VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 151

(1) holocaust


1) trinket

2) easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things

3) effectual

4) destruction by fire

(2) incorporeal


1) formal demand or request

2) without a material body

3) raised platform for speech-making

4) waster

(3) convoluted


1) free from an entanglement or difficulty

2) coiled around

3) malodorous

4) blood-vessel

(4) nova


1) projection

2) star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness

3) existing at birth

4) attack with abusive language

(5) decipher


1) former occupant of a post

2) mental or physical ability

3) decode

4) lukewarm

(6) immutable


1) become worse in quality

2) fleeting

3) (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently

4) unchangeable

(7) flourish


1) grow well

2) mutually agreed on

3) formal

4) administrative division of a city

(8) sober


1) serious

2) map-maker

3) new growth from a plant

4) most reliable

(9) universal


1) revere

2) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

3) characterizing or affecting all

4) satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger)

(10) dilatory


1) strike forcefully

2) nearing

3) delaying

4) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts

(11) paradigm


1) model

2) soak thoroughly

3) flowing

4) stormy

(12) testy


1) spread throughout

2) graze

3) correct spelling

4) irritable

(13) rabble


1) torn piece of cloth

2) mob

3) cut away

4) loose freshness

(14) impale


1) created by statute or legislative action

2) foretell

3) pierce (with a sharp point)

4) exit

(15) ashen


1) expel

2) surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)

3) one who is habitually cruel to weaker people

4) ash-colored

(16) ineluctable


1) appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form)

2) irresistible

3) scarcity

4) insolent

(17) feasible


1) practical

2) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

3) live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity)

4) inclined to cruelty

(18) respiration


1) breathing

2) all-powerful

3) having many talents

4) difficult to please

(19) periphery


1) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture

2) outside edge especially of a round surface

3) holding one's attention

4) not able to be traveled or crossed

(20) sidereal


1) fear

2) travel about selling (wares)

3) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly

4) relating to stars

(21) encompass


1) shabby and dirty

2) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint

3) surround

4) medical treatment and care of old age

(22) billowing


1) teach (ideas or principles)

2) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

3) swelling out in waves

4) petty or trivial details

(23) arduous


1) peak

2) faultless

3) hard

4) fond of books and reading

(24) monastic


1) watch over and direct

2) denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view

3) related to monks or monasteries

4) feign

(25) annuity


1) make poor

2) opinion contrary to popular belief

3) yearly allowance

4) indignation