VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 101

(1) hone


1) sharpen (a tool)

2) thousand-year period (as in the New Testament)

3) announce

4) gift made by a will

(2) indissoluble


1) urgent situation

2) very thin candle

3) permanent

4) predatory animal or bird

(3) comity


1) without exceptions

2) decorative edge of hanging threads

3) courtesy

4) proverb

(4) potential


1) choosing of a lot or card

2) expressing possibility

3) shortcoming

4) devastate

(5) snip


1) gap

2) insane

3) not essential

4) short quick cut with scissors

(6) attrition


1) beastlike

2) rubbing away by friction

3) kill from lack of air

4) climate

(7) lounge


1) stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

2) helpful

3) comic

4) model

(8) fawning


1) courting favor by cringing and flattering

2) make drunk

3) yield (to something overwhelming)

4) tentative

(9) scotch


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

2) one who feigns illness to escape duty

3) stamp out(put an end to)

4) raised platform for speakers or other important people

(10) jollity


1) one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life

2) assumption

3) outer boundary

4) gaiety

(11) incorporate


1) not planned

2) from which it is impossible to get free

3) introduce something into a larger whole

4) (of a person) outgoing and sociable

(12) apocalyptic


1) prophetic

2) slow gallop

3) pleasantly merry

4) saying farewell

(13) handsome


1) argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)

2) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)

3) large in quantity

4) supposed

(14) feebleminded


1) sparkle

2) deficient in intelligence

3) harmful

4) assault

(15) kneel


1) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes

2) go down on one's knee(s)

3) diminish

4) unaccustomed

(16) gorge


1) make whole

2) stuff oneself (with food)

3) means

4) give shape to

(17) irremediable


1) list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to present

2) lack of premeditation

3) incurable

4) able to live both on land and in water

(18) obeisance


1) arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)

2) not able to be erased

3) bow (to show respect and obedience)

4) shrewd in money matters

(19) conclave


1) characterizing or affecting all

2) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied

3) private secret meeting

4) make bitter

(20) pall


1) become boring

2) formidable

3) short and thick

4) paint or draw with dots or short strokes

(21) exchequer


1) continue steadily in spite of difficulties

2) treasury

3) treacherous

4) pertaining to land or its cultivation

(22) denomination


1) condemnation to a severe penalty

2) combative

3) disorderly fight between two or more people

4) religious group

(23) aplomb


1) nearsighted

2) poise

3) occupy fully

4) take part in a conspiracy

(24) noxious


1) ointment

2) make bitter

3) respectful

4) harmful

(25) abrogate


1) abolish

2) inappropriate

3) uncertain

4) burdensome