VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 180

(1) euphemism


1) (of a part of the body) swollen

2) (of writing) flowing

3) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

4) clever in deceiving

(2) warren


1) mass of material sticking together

2) tunnels in which rabbits live

3) producing tears

4) raise in rank or dignity

(3) erratic


1) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored

2) fame

3) odd

4) honor at a festival

(4) maneuver(manoeu


1) artificial channel for water

2) lending money at illegal high rates of interest

3) harass

4) ver) strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes)

(5) vagary


1) capricious happening

2) permitting light to pass through freely

3) become popular with

4) double-dealing

(6) alluvial


1) traitor

2) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

3) nonsense

4) lizard that changes color in different situations

(7) subside


1) authoritative

2) sink to a lower level

3) sensual

4) walking about from place to place (to work)

(8) fuddle


1) walk or behave with an over-confident manner

2) make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink

3) study industriously

4) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased

(9) suture


1) brief statement used to express a principle

2) lustful

3) stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision

4) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)

(10) mincing


1) affectedly dainty(delicate)

2) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)

3) small boat (often ship's boat)

4) small chamber used for sleeping or work

(11) virulent


1) hairy

2) supposed

3) (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous

4) remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted

(12) gaudy


1) tear or cut to pieces

2) ered) marked by great changes in fortune

3) flashy

4) droop

(13) inscrutable


1) difficult to understand

2) dark

3) decorate

4) one who studies reptiles

(14) buttress


1) glass water bottle

2) support

3) implying a cause-and-effect relationship

4) (of a sound) echoing

(15) chaotic


1) in utter disorder

2) reject bluntly

3) assuming a false identity

4) clever in deceiving

(16) aesthetic


1) daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)

2) artistic

3) subside or moderate

4) pay for services

(17) celibate


1) abstaining from sexual intercourse

2) ) (of people or their behavior) respectful

3) coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)

4) self-satisfaction

(18) trickle


1) roll in mud

2) plentiful

3) flow in drops or in a thin stream

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

(19) vertigo


1) complain or whine tearfully

2) distinctive behavioral trait

3) liberate

4) severe dizziness

(20) monumental


1) massive

2) make secure against damage or loss

3) complain

4) sound on judgment

(21) epithet


1) in confusion

2) word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing

3) senility

4) banish to the country

(22) iniquitous


1) painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)

2) wicked

3) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

4) begin and continue (a war)

(23) reaper


1) medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow

2) restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it)

3) winding

4) one who harvests grain

(24) divine


1) calm

2) wrongdoing

3) perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic)

4) of religion

(25) tenancy


1) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

2) small amount (of money)

3) possession of land or building by rent

4) requiring sitting