VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 183

(1) askance


1) experienced

2) let down

3) with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct)

4) not native

(2) plaudit


1) praise

2) coiled around

3) blood feud (esp. between two families)

4) black magic

(3) tribulation


1) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem

2) loiter

3) suffering

4) (of someone) having insight

(4) animadversion


1) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly

2) elevated position

3) wine merchant

4) critical remark

(5) fallacious


1) ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority

2) false

3) disfranchise

4) very wicked

(6) gratify


1) refer

2) ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.

3) please

4) hang about/around

(7) tepid


1) dig up

2) rider on horseback

3) lukewarm

4) close relationship

(8) abyss


1) enormous chasm

2) records arranged in yearly parts

3) accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

4) legislating branch of government

(9) executioner


1) person administering capital punishment

2) abstruse

3) practical (as opposed to idealistic)

4) inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs)

(10) lineaments


1) dining hall

2) washing

3) features especially of the face

4) hot-tempered

(11) rooster


1) cock

2) life after death

3) attribute

4) gather

(12) shard


1) fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)

2) fastidious

3) scatter

4) return to a former state (esp. after improvement)

(13) spontaneity


1) artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)

2) quality of being deeply moving

3) obtain by pulling violently

4) lack of premeditation

(14) dapper


1) neat and trim (in appearance)

2) existing at birth

3) move furtively

4) decree

(15) menagerie


1) arrest (a criminal)

2) pertaining to passionate love or sexual love

3) collection of wild animals on exhibition

4) not compulsory

(16) frolic


1) like a spirit or fairy

2) play and jump about happily

3) blood-vessel

4) number of points

(17) zenith


1) likely to change

2) one part at a time

3) point directly overhead in the sky

4) pointed tool used for piercing

(18) faze


1) sleight(dexterity) of hand

2) revive

3) disconcert

4) spotted

(19) listless


1) worsen

2) lover of mankind

3) utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones

4) lacking in spirit or energy

(20) pathos


1) imagined

2) support or base as for a pillar or statue

3) mental calmness

4) tender sorrow

(21) serpentine


1) winding

2) sink to a lower level

3) cheap and gaudy

4) hide

(22) effectual


1) able to produce a desired effect

2) connoisseur of food and drink

3) cold or cheerless

4) throb

(23) dross


1) surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)

2) waste matter

3) willingness to take new ventures

4) looking back on the past

(24) presumptuous


1) belief on slight evidence

2) holding of an office or real estate

3) great influence (especially political or social)

4) going beyond what is right

(25) rebate


1) rough-mannered

2) petty or trivial details

3) return of part of a payment

4) pamper