VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 46

(1) gratis


1) long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero)

2) harmful

3) list (of names)

4) free

(2) subtlety


1) perceptiveness

2) unfriendliness

3) torn ragged wound

4) error

(3) tract


1) tax levied by a ruler

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

3) bookish

4) trouble or worry over trifles

(4) peroration


1) conclusion of an oration

2) bitterness of speech and temper

3) disapproval

4) unworthy

(5) erroneous


1) final outcome

2) cut away

3) trembling

4) mistaken

(6) referendum


1) not open to attack

2) restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking

3) direct vote by all the people

4) secret

(7) disband


1) chance

2) dissolve

3) agitation

4) call by bugles or trumpets

(8) contagion


1) interfering

2) deserved punishment for wrongdoing

3) dry up

4) infection (by contact)

(9) rote


1) push forward

2) ars) ancestors

3) move hastily

4) repetition

(10) patrimony


1) heat-producing

2) fierce

3) complete happiness

4) property inherited from a father

(11) imperceptible


1) poor verse

2) unnoticeable

3) strong foul odor

4) stuff oneself (with food)

(12) lax


1) careless

2) fearful

3) ornament a metal surface by indenting

4) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

(13) reprisal


1) animals of a period or region

2) retaliation

3) treacherous plot

4) those of gentle birth

(14) propound


1) threat

2) put forth for consideration or analysis

3) spread through or over (with a color or liquid)

4) pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition

(15) gory


1) related to a school

2) pertaining to the brain or intellect

3) formal systematic inquiry

4) bloody

(16) intermittent


1) waver (in opinion)

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

3) too deep to be measured or understood

4) periodic

(17) infest


1) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful

2) haughty

3) languor

4) give an inclination toward (in advance)

(18) endemic


1) prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

2) state of violent agitation

3) strong

4) revere

(19) abolish


1) sleep-causing

2) loiter

3) brownish yellow

4) cancel

(20) rejuvenate


1) make young again

2) rosy

3) having only one color

4) not literal but metaphorical

(21) exalt


1) divided into classes

2) raise in rank or dignity

3) slang

4) written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)

(22) ignoble


1) joyous

2) unworthy

3) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

4) direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)

(23) onomatopoeia


1) stronghold

2) prevailing style

3) words formed in imitation of natural sounds

4) acute pain

(24) spangle


1) fall or let fall in drops

2) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful

3) small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation

4) vibrate pendulumlike

(25) vouch


1) questionable medicine

2) central or vital part

3) possession of land or building by rent

4) give a personal guarantee