VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 81

(1) dominate


1) pride

2) hard to understand

3) control

4) unalterable

(2) bevy


1) large group

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

3) oppression

4) sharpen

(3) yokel


1) having only one color

2) rustic

3) casual

4) leader or noticeable supporter of an idea

(4) rue


1) army unit made up of four or more companies

2) loyalty

3) slight degree of color

4) regret

(5) humor


1) twist (to extract liquid)

2) remitting of money

3) indulge

4) pertaining to passionate love or sexual love

(6) enfranchise


1) great fire

2) total failure

3) admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote)

4) unwholesome

(7) sow


1) stick together

2) plant or scatter seed

3) having a common origin

4) slow down

(8) assumption


1) something taken for granted

2) lack of self-confidence or courage

3) lawyer in the lower court of law

4) pierce (with a sharp point)

(9) delete


1) pertaining to drama

2) arrangement of masts and sails

3) erase

4) match

(10) transparent


1) tomb

2) permitting light to pass through freely

3) growing or spreading uncontrollably

4) reject disdainfully

(11) concatenate


1) mixture as of metals

2) link as in a chain

3) upset

4) (of a word or remark) apt

(12) seminary


1) school for training future ministers

2) pertaining to ships or navigation

3) waste (time or money on unimportant things)

4) clear from blame

(13) comeback


1) work together

2) suffering

3) powerful

4) retort

(14) cogent


1) convincing

2) pertaining to marriage

3) burst inward

4) help bring about

(15) opprobrium


1) look at amorously

2) shove

3) infamy

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

(16) prosper


1) become successful (esp. financially)

2) strong and firm (in the body)

3) heat

4) renovate

(17) supine


1) madly excited

2) horrible

3) lying on back

4) short and thick

(18) beholden


1) downward slope

2) skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence

3) popular fashion

4) obligated

(19) console


1) inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs)

2) unutterable

3) female sheep

4) lessen sadness or disappointment

(20) attenuate


1) sensual

2) list

3) make thin

4) substance causing vomiting

(21) roseate


1) quality of being true

2) kind in a generous way (to someone less important)

3) rosy

4) lurch

(22) fluted


1) person of no importance

2) arrival

3) shake uncontrollably

4) having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar)

(23) importunate


1) (particular form of) political organization

2) read or glance through quickly

3) urging

4) study industriously

(24) entice


1) imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)

2) lure

3) formal praise

4) moving force

(25) dispense


1) burning

2) swollen

3) dull

4) distribute