VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 104

(1) spoonerism


1) accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

2) former occupant of a post

3) ) (of people or their behavior) respectful

4) of a theme

(2) visceral


1) able to spring back into shape

2) felt in one's inner organs

3) expert at

4) power to produce desired effect

(3) duration


1) vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle

2) length of time something lasts

3) decisive

4) made up of a variety of parts

(4) exuberance


1) overflowing abundance

2) agree

3) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building

4) switch (a railroad car) to a siding

(5) defeatist


1) overlook

2) resigned to defeat or failure

3) boredom

4) one that pays rent to use property owned by another

(6) remunerative


1) obvious

2) keep waiting

3) (of work) compensating

4) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)

(7) credence


1) careful about money

2) correct spelling

3) attractive

4) belief

(8) suitor


1) man who is courting a woman

2) language used by special group

3) unsuccessful

4) extreme corruption

(9) reminiscent


1) teasing conversation

2) suggestive of something (in the past)

3) thin

4) disown

(10) masochist


1) person who enjoys his own pain

2) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful

3) unnoticeable

4) bar

(11) awry


1) support placed under or against something

2) distorted

3) ill luck

4) tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid

(12) cartographer


1) person of prominence or influence

2) steep

3) map-maker

4) misleading vision or visual image

(13) vicissitude


1) change (esp. from good to bad)

2) serving as a model

3) skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence

4) loop formed in a rope

(14) intrude


1) put or force in without being asked

2) frenzy

3) sear

4) defensive mound of earth

(15) omniscient


1) vicious assault

2) large three-masted sailing ship

3) all-knowing

4) unit of light energy (one candle's worth)

(16) trickster


1) person who cheats people

2) teachings in general

3) make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle

4) settle accounts

(17) promote


1) loose sleeveless outer garment

2) foretell

3) condemn

4) advance in rank

(18) tantrum


1) slip or slide

2) fit of bad temper

3) burning

4) annoyance and disappointment

(19) alienate


1) model of perfection

2) fearless

3) moved by sexual love

4) make unfriendly or hostile

(20) implication


1) something hinted at or suggested

2) unintelligible

3) start

4) disparage

(21) brisk


1) look on with scorn

2) quick and active

3) taking up again

4) beak(bill)

(22) torrid


1) short quick cut with scissors

2) habitually silent

3) (of weather) hot or scorching

4) drifting wreckage

(23) enjoin


1) acquire

2) quick sharp reply

3) lack of premeditation

4) command

(24) doff


1) ridicule

2) take off

3) self-important

4) lively or animated

(25) season


1) trunk of statue with head and limbs missing

2) enhance the flavor of by adding a spice, etc.

3) powerful

4) ordinary