VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 190

(1) tactile


1) exact

2) pertaining to the organs or sense of touch

3) correct spelling

4) disagreeably aggressive

(2) ruddy


1) medieval chemistry

2) whirlwind

3) reddish

4) provide with some quality

(3) repose


1) deceptive scheme

2) nearness

3) resting

4) esoteric

(4) quench


1) assuage or satisfy (thrust)

2) walk lamely

3) assault

4) solemn urging

(5) arrears


1) being in debt

2) sleep lightly

3) sparing in eating and drinking

4) lacking self-restraint

(6) inextricable


1) from which it is impossible to get free

2) generous

3) state of distress

4) shackle

(7) clot


1) harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain)

2) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)

3) total

4) analyze (to discover what materials are present)

(8) continence


1) abandon

2) having a common center

3) self-restraint

4) small boat (often ship's boat)

(9) voluptuous


1) record of a voyage or flight

2) sensual

3) autopsy

4) soft wet land

(10) shoot


1) new growth from a plant

2) commence

3) radiating

4) exceeding ordinary limits

(11) persevere


1) scolding woman

2) continue steadily in spite of difficulties

3) one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)

4) pertaining to the woods or the country

(12) levy


1) no longer in fashion or use

2) essential or main point

3) impose (a fine)

4) sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)

(13) stolid


1) short and thick

2) wrong or improper name

3) destruction by fire

4) dull

(14) gesticulation


1) in name only

2) having the appearance of truth or reality

3) motion

4) angelic

(15) quietude


1) pertaining to marriage

2) give a slight degree of a color or quality to

3) ornate

4) tranquillity

(16) objective


1) eating both plant and animal food

2) insolent

3) wear a mask or disguise

4) not influenced by emotions

(17) voracious


1) sudden sharp feeling of pain

2) pithy maxim or saying

3) mischance

4) ravenous

(18) flail


1) morally upright

2) eager for knowledge

3) persuade not to do

4) beat with or as if with a flail

(19) licentious


1) strange

2) become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame)

3) amoral

4) approach

(20) relinquish


1) give up something (with reluctance)

2) outward appearance

3) of sound or its speed in air

4) drive away

(21) flux


1) flowing

2) outward demonstration

3) send out of the country

4) approve formally

(22) deadpan


1) wooden

2) chain

3) not earthly

4) postpone

(23) degenerate


1) growing by addition

2) noisy party with a lot of drinking

3) maker and seller of eyeglasses

4) become worse in quality

(24) vagrant


1) homeless wanderer

2) after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death)

3) quarrelsome

4) nonentity

(25) confound


1) enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition)

2) black form of carbon used in lead pencils

3) given to complaining

4) confuse