VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 96

(1) comestible


1) not biased

2) something fit to be eaten

3) pretend

4) distaste

(2) harbor


1) give protection (by giving food and shelter)

2) blindly devoted patriot

3) small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation

4) very bad or disagreeable

(3) absolute


1) feather, esp. large or showy one

2) tip

3) complete

4) cheerful and pleased with life

(4) rummage


1) questionable

2) slight knowledge

3) ransack

4) walk with a heavy step

(5) glamor


1) fear of being locked in

2) pride

3) wandering

4) compelling charm

(6) bicker


1) lacking interest or effort

2) forerunner

3) quarrel

4) public square of an ancient Roman city

(7) nip


1) deserts

2) deserving blame

3) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

4) snip off

(8) tessellated


1) corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields

2) disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death)

3) mosaic

4) (of a plant or grass) growing very well

(9) libel


1) take part in a conspiracy

2) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

3) defamatory written statement

4) resonant

(10) chameleon


1) thing that completes another

2) large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice

3) lizard that changes color in different situations

4) belittle

(11) spruce


1) accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

2) boasted

3) struggle and thrash about

4) neat and trim in appearance

(12) harry


1) fully filled

2) (of a part of the body) swollen

3) quote

4) harass, annoy, torment (by repeated attacks)

(13) servitude


1) slavery

2) drive out evil spirits

3) able to be dissolved in a liquid

4) situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options

(14) dupe


1) someone easily fooled or deceived

2) capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around)

3) having lost all hope

4) faithless lover

(15) adjunct


1) celebrity (in a specific field)

2) causing nausea

3) something attached to but holding an inferior position

4) slope

(16) claustrophobia


1) honor

2) fear of being locked in

3) maker and seller of eyeglasses

4) flavored dessert ice

(17) disport


1) lizard that changes color in different situations

2) amuse

3) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

4) put forth for consideration or analysis

(18) malevolent


1) wishing evil

2) slight offense or fault

3) beginning

4) large group of insects moving in a mass

(19) dulcet


1) reckless, desperate outlaw

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

3) sweet sounding

4) roundabout

(20) disputatious


1) standards used in judging

2) evil

3) put at a loss

4) argumentative

(21) pitfall


1) hidden danger

2) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

3) lustful

4) rising like bristles

(22) comprehensive


1) madly excited

2) unlikely (to be true)

3) broad

4) flexible

(23) mollify


1) (of someone) having insight

2) irresolution

3) promoting a particular point of view

4) soothe an angry person

(24) jetsam


1) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)

2) addition

3) enjoy

4) enclosure for birds

(25) legislature


1) legislating branch of government

2) dirty matter

3) underwater explosive apparatus

4) fits of depression or gloom