VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 162

(1) pungent


1) stinging

2) bad-tempered

3) report

4) end

(2) mnemonic


1) pertaining to memory

2) leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)

3) law enacted by the legislature

4) standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces

(3) illusion


1) reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship)

2) shove

3) curative

4) misleading vision or visual image

(4) exonerate


1) extraordinary ability

2) concerning trade or merchants

3) acquit

4) not good-looking

(5) divulge


1) upstart

2) stand up against

3) nook

4) reveal

(6) nuance


1) of the same kind

2) change (esp. from good to bad)

3) composed

4) shade of slight difference in meaning or color

(7) glut


1) overstock

2) strong longing to travel

3) excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling

4) (of an experience) deeply shocking

(8) aseptic


1) salty

2) lacking interest or effort

3) loose freshness

4) preventing infection

(9) discombobulated


1) servile dependent

2) one who feigns illness to escape duty

3) discomposed

4) supposed

(10) spatula


1) broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing

2) random

3) severe disapproval

4) prudent

(11) torso


1) trunk of statue with head and limbs missing

2) attacking

3) stupid

4) person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

(12) selective


1) set free

2) having a fixed order of procedure

3) rebound

4) careful in choosing

(13) fallow


1) diminish

2) white with age

3) (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality)

4) local or provincial dialect

(14) prestige


1) respect or admiration

2) restore to a previous condition or position

3) period of ideal or peak condition

4) charge (a public official) with crime in office

(15) gazette


1) unworthy

2) capricious happening

3) vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle

4) official periodical publication

(16) despot


1) artificial

2) something fit to be eaten

3) person who enjoys his own pain

4) tyrant

(17) facade(fa\c{c}a


1) de) front or face (of building)

2) rustic

3) art of versification

4) failure to act

(18) discrepancy


1) shortcoming

2) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts

3) spread randomly

4) cut away

(19) sinuous


1) approve

2) keep

3) serving as a model

4) twisting

(20) sneak


1) morose

2) kindly

3) move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy way

4) concise

(21) hypocritical


1) flow out slowly

2) deceptive

3) pretending to be virtuous

4) element that is a creature's natural environment

(22) presage


1) foretell

2) bloody

3) nourish

4) stench

(23) bland


1) (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous

2) board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)

3) restraint

4) soothing or mild (food)

(24) consecrate


1) in utter disorder

2) compulsive habitual need

3) dedicate

4) heavy substance used to add stability or weight

(25) laud


1) praise

2) slow

3) pirate

4) romp