VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 144

(1) generality


1) resolve

2) give shape to

3) relating to cooking or kitchen

4) vague statement

(2) legend


1) explanatory list of symbols on a map

2) (of a person or book) learned

3) of time

4) feign

(3) stench


1) given to diligent study

2) strong foul odor

3) grandiloquent, pompous speech

4) witty thought or saying, usually short

(4) machinations


1) evil schemes or plots

2) of or pertaining to the people

3) abstain from

4) lively

(5) cerebral


1) deceive

2) saying farewell

3) pertaining to the brain or intellect

4) queer and amusing

(6) obsolete


1) pitiless

2) outmoded

3) not shiny

4) lacking caution

(7) chant


1) give up something (with reluctance)

2) loiter

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

4) not active

(8) tipple


1) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

2) (of power) complete

3) lessen in value

4) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)

(9) rectitude


1) bravery

2) present falsely

3) run-down

4) moral correctness

(10) finesse


1) ancestry

2) delicate skill

3) spotted

4) generous

(11) tyranny


1) oppression

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

3) man or farmer owning small estate

4) send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow

(12) puerile


1) put into a lower or worse place

2) connected with birth

3) region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept

4) childish

(13) opaque


1) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

2) cry out suddenly

3) vinegary

4) dark

(14) acetic


1) person having administrative authority

2) of a title

3) vinegary

4) greed (for wealth)

(15) cornice


1) mental or physical ability

2) projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars)

3) change

4) strikingly bright

(16) jurisprudence


1) slip or slide

2) science of law

3) distinctive behavioral trait

4) fierce

(17) aria


1) operatic solo

2) group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods

3) travel about selling (wares)

4) small light sailboat or rowboat

(18) elegy


1) ability to foresee future happenings

2) (of a person or book) learned

3) logically convincing

4) poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead)

(19) inclusive


1) calmness

2) listing of information in tabular or book form

3) unreasonable or capricious

4) tending to include all

(20) tortuous


1) winding

2) obscure

3) satisfy (thirst)

4) unpleasant high sharp sound

(21) apolitical


1) helpful

2) having no previous example

3) having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

4) charm

(22) correlate


1) permitting light to pass through freely

2) hot-tempered

3) someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws)

4) either of the correlated things

(23) arch-


1) deep dish for serving soup

2) chief

3) enclose

4) explain

(24) distinct


1) clearly different

2) skeptical or distrustful of human motives

3) protective

4) V-shaped cut in a surface

(25) factitious


1) border upon

2) meeting place

3) defeat

4) artificial