VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 141

(1) debar


1) bar

2) loyalty

3) well-bred

4) overpowering

(2) affected


1) powerful

2) artificial

3) walk with a heavy step

4) handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)

(3) stigma


1) token of disgrace

2) corpse

3) mismanage

4) negligent

(4) couple


1) position of champion

2) combination (of two business corporations)

3) join

4) calmness

(5) salacious


1) slavishly attentive

2) impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)

3) unification

4) lascivious

(6) whit


1) small amount

2) of a schema or scheme

3) law enacted by the legislature

4) living at the same time as

(7) bar


1) edge (at the top of a cliff)

2) struggle confusedly

3) long angry denunciatory speech

4) railing in a courtroom

(8) verbalize


1) put into words

2) nation governed by the people

3) have a tendency

4) very unrefined

(9) hypochondriac


1) additional object

2) fight

3) person unduly worried about his health

4) stick together

(10) discursive


1) staying for a short time

2) insane

3) (of a person or writing) digressing

4) short stiff hair

(11) pretext


1) essential

2) excuse

3) mix together

4) wild

(12) gracious


1) gain time as by postponing an action

2) touchy

3) stoppage

4) kind in a generous way (to someone less important)

(13) hamper


1) obstruct

2) mournful

3) roundabout

4) capable of being stretched

(14) fret


1) be annoyed or vexed

2) small (often rural) community whose members share work and income

3) sharp to the taste

4) decree or command

(15) eon(aeon)


1) move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)

2) tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note

3) act of using one's will

4) long period of time

(16) plaintive


1) expressing sorrow

2) overpowering

3) steal (things of small value)

4) producing offspring or fruit in abundance

(17) repine


1) introduction

2) make stupid in mind

3) fret

4) agitation

(18) bump


1) concerning trade or merchants

2) hit or knock against with force

3) bravery

4) a place where bees are kept

(19) nurse


1) false

2) suckle

3) oversimplified

4) delay (in development)

(20) insatiable


1) not easily satisfied

2) long for

3) cheap and gaudy

4) belief in one God

(21) haggard


1) in utter disorder

2) prevent

3) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

4) wasted away

(22) malcontent


1) person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs

2) scientific student of birds

3) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)

4) circular building or hall covered with a dome

(23) reconnaissance


1) very important

2) survey of enemy by soldiers

3) deserving high respect

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

(24) endearment


1) decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury)

2) fond word or act

3) having minute hairs

4) colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism

(25) annihilate


1) remainder

2) destroy

3) final

4) soothe