VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 113

(1) husband


1) withdraw

2) of the same kind

3) disconnected

4) use sparingly

(2) renounce


1) taking pains

2) abandon

3) piebald

4) letdown in thought or emotion

(3) psychosomatic


1) harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill

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

3) action of moving secretly or unseen

4) of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)

(4) regime


1) ravenous

2) taunt

3) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion

4) method of system or government

(5) welter


1) cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe)

2) wallow (as in mud or high seas)

3) refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation)

4) move back suddenly

(6) desolate


1) great fire

2) make desolate

3) disown

4) extraordinary ability

(7) derision


1) commit an offense

2) wrong

3) gift giver

4) ridicule

(8) tint


1) loose sleeveless outer garment

2) chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically)

3) slight degree of color

4) enthusiastic applause

(9) viand


1) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful

2) explanatory list of symbols on a map

3) food

4) deceiving

(10) dally


1) trifle with

2) impartial

3) capable of using either hand with equal ease

4) pride

(11) resilient


1) moving with the head leading

2) elastic

3) (of behavior) proper

4) send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow

(12) revile


1) begin

2) very important

3) lying

4) attack with abusive language

(13) decorum


1) general agreement

2) propriety

3) of a pivot

4) put at a loss

(14) inquisitive


1) charming (in a childlike way)

2) dirty child in torn clothes

3) eager for knowledge

4) prevailing style

(15) collate


1) domestic

2) study of word parts

3) examine and compare in order to verify authenticity

4) move back suddenly

(16) hardy


1) worn through till the threads show

2) book of literary selections by various authors

3) one who hates mankind

4) (of people or animals) sturdy

(17) stock


1) suffer (harm or loss)

2) nook

3) without a material body

4) standard

(18) ratify


1) make young again

2) approve formally

3) handle roughly

4) severe dizziness

(19) obsequious


1) condemnation to a severe penalty

2) slavishly attentive

3) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

4) scanty

(20) erode


1) dirty child in torn clothes

2) blessed

3) shabby and dirty

4) eat away

(21) deign


1) aqueduct

2) free

3) condescend

4) enough

(22) blighted


1) offensive

2) suffering from a disease

3) having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

4) flexible

(23) consolidation


1) sullen

2) last demand

3) unification

4) not working

(24) daze


1) elevated position

2) stun as with a blow or shock

3) earliest form of an organism

4) something new

(25) dinghy


1) stop motion

2) make unnecessary

3) small boat (often ship's boat)

4) offensive in odor or flavor