VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 119

(1) savant


1) scholar

2) (of something bad) widespread

3) capable of being bribed

4) moving slowly

(2) tout


1) destruction

2) promote or publicize (one's goods or service)

3) deadly

4) expert at

(3) puissant


1) powerful

2) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

3) ruddy

4) little round hill

(4) pittance


1) small amount (of money)

2) (of something) plainly expressed

3) waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily)

4) inquiry

(5) memorialize


1) meddlesome

2) causing sadness, compassion, pity

3) wetland

4) commemorate

(6) adversity


1) indirect

2) irregularity

3) great hardship or affliction

4) group of mammals including humans

(7) bellicose


1) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own

2) downward slope

3) warlike

4) filled (with something unpleasant)

(8) slaughter


1) decay

2) killing of animals for food

3) courting favor by cringing and flattering

4) outer boundary

(9) pillory


1) miserable person

2) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

3) former occupant of a post

4) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory

(10) galley


1) casual

2) restore to good condition

3) low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)

4) cock

(11) prot\'eg\'e


1) exclamation

2) wild tumult(commotion)

3) having a very fine bore

4) person receiving protection and support from a patron

(12) ribald


1) willingness to take new ventures

2) marked by vulgar lewd humor

3) border

4) shield

(13) sublime


1) causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.

2) flashy

3) humbleness of spirit

4) having lost one's original power

(14) career


1) rush wildly

2) attractive (in personality or appearance)

3) drunken revel

4) related to dogs

(15) trunk


1) make a harsh noise

2) imagined

3) main wooden stem of a tree

4) parish priest

(16) incidental


1) not essential

2) multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester)

3) (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent

4) thwart

(17) forum


1) public square of an ancient Roman city

2) struggle

3) block

4) fit of bad temper

(18) canker


1) calamity

2) last demand

3) weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)

4) any ulcerous sore

(19) impugn


1) dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way)

2) wrinkle

3) laypersons

4) watch over and direct

(20) preternatural


1) beyond what is normal in nature

2) condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles

3) underwater explosive apparatus

4) held in common

(21) swindler


1) cheater

2) blow in heavy gusts

3) produced by fire

4) measure

(22) foreboding


1) incurable

2) drive or force forward (by causing impulses)

3) premonition of evil

4) thwart

(23) fussy


1) give or take milk at the breast or udder

2) frankness

3) sullen

4) fastidious

(24) malediction


1) (of power) complete

2) inconspicuous

3) cover with a thin and shiny surface

4) curse

(25) prosody


1) increase

2) art of versification

3) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

4) yielding to another