VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 168

(1) touchstone


1) stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys

2) special talent

3) burden

4) swirling current of water, air, etc.

(2) sophisticated


1) false testimony while under oath

2) bad-tempered

3) worldly wise and urbane

4) forerunners

(3) apathy


1) lack of caring

2) tending to include all

3) bad-tempered

4) tic) frenzied

(4) resonant


1) temporary encampment

2) wrinkle

3) miser

4) (of a sound) echoing

(5) palate


1) roof of the mouth

2) ornate

3) transform

4) favoring success

(6) dappled


1) spotted

2) mar

3) subordinate possessions

4) delicate

(7) snicker


1) person with power to decide a matter in dispute

2) generator for producing electricity

3) light stroke as with a whip

4) half-stifled(suppressed) laugh

(8) caste


1) tendency to keep together

2) recover

3) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society

4) introduce something into a larger whole

(9) predecessor


1) person who seeks to overturn the established government

2) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)

3) deadly

4) former occupant of a post

(10) perspicuity


1) inattentive or unmindful

2) clearness of expression

3) cut away

4) make unnecessary

(11) tiller


1) handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)

2) higher mental powers

3) advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)

4) superiority of power, quantity, etc.

(12) languor


1) lack of physical or mental energy

2) confuse

3) combativeness

4) stupid person

(13) singular


1) suffer (harm or loss)

2) examine closely and critically

3) being only one

4) fearful

(14) camp


1) courteous

2) capable of using either hand with equal ease

3) group sharing a common cause or opinion

4) cancel

(15) encroachment


1) pale

2) gradual intrusion

3) of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal

4) liberal

(16) romp


1) empty

2) play or frolic boisterously

3) scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities

4) calculating

(17) nostalgia


1) homesickness

2) either of the correlated things

3) looking within oneself

4) prove genuine

(18) spurn


1) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

2) pompous array of words

3) question closely

4) reject disdainfully

(19) pedantic


1) deep regret for wrongdoing

2) capable of maintaining life

3) bookish

4) clever in deceiving

(20) benevolent


1) improperness

2) generous

3) means

4) something new

(21) irrefutable


1) refer

2) indisputable

3) mania for doing grandiose things

4) make thin

(22) placebo


1) cancel

2) harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill

3) very bad or disagreeable

4) glowing ardor

(23) foreshadow


1) give an indication beforehand

2) vanity or self-love

3) wrinkled

4) easily understood

(24) benison


1) blessing

2) reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)

3) violent

4) lack of proportion (between the parts)

(25) fuss:


1) deliberately planned

2) love deeply and respect highly

3) trouble or worry over trifles

4) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue