(1) malady


1) correct

2) fate

3) illness

4) record of a voyage or flight

(2) cede


1) idealistic but impractical

2) yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war)

3) not effective

4) calculating

(3) vibrant


1) legislating branch of government

2) full of vigor or energy

3) crystal clear

4) blindly devoted patriot

(4) lascivious


1) lustful

2) distasteful

3) rescue (goods or property) from loss

4) of glass

(5) timbre


1) improve

2) complain or whine tearfully

3) thin

4) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)

(6) indoctrinate


1) cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it

2) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

3) entire range

4) twist out of shape

(7) vintner


1) confuse

2) wine merchant

3) agree

4) tedious wordiness

(8) ferret


1) deprived of (someone beloved through death)

2) not compulsory

3) one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless

4) drive or hunt out of hiding

(9) faculty


1) eyesight

2) mental or bodily powers

3) unintelligible

4) pertaining to fishing

(10) bewitch


1) me) gay

2) disprove

3) lean and angular

4) cast a spell over

(11) far-fetched


1) observable facts

2) vicious assault

3) hint

4) too improbable to be believed

(12) ventriloquist


1) someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws)

2) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species

3) fair

4) green crust on old bronze works or copper

(13) palpable


1) tangible

2) one part at a time

3) revert (to bad habits)

4) stench

(14) subsume


1) include (as a member of a group)

2) deputize

3) unalterable

4) keep away from

(15) impecunious


1) white with age

2) doctor who treats mental diseases

3) without money

4) easily deceived

(16) consign


1) mischievous child (usually a boy)

2) attacking

3) send to a person or place for sale

4) brother or sister

(17) mordant


1) biting

2) self-important

3) protest

4) fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)

(18) impoverish


1) weak

2) listing of information in tabular or book form

3) make poor

4) worldly

(19) kudos


1) honor

2) records arranged in yearly parts

3) give in respectfully

4) nearness (in space or relationship)

(20) apiary


1) a place where bees are kept

2) evident

3) not fully worked out or developed

4) pertaining to marriage

(21) bouillon


1) morose

2) clear beef (or meat) soup

3) call forth (memory or feeling)

4) sharply painful to the body or mind

(22) euthanasia


1) pass slowly through small openings

2) cancel

3) mercy killing

4) beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw

(23) invincible


1) event

2) long period of time

3) person convicted of a grave crime

4) unconquerable

(24) sloth


1) slow moving tree-dwelling mammal

2) attacking

3) long period of time

4) growing by addition

(25) indemnify


1) pointed projecting part

2) make secure against damage or loss

3) indecent

4) imitation of a real object used as a substitute