VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 123

(1) capacity


1) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party

2) mental or physical ability

3) moderate

4) bad-tempered

(2) endorse


1) grisly

2) operate with one's hands

3) approve

4) decide

(3) rejoinder


1) feverish

2) plead

3) back country

4) reply

(4) fundamental


1) consider

2) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

3) basic

4) irritate

(5) apoplexy


1) sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories)

2) restrain

3) stroke

4) accidental

(6) collusion


1) deadlock

2) attack (as with missiles or bombs)

3) conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others

4) justified

(7) turncoat


1) dull

2) short-lived

3) traitor

4) pretense (of strength)

(8) impeccable


1) loop formed in a rope

2) faultless

3) room to move

4) mischievous child (usually a boy)

(9) obligatory


1) song of praise or joy

2) period of time

3) binding

4) imprison

(10) parry


1) ward off a blow

2) concerning alchemy or magic

3) prayer for help (used in invoking)

4) speech or writing with no meaning

(11) fledgling(fledg


1) middle class

2) kindly

3) eling) inexperienced

4) person celebrated for wisdom

(12) dialectical


1) soothe an angry person

2) bitter (to the taste or smell)

3) messenger

4) relating to the art of debate

(13) demolition


1) destruction

2) echo repeatedly

3) right and power to apply the law

4) very high

(14) stricture


1) waste matter

2) staff officer assisting the commander

3) wild drunken revelry

4) severe and adverse criticism

(15) sear


1) enclose

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

3) burn the surface of

4) urge on

(16) orator


1) having a dull edge

2) throb

3) public speaker

4) home

(17) urgent


1) clumsy person

2) compelling immediate action

3) long angry denunciatory speech

4) flexible

(18) eccentricity


1) exaggerated

2) reply

3) guardianship

4) oddity

(19) pendant(pendent


1) hard but easily broken

2) shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals)

3) ) hanging down from something

4) fear of heights

(20) drone


1) capable of maintaining life

2) talk dully

3) having no equal

4) not knowing

(21) virtuoso


1) stealthily lie in waiting

2) highly skilled artist (esp. in music)

3) hammerlike tool

4) pretty good)''

(22) harbinger


1) conduct or language inciting rebellion

2) living language (as compared to the official language)

3) forerunners

4) forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)

(23) congenital


1) (of someone) unfriendly

2) e make into an institution

3) secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)

4) existing at birth

(24) abominable


1) speech or writing with no meaning

2) detestable

3) sleight(dexterity) of hand

4) providing nourishment

(25) dotage


1) senility

2) elastic

3) beautiful clothes for a special occasion

4) pertaining to a germ