VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 83

(1) unfrock


1) providing for future needs

2) lament

3) apply a lubricant to

4) defrock

(2) deranged


1) flood

2) gallop slowly

3) insane

4) disfranchise

(3) irascible


1) beautiful clothes for a special occasion

2) irritable

3) omen

4) introductory statement

(4) conclusive


1) employed

2) decisive

3) hypnotic state

4) spasmodic

(5) raffle


1) small waterfall

2) lottery

3) dining hall

4) multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester)

(6) inopportune


1) based on theory

2) express evil satisfaction

3) untimely

4) meal

(7) regatta


1) boat or yacht race

2) pry

3) ability to change in form

4) harmful

(8) frieze


1) withdrawal

2) poisonous

3) ornamental horizontal band on a wall

4) active enmity

(9) tutelage


1) guardianship

2) wrestle

3) feeling of sickness and desire to vomit

4) moving force

(10) putrid


1) mosaic

2) decayed and foul-smelling

3) powerful movement of or like a wave

4) imaginary

(11) impregnable


1) support

2) bruise

3) approval

4) invulnerable

(12) tablet


1) deep dish for serving soup

2) small round piece of medicine

3) made of inferior material

4) justification

(13) polyglot


1) pertaining to drama

2) small boat

3) speaking several languages

4) ) entrance

(14) proxy


1) chain

2) authorized agent

3) without definite purpose, plan, or aim

4) protruding knot on a tree

(15) interstice


1) narrow space between things

2) arrival

3) right or privilege granted by authority

4) substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness

(16) choleric


1) run away secretly with the intention of getting married

2) poet

3) insightful

4) hot-tempered

(17) prank


1) mischievous trick

2) cheating

3) large sled drawn by work animals

4) harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain)

(18) confluence


1) decayed and foul-smelling

2) unruly

3) pertaining to cultivation of gardens

4) flowing together

(19) chagrin


1) important in history

2) large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice

3) military unit

4) annoyance and disappointment

(20) comeuppance


1) prominent

2) deserts

3) sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people)

4) most reliable

(21) foul


1) very bad or disagreeable

2) self-satisfaction

3) something attached to but holding an inferior position

4) adjust to climate or environment

(22) vagabond


1) wanderer (without a permanent home)

2) eating away by chemicals or disease

3) vain about dress and appearance

4) able to live both on land and in water

(23) valediction


1) pierce (with a sharp point)

2) shine erratically

3) violation of a law

4) saying farewell

(24) incognito


1) hypnotic state

2) surrender of prisoner by one state to another

3) with identity concealed

4) urbanity

(25) distraught


1) upset

2) life after death

3) live together

4) greatness (in size or extent)