VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 134

(1) recumbent


1) put to rout

2) speak equivocally about an issue

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

4) reclining

(2) gibberish


1) assault

2) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)

3) sharp to the taste

4) nonsense

(3) confiscate


1) outside edge especially of a round surface

2) authority on a subject

3) seize

4) exhibiting rainbowlike colors

(4) welt


1) petition humbly

2) raised mark from a beating or whipping

3) slow gallop

4) ability to move spontaneously

(5) cession


1) beg persistently

2) title

3) yielding to another

4) flexible

(6) innate


1) inborn

2) powerful

3) lively or animated

4) repulsive to the sight

(7) gibe


1) homesickness

2) fleshly

3) mock

4) mix together in close association

(8) flashy


1) lacking in spirit or energy

2) showy

3) exhausting

4) ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority

(9) reinstate


1) group of animals

2) restore to a previous condition or position

3) make unconscious or numb as by a blow

4) marked with parallel bands

(10) arsenal


1) plundering

2) without guile

3) storage place for military equipment

4) meeting place

(11) impetuous


1) violent

2) spoil the appearance of

3) stronghold

4) violent

(12) harass


1) any ulcerous sore

2) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining

3) partly transparent

4) annoy by repeated attacks

(13) narcissist


1) fond of books and reading

2) line (of waiting people or vehicles)

3) reject disdainfully

4) conceited person

(14) list


1) senility

2) plead

3) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem

4) tilt (as of a ship)

(15) baroque


1) crush into mash

2) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast

3) highly ornate

4) black form of carbon used in lead pencils

(16) evasive


1) not frank

2) stroke

3) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building

4) sharp-cornered

(17) obstreperous


1) (of weather) hot or scorching

2) boisterous

3) repair or make whole by using a metal alloy

4) awkward (to carry or move)

(18) quiescent


1) of or like an uncle

2) disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group

3) bee-keeping

4) dormant

(19) lexicon


1) find out for certain

2) essence

3) dictionary

4) bitter scolding or denunciation

(20) gusty


1) formal praise

2) windy

3) walk lamely

4) harmful

(21) carnage


1) shrewd in money matters

2) inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone)

3) destruction of life

4) miser

(22) replica


1) copy

2) attract

3) gain for the performance of service or labor

4) violate

(23) excoriate


1) scold with biting harshness

2) free from an entanglement or difficulty

3) superfluous

4) persuade not to do

(24) wizardry


1) poor verse

2) sorcery

3) language used by special group

4) unselfishly generous

(25) saturate


1) yellowed

2) one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life

3) soak thoroughly

4) (of someone) suspicious