VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 166

(1) behemoth


1) huge creature

2) of or causing sepsis

3) rude, insensitive person

4) enroll (in college or graduate school)

(2) acquiesce


1) artificial

2) assent

3) not compulsory

4) state of disorder

(3) lateral


1) vinegary

2) of or coming from the side

3) weightless

4) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law

(4) introspective


1) looking within oneself

2) title or heading (in red print)

3) record of a voyage or flight

4) lift by pushing up from below

(5) magisterial


1) authoritative

2) violent

3) division into two opposite parts

4) let down

(6) imply


1) suggest a meaning not expressed

2) withdrawal

3) able to take on many forms

4) postponement or cancelation of a punishment

(7) superfluous


1) excessive

2) impossible to estimate

3) unprejudiced

4) effectual

(8) solicitor


1) body of customers

2) lawyer in the lower court of law

3) empty

4) unintentionally

(9) truism


1) last stop of railroad

2) relating to the highest point

3) self-evident truth

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

(10) skulk


1) ornamental clasp

2) skin disease (on the face)

3) move furtively and secretly

4) full of self-admiration

(11) mutinous


1) unruly

2) ruler in a monarchy

3) difficult situation

4) unscrupulous

(12) enmity


1) beautiful writing

2) ill will

3) slow-thinking stupid person

4) imagined

(13) invalid


1) amendment or clause added to a legislative bill

2) one incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness

3) equipment

4) unharmed

(14) underlying


1) lying below

2) hybridize

3) special talent

4) evil spirit

(15) tardy


1) slow

2) pertaining to ships or navigation

3) propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group)

4) terms used in a science or art

(16) abode


1) slow-thinking stupid person

2) invulnerable

3) dwelling place

4) trader

(17) repercussion


1) one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)

2) rub out

3) rebound

4) given to(having a tendency of) joking

(18) reactionary


1) security given for loan

2) strongly opposed to social or political change

3) changeable

4) refer

(19) bulwark


1) reasoning

2) banish from a group

3) strong wall built for defense

4) make drunk

(20) germ


1) earliest form of an organism

2) legally correct

3) correct (usually a text)

4) heavy substance used to add stability or weight

(21) fumble


1) furnisher of foodstuffs

2) unable to be restrained or held back

3) excessively fat

4) move the fingers and hands awkwardly (in search of something)

(22) commonplace


1) faithless lover

2) discerning

3) ordinary

4) mercy killing

(23) gnarled


1) twisted

2) amuse

3) redden

4) producing results

(24) ambush


1) annoy

2) act of lying in wait to attack by surprise

3) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

4) unruly

(25) fraudulent


1) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes

2) like a glacier

3) despicable

4) cheating