VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 182

(1) eventual


1) sleepwalker

2) strong and firm (in the body)

3) happening at last as a result

4) cancel

(2) deluge


1) belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control

2) patience

3) one regarded as embodying a set image or type

4) flood

(3) circuitous


1) roundabout

2) disrepute

3) conceal in the palm of the hand

4) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)

(4) outmoded


1) contradict

2) producing results

3) hang about

4) no longer in fashion or use

(5) totter


1) decayed and foul-smelling

2) plant or scatter seed

3) reparable

4) shake or move unsteadily

(6) belittle


1) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)

2) disparage

3) move about playfully

4) place of refuge or shelter

(7) lush


1) immoral behavior

2) outward sign

3) calamity

4) (of a plant or grass) growing very well

(8) macerate


1) soften by soaking in liquid

2) relentless

3) swagger

4) good judgment with composure

(9) boost


1) spread or cover with a sticky substance

2) extinct flying reptile

3) lift by pushing up from below

4) elliptic

(10) privy


1) frustrate

2) (of societies or groups) combine

3) secret

4) clearness of expression

(11) paradox


1) offering or providing help

2) improperness

3) disconnected

4) something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true)

(12) abbreviate


1) understood but not stated

2) frustrate

3) shorten

4) collect (gradually, in a very large amount)

(13) predilection


1) unruly

2) preference

3) happiness

4) persuade by praise or false promise

(14) ken


1) rosy

2) range of knowledge

3) favoring success

4) familiar with

(15) elope


1) unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)

2) run away secretly with the intention of getting married

3) take pleasure in great comfort

4) disloyal

(16) succor


1) bring upon oneself

2) assist (someone in difficulty)

3) abnormal or deviant

4) lying below

(17) genus


1) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species

2) nonentity

3) fall sharply

4) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

(18) muse


1) hindrance

2) ponder at length

3) insolent

4) thrift

(19) score


1) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)

2) face courageously

3) number of points

4) group of mammals including humans

(20) grate


1) annoy

2) operatic singer

3) talent

4) make a harsh noise

(21) slovenly


1) not thick

2) untidy

3) speak evil of

4) (of air) thin in density

(22) indigenous


1) stinging

2) an error involving time in a story

3) native

4) chain

(23) anthem


1) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

2) song of praise or patriotism

3) fly

4) noisy confusion

(24) commemorative


1) remembering

2) dissimilar

3) loyalty

4) harmonious

(25) oust


1) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history

2) associate with

3) expel

4) short simple story teaching a moral