VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 59

(1) disinclination


1) unwillingness

2) going from one state of action to another

3) object of general attention

4) pertaining to marriage

(2) metamorphosis


1) hatch

2) one's opinion of oneself

3) change of form

4) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

(3) odds


1) chances

2) special talent

3) travel about selling (wares)

4) self-satisfied

(4) limbo


1) region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept

2) neglect

3) untarnished

4) blame (not angrily but sadly)

(5) palpitate


1) intensely cold

2) opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed

3) violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness)

4) throb

(6) trident


1) objectionable

2) utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)

3) artificial

4) three-pronged spear

(7) Spartan


1) pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general

2) without attention to comfort

3) illegal trade

4) having no motion

(8) decry


1) lover of luxury

2) partial shadow (in an eclipse)

3) express strong disapproval of

4) complete

(9) gangrene


1) habitually intoxicated

2) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)

3) mushy(sentimental) and gushy

4) decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury)

(10) mass


1) Christian religious ceremony

2) provide or use scantily

3) twist

4) fits of depression or gloom

(11) hive


1) one's opinion of oneself

2) highly pretentious or inflated

3) ver) strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes)

4) box for bees

(12) invoke


1) receiver

2) irregularity

3) call and bring into use (a right or law)

4) loss of memory

(13) ensue


1) flexible

2) rhythmical throbbing of arteries

3) take apart

4) follow (as a result)

(14) besiege


1) (of the voice) extremely loud

2) entreat

3) surround with armed forces

4) unlikely occurrence

(15) browbeat


1) drowsy

2) bully

3) search thoroughly

4) burden

(16) neophyte


1) (cause to) join the armed forces

2) winding

3) be thankful for

4) recent convert

(17) entail


1) exit

2) incurable

3) make necessary

4) expressing irony

(18) emaciated


1) exclude

2) flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river

3) idealistic but impractical

4) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

(19) substantiate


1) plundering

2) support (a claim) with evidence

3) current of air (through a room or to a fire)

4) flattery

(20) lumber


1) move heavily or clumsily

2) causing sharp pain to the mind

3) partnership

4) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)

(21) necromancy


1) black magic

2) deportment

3) optimistic

4) framework and working parts of an automobile

(22) ascendancy


1) underwater explosive apparatus

2) offering or providing help

3) ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority

4) controlling influence

(23) leniency


1) disheveled

2) mildness

3) unsatisfied

4) something fit to be eaten

(24) enumerate


1) minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

2) someone easily fooled or deceived

3) (of a person) outgoing and sociable

4) list

(25) kindle


1) person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

2) listing of information in tabular or book form

3) transmit (money) in payment

4) start a fire