VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 111

(1) inconsistency


1) eyesight

2) respect

3) state of being self-contradictory

4) flavored dessert ice

(2) gentry


1) motherly

2) people of standing(rank or position)

3) ) hanging down from something

4) call forth (memory or feeling)

(3) hierarchy


1) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

2) impending

3) arrangement by rank or standing

4) room or space under the roof

(4) pugilist


1) reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)

2) waver

3) mar

4) boxer

(5) bogus


1) abundance

2) incinerate (a corpse)

3) self-satisfaction

4) counterfeit

(6) tribune


1) official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights

2) raised mark from a beating or whipping

3) sermon

4) causing sadness, compassion, pity

(7) alacrity


1) cheerful promptness without reluctance

2) clumsy person

3) egg-shaped

4) many in number or kind

(8) dilute


1) ordinary

2) sharp upslope of a hill

3) make (a liquid) less concentrated

4) money

(9) bout


1) tending to include all

2) separate

3) very cautious

4) match

(10) paste


1) spacious

2) smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive)

3) roundness

4) write

(11) carillon


1) extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress

2) a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played

3) person of prominence or influence

4) medical treatment and care of old age

(12) sentimental


1) swayed by sentiment

2) clumsy

3) mischievous trick

4) obedient

(13) forte


1) radiating

2) strong point or special talent in a person's character

3) mortuary

4) all-knowing

(14) ineffectual


1) habitual return to crime (even after being punished)

2) not effective

3) refutation

4) prevailing style

(15) bugaboo


1) extreme corruption

2) bugbear

3) drink of the gods

4) long established as a disease

(16) simplistic


1) respectable

2) dedicate

3) uncertain how to act

4) oversimplified

(17) fodder


1) person who establishes (an organization or business)

2) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.

3) permitting light to pass through freely

4) cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it

(18) decree


1) nourish

2) give a slight degree of a color or quality to

3) authoritative order

4) exercising the most influence

(19) contusion


1) bruise

2) comfort in sorrow or trouble

3) not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own

4) shining

(20) subliminal


1) below the threshold of conscious perception

2) show clearly

3) person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others

4) cheerfulness

(21) centrifugal


1) stun

2) short poem idealizing rural life

3) present but not yet noticeable or active

4) radiating

(22) remission


1) person who does things too quickly without thinking

2) temporary moderation (of disease symptoms)

3) sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull

4) expand

(23) smug


1) exercising the most influence

2) fast

3) self-satisfied

4) luxuriate

(24) methodical


1) deserter

2) petition humbly

3) hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)

4) systematic

(25) forestall


1) rider on horseback

2) set off

3) causing a problem

4) prevent by taking action in advance