VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 106

(1) drudge


1) huge creature

2) essential or main point

3) do drudgery

4) minor quarrel

(2) antique


1) made in an earlier period and usu. valuable

2) act of assuming a human body and human nature

3) rendering

4) raised platform for speech-making

(3) default


1) very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)

2) play or frolic boisterously

3) failure to act

4) engrossed

(4) bereaved


1) deprived of (someone beloved through death)

2) (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing

3) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

4) border

(5) dormer


1) window projecting upright from roof

2) flowing into

3) capable of being repaired

4) (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous

(6) pristine


1) slanderous remark

2) unspoiled

3) crafty

4) chew

(7) lumen


1) cut to pieces with ax or sword

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

3) being truly so

4) biting

(8) wreak


1) foremost in importance

2) basically different

3) inflict

4) element that is a creature's natural environment

(9) assent


1) steering wheel of a ship

2) unmanageable

3) seize another's power or rank (without legal authority)

4) agree

(10) pulse


1) rhythmical throbbing of arteries

2) social environment

3) angelic

4) sordid

(11) ruffian


1) rate of occurrence

2) rash

3) fleeting or transitory

4) violent scoundrel

(12) foist


1) bee-keeping

2) insert improperly

3) element that is a creature's natural environment

4) religious group

(13) recast


1) shake uncontrollably

2) cut to pieces with ax or sword

3) reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.)

4) make or become suitable for a specific use

(14) diligence


1) steadiness of effort

2) trickery

3) disrepute

4) threat

(15) multiplicity


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

2) underlying character of a culture, group, etc.

3) state of being numerous or multiple

4) monarch

(16) gruesome


1) remembering

2) casual and offhand

3) become popular with

4) grisly

(17) equipoise


1) thoroughly soaked

2) announce

3) balance

4) formal demand or request

(18) toxic


1) tip

2) iron block used in hammering out metals

3) strange

4) poisonous

(19) potpourri


1) soften by soaking in liquid

2) disheveled

3) part that forms the end

4) heterogeneous mixture

(20) phoenix


1) allowing much freedom

2) pamper

3) legal delay of payment or action

4) symbol of immortality or rebirth

(21) vehement


1) present but not yet noticeable or active

2) disprove

3) forceful

4) make bitter

(22) optometrist


1) disgust

2) mixture of writings on various subjects

3) one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects

4) ellent) substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)

(23) lust


1) quote

2) draw

3) lose a small piece from the surface or edge

4) intense sexual desire

(24) asunder


1) explain

2) into parts

3) thought

4) irreverent

(25) gruff


1) rebel

2) combative

3) pertaining to money

4) rough-mannered