VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 38

(1) projectile


1) (of the senses) sharp

2) propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group)

3) missile

4) monumental tomb

(2) parameter


1) deliberately planned

2) limit

3) place side by side

4) gather into wrinkles or folds

(3) clich\'e


1) elementary

2) clumsy

3) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

4) shining brightly

(4) stockade


1) physical features of a region (such as the shape and height)

2) wooden enclosure or pen

3) honor at a festival

4) harmful

(5) weather


1) drifting wreckage

2) showy

3) sad

4) pass safely through (a storm or difficult period)

(6) gratuitous


1) church dignitary

2) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint

3) given freely

4) object of general attention

(7) libidinous


1) lustful

2) narrate or tell (a story)

3) hang about/around

4) lack of seriousness or steadiness

(8) diva


1) operatic singer

2) insult to one's dignity

3) shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match)

4) not requited

(9) remit


1) in confusion

2) transmit (money) in payment

3) opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments

4) beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw

(10) speck


1) small piece or mark

2) complicated situation (as in a play)

3) put at a loss

4) preceding events that influence what comes later

(11) suppliant


1) angelic

2) entreating

3) belittle

4) shriveled

(12) compassion


1) agent (sent on a mission to represent another)

2) sympathy for the suffering of others

3) cancel

4) division of a city for election or police purposes

(13) quiver


1) become unsteady and fall down

2) pompous

3) tremble

4) soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)

(14) mantle


1) standards used in judging

2) insurmountable

3) (of the tide) recede

4) loose sleeveless outer garment

(15) testator


1) maker of a will

2) title or heading (in red print)

3) a manually skilled worker

4) descendants

(16) chaste


1) carefully contrived

2) pertaining to the moon

3) place under water

4) morally pure

(17) commodious


1) think up

2) connoisseur of food and drink

3) spacious and comfortable

4) dangerous

(18) merit


1) absence of contradictions

2) deserve

3) snip off

4) questionable medicine

(19) taint


1) flexible

2) contaminate

3) obstruct

4) fluent

(20) hubbub


1) tone down in intensity

2) being everywhere

3) confused uproar

4) experiencing nausea

(21) tumid


1) capable of using either hand with equal ease

2) mischievous child (usually a boy)

3) (of a part of the body) swollen

4) aimless

(22) prerogative


1) driving forward

2) frown angrily

3) weak

4) privilege

(23) apiarist


1) rise and float in the air (especially by magical means)

2) person who keeps bees

3) linger

4) (of a place) dilapidated

(24) disarray


1) make or become black by burning

2) transmit (money) in payment

3) fear or hatred of foreigners

4) state of disorder

(25) befuddle


1) striker (tongue) of a bell

2) nearing

3) confuse thoroughly

4) supplying nourishment