VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 12

(1) tacit


1) mutual

2) assertion

3) understood (without actually being expressed)

4) complete independence and self-government (of a country)

(2) palette


1) board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)

2) drifting wreckage

3) rejoicing

4) seasonings

(3) dwindle


1) lively

2) impossible to reconcile

3) N: split

4) shrink

(4) eschew


1) official with power to administer the law

2) behead

3) creed

4) avoid habitually

(5) cathartic


1) mixed up

2) purgative

3) respectable

4) filthy

(6) surreptitious


1) (of water) cover completely

2) inclined to

3) done secretly

4) apart

(7) menial


1) explanatory

2) uncertain

3) salary

4) suitable for servants

(8) overt


1) open to view

2) tendency to keep together

3) throw lightly

4) painting in only one color

(9) inhibit


1) deceive

2) honor

3) acal) fiendish

4) restrain

(10) excise


1) trifles

2) go backwards

3) cut away

4) limit

(11) flout


1) (of meat) tough

2) inappropriate

3) reject

4) showing excitement

(12) clamber


1) climb by crawling with difficulties

2) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)

3) (of an animal) feed on growing grass

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

(13) dynamo


1) generator for producing electricity

2) flowing into

3) resentment

4) horrible

(14) retrieve


1) display of partiality toward a favored person

2) recover

3) stingy

4) countercharges

(15) articulate


1) (of light or color) bright and distinct

2) person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

3) effective

4) title

(16) brazen


1) insolent

2) retired or disqualified because of age

3) spotted

4) local or provincial dialect

(17) insubstantial


1) clearness of expression

2) introduce something into a larger whole

3) lacking substance

4) feasible

(18) stalemate


1) of psyche

2) complete happiness

3) small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone))

4) deadlock

(19) reduce


1) possession of land or building by rent

2) meat-eating

3) thrift

4) diminish

(20) decapitate


1) shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match)

2) grain-eating

3) filled with great surprise or fear

4) behead

(21) ecliptic


1) school for training future ministers

2) path of the sun and the planets

3) kinship

4) conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others

(22) sonnet


1) 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern

2) having lost one's original power

3) glowing ardor

4) storage place for military equipment

(23) embrace


1) tedious wordiness

2) paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls

3) boasting

4) hug

(24) imperial


1) charmingly carefree

2) like an emperor

3) place under water

4) unable to be restrained or held back

(25) authoritative


1) vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle

2) having the weight of authority

3) promote or publicize (one's goods or service)

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