VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 107

(1) assiduous


1) diligent

2) helpful

3) attractive (in personality or appearance)

4) fight

(2) pummel


1) token

2) self-satisfied

3) uncorrectable

4) pommel

(3) hide


1) pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich

2) disagreeably aggressive

3) (of a skin or complexion) dark

4) skin of an animal

(4) confidence


1) self-assurance

2) incinerate (a corpse)

3) feathers of a bird

4) egotistic

(5) blase


1) quick sharp reply

2) bored with pleasure or dissipation

3) grow well

4) clowning

(6) caucus


1) irreverent

2) state of being parallel

3) private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy

4) control

(7) veracious


1) dig

2) frown angrily

3) copy

4) (of a person) truthful

(8) serrated


1) soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)

2) of the common people

3) degrade

4) having a sawtoothed edge

(9) indisputable


1) counterfeit

2) approve formally

3) speech or writing with no meaning

4) too certain to be disputed

(10) license


1) official or legal permission

2) esoteric

3) complain (in a sad voice)

4) clergyman attached to a chapel

(11) fiend


1) evil spirit

2) (of power) complete

3) vibrate pendulumlike

4) great influence (especially political or social)

(12) heterodox


1) (of beliefs) against accepted opinion

2) neglect of duty

3) choosing of a lot or card

4) solidly uniform

(13) stipple


1) flabby

2) storehouse for grain

3) throw into confusion

4) paint or draw with dots or short strokes

(14) winsome


1) paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film

2) set aside (money or time) for a particular purpose

3) charming (in a childlike way)

4) decisive

(15) deference


1) large volume

2) courteous regard for another's wish

3) obligatory

4) capture

(16) incandescent


1) pronounce indistinctly

2) combine

3) strikingly bright

4) quarrel noisily

(17) touching


1) (of a condition) wretched

2) unclear or doubtful in meaning

3) appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form)

4) causing a feeling of pity or sympathy

(18) girth


1) willing to obey orders

2) crush

3) wriggle

4) distance around something

(19) adulation


1) abstain from

2) flattery

3) not frank

4) praise

(20) base


1) ardent

2) contemptible

3) able to take on many forms

4) money

(21) loft


1) insult to one's dignity

2) sharpness

3) slightly sour (in taste or manner)

4) room or space under the roof

(22) sift


1) huge

2) put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles

3) violation (of a rule or regulation)

4) partly transparent

(23) spendthrift


1) shake repeatedly from side to side

2) someone who wastes money

3) (of a person) worthy of esteem

4) turn to for help

(24) franchise


1) throw forcefully

2) very cautious

3) connoisseur of food and drink

4) right or privilege granted by authority

(25) inception


1) supporting bar

2) shyness

3) unsuccessful

4) start