VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 20

(1) apex


1) wandering

2) make stupid in mind

3) tip

4) ornate

(2) scurry


1) railing in a courtroom

2) move hastily

3) give a slight degree of a color or quality to

4) exaggeration

(3) reverent


1) tone down in intensity

2) not repentant

3) respectful

4) remainder

(4) potentate


1) monarch

2) room to move

3) offensive in odor or flavor

4) quarrelsome

(5) agitate


1) stir up

2) suffering from indigestion

3) honor the memory of

4) soften by soaking in liquid

(6) exhilarating


1) invigorating and refreshing

2) causing a feeling of pity or sympathy

3) cheating

4) slow

(7) breed


1) trip

2) steadfast

3) without money

4) produce young

(8) arrogance


1) urgent situation

2) pride

3) work against

4) detest

(9) invulnerable


1) give an imitation that ridicules

2) existing at birth

3) pride

4) incapable of injury

(10) minion


1) look at amorously

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

3) waster

4) servile dependent

(11) sumptuous


1) make perpetual

2) grand suggesting great expense

3) immoral behavior

4) unconquerable

(12) satire


1) huge

2) form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly

3) strong point or special talent in a person's character

4) spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault)

(13) miscellany


1) ash-colored

2) become worse in quality

3) mixture of writings on various subjects

4) do or give something in return

(14) stratum


1) layer of earth's surface

2) deep dish for serving soup

3) work at in a nonserious fashion

4) rub out

(15) denotation


1) make friendly again (after quarrel)

2) beyond what is normal in nature

3) meaning

4) charm

(16) accost


1) ill luck

2) trail of ship or other object through water

3) tendency to disbelief

4) approach and speak first to a person

(17) vantage


1) torn piece of cloth

2) pommel

3) position giving an advantage (such as a strategic point)

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

(18) apiculture


1) doctor who treats mental diseases

2) growth or increase in size by gradual addition

3) bee-keeping

4) children

(19) leery


1) restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author

2) strong

3) dramatic poem set to music

4) (of someone) suspicious

(20) impregnate


1) person with an insane desire to set things on fire

2) make pregnant

3) discourage

4) secret recess or vault usually used for burial

(21) cameo


1) scold

2) tired or uninterested by surfeit

3) shell or jewel carved in relief

4) jaunty

(22) implore


1) demanding much work or care

2) raid

3) loss of memory

4) v. ask or beg earnestly

(23) elated


1) vested power to reject a bill

2) heavier or larger on one side than the other

3) filled with excited joy and pride

4) recollection

(24) thrash


1) touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter

2) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

3) beat with a whip or flail

4) bloody

(25) defrock


1) make rational

2) surface texture

3) strip a priest or minister of church authority

4) layer of earth's surface