VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 142

(1) pediatrician


1) pointed projecting part

2) rule over tyrannically

3) physician specializing in children's diseases

4) minor objection or complaint

(2) vapid


1) lacking liveliness

2) lie

3) untarnished

4) prankish

(3) lassitude


1) compelling charm

2) languor

3) easily deceived

4) speaking several languages

(4) lookout


1) public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes

2) act of keeping watch

3) renounce upon oath

4) noble

(5) harangue


1) meager

2) agreement

3) make discontented

4) long, passionate, and vehement speech

(6) juggernaut


1) pertinent

2) irresistible crushing force

3) of or like an uncle

4) punish as by beating

(7) secular


1) move heavily or clumsily

2) paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls

3) heavier or larger on one side than the other

4) worldly

(8) conifer


1) decide

2) pine tree (usu. evergreen)

3) occupying a lower rank

4) effusively sentimental

(9) fugitive


1) quarrelsome

2) epicure

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

4) fleeting or transitory

(10) brim


1) dissolve

2) headland

3) sound on judgment

4) uppermost edge of a cup

(11) coercion


1) mistaken

2) elevated position

3) playful

4) use of force to get someone to object

(12) indecisive


1) iridescent

2) set off

3) take off

4) marked by indecision

(13) diffidence


1) shyness

2) piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest

3) irreverent

4) indifference

(14) heyday


1) time of greatest success or power

2) serving to assist

3) external

4) belittle

(15) castigation


1) one guilty of a crime

2) decay

3) punishment

4) widespread damage

(16) disconcert


1) confuse

2) associate with

3) pertaining to country people

4) forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)

(17) decomposition


1) decay

2) roof of the mouth

3) lascivious

4) going against

(18) mat


1) with reference to

2) not shiny

3) person convicted of a grave crime

4) flow out slowly

(19) ablution


1) washing

2) violent

3) not natural

4) sudden sharp turn or twist

(20) quisling


1) one who harvests grain

2) amendment or clause added to a legislative bill

3) menacing

4) traitor who aids invaders

(21) extemporaneous


1) study of language or words

2) not planned

3) map-maker

4) debauched person

(22) equilibrium


1) mar

2) book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form

3) flattery

4) balance of opposing forces

(23) inequity


1) ars) ancestors

2) expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death

3) powerlessness

4) unfairness

(24) abut


1) border upon

2) beginning

3) replace

4) religious group

(25) inexorable


1) represent (an inanimate object) as a person

2) report

3) arrival

4) relentless