VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 29

(1) conscript


1) fit of bad temper

2) wasteful (of money)

3) make use of, sometimes unjustly

4) draftee

(2) hostage


1) hesitate

2) vinegary

3) pertaining to the improvement of race

4) person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands

(3) knack


1) fear of being locked in

2) generous

3) one guilty of a crime

4) special talent

(4) hothead


1) person who does things too quickly without thinking

2) repay

3) having only one color

4) soak

(5) determination


1) exceeding ordinary limits

2) devoutness

3) resolve

4) made in an earlier period and usu. valuable

(6) misogynist


1) hater of woman

2) disloyal

3) program as for trial

4) lower

(7) garnish


1) parish priest

2) bee-keeping

3) decorate

4) abyss

(8) propensity


1) natural inclination

2) without previous preparation

3) friendship

4) assemble

(9) maladroit


1) poison (of an animal)

2) put forth for consideration or analysis

3) clumsy

4) periodic

(10) takeoff


1) deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow

2) leftover food

3) burlesque

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

(11) rusticate


1) resolve

2) banish to the country

3) sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object

4) morally upright

(12) appease


1) work at in a nonserious fashion

2) one who spoils the pleasure of others

3) pacify or soothe

4) maze

(13) ovoid


1) poison (of an animal)

2) egg-shaped

3) scanty

4) authority on a subject

(14) blasphemy


1) lacking rhythm or regularity

2) showing excitement

3) correspondence of parts

4) irreverence

(15) jumble


1) mix in a confused way

2) disprove

3) work or appoint as a deputy

4) not repentant

(16) delusive


1) throb

2) deceptive

3) cure-all

4) disown

(17) versatile


1) ornate

2) having many talents

3) stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly

4) impartial

(18) gnome


1) loiter or dawdle

2) warning of disaster

3) trifles

4) dwarf

(19) sovereign


1) cause to stop for a period

2) ruler in a monarchy

3) tending toward the center

4) large wave of water

(20) grotto


1) criticize harshly

2) farewell or departure

3) the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions

4) small cavern

(21) vaunted


1) pertaining to marriage

2) extreme poverty

3) boasted

4) good-fellowship

(22) yen


1) strong desire

2) extremely aggressive and militant patriot

3) guarantee

4) territory enclosed within an alien land

(23) infirmity


1) weakness

2) having human form or characteristics

3) pretty good)''

4) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

(24) derivation


1) deriving

2) causing sharp pain to the mind

3) going beyond common thought or ideas

4) restore to good condition

(25) momentum


1) changeable (in affections or friendship)

2) natural inclination

3) quantity of motion of a moving body

4) move about playfully