VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 128

(1) knit


1) contract into wrinkles

2) compose on the spur of the moment

3) steadfast

4) fastidious

(2) eclipse


1) beginner

2) (of an experience) deeply shocking

3) tomb

4) darken

(3) refuse


1) stare foolishly

2) bloody

3) frighten

4) anything discarded or rejected as worthless

(4) avenge


1) connected with birth

2) take vengence for something or on behalf of someone

3) slope

4) going from one state of action to another

(5) obscure


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

2) dark

3) playful remark or act

4) being the first of its kind in a region

(6) stem_from


1) behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm

2) deserve

3) evil schemes or plots

4) arise from

(7) clasp


1) effort

2) party

3) female fox

4) hold firmly within arms

(8) limn


1) complete happiness

2) abusive

3) soul

4) draw

(9) serenity


1) infamy

2) raise in rank or dignity

3) calmness

4) lengthen

(10) imbibe


1) drink in

2) courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties)

3) formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears

4) tilt (as of a ship)

(11) instigate


1) very fat

2) abandon

3) rustic

4) start

(12) ecstasy


1) frown angrily

2) rapture

3) huge

4) bind as servant or apprentice to master

(13) interminable


1) disgust

2) endless

3) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)

4) (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing

(14) lull


1) extinct flying reptile

2) lie

3) moment of calm

4) depart secretly and hide

(15) flounder


1) struggle and thrash about

2) (of music) played smoothly

3) vague statement

4) having womanly traits

(16) miserly


1) stingy

2) powerful

3) living language (as compared to the official language)

4) drink with zest

(17) glare


1) protective

2) shine intensely and blindingly

3) squander

4) severe disapproval

(18) rife


1) vow

2) composed

3) (of something bad) widespread

4) gross lewdness

(19) detached


1) harp on

2) emotionally removed

3) suitable for servants

4) decorate

(20) gavel


1) hammerlike tool

2) important in history

3) endowed with flesh

4) secure grasp or hold

(21) retribution


1) deserved punishment for wrongdoing

2) inclined to

3) favoritism (to a relative)

4) (of a person) outgoing and sociable

(22) conviction


1) pale

2) judgment that someone is guilty of a crime

3) preventing infection

4) loyalty

(23) metrical


1) scorn

2) self-restraint

3) cause to appear by magic

4) metric

(24) palm


1) plant or scatter seed

2) conceal in the palm of the hand

3) corruption

4) playful remark or act

(25) porridge


1) soft food made by boiling oatmeal

2) flabby

3) partner in crime

4) purposely continuing to do something wrong