VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 63

(1) raze


1) unbecoming

2) destroy completely

3) trivial

4) something taken for granted

(2) docket


1) program as for trial

2) ability to be molded

3) sympathy for the suffering of others

4) brighten

(3) feature


1) move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)

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

3) spoil the appearance of

4) annoy by repeated attacks

(4) spin


1) rotate swiftly

2) reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)

3) pious

4) ornamental horizontal band on a wall

(5) engaging


1) charming

2) weak

3) sympathy for the suffering of others

4) connected with birth

(6) commensurate


1) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)

2) equal in extent

3) make thin

4) assumed

(7) dour


1) uncertain

2) marshal

3) hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food

4) sullen

(8) capricious


1) relating to the stars

2) one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)

3) pick out from others (to kill the weakest members)

4) unpredictable

(9) antiquity


1) coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)

2) profane

3) bleach

4) quality of being very old

(10) liquidate


1) celebrity (in a specific field)

2) settle accounts

3) make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle

4) (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin)

(11) saccharine


1) lottery

2) drink in

3) cloying sweet

4) behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention

(12) fringe


1) highly gifted child

2) harm someone's reputation

3) desecrating

4) decorative edge of hanging threads

(13) trepidation


1) decayed and foul-smelling

2) fear

3) ordinary

4) crown

(14) sagacious


1) wise

2) achieve by cleverness or trick

3) done with speed

4) capricious

(15) impinge


1) infringe

2) twist out of shape

3) place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited

4) puzzle

(16) jaunt


1) pastoral song

2) make friendly again (after quarrel)

3) trip

4) word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance)

(17) ambiguous


1) unclear or doubtful in meaning

2) varying from of an element

3) ornate

4) appearance of truth

(18) debonair


1) superiority of power, quantity, etc.

2) ) entrance

3) (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed

4) lacking in spirit or energy

(19) fit


1) sudden outburst of an illness or feeling

2) below the threshold of conscious perception

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

4) abundance

(20) contaminate


1) accidental

2) pollute

3) two-chambered as a legislative body

4) fixed portion

(21) glutinous


1) cutting

2) sticky

3) thick-skinned animal

4) location

(22) slap


1) crawl or creep on ground

2) enclose

3) arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)

4) hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

(23) asperity


1) joyous

2) sharpness

3) turn to for help

4) make bitter

(24) levity


1) lack of seriousness or steadiness

2) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)

3) agreement

4) imagined

(25) fervid


1) celebrity (in a specific field)

2) iron block used in hammering out metals

3) lash

4) ardent