VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 71

(1) bound


1) paint or draw with dots or short strokes

2) fastidious

3) leap or spring

4) slightly obscure

(2) catapult


1) severe dizziness

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

3) slingshot

4) seize

(3) venom


1) dark

2) pertaining to marriage

3) poison (of an animal)

4) intelligent

(4) sluice


1) lurch

2) large volume

3) distaste

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

(5) wither


1) practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks

2) comment

3) boisterous merrymaking

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

(6) qualify


1) instituting

2) uncertain how to act

3) reach a necessary standard

4) deadly

(7) exculpate


1) moving slowly

2) clear from blame or guilt

3) logically convincing

4) cause

(8) ceremonious


1) marked by formality

2) without an equal

3) mental disorder

4) ghostly

(9) contravene


1) correspondence of parts

2) desert

3) spread or cover with a sticky substance

4) contradict

(10) cogitate


1) think over

2) complain bitterly

3) secret recess or vault usually used for burial

4) te) ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)

(11) concord


1) base of a tree trunk left after the rest has been cut down

2) harmony

3) bad-tempered complaint

4) expressing possibility

(12) ineffable


1) sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object

2) iridescent

3) practical person

4) unutterable

(13) devoid


1) empty

2) banish to the country

3) give in respectfully

4) deserve

(14) evenhanded


1) hatred of marriage

2) impartial

3) noisy quarrel

4) solidly uniform

(15) germane


1) pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)

2) of a pivot

3) pertinent

4) cover with a thin and shiny surface

(16) demerit


1) serving to assist

2) fault

3) remembering

4) stick fast

(17) altercation


1) bruise

2) division of a city for election or police purposes

3) stamp out(put an end to)

4) noisy quarrel

(18) epigram


1) breathe out

2) witty thought or saying, usually short

3) move with body close to the ground

4) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)

(19) effigy


1) eager for knowledge

2) pitiless

3) homeless wanderer

4) dummy

(20) impassable


1) bleach

2) of or like an uncle

3) not able to be traveled or crossed

4) honor

(21) realm


1) abstruse

2) imaginary

3) bitter scolding or denunciation

4) kingdom

(22) swill


1) flow out slowly

2) easily approachable

3) distasteful

4) drink greedily

(23) exemplary


1) casual

2) serving as a model

3) lacking liveliness

4) narrow-mindedness

(24) dissimulate


1) remedy

2) last stop of railroad

3) pretend

4) threatening

(25) immure


1) imprison

2) fitful

3) take vengence for something or on behalf of someone

4) something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract