VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 90

(1) rectify


1) set right

2) remainder

3) gaiety

4) native

(2) espouse


1) marked by kindness or consideration

2) assume a particular posture

3) petty criticism

4) adopt

(3) deface


1) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)

2) mar

3) sociable

4) small (often rural) community whose members share work and income

(4) gratuity


1) prudent

2) into parts

3) rescue (goods or property) from loss

4) n. money given to sb who has done one a service

(5) overturn


1) any ulcerous sore

2) turn over

3) perfect example or embodiment

4) of time

(6) covetous


1) arrange into categories or grades

2) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

3) pertaining to conversational or common speech

4) avaricious

(7) ignite


1) wriggle

2) too particular

3) lazy person

4) kindle

(8) rendezvous


1) dexterity

2) said or done in jest or playfully

3) meeting place

4) public declaration of principles

(9) ecologist


1) person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

2) outrun

3) all-knowing

4) system of religious or ethical belief

(10) contrived


1) make amends for

2) huge

3) brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression

4) unnatural and forced

(11) aviary


1) give a bodily form to

2) person who establishes (an organization or business)

3) enclosure for birds

4) reading desk or stand for a public speaker

(12) glitter


1) sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)

2) frustrate

3) suitable for drinking

4) shine brightly with flashing points of light

(13) waver


1) opponent

2) move or swing back and forth

3) talent

4) servile dependent

(14) consonant


1) made for practical use only (without decoration)

2) refusal to yield

3) courage

4) harmonious

(15) premeditate


1) long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero)

2) exaggerated

3) plan in advance

4) motivate

(16) cantata


1) amount produced

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

3) story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)

4) giving off an odor

(17) ravage


1) 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern

2) deficient in intelligence

3) devastate

4) sceptic

(18) thesis


1) prose or verse composition to be performed by actors

2) ridicule

3) song of praise or patriotism

4) opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments

(19) tightwad


1) overwhelmingly favorable review

2) causing sadness, compassion, pity

3) prank

4) miser

(20) bifurcated


1) one who hates mankind

2) violate (a law)

3) divided into two branches

4) authoritative

(21) dolt


1) forerunners

2) one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause

3) thwart

4) slow-thinking stupid person

(22) malfeasance


1) wrongdoing

2) minor fight

3) lacking in seriousness

4) scold harshly

(23) dissonance


1) discord

2) the act of anointing with oil

3) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

4) comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as

(24) intimidate


1) damp

2) behavior

3) limited quantity

4) frighten

(25) meretricious


1) punish as by beating

2) flashy

3) help bring about

4) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape