VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 17

(1) barrage


1) lacking in flavor

2) condemn

3) barrier laid down by artillery fire

4) monumental tomb

(2) enclave


1) narrate or tell (a story)

2) bind as servant or apprentice to master

3) territory enclosed within an alien land

4) unit of light energy (one candle's worth)

(3) porous


1) direct financial aid by government, etc.

2) bony growth on the head of a deer

3) full of pores

4) vague statement

(4) preponderance


1) superiority of power, quantity, etc.

2) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes

3) grandiloquent, pompous speech

4) relating to stars

(5) stifle


1) tilt (as of a ship)

2) treat with scorn or contempt

3) suppress

4) entirely acceptable

(6) dismember


1) introductory

2) forbiddingly stern

3) cut into small parts

4) attractive (in personality or appearance)

(7) concurrent


1) able to see differences

2) arsonist

3) work of art put together from fragments

4) happening at the same time

(8) nimble


1) repetition of beginning sound in poetry

2) sociable

3) government under a single ruler

4) quick in movement

(9) slack


1) equip

2) moving slowly

3) persuade not to do

4) very small

(10) scruple


1) hesitate for ethical reasons

2) disguise

3) close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion)

4) skin of an animal

(11) posthumous


1) slow-thinking stupid person

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

3) docile

4) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

(12) pretentious


1) ostentatious

2) question severely

3) support (a claim) with evidence

4) worldly wise and urbane

(13) distract


1) state of disorder

2) brief statement used to express a principle

3) take (one's attention) off something

4) furthest behind

(14) allude


1) holding fast (as to a belief)

2) tie (an animal) with a rope or tether

3) saturate(soak thoroughly)

4) refer indirectly

(15) primp


1) groom oneself with care

2) chances

3) cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe)

4) unmoved or unconcerned by

(16) valor


1) bravery

2) businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture)

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

4) coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)

(17) frugality


1) proverb

2) boxer

3) thrift

4) pierce (with a sharp point)

(18) restive


1) curious

2) able to produce a desired effect

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

4) hugeness (in a bad sense)

(19) congruent


1) in agreement

2) miserable person

3) specialized knowledge (in a particular field)

4) explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages

(20) fastidious


1) understood but not stated

2) untrustworthy person

3) difficult to please

4) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

(21) lag


1) witty saying

2) tending or leaning toward

3) full of initiative

4) move or develop more slowly

(22) bilk


1) choosing of a lot or card

2) swindle

3) crowd

4) meager

(23) smother


1) corruption

2) surrender something (stolen)

3) cry out suddenly

4) kill from lack of air

(24) derelict


1) accustom or familiarize

2) heavy and awkward to carry or wear

3) bend the knee as in worship

4) negligent

(25) stygian


1) dull

2) chief

3) science of sound

4) unpleasantly dark