VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 127

(1) mesmerize


1) whimsical

2) engrossed

3) hypnotize

4) disintegration

(2) attribute


1) attach

2) persuade by praise or false promise

3) ruler in a monarchy

4) essential quality

(3) mete


1) expressing irony

2) measure

3) what someone deserves

4) offering or providing help

(4) roil


1) pretty good)''

2) feverish

3) confuse

4) make liquids murky by stirring up sediment

(5) scrimmage


1) stealthily lie in waiting

2) administrative division of a city

3) unavoidable

4) disorderly fight between two or more people

(6) inebriate


1) one who foretells the future

2) man who is not a cleric

3) make drunk

4) (of someone) unfriendly

(7) concentric


1) one who has more than one spouse at a time

2) shine

3) Scandinavian myth

4) having a common center

(8) entity


1) real being

2) without definite purpose, plan, or aim

3) small round piece of medicine

4) plundering

(9) bolt


1) honor

2) humorous imitation

3) door bar

4) gain for the performance of service or labor

(10) figment


1) invention

2) terrorize

3) state confidently

4) direct vote by all the people

(11) slapdash


1) cliff

2) miserable person

3) not being a person

4) hasty and careless

(12) retinue


1) following

2) long established as a disease

3) ornamental clasp

4) temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground)

(13) hew


1) sediment in a liquid

2) room to move

3) producing tears

4) cut to pieces with ax or sword

(14) junket


1) make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together

2) important in history

3) trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense

4) teasing conversation

(15) receptive


1) pertaining to a bishop or pope

2) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)

3) similarity

4) prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

(16) gadfly


1) animal-biting fly

2) pertaining to memory

3) choosing of a lot or card

4) unjustified

(17) sadistic


1) restraint

2) inclined to cruelty

3) grant a share of

4) firm statement that something is certainly true

(18) quicksilver


1) abstaining from sexual intercourse

2) ruddy

3) mercury

4) stealthily lie in waiting

(19) unregenerate


1) slanderous remark

2) ornament a metal surface by indenting

3) making no attempt to change one's bad practices

4) confuse thoroughly

(20) philanderer


1) make unfriendly or hostile

2) faithless lover

3) room or space under the roof

4) advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)

(21) contrive


1) small cavern

2) impossible to recover or regain

3) servile flatterer

4) invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation)

(22) tenant


1) cutting ironic remark

2) compose on the spur of the moment

3) capable of maintaining life

4) one that pays rent to use property owned by another

(23) junta


1) go down on one's knee(s)

2) worthless

3) treasury

4) group of persons joined in political intrigue

(24) irate


1) behead

2) think up

3) combative

4) angry

(25) magnanimity


1) rough-mannered

2) group of mammals including humans

3) place or condition of bliss

4) generosity