VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 192

(1) spoilsport


1) untidy (of hair or clothing)

2) walking about from place to place (to work)

3) one who spoils the pleasure of others

4) a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played

(2) wry


1) (esp. of an expression of the face) twisted

2) discomposed

3) exclude

4) large city

(3) anomalous


1) desire

2) abnormal

3) careless

4) (of colors or surfaces) not bright

(4) caprice


1) whim

2) irregularity

3) suffer (harm or loss)

4) flavored dessert ice

(5) chancellor


1) hag

2) legal official of high rank

3) assuming a false identity

4) complain or whine tearfully

(6) derogatory


1) satiate

2) great waterfall

3) bloody

4) expressing a low opinion

(7) ostensible


1) apparent

2) of or suitable for a palace

3) like an emperor

4) belief that life is basically bad or evil

(8) occlude


1) please

2) of a particular season

3) messenger

4) shut

(9) asteroid


1) state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved

2) make shiny by rubbing

3) small planet

4) impressionable

(10) pertinent


1) fearful

2) roundabout

3) suitable

4) depart secretly and hide

(11) resignation


1) patiently submissiveness

2) sensual

3) lack of premeditation

4) ridicule

(12) provocative


1) arousing anger or sexual interest

2) slavishly attentive

3) trembling

4) (of something bad) widespread

(13) deify


1) worsen

2) turn into a god

3) short poem idealizing rural life

4) person who keeps bees

(14) optimum


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

2) entreating

3) move or develop more slowly

4) most favorable

(15) hideous


1) one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself

2) repulsive to the sight

3) put to rout

4) soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body

(16) indubitable


1) unable to be doubted

2) trouble or worry over trifles

3) generator for producing electricity

4) government under a single ruler

(17) condone


1) overlook

2) diminish

3) cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)

4) error

(18) dichotomy


1) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

2) division into two opposite parts

3) disorderly fight between two or more people

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

(19) amorphous


1) like wood

2) courteous

3) formless

4) (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value

(20) scrappy


1) able to be touched

2) quarrelsome

3) not literal but metaphorical

4) lover of mankind

(21) riveting


1) banish from a group

2) holding one's attention

3) change

4) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

(22) cow


1) terrorize

2) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining

3) surround tightly so that movement is impossible

4) remedy to counteract a poison or disease

(23) foresight


1) clear from blame

2) ability to foresee future happenings

3) comfort in sorrow or trouble

4) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)

(24) thrive


1) make smooth or glossy

2) prosper

3) include

4) funeral director

(25) expostulation


1) protest

2) mental disorder

3) relating to space

4) abusive