VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 157

(1) enhance


1) explain

2) sun's corona

3) increase

4) urgent situation

(2) illimitable


1) be violently disturbed

2) infinite

3) provide for the payment of

4) pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

(3) winnow


1) efficiency or conciseness in using something

2) copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing

3) sift

4) extremely aggressive and militant patriot

(4) guile


1) poison (of an animal)

2) deceit

3) wrongdoing

4) half asleep

(5) prodigy


1) highly gifted child

2) act of extreme violence or viciousness

3) done or active at night

4) mix together

(6) pivotal


1) clothe

2) strong point or special talent in a person's character

3) of a pivot

4) relating to cooking or kitchen

(7) drudgery


1) hard unpleasant work

2) meeting place

3) most reliable

4) act of finding the total

(8) molecule


1) persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)

2) bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families)

3) the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance

4) breaking of contract or duty

(9) appraise


1) deceive

2) close relationship

3) estimate value of

4) stand up against

(10) bemused


1) confused

2) boredom

3) watch over and direct

4) pamphlet

(11) jabber


1) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

2) prophetic

3) wooden

4) from which it is impossible to get free

(12) rout


1) laughable

2) make stupid in mind

3) frighten

4) put to rout

(13) inviolable


1) yielding to another

2) people of standing(rank or position)

3) secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)

4) seine net

(14) shambles


1) doctor specializing in ailments of the heart

2) ornament a metal surface by indenting

3) (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin

4) arrangement by rank or standing

(15) execrate


1) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain

2) (esp. of an expression of the face) twisted

3) reveal

4) curse

(16) unearth


1) dig up

2) shabby and dirty

3) cater to (the low desires of others)

4) pertaining to marriage

(17) robust


1) search thoroughly

2) strong

3) defame

4) violent

(18) renovate


1) restore to good condition

2) large quantity or number

3) feign

4) rider on horseback

(19) repellent


1) accustom or familiarize

2) driving away

3) cry out suddenly

4) soil

(20) nausea


1) feeling of sickness and desire to vomit

2) prudence

3) unification

4) plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed

(21) cohere


1) determine in advance

2) adopt

3) enthusiastic applause

4) stick together

(22) forge


1) counterfeit

2) severe dizziness

3) school for training future ministers

4) immediate insight

(23) aghast


1) filled with great surprise or fear

2) conceited smile

3) ancestry

4) of time

(24) glaze


1) unconscious

2) cover with a thin and shiny surface

3) cut the top off

4) of air

(25) manifest


1) noisy quarrel

2) deficient in intelligence

3) (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson

4) evident