VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 136

(1) beseech


1) crookedly

2) beg

3) morbid fear

4) fragrant

(2) genuflect


1) capable of sensation and conscious

2) moving slowly

3) humbleness of spirit

4) bend the knee as in worship

(3) figure


1) treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect

2) hanging

3) reproduce

4) written symbols

(4) filial


1) pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter

2) final outcome

3) windstorm

4) split into opposite extremes or camps

(5) feint


1) someone who wastes money

2) sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals

3) gold and silver in the form of bars

4) trick

(6) gaffe


1) disrepute

2) swimming

3) social blunder

4) period between two successive reigns or governments

(7) philanthropist


1) pardon (an offense)

2) partly transparent

3) lover of mankind

4) one that pays rent to use property owned by another

(8) improvident


1) casual

2) thriftless

3) flowing

4) dark

(9) pucker


1) occupy fully

2) gather into wrinkles or folds

3) base of a tree trunk left after the rest has been cut down

4) intruder

(10) expiate


1) pleasant in taste

2) self-important behavior

3) state of being partial

4) make amends for (a sin)

(11) subterfuge


1) support on which a lever rests or pivots

2) stratagem(deceptive scheme)

3) explain in detail

4) block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches

(12) ambidextrous


1) like a lion

2) dangerous

3) capable of using either hand with equal ease

4) minor crime

(13) bulk


1) brief statement used to express a principle

2) size or volume (esp. when very large)

3) move suddenly or involuntarily

4) thunder

(14) luster


1) write

2) shine

3) pertaining to mental dearrangement

4) infallibly

(15) slag


1) items of business at a meeting

2) bloody

3) glassy residue from smelting metal

4) lack of harmony

(16) equinox


1) compiler of a dictionary

2) period of equal days and nights

3) unsuccessful

4) sad

(17) institutionaliz


1) measure

2) e make into an institution

3) secondary or minor occupation

4) make liquids murky by stirring up sediment

(18) progeny


1) remorse

2) connoisseur of food and drink

3) children

4) gain for the performance of service or labor

(19) insensate


1) bitter scolding or denunciation

2) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture

3) without feeling

4) scold

(20) explicate


1) attach

2) issue forth

3) science of law

4) explain in detail

(21) loathe


1) detest

2) support

3) (of an experience) deeply shocking

4) dramatic poem set to music

(22) platonic


1) clothing or equipment for a special purpose

2) puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.)

3) mixture

4) purely spiritual

(23) tenet


1) twisted

2) doctrine

3) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

4) imperceptible(not easily understood)

(24) expunge


1) cancel

2) cut into small parts

3) sudden disastrous downfall or defeat

4) person who verbally harasses others

(25) gild


1) cover with a thin layer of gold

2) overcome

3) work at in a nonserious fashion

4) include