VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 100

(1) connotation


1) ty) quality of being unsophisticated

2) subordinate

3) suggested or implied meaning of an expression

4) fearful

(2) surpass


1) person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group

2) delaying

3) exceed

4) tending to call up (emotions, memories)

(3) felon


1) prohibit

2) property inherited from a father

3) person convicted of a grave crime

4) pithy

(4) shyster


1) religious group

2) combination (of two business corporations)

3) overbright in color

4) lawyer using questionable methods

(5) zeal


1) behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm

2) wilful

3) throw into confusion

4) eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal)

(6) foliage


1) aggressiveness

2) masses of leaves

3) crafty

4) based on assumptions or hypotheses

(7) rubble


1) repeat aloud (something learned)

2) movable

3) n) large kettle

4) fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)

(8) acerbity


1) bitterness of speech and temper

2) demanding and leaving no choice

3) cause to become sick

4) explain in detail

(9) misconstrue


1) abstaining from sexual intercourse

2) offering or providing help

3) boredom

4) interpret incorrectly

(10) ventilate


1) admit fresh air into to replace stale air

2) explain in detail

3) superfluous

4) equip

(11) rapt


1) scholar

2) engrossed

3) lie

4) penitent

(12) reputed


1) color

2) walk

3) supposed

4) humiliate by embarassing excessively

(13) contraband


1) outward sign

2) illegal trade

3) territory enclosed within an alien land

4) having the odor of stale or decomposing fat

(14) limpid


1) strong

2) exaggerated

3) crystal clear

4) deck opening

(15) effusion


1) pouring forth

2) assume a particular posture

3) hatch

4) provide for the payment of

(16) podiatrist


1) helpful

2) (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language

3) doctor who treats ailments of the feet

4) unpleasant high sharp sound

(17) jocund


1) follow (as a result)

2) expressing a meaning

3) merry

4) make perpetual

(18) forthright


1) straightforward

2) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)

3) conclusion of an oration

4) isolation

(19) cremate


1) supply

2) (of voice) harsh and unpleasant

3) incinerate (a corpse)

4) eerie

(20) revulsion


1) make invalid

2) used to prevent disease

3) sudden strong feeling of disgust

4) debark

(21) snivel


1) pucker

2) invigorate

3) complain or whine tearfully

4) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

(22) coddle


1) pertaining to earthquakes

2) treat gently

3) without feeling

4) of a pivot

(23) verisimilitude


1) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

2) flow out slowly

3) loathe

4) appearance of truth

(24) malefactor


1) intentionally hidden

2) complete

3) gully

4) evildoer

(25) filigree


1) emancipate

2) group of animals

3) improve

4) delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork