VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 44

(1) rapport


1) deserving blame

2) able to be dissolved in a liquid

3) close relationship

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

(2) bank


1) assemble

2) having an odor

3) heap

4) pamper

(3) recapitulate


1) brother or sister

2) summarize

3) thick-skinned animal

4) attach

(4) champion


1) disapproval

2) swayed by sentiment

3) support militantly

4) period of ideal or peak condition

(5) conspire


1) gift for finding valuable things by accident

2) pithy maxim or saying

3) (of behavior) proper

4) take part in a conspiracy

(6) stellar


1) pithy maxim or saying

2) spoken or written in secret

3) pertaining to the stars

4) throb

(7) sophist


1) pollute

2) teacher of philosophy

3) fleshly

4) twist in coils

(8) awe


1) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species

2) violent

3) revive

4) solemn wonder

(9) haughtiness


1) held in common

2) ered) marked by great changes in fortune

3) pride

4) glass water bottle

(10) defection


1) monarch

2) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly

3) desertion

4) fear or hatred of foreigners

(11) snub


1) prank

2) severe and adverse criticism

3) legislating branch of government

4) ignore or behave coldly toward

(12) lucre


1) spread throughout

2) money

3) assist (someone in difficulty)

4) waste matter

(13) causal


1) explosion

2) implying a cause-and-effect relationship

3) brownish yellow

4) wetland

(14) sidetrack


1) harmful

2) (particular form of) political organization

3) switch (a railroad car) to a siding

4) person of prominence or influence

(15) mash


1) irreverence

2) deserve

3) crush into mash

4) stubborn

(16) drastic


1) pious

2) strong

3) implied comparison

4) kind in a generous way (to someone less important)

(17) infantile


1) compiler of a dictionary

2) on or relating to the earth

3) listing of information in tabular or book form

4) childish

(18) portly


1) trembling

2) stout

3) arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained

4) untidy

(19) crypt


1) secret recess or vault usually used for burial

2) boasted

3) theoretical

4) grisly

(20) propulsive


1) small speck (esp. of dust)

2) feverish

3) driving forward

4) ponder at length

(21) insalubrious


1) foreshadow

2) unwholesome

3) untidy (of a woman or clothes)

4) error

(22) wretch


1) miserable person

2) fair

3) cause to become sick

4) come together

(23) deprecate


1) express disapproval of

2) (of someone) unfriendly

3) venomous spider

4) state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age

(24) inordinate


1) beyond reasonable limits

2) ghost

3) article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

4) throw lightly

(25) alcove


1) something fit to be eaten

2) nook

3) regret

4) imitate