VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 89

(1) repast


1) lethargy

2) meal

3) shorten

4) lessen in value

(2) brevity


1) lawsuit

2) devoted to the pleasures of the sense

3) solemn urging

4) conciseness

(3) venison


1) absence of contradictions

2) iron block used in hammering out metals

3) sympathy for the suffering of others

4) meat of a deer

(4) torpedo


1) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law

2) disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death)

3) underwater explosive apparatus

4) liable to err

(5) figurine


1) sceptic

2) small ornamental statuette(very small statue)

3) ) any gain above stipulated salary

4) sustaining

(6) motto


1) move furtively

2) act of dissecting living animals

3) brief statement used to express a principle

4) evident

(7) antagonism


1) hostility

2) inner excitement or exuberance

3) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building

4) one regarded as embodying a set image or type

(8) politic


1) prudent

2) fault

3) living at the same time as

4) person who keeps bees

(9) enthrall


1) hug

2) capture

3) law enacted by the legislature

4) dark

(10) bereft


1) belief

2) eliminate from consideration

3) four-footed animal

4) deprived of (something valuable)

(11) crescendo


1) storage place for military equipment

2) courtesy

3) state of being undecided

4) increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage

(12) unwonted


1) great influence (especially political or social)

2) unaccustomed

3) threat

4) wasteful (of money)

(13) stalwart


1) bookish

2) physically strong

3) hug

4) eat away

(14) debauch


1) crash

2) opening

3) corrupt morally

4) one guilty of a crime

(15) shed


1) distinguish

2) Scandinavian myth

3) having human form or characteristics

4) small roofed structure for storage and shelter

(16) chide


1) earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding

2) scold

3) willingness to take new ventures

4) large group

(17) loiter


1) causing great fear

2) chances

3) taking up again

4) hang about/around

(18) ingenious


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

2) pamper

3) deep feeling of dislike

4) marked by inventive skill

(19) hygiene


1) science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health

2) disclaim or disavow

3) pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)

4) improperness

(20) anthology


1) book of literary selections by various authors

2) sky blue

3) strenuous work

4) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast

(21) giddy


1) tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium

2) shove

3) light-hearted

4) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

(22) demean


1) joyous

2) disgrace

3) lessening

4) significance

(23) ulcer


1) roundabout

2) deduce

3) sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body

4) list (of names)

(24) wring


1) young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family)

2) twist (to extract liquid)

3) sink to a lower level

4) be a sign of

(25) unconscionable


1) unscrupulous

2) tyrant

3) person who seeks to overturn the established government

4) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own