VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 27

(1) seep


1) silent

2) relating to the art of debate

3) pass slowly through small openings

4) portray

(2) declivity


1) self-satisfaction

2) suggestive

3) downward slope

4) daily

(3) gerontology


1) chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse

2) study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age

3) official periodical publication

4) (of likings and interests) universal

(4) captious


1) not subject to a duty or obligation

2) faultfinding

3) wasteful

4) impudent disrespect

(5) affluence


1) formal essay

2) abundance

3) slightly sour (in taste or manner)

4) bottomless

(6) simulate


1) brawl

2) severely critical

3) feign

4) central or vital part

(7) hyperbole


1) trifles

2) exaggeration

3) growing or spreading uncontrollably

4) salty

(8) appreciate


1) state of distress

2) beyond what is normal in nature

3) lustful

4) be thankful for

(9) viper


1) twist in coils

2) poisonous snake

3) fitful

4) suggest a meaning not expressed

(10) efface


1) rub out

2) final outcome

3) food

4) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun

(11) Shangri-la


1) party

2) secret

3) imaginary remote paradise on earth

4) hackneyed

(12) titular


1) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

2) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own

3) dry up

4) of a title

(13) damn


1) expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words

2) condemn

3) serving as a model

4) extremely small

(14) conglomeration


1) mass of material sticking together

2) lessen in value

3) fearless

4) conscientious

(15) commiserate


1) feel or express pity or sympathy for

2) trace

3) sift

4) liberate

(16) trigger


1) nervous giggle

2) excessive indulgence of one's own desire

3) set off

4) ability to foresee future happenings

(17) monochromatic


1) payment or expense

2) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

3) wintry

4) having only one color

(18) apologist


1) one who writes in defense of a cause or institution

2) crack

3) insane

4) pertaining to the universe

(19) diurnal


1) effective

2) bruise

3) daily

4) expert at

(20) churlish


1) wintry

2) expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.

3) complain

4) boorish

(21) impenetrable


1) chances

2) life after death

3) not able to be pierced or entered

4) breaking of contract or duty

(22) profligate


1) capable of using either hand with equal ease

2) rotting flesh of a dead body

3) admit

4) wasteful (of money)

(23) striated


1) excessively exacting

2) assumption

3) interfering

4) marked with parallel bands

(24) ingratiate


1) sermon

2) vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young

3) relating to space

4) become popular with

(25) standstill


1) improperness

2) pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich

3) confuse

4) condition of no movement or activity