VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 186

(1) seine


1) hermit

2) sullen

3) seine net

4) underwater explosive apparatus

(2) distinctive


1) cut away

2) clearly different from others of the same kind

3) waster

4) without previous preparation

(3) sprout


1) shriveled

2) not able to be traveled or crossed

3) begin to grow

4) equivalent in effect or value

(4) earthly


1) please

2) ) hanging down from something

3) not easily satisfied

4) of this earth

(5) medley


1) public revelation of something discreditable

2) mixture

3) pleasantly tart-tasting

4) rather fat

(6) charisma


1) since

2) saturate(soak thoroughly)

3) divine gift

4) attribute

(7) dyspeptic


1) downward slope

2) stinging

3) suffering from indigestion

4) lacking substance

(8) remittance


1) oversimplified

2) mutual relationship

3) stinginess

4) remitting of money

(9) consternation


1) great shock

2) devoted to the pleasures of the sense

3) look on with scorn

4) long period of time

(10) crest


1) weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)

2) (of meat) tough

3) top (as of a hill or wave)

4) follow (as a result)

(11) punctilious


1) use sparingly

2) not earthly

3) burn unsteadily or fitfully

4) minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points

(12) peregrination


1) journey

2) daydream

3) made up of a variety of parts

4) instituting

(13) distant


1) reserved or aloof

2) use equivocal language to deceive people

3) clear from blame or guilt

4) maze

(14) corporeal


1) bodily (rather than spiritual)

2) entangle

3) positive assertion

4) mar the appearance of

(15) rigid


1) (cause to) join the armed forces

2) hard and unbending

3) a great quantity

4) (of someone) having insight

(16) voluminous


1) unity of pitch (in musical performance)

2) approve

3) having great volume (as of a garment or container)

4) secret

(17) seasonable


1) based on theory

2) interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial

3) occurring at the proper time or season

4) separate

(18) apparition


1) pertaining to conversational or common speech

2) foul smelling

3) ghost

4) driving forward

(19) antecedents


1) beat with a whip or flail

2) period of equal days and nights

3) concise

4) preceding events that influence what comes later

(20) sap


1) accustom or familiarize

2) diminish

3) temporary stay

4) (of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture

(21) malicious


1) breaking of contract or duty

2) become engaged to marry

3) hateful

4) correspondence of parts

(22) nectar


1) determined

2) (of a person) having reason

3) drink of the gods

4) bury

(23) uproarious


1) marked by commotion or uproar

2) (of something written or painted) still in existence

3) fall or let fall in drops

4) shake uncontrollably

(24) imperious


1) not genuine

2) domineering

3) breathing

4) overcome

(25) warranted


1) someone who wastes money

2) medical treatment and care of old age

3) curse

4) justified