VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 117

(1) timorous


1) enough

2) fearful

3) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

4) frustrate

(2) concession


1) marked by vulgar lewd humor

2) tiresome dwelling on a subject

3) meaningless word

4) an act of yielding

(3) coincidence


1) the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events

2) shrill, trumpetlike sound

3) catch sight of (something distant)

4) flexible

(4) verbiage


1) pompous array of words

2) dejected

3) part that forms the end

4) bookish

(5) promulgate


1) announce

2) person who turns animal hides into leather

3) talent

4) relieve (pain)

(6) mangy


1) tending to include all

2) shabby

3) highly successful action or sudden attack

4) pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms

(7) herald


1) thing that completes another

2) messenger

3) deserve

4) damp

(8) partial


1) anxious

2) unruly

3) crawl or creep on ground

4) incomplete

(9) juncture


1) person with power to decide a matter in dispute

2) great sorrow

3) crisis

4) violent

(10) avantgarde


1) group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods

2) free

3) pertaining to money

4) related to monks or monasteries

(11) ellipsis


1) metal block used for shaping metal or plastic

2) daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)

3) omission of words from a text

4) mercury

(12) levitate


1) rise and float in the air (especially by magical means)

2) first rough form

3) gather

4) direct financial aid by government, etc.

(13) maniacal


1) represent (an inanimate object) as a person

2) shining

3) person who enjoys his own pain

4) raging mad

(14) hoodwink


1) ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant

2) deceive

3) difficult condition

4) lacking in imagination

(15) buffoon


1) not noticing

2) stupid person

3) feather, esp. large or showy one

4) spread throughout

(16) troth


1) explosion

2) disgrace

3) pledge of good faith especially in betrothal

4) small church (in a prison, college, or hospital)

(17) atrophy


1) acute pain

2) pointed tool used for piercing

3) bordering on(adjacent to) the sea

4) wasting away

(18) assert


1) state strongly or positively

2) laugh (at)

3) hugeness (in a bad sense)

4) utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones

(19) lament


1) deceit

2) slip or slide

3) grieve

4) bored with pleasure or dissipation

(20) gawk


1) local or provincial dialect

2) work at in a nonserious fashion

3) stare foolishly

4) disturb greatly

(21) inasmuch_as


1) deserving blame

2) since

3) relating to stars

4) cutting off

(22) proselytize


1) overstock

2) something that discourages or deters

3) helpful

4) (induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief

(23) amulet


1) charm

2) suitable to debate or courts of law

3) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)

4) revert (to bad habits)

(24) dais


1) raised platform for speakers or other important people

2) producing results

3) deep disgrace

4) prevailing style

(25) trance


1) violent anguish

2) lacking intelligence or wit

3) hypnotic state

4) marked by vulgar lewd humor