VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 61

(1) gallows


1) smooth and shining

2) talk idly

3) understood (without actually being expressed)

4) framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)

(2) accede


1) harass or trouble from all directions

2) agree

3) condense or shorten

4) dull

(3) doddering


1) connected with history

2) shaky

3) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)

4) blow in heavy gusts

(4) contortions


1) isolate

2) ruler in a monarchy

3) debauched person

4) twistings

(5) militia


1) cook by direct heat

2) stare foolishly

3) wasted away

4) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

(6) evoke


1) incomplete

2) call forth (memory or feeling)

3) raised platform used in preaching (in a church)

4) state of being married

(7) provisional


1) hasty

2) begin to grow

3) tentative

4) ambush

(8) gaunt


1) not repentant

2) that cannot be impeached

3) assent

4) lean and angular

(9) grill


1) good-fellowship

2) question severely

3) piebald

4) (of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture

(10) tautological


1) strong point or special talent in a person's character

2) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)

3) needlessly repetitious

4) patience

(11) extirpate


1) public speaker

2) make a harsh noise

3) root up

4) shallow body of water or lake near a sea

(12) indelible


1) acting without dialogue

2) not able to be erased

3) languor

4) approach and speak first to a person

(13) affidavit


1) meal

2) person who keeps bees

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

4) study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation

(14) lout


1) pertaining to the body

2) clumsy person

3) reproduce

4) injure without breaking the skin

(15) knoll


1) gentle breeze

2) invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation)

3) little round hill

4) increase in number by producing young

(16) recondite


1) abstruse

2) struggle

3) time for rest

4) difficult condition

(17) rile


1) throw forcefully

2) reserved or aloof

3) meanly stingy

4) irritate

(18) chorus


1) beyond reproach

2) surrender something (stolen)

3) phrase repeated throughout a song or poem

4) formidable

(19) specious


1) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)

2) fringes

3) seemingly reasonable but incorrect

4) praising

(20) compilation


1) listing of information in tabular or book form

2) long loose garment (worn by monks)

3) fear of water

4) waver (in opinion)

(21) blanch


1) bleach

2) tentative

3) clamorous

4) funeral song

(22) didactic


1) of an oracle

2) (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson

3) pertaining to the stars

4) simultaneous discharge of a number of shots

(23) cauterize


1) period of ideal or peak condition

2) being the first of its kind in a region

3) give

4) burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection

(24) egress


1) comparable

2) overwhelming

3) speak equivocally about an issue

4) exit

(25) migrant


1) changing its habitat

2) low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)

3) state of being alone

4) root up