VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 31

(1) distinction


1) refutation

2) theft

3) severity

4) honor

(2) effulgent


1) fight

2) shining brightly

3) fault

4) secret

(3) mammoth


1) active enmity

2) system of religious or ethical belief

3) suspended action

4) gigantic

(4) prong


1) obstruct

2) part that forms the end

3) pointed projecting part

4) decorate

(5) mediocre


1) deceive

2) start a fire

3) ordinary

4) expressing a meaning

(6) lionize


1) flat mass of floating ice

2) treat (a person) as a celebrity

3) strong wall built for defense

4) make unnecessary

(7) stentorian


1) rash

2) (of the voice) extremely loud

3) agitation

4) echo repeatedly

(8) inured


1) accustomed

2) pretty good)''

3) (of something written or painted) still in existence

4) informal discussion

(9) convention


1) social or moral custom

2) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)

3) loose sleeveless outer garment

4) eling) inexperienced

(10) quotidian


1) filled (with something unpleasant)

2) exceed

3) spotted

4) daily

(11) lank


1) pertaining to memory

2) iron block used in hammering out metals

3) (of weather) hot or scorching

4) long and thin

(12) prominent


1) bend the knee as in worship

2) protruding(sticking out)

3) meaning

4) questionable medicine

(13) noncommittal


1) gloomy

2) lethargy

3) move about playfully

4) neutral

(14) prefigure


1) complicated situation (as in a play)

2) wrong

3) be a sign of

4) peaceful

(15) submerge


1) not subject to a duty or obligation

2) place under water

3) (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census)

4) ceremonious quality

(16) fell


1) many in number or kind

2) skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair

3) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)

4) plant or scatter seed

(17) xenophobia


1) bar

2) lengthen

3) unintelligible

4) fear or hatred of foreigners

(18) recidivism


1) colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism

2) pronounce indistinctly

3) habitual return to crime (even after being punished)

4) smugly and unconsciously foolish

(19) unbridled


1) violent

2) guardianship

3) social or moral custom

4) one who harvests grain

(20) quell


1) form into grains or granules

2) blessed

3) suppress

4) revere

(21) extort


1) widespread

2) wring from

3) offering or providing help

4) swindle or cheat

(22) amalgamate


1) hard coating or crust

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

3) queer and amusing

4) (of societies or groups) combine

(23) rapacious


1) consanguine) having a common ancestor

2) voracious

3) keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)

4) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)

(24) mason


1) pleasantly tart-tasting

2) invigorating and refreshing

3) situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options

4) one who builds or works with stone or brick

(25) turmoil


1) grieve

2) physically strong

3) extreme confusion

4) falling to pieces