VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 185

(1) perennial


1) (of the voice) extremely loud

2) holding one's attention

3) tickle

4) something long-lasting

(2) expos\'e


1) invigorating and refreshing

2) father and ruler of a family or tribe

3) thing that completes another

4) public revelation of something discreditable

(3) misadventure


1) servile flatterer

2) mischance

3) exclamation

4) mercy killing

(4) inert


1) set right

2) popular fashion

3) propriety

4) inactive

(5) bedizen


1) prominent

2) large in quantity

3) evident

4) dress with vulgar finery

(6) dehydrate


1) not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own

2) shrill, trumpetlike sound

3) beak(bill)

4) remove water from

(7) earmark


1) moderation or self-control

2) trail of ship or other object through water

3) antiquated

4) set aside (money or time) for a particular purpose

(8) flaccid


1) pretend

2) object to be thrown or projected

3) bodily (rather than spiritual)

4) flabby

(9) molten


1) appease

2) cause to stop for a period

3) time for rest

4) melted

(10) virtual


1) in essence

2) absentminded

3) small cavern

4) recent convert

(11) nullify


1) adhesive

2) full of life

3) make invalid

4) ridicule

(12) countermand


1) very wicked

2) desire

3) group of mammals including humans

4) cancel

(13) unfledged


1) pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores

2) immature

3) dull

4) (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed

(14) dainty


1) summit

2) in a state of rage

3) home of a hermit

4) delicate

(15) esteem


1) respect

2) cancel

3) recognize

4) fearful

(16) neologism


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

2) separate religious body

3) new or newly coined word or phrase

4) become less severe

(17) sobriety


1) ceremony conferring holy orders

2) insert improperly

3) moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol)

4) animal or plant living on another

(18) pecuniary


1) pertaining to money

2) squabble

3) brief flash of light

4) immediate insight

(19) foppish


1) vain about dress and appearance

2) not to be taken away

3) plan in advance

4) introduce as a subject

(20) nepotism


1) n. money given to sb who has done one a service

2) copy

3) give up temporarily

4) favoritism (to a relative)

(21) environ


1) enclose

2) barrier laid down by artillery fire

3) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

4) adjoining

(22) mercantile


1) happiness

2) concerning trade or merchants

3) surmise

4) degrade

(23) clemency


1) display of partiality toward a favored person

2) apart

3) reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.)

4) disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments

(24) germinal


1) pertaining to a germ

2) sudden disastrous downfall or defeat

3) expressing a meaning

4) take vengence for something or on behalf of someone

(25) somnolent


1) show by example

2) noticeable

3) make or become suitable for a specific use

4) half asleep