VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 125

(1) vain


1) not literal but metaphorical

2) full of self-admiration

3) underwater explosive apparatus

4) tending to cause death

(2) inarticulate


1) disown

2) produced by imagination

3) speechless

4) right or privilege granted by authority

(3) debase


1) accustom a baby not to nurse

2) act of reciting publicly

3) degrade

4) wrong

(4) proliferate


1) grow rapidly (in numbers)

2) conciseness

3) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)

4) writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat

(5) leeway


1) too improbable to be believed

2) walk through a substance, such as water, that impedes movement

3) remorse

4) room to move

(6) toady


1) resolve

2) servile flatterer

3) (of a bird) sing

4) guardianship

(7) impious


1) unrepressed

2) brief, comprehensive summary

3) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)

4) irreverent

(8) frond


1) long narrow container for feeding farm animals

2) fern leaf

3) weakness of mind

4) experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another

(9) vegetate


1) one that achieves unexpected success

2) live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity)

3) believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided

4) of psyche

(10) rail


1) complain bitterly

2) thwart

3) sticky

4) bored with pleasure or dissipation

(11) habituate


1) of the same kind

2) supposed

3) unclear or doubtful in meaning

4) accustom or familiarize

(12) magistrate


1) fearless

2) support or base as for a pillar or statue

3) insult

4) official with power to administer the law

(13) groom


1) fluent

2) contemptible

3) man employed to take care of horses

4) swamp gas

(14) perforate


1) stimulate or shock by an electric current

2) pierce

3) insolent

4) (of something bad) not moderated

(15) seethe


1) overwhelmingly favorable review

2) one devoted to the promotion of human welfare

3) be violently disturbed

4) repetition

(16) withhold


1) miscellaneous

2) unwilling

3) skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence

4) refuse to give

(17) tenure


1) records arranged in yearly parts

2) place of safety

3) holding of an office or real estate

4) hint

(18) retiring


1) contemptible

2) point directly overhead in the sky

3) shy and reserved (of a person)

4) medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow

(19) orgy


1) long life

2) scolding woman

3) wild drunken revelry

4) linger

(20) pinch


1) changeable

2) struggle

3) distorted

4) squeeze between the thumb and a finger, or other edges

(21) tactful


1) unfairness

2) maker and seller of eyeglasses

3) careful no to cause offence

4) mournful

(22) egotism


1) destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)

2) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

3) physician specializing in children's diseases

4) (of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole

(23) apothegm(apopht


1) sociable

2) hegm) pithy, compact saying

3) adjacent to

4) inner excitement or exuberance

(24) disengage


1) (of meat) tough

2) doing evil

3) binding agreement between two groups or people

4) uncouple

(25) turbulence


1) wandering

2) notch

3) state of violent agitation

4) winding