VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 155

(1) piquant


1) operatic solo

2) pleasantly tart-tasting

3) command

4) destroy completely

(2) decimate


1) rise again

2) pertaining to the woods or the country

3) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)

4) ) hanging down from something

(3) intuition


1) immediate insight

2) slope

3) occurring at the proper time or season

4) (of someone) awkward in movement

(4) outfit


1) clothing or equipment for a special purpose

2) common

3) boorish

4) government ruled by old people

(5) brunt


1) main impact or shock (of an attack or blow)

2) one who harvests grain

3) ornamental horizontal band on a wall

4) obedient

(6) bid


1) command

2) offensive in odor or flavor

3) bend the knee as in worship

4) someone seeking revenge

(7) misogamy


1) stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly

2) renounce

3) small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation

4) hatred of marriage

(8) itinerant


1) action of moving secretly or unseen

2) wandering

3) reclining

4) sink to a lower level

(9) optional


1) set free

2) beyond reproach

3) not compulsory

4) mildness

(10) caustic


1) disturb greatly

2) burning

3) narrow valley with steep sides

4) secondary or minor occupation

(11) aphasia


1) person unduly worried about his health

2) swirling current of water, air, etc.

3) fertility

4) loss of speech due to injury or illness

(12) premise


1) settle a dispute through the services of an outsider

2) assumption

3) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

4) hit with a sweeping motion

(13) taciturn


1) limited

2) habitually silent

3) justified

4) waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily)

(14) spasmodic


1) fitful

2) trick to deceive

3) burning

4) held in common

(15) strut


1) supporting bar

2) naive and trusting

3) peaceful

4) introductory statement

(16) marginal


1) of a margin

2) related to telling a story

3) hateful

4) pause

(17) propellant(prop


1) ellent) substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)

2) brownish yellow

3) exit

4) heavenly

(18) stanch


1) stop or check flow of blood

2) (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart

3) without guile

4) weaken gradually

(19) bombastic


1) chance

2) (of an animal) not domestic

3) unwillingness

4) pompous

(20) wag


1) equipment

2) support (a claim) with evidence

3) long shallow trench made by a plow

4) shake repeatedly from side to side

(21) scale


1) box for bees

2) not wise

3) climb up

4) returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner

(22) mausoleum


1) monumental tomb

2) earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding

3) make neat or tidy by clipping

4) steal things of small value

(23) unceremonious


1) assertion

2) dwarf

3) whimsical

4) not done politely without due formalities

(24) grudge


1) map-maker

2) start a fire

3) deep feeling of dislike

4) immature

(25) florid


1) weak

2) ruddy

3) wild

4) authorized agent