VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 181

(1) mediate


1) family descent

2) not fully worked out or developed

3) unlikely occurrence

4) settle a dispute through the services of an outsider

(2) amazon


1) limited

2) play or frolic boisterously

3) lacking caution

4) female warrior

(3) utopia


1) not thick

2) staff officer assisting the commander

3) soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells

4) ideal place, state, or society

(4) furrow


1) long shallow trench made by a plow

2) below the threshold of conscious perception

3) study industriously

4) hasty

(5) graphite


1) posion

2) hypnotic state

3) black form of carbon used in lead pencils

4) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

(6) mishap


1) something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract

2) wild

3) size or volume (esp. when very large)

4) unfortunate accident

(7) execute


1) impervious

2) put into effect

3) slightly obscure

4) bankrupt

(8) equivocate


1) steal things of small value

2) agreeable

3) use equivocal language to deceive people

4) dedicate

(9) malapropos


1) having many talents

2) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

3) inappropriate

4) stubbornly wrong

(10) Advent


1) violent

2) arrival

3) spot

4) one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself

(11) gradation


1) humiliation

2) series of gradual stages

3) scold harshly

4) d\'ebut

(12) negligible


1) pretend

2) firmly established by nature or habit

3) pertaining to land or its cultivation

4) so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded

(13) abstract


1) luxuriate

2) pitiless

3) theoretical

4) support placed under or against something

(14) exult


1) rejoice

2) homesickness

3) widespread

4) refer indirectly

(15) esoteric


1) intention

2) expand

3) refer

4) hard to understand

(16) disapprobation


1) of the same kind

2) disapproval

3) one who feigns illness to escape duty

4) hatred of marriage

(17) amphitheater


1) oval building with tiers of seats

2) carrion-eating birds

3) light stroke as with a whip

4) equal in extent

(18) psyche


1) shabby and dirty

2) purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

3) soul

4) producing tears

(19) enterprise


1) laugh quietly

2) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible

3) bad-tempered

4) willingness to take new ventures

(20) volition


1) successful

2) time of greatest success or power

3) act of using one's will

4) fear of water

(21) insurrection


1) swamp gas

2) (of a person) bold

3) rebellion

4) strong

(22) expletive


1) very large number

2) meaningless word

3) having a fixed order of procedure

4) insolent

(23) drab


1) dull

2) formless

3) marked by vulgar lewd humor

4) title or heading (in red print)

(24) frenzied


1) twist

2) madly excited

3) struggle

4) religion practiced chiefly in Haiti

(25) formidable


1) entreating

2) menacing

3) bravery

4) achieve by cleverness or trick