VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 121

(1) malleable


1) (of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating)

2) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

3) venture

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

(2) steadfast


1) cower

2) agonizing

3) steadily loyal

4) waster

(3) retrench


1) daily

2) unrepressed

3) attractive

4) cut down

(4) tatter


1) slope

2) reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship)

3) powerlessness

4) torn piece of cloth

(5) snuffle


1) (of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through

2) cheap and gaudy

3) something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true)

4) sniffle

(6) glossary


1) large volume

2) brief explanation of words used in the text

3) (of costs or demands) excessive

4) standards used in judging

(7) heed


1) inappropriate

2) remainder

3) pay attention to

4) meal

(8) seclusion


1) spread throughout

2) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

3) isolation

4) having to do with citizens

(9) rococo


1) loose freshness

2) ornate

3) (esp. of older people) vigorously active

4) in feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord

(10) vision


1) worship of idols

2) eyesight

3) causing a feeling of pity or sympathy

4) having minute hairs

(11) harrowing


1) point of view

2) be annoyed or vexed

3) agonizing

4) not open to attack

(12) egotistical


1) lounge about

2) become popular with

3) egotistic

4) throb

(13) stamp


1) step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish)

2) religious image

3) chief

4) withholding belief

(14) homogeneous


1) insignificant

2) crafty

3) place into a case

4) of the same kind

(15) sentient


1) noxious(harmful) smell

2) capable of sensation and conscious

3) closed circular line around an area

4) hard and unbending

(16) anecdote


1) short story of an amusing or interesting event

2) summarize

3) manlike

4) praising

(17) frolicsome


1) window projecting upright from roof

2) harshness

3) study of insects

4) prankish

(18) pusillanimous


1) solemn promise

2) exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm

3) elementary

4) cowardly

(19) prelude


1) wintry

2) excessively fat

3) introduction

4) lascivious

(20) libido


1) expressing sorrow

2) psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity

3) stare foolishly

4) link as in a chain

(21) craft


1) conquer

2) skill (esp. with one's hands)

3) face (as showing the character and the mind)

4) eling) inexperienced

(22) accessible


1) (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value

2) speak equivocally about an issue

3) (of a person or book) learned

4) easy to approach

(23) equine


1) encode

2) resembling a horse

3) quality of being deeply moving

4) state of being self-contradictory

(24) chuckle


1) laugh quietly

2) fall or let fall in drops

3) person who cheats people

4) with reference to

(25) diverge


1) vary

2) unable to be doubted

3) affected

4) having a common origin