VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 137

(1) fauna


1) animals of a period or region

2) funeral director

3) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)

4) study of language or words

(2) ravel


1) fall apart into tangles

2) small body revolving around a larger one

3) disentangle

4) open to view

(3) metaphor


1) tireless

2) implied comparison

3) hint

4) cancel

(4) lewd


1) color

2) lustful

3) teachings in general

4) object used in making a determination at random

(5) refrain


1) make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach)

2) not identical on both sides of a dividing central line

3) signify

4) abstain from

(6) extenuate


1) having the odor of musk

2) weaken

3) stubborn

4) haughty

(7) transition


1) small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone))

2) moving force

3) weightless

4) going from one state of action to another

(8) verbose


1) bleach

2) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

3) wordy

4) authority on a subject

(9) impending


1) nearing

2) disrepute

3) practicing self-denial

4) preceding (in time, rank, etc.)

(10) prurient


1) sharp upslope of a hill

2) having or causing lustful desires and thoughts

3) not open to attack

4) strange

(11) amicable


1) peaceful

2) fearful

3) copy

4) disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group

(12) canter


1) slow gallop

2) railing in a courtroom

3) great mass of falling snow and ice

4) powerful movement of or like a wave

(13) bliss


1) change in direction

2) program as for trial

3) complete happiness

4) sharp to the taste

(14) magniloquent


1) convert (hide) into leather

2) not essential

3) boastful

4) make (something written) false by changing

(15) hurtle


1) raised platform used in preaching (in a church)

2) crash

3) teachings in general

4) last demand

(16) latent


1) poisonous

2) sharpen (a tool)

3) present but not yet noticeable or active

4) theme

(17) compulsion


1) person or thing excess of what is necessary

2) slight difference in degree

3) related to population balance

4) compelling

(18) functionary


1) ravenous

2) rural

3) boldness

4) official (who performs a particular function)

(19) contrivance


1) boredom

2) something contrived

3) plunder

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

(20) flush


1) cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe)

2) redden

3) joining

4) self-control

(21) unravel


1) teacher of philosophy

2) state of being immovable

3) disentangle

4) scowl

(22) paraphernalia


1) put to rout

2) equipment

3) division of a long poem

4) framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)

(23) jettison


1) science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health

2) understood (without actually being expressed)

3) rotting flesh of a dead body

4) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)

(24) topple


1) steadily loyal

2) position giving an advantage (such as a strategic point)

3) supplying nourishment

4) become unsteady and fall down

(25) granary


1) susceptible to wounds or attack

2) expert at

3) courting favor by cringing and flattering

4) storehouse for grain