VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 97

(1) opiate


1) satisfy to the full

2) indecent

3) behead

4) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain

(2) whelp


1) (of power) complete

2) fallen fruit

3) fear or hatred of foreigners

4) young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family)

(3) profound


1) show by example

2) deep

3) large group

4) highest point

(4) simper


1) dethrone

2) great hardship or affliction

3) pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)

4) smirk

(5) sensitization


1) remitting of money

2) sharply painful to the body or mind

3) process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance

4) familiar with

(6) cupidity


1) trip

2) being truly so

3) legal official of high rank

4) greed (for wealth)

(7) uncanny


1) strange

2) surround

3) lack of proper respect or reverence

4) lacking energy or vitality

(8) sanctuary


1) affectedly grand

2) place of refuge

3) fastidious

4) public speaker

(9) outgoing


1) important in history

2) sociable

3)

4) lustful

(10) distort


1) plunge into water or liquid

2) place of refuge

3) sorrowful

4) twist out of shape

(11) aegis


1) mixture

2) ver) strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes)

3) shield

4) appease

(12) atavism


1) stick out

2) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents

3) conclusion of an oration

4) small light sailboat or rowboat

(13) gush


1) (of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole

2) charlatan

3) wrong or improper name

4) strange

(14) glean


1) making no attempt to change one's bad practices

2) prevent

3) advance in rank

4) gather leavings

(15) deadlock


1) border upon

2) beyond reasonable limits

3) intricate

4) standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces

(16) litany


1) supplicatory prayer

2) force into less space

3) pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter

4) not frank

(17) finish


1) happening at the same time

2) flashy

3) surface texture

4) element

(18) mar


1) take part in a conspiracy

2) stir up a fire or furnace

3) breeder or dealer of animals

4) spoil the appearance of

(19) graduated


1) arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)

2) forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)

3) unintentionally

4) cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe)

(20) significant


1) (of air) thin in density

2) energetic

3) become successful (esp. financially)

4) expressing a meaning

(21) meticulous


1) marked by commotion or uproar

2) (of writing) flowing

3) lacking in spirit

4) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)

(22) orthography


1) deadlock

2) indifference

3) correct spelling

4) contrast

(23) pariah


1) person of high rank or position

2) social outcast

3) pertaining to the brain or intellect

4) deep feeling of dislike

(24) adage


1) happening at last as a result

2) unruly

3) wise saying

4) mix together

(25) rebus


1) act as judge (at the request of both sides)

2) room to move

3) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols

4) engrossed