VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 16

(1) inhibited


1) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels

2) tunnels in which rabbits live

3) enroll (in college or graduate school)

4) causing great fear

(2) accolade


1) quick and active

2) flexible

3) abstain from

4) award of merit

(3) lexicographer


1) authorized agent

2) compiler of a dictionary

3) disgrace

4) gross lewdness

(4) rivulet


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

2) ill luck

3) small stream

4) (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language

(5) acclivity


1) incurable

2) distinguish

3) sharp upslope of a hill

4) ghastly

(6) animosity


1) active enmity

2) swamp gas

3) threatening

4) imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing

(7) martyr


1) one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause

2) satisfy to the full

3) of a member of the cat family

4) grand suggesting great expense

(8) fleece


1) fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection)

2) female fox

3) wool coat of a sheep

4) irresistible crushing force

(9) shackle


1) mercy killing

2) youthful

3) hot-tempered

4) chain

(10) humane


1) haughty

2) group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself)

3) basically different

4) marked by kindness or consideration

(11) modulate


1) begin to grow

2) mental or bodily powers

3) meeting place

4) tone down in intensity

(12) solstice


1) point or time at which the sun is farthest from the equator

2) impose (a fine)

3) repulsive to the sight

4) read through with care

(13) clique


1) make oneself tidy in appearance

2) small exclusive group of people

3) heterogeneous mixture

4) frenzy

(14) manifold


1) upset

2) of a margin

3) doing evil

4) many in number or kind

(15) serendipity


1) bear fruit

2) unexplicable

3) gift for finding valuable things by accident

4) song of praise or patriotism

(16) foray


1) put or force in without being asked

2) extreme confusion

3) extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress

4) raid

(17) odorous


1) a great quantity

2) having an odor

3) beyond reasonable limits

4) good judgment with composure

(18) totem


1) animal, plant, or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family

2) ward off a blow

3) delayed

4) excessively fat

(19) smelt


1) song of praise or patriotism

2) heavier or larger on one side than the other

3) melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal

4) group of mammals including humans

(20) lancet


1) small surgical tool for making incisions

2) immoral behavior

3) brief and to the point

4) disapproval

(21) vertebrate


1) having a backbone or spinal column

2) object believed to have spiritual powers

3) cast a spell over

4) live together

(22) homely


1) (of weather) hot or scorching

2) impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)

3) occupy fully

4) not good-looking

(23) quintessence


1) purest and highest embodiment

2) whim

3) walking at an easy unhurried pace

4) wordy

(24) quixotic


1) dull

2) idealistic but impractical

3) supporting bar

4) hot-tempered

(25) pious


1) trip

2) an act of yielding

3) discourage

4) devout