VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 68

(1) inamorata


1) elliptic

2) opening

3) bombastic

4) woman whom a man loves

(2) creep


1) move with body close to the ground

2) brother or sister

3) (of something bad) highly conspicuous

4) cure-all

(3) remonstrate


1) person who turns animal hides into leather

2) protest

3) mix together in close association

4) without guile

(4) sly


1) theft

2) pertaining to the stars

3) clever in deceiving

4) indulge

(5) pestilential(pe


1) possessing good health

2) stilent) causing plague

3) in a coma

4) decree (especially one issued by a sovereign)

(6) pharisaical


1) happening in the near future

2) retired or disqualified because of age

3) object to be thrown or projected

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

(7) mischance


1) fate

2) ill luck

3) lying

4) one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)

(8) misconduct


1) great fire

2) attacking cherished traditions

3) staff officer assisting the commander

4) immoral behavior

(9) rigor


1) severity

2) sharpen

3) move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves

4) postpone

(10) ethereal


1) minor objection or complaint

2) like a spirit or fairy

3) sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals

4) casual

(11) crossbreed


1) ruler in a monarchy

2) plant disease

3) hybridize

4) drunken

(12) enormity


1) frown angrily

2) hugeness (in a bad sense)

3) place of refuge

4) rash

(13) spry


1) taunt

2) (esp. of older people) vigorously active

3) belief in one God

4) relating to the art of debate

(14) compatible


1) wealthy and powerful businessperson

2) brawl

3) lower

4) harmonious

(15) retentive


1) unity of pitch (in musical performance)

2) not effective

3) holding

4) people of standing(rank or position)

(16) sedition


1) rebel

2) obvious

3) conduct or language inciting rebellion

4) abstaining from sexual intercourse

(17) astringent


1) (of something bad) not moderated

2) related to telling a story

3) fantastically improbable

4) binding

(18) polemic


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

2) condition or period of flowering

3) attack or defense of an opinion

4) fluent (with insincerity or superficiality)

(19) plausible


1) conceivably true

2) pertaining to heat

3) ordinary

4) light stroke as with a whip

(20) concede


1) unselfishly generous

2) prudent

3) artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)

4) admit

(21) contiguous


1) rebellion

2) upstart

3) adjacent to

4) letdown in thought or emotion

(22) supersede


1) consecrate

2) (of something bad) highly conspicuous

3) severe trial or affliction

4) replace

(23) polity


1) dark

2) infection (by contact)

3) serving as a model

4) (particular form of) political organization

(24) judiciary


1) inform

2) begin

3) hint

4) judicial branch of government

(25) concomitant


1) (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking

2) that which accompanies

3) deep dish for serving soup

4) dining hall