VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 163

(1) inveigh


1) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun

2) shake repeatedly from side to side

3) step heavily with the feet

4) denounce

(2) halcyon


1) having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes

2) calm

3) quibble

4) capricious

(3) oaf


1) stupid awkward person

2) capable of being repaired

3) harmless

4) fear of heights

(4) succulent


1) trail of ship or other object through water

2) ugly

3) juicy

4) unfounded false rumor

(5) downcast


1) feign

2) additional object

3) fenced enclosure for animals

4) disheartened

(6) aboriginal


1) ignore or behave coldly toward

2) noisy quarrel

3) being the first of its kind in a region

4) able to float

(7) wan


1) annoying

2) having a pale or sickly color

3) something that relieves pain

4) expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death

(8) mote


1) ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.

2) having or causing lustful desires and thoughts

3) small speck (esp. of dust)

4) pertaining to drama

(9) dull


1) three-pronged spear

2) able to walk

3) causing insensitivity to pain

4) (of colors or surfaces) not bright

(10) heinous


1) atrocious

2) introverted

3) short poem idealizing rural life

4) tender sorrow

(11) mannered


1) holding tenaciously to an action

2) be annoyed or vexed

3) short-lived

4) affected

(12) advocate


1) essential or main point

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

3) speak in favor of

4) liable to err

(13) insomnia


1) attack (as with missiles or bombs)

2) one-sided

3) foretell

4) wakefulness

(14) fulsome


1) size or volume (esp. when very large)

2) insert improperly

3) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

4) disgustingly excessive

(15) hireling


1) having a pale or sickly color

2) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

3) work (esp. musical composition)

4) one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)

(16) nirvana


1) long shallow trench made by a plow

2) pertaining to the aurora borealis

3) in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude

4) shine brightly with flashing points of light

(17) vainglorious


1) clothing

2) with reference to

3) burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection

4) boastful

(18) oath


1) painting in only one color

2) not essential

3) correct spelling

4) solemn promise

(19) schematic


1) wrinkled

2) combining parts or separate things into a whole

3) favoring success

4) of a schema or scheme

(20) centripetal


1) said or done in jest or playfully

2) tending toward the center

3) thin

4) mischance

(21) saline


1) wordy

2) (of behavior) proper

3) salty

4) made up of a variety of parts

(22) caulk(calk)


1) student of the history and science of humankind

2) make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)

3) essence

4) motherly

(23) endear


1) motivate

2) bar

3) vested power to reject a bill

4) make beloved

(24) doctrinaire


1) wandering

2) meaning

3) unable to compromise about points of doctrine

4) state of violent agitation

(25) rousing


1) meaning

2) lively

3) ability

4) do or give something in return