VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 122

(1) fancy


1) unsuited

2) imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature)

3) abusive

4) drink with zest

(2) coterie


1) sermon

2) remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person)

3) group that meets socially

4) clothing

(3) distill


1) rotate swiftly

2) refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation)

3) (of someone) having insight

4) state of depression or melancholy

(4) gambit


1) opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed

2) vicious assault

3) event

4) withdrawal

(5) dribble


1) flow or fall in drops

2) introductory

3) wakefulness

4) worship of idols

(6) fleet


1) capable of maintaining life

2) fast

3) soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells

4) excessive

(7) intransigence


1) sudden sharp feeling of pain

2) explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages

3) refusal of any compromise

4) tangible

(8) grouse


1) support or base as for a pillar or statue

2) complain

3) able to be touched

4) und) astonish (making dumb)

(9) paranoia


1) sink to a lower level

2) psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution

3) reading desk or stand for a public speaker

4) prudence

(10) scoff


1) poet

2) laugh (at)

3) unoriginal

4) constituting

(11) chaplain


1) enclose

2) announce

3) persuade

4) clergyman attached to a chapel

(12) terminus


1) (of music) played smoothly

2) prose or verse composition to be performed by actors

3) last stop of railroad

4) trembling

(13) dexterous


1) person who looks on the bright side

2) trembling

3) not easily satisfied

4) skillful

(14) inveigle


1) deceive

2) tired or uninterested by surfeit

3) narrow opening in a large mass

4) honor

(15) minute


1) only slightly connected

2) extremely small

3) complain or whine tearfully

4) theoretical

(16) detraction


1) slandering

2) hypnotize

3) pertaining to earthquakes

4) lacking proper seriousness

(17) corpus


1) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party

2) untimely

3) assent

4) collection (of writings or information)

(18) nexus


1) connection

2) very fat

3) agreement

4) slander

(19) destitute


1) thunder

2) large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice

3) plant disease

4) extremely poor

(20) ramify


1) link as in a chain

2) cautious

3) sermon

4) branch out

(21) dismiss


1) something contrived

2) cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)

3) eliminate from consideration

4) unable to be restrained or held back

(22) encipher


1) outside edge especially of a round surface

2) solemn curse

3) encode

4) pretense (of strength)

(23) rationale


1) fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based)

2) mosaic

3) staff officer assisting the commander

4) going beyond common thought or ideas

(24) laborious


1) make necessary

2) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

3) entreat

4) demanding much work or care

(25) predicament


1) difficult situation

2) shove

3) expressing a meaning

4) suggestive of something (in the past)