VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 143

(1) saga


1) pantry

2) Scandinavian myth

3) record of a voyage or flight

4) vain about dress and appearance

(2) proscribe


1) life after death

2) supporter

3) shyness

4) prohibit

(3) derivative


1) reckon

2) defraud a person of something

3) unoriginal

4) unnatural and forced

(4) surrogate


1) words formed in imitation of natural sounds

2) substitute

3) amuse

4) tending or leaning toward

(5) rip


1) tear or be torn quickly and violently

2) dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way)

3) fern leaf

4) redden

(6) harping


1) tiresome dwelling on a subject

2) connected with birth

3) equip

4) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

(7) avert


1) hostility

2) quick clever reply

3) prevent

4) criticize harshly

(8) lunatic


1) insane

2) approach

3) of psyche

4) flood

(9) magnate


1) small planet

2) person of prominence or influence

3) copy

4) become popular with

(10) misdemeanor


1) minor crime

2) stray or fall behind (a main group)

3) impenetrable

4) mixture of writings on various subjects

(11) splice


1) public square of an ancient Roman city

2) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

3) join together end to end to make one continuous length

4) not done politely without due formalities

(12) arboreal


1) perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic)

2) of or living in trees

3) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory

4) devastate

(13) bowdlerize


1) expurgate

2) resistant to

3) self-evident truth

4) attacking

(14) shrivel


1) braid

2) speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions

3) make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)

4) strong emotion

(15) nuptial


1) neutral

2) related to marriage or the wedding ceremony

3) organization for a special purpose

4) religious image

(16) dispel


1) remitting of money

2) ability to change in form

3) scatter

4) faultfinding

(17) eddy


1) raging mad

2) program as for trial

3) swirling current of water, air, etc.

4) ransack

(18) adamant


1) devastate

2) homeless wanderer

3) element that is a creature's natural environment

4) hard

(19) pharisee


1) Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)

2) hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food

3) having great volume (as of a garment or container)

4) full of initiative

(20) plume


1) lower

2) do or give something in return

3) feather, esp. large or showy one

4) summarize

(21) aspersion


1) curative

2) endless

3) pay for services

4) slanderous remark

(22) descry


1) chance

2) honor

3) catch sight of (something distant)

4) suave

(23) apropos


1) secondary or minor occupation

2) turn to stone

3) light-hearted

4) with reference to

(24) ingrate


1) ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)

2) lurch

3) trunk of statue with head and limbs missing

4) indulge

(25) anguish


1) acute pain

2) fast

3) leap or spring

4) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species