VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 18

(1) amphibian


1) very small quantity

2) able to live both on land and in water

3) defame

4) outward appearance

(2) peer


1) weak

2) one who has equal standing with another

3) third in order or rank

4) ignore or behave coldly toward

(3) flighty


1) not harmonious

2) (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious

3) bury

4) destroy completely

(4) representationa


1) legal delay of payment or action

2) stop motion

3) able to walk

4) l (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life

(5) query


1) boasting

2) inquiry

3) spiritual rebirth

4) crookedly

(6) trim


1) make neat or tidy by clipping

2) boorish

3) give up

4) intellectuals

(7) writhe


1) popular fashion

2) twist in coils

3) prohibit

4) express condolences

(8) graphic


1) pertaining to the art of delineating

2) walking at an easy unhurried pace

3) study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation

4) stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys

(9) impair


1) skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence

2) reluctant

3) injure

4) entirely acceptable

(10) perdition


1) (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline

2) damnation

3) quality of being very old

4) broad

(11) belligerent


1) illegal

2) quarrelsome

3) fortress

4) deserve

(12) regal


1) (of societies or groups) combine

2) maze

3) defamatory written statement

4) royal

(13) grandeur


1) relating to cooking or kitchen

2) one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life

3) impressiveness

4) since

(14) effeminate


1) disprove

2) speak in favor of

3) having womanly traits

4) ) entrance

(15) gentle


1) conquer

2) kindly

3) drug that relieves pain or trouble

4) not open to attack

(16) betray


1) gloomy

2) fantastically improbable

3) detest

4) be unfaithful

(17) nebula


1) barrier laid down by artillery fire

2) overcome

3) state strongly or positively

4) diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas

(18) barterer


1) trader

2) promoting a particular point of view

3) incomplete

4) somewhat saline

(19) metropolis


1) give in respectfully

2) small roofed structure for storage and shelter

3) sharp-cornered

4) large city

(20) morbid


1) narrow-mindedness

2) respectful

3) given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought

4) acute pain

(21) demoniac(demoni


1) huge

2) unsuited

3) loud and harsh

4) acal) fiendish

(22) gravity


1) trail of ship or other object through water

2) person who has a compulsive desire to steal

3) seriousness

4) miser

(23) galvanize


1) fearless

2) stimulate or shock by an electric current

3) any ulcerous sore

4) beastlike

(24) artifacts


1) correspondence of parts

2) object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced

3) cowardly

4) fearful

(25) maternal


1) charming (in a childlike way)

2) motherly

3) partial shadow (in an eclipse)

4) (of an experience) deeply shocking