VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 165

(1) obstetrician


1) unattractive

2) physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies

3) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)

4) having the odor of stale or decomposing fat

(2) censorious


1) fragrant

2) severely critical

3) bully

4) (of air) thin in density

(3) dutiful(duteous


1) ) (of people or their behavior) respectful

2) church dignitary

3) poverty

4) range of knowledge

(4) remediable


1) mercury

2) reparable

3) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

4) green

(5) cloister


1) deserving blame

2) earliest form of an organism

3) monastery or convent

4) not yet decided or settled

(6) insurgent


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

2) miscellaneous

3) give protection (by giving food and shelter)

4) rebellious

(7) isthmus


1) free

2) state of being stupefied

3) narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land

4) stun as with a blow or shock

(8) supplant


1) unruly

2) path taken by a projectile

3) teasing conversation

4) take the place of unfairly

(9) apothecary


1) druggist

2) gain for the performance of service or labor

3) something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event

4) heat-producing

(10) upright


1) dispute

2) joking (often inappropriately)

3) (sitting or standing) straight up

4) chief

(11) embezzlement


1) very wicked

2) taking for one's own use in violation of trust

3) pastoral song

4) vanity or self-love

(12) abide


1) discerning

2) dwell

3) unerring

4) display of partiality toward a favored person

(13) cite


1) quote

2) (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart

3) seek to attain (position or status)

4) put under a spell(condition caused by magical power)

(14) notoriety


1) court of justice

2) any ulcerous sore

3) disrepute

4) totally clear

(15) titillate


1) a place where bees are kept

2) tickle

3) one who is zealous

4) dante) trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)

(16) fructify


1) discipline

2) bear fruit

3) shack

4) deceive

(17) yield


1) higher mental powers

2) full of self-admiration

3) amount produced

4) slavishly attentive

(18) redress


1) secret

2) indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)

3) remedy

4) chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse

(19) egregious


1) diminish

2) speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

3) notorious

4) drunken revel

(20) cataclysm


1) deluge

2) meanly stingy

3) widespread

4) deserve

(21) blare


1) sad

2) loud or harsh roar or screech

3) faultfinding

4) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

(22) layman


1) man who is not a cleric

2) tooth projecting from a wheel

3) old age

4) lifeless

(23) disingenuous


1) someone seeking revenge

2) final outcome

3) attacking cherished traditions

4) not naive

(24) proximity


1) loyalty

2) having or causing lustful desires and thoughts

3) nearness

4) farewell or departure

(25) impervious


1) fantastic

2) impenetrable

3) incapable of being pacified

4) medical treatment and care of old age