VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 85

(1) aversion


1) piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest

2) plead

3) one who foretells the future

4) firm dislike

(2) dereliction


1) notoriously bad

2) taunt

3) trick to deceive

4) neglect of duty

(3) acne


1) stench

2) obedient

3) skin disease (on the face)

4) determined

(4) bureaucracy


1) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

2) resting

3) happening by chance

4) chances

(5) prosaic


1) ceremony conferring holy orders

2) obtain by pulling violently

3) (of someone) suspicious

4) lacking in imagination

(6) corollary


1) twisting force

2) natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)

3) practical person

4) order

(7) martial


1) winding

2) warlike

3) in name only

4) loose sleeveless outer garment

(8) fetish(fetich)


1) pierce with a lance

2) rhythmical throbbing of arteries

3) sudden sharp feeling of pain

4) object believed to have spiritual powers

(9) inalienable


1) limited

2) demand and obtain by force

3) funeral ceremony

4) not to be taken away

(10) indefatigable


1) (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves)

2) trick

3) become engaged to marry

4) tireless

(11) indulge


1) yield to

2) place side by side

3) engrossed in matters of this earth

4) warning of disaster

(12) sere


1) rise again

2) surrender of prisoner by one state to another

3) sear

4) cut the top off

(13) equanimity


1) conceal in the palm of the hand

2) calmness of temperament

3) witty saying

4) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

(14) deliberate


1) consider

2) predecessor

3) (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin)

4) oddity

(15) sonorous


1) general agreement

2) physically strong

3) resonant

4) older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

(16) throb


1) (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently

2) daily

3) ability to move spontaneously

4) one who foretells the future

(17) voyeur


1) lustful

2) of a member of the cat family

3) Peeping Tom

4) separate

(18) tractable


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

2) having a backbone or spinal column

3) docile

4) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

(19) steep


1) tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church)

2) (of a person) worthy of esteem

3) rejoicing

4) soak

(20) ingrained


1) deeply established

2) endanger

3) supporter

4) related to telling a story

(21) broil


1) compose on the spur of the moment

2) cook by direct heat

3) call together

4) be excessively fond of

(22) annul


1) make void

2) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)

3) wild

4) turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)

(23) outrage


1) injury to body

2) hasten

3) act of extreme violence or viciousness

4) serving to complete something

(24) odoriferous


1) made up of a variety of parts

2) plan of a trip

3) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action

4) giving off an odor

(25) onerous


1) (of things and place) dirty and dull

2) counterfeit

3) burdensome

4) ability to foretell the future