VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 60

(1) decrepit


1) corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields

2) make (a liquid) less concentrated

3) weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use

4) examination of a dead body

(2) biennial


1) (of a boat) turn over

2) stand up against

3) every two years

4) squabble

(3) ruminate


1) suave

2) minor objection or complaint

3) take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment

4) chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically)

(4) billow


1) metric

2) like a spirit or fairy

3) large wave of water

4) that cannot be impeached

(5) consonance


1) make drunk

2) medical treatment and care of old age

3) harmony

4) border upon

(6) pestle


1) tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar

2) temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground)

3) small exclusive group of people

4) omission of words from a text

(7) sledge


1) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)

2) grow well

3) large sled drawn by work animals

4) lover of mankind

(8) elucidate


1) explain

2) flashy

3) happening by chance

4) not noticing

(9) bolster


1) produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud)

2) work or appoint as a deputy

3) support

4) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied

(10) outlaw


1) disobedient

2) reverse the order or position of

3) fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection)

4) expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death

(11) yore


1) time long past

2) reconciling

3) serving to warn

4) not earthly

(12) pallet


1) become unsteady and fall down

2) homeless child or animal

3) small poor bed

4) impressive

(13) cardiologist


1) paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film

2) doctor specializing in ailments of the heart

3) produce young

4) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own

(14) geriatrics


1) subordinate

2) medical treatment and care of old age

3) person who cheats people

4) fair

(15) canvass


1) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

2) of or like an uncle

3) comic misuse of a word

4) token of disgrace

(16) industrious


1) deserved punishment for wrongdoing

2) obsolete

3) diligent

4) act or state of separation

(17) ploy


1) strategem to gain an advantage

2) notoriously bad

3) very large number

4) having a very fine bore

(18) dote


1) of or suffering rabies

2) goodness

3) raised mark from a beating or whipping

4) be excessively fond of

(19) herbivorous


1) effective

2) premonition of evil

3) of a margin

4) grain-eating

(20) zealot


1) one who is zealous

2) generosity

3) be cautious (of)

4) pale purple

(21) indite


1) arise from

2) treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect

3) worn through till the threads show

4) write

(22) cuisine


1) too particular

2) style of cooking

3) honor at a festival

4) mixed up

(23) capillary


1) contact that keeps parties in communication

2) immature

3) having a very fine bore

4) with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct)

(24) dispassionate


1) fall apart into tangles

2) make use of, sometimes unjustly

3) speech or writing with no meaning

4) calm

(25) rustle


1) make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together

2) divided into classes

3) curse

4) meantime