VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 170

(1) anneal


1) pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich

2) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased

3) reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)

4) windy

(2) tantalize


1) tease

2) most reliable

3) impossible to estimate

4) breeder or dealer of animals

(3) actuarial


1) enroll (in college or graduate school)

2) calculating

3) assume a particular posture

4) twisting force

(4) upbraid


1) tending to call up (emotions, memories)

2) plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed

3) very important

4) reprimand

(5) yeoman


1) narrate or tell (a story)

2) ornament richly (a shield or flag)

3) man or farmer owning small estate

4) accustom a baby not to nurse

(6) prevail


1) link as in a chain

2) be widespread

3) breaking of contract or duty

4) funeral director

(7) makeshift


1) privilege

2) temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need)

3) quality of being true

4) able to float

(8) brag


1) slingshot

2) boast

3) meantime

4) poise

(9) writ


1) written command issued by a court (telling someone to do or not to do something)

2) below the threshold of conscious perception

3) imagined

4) short and thick

(10) jovial


1) churlish, miserly individual

2) strong foul odor

3) good-natured

4) one who builds or works with stone or brick

(11) aerie(aery,eyri


1) expand

2) e,eyry) nest of a large bird of prey

3) revive

4) premonition of evil

(12) slither


1) stun as with a blow or shock

2) limit

3) slip or slide

4) healthy

(13) impolitic


1) form into grains or granules

2) unable to be restrained or held back

3) not wise

4) bury

(14) rapture


1) send out of the country

2) punish as by beating

3) countercharges

4) great joy and delight

(15) archipelago


1) flowing together

2) give an indication beforehand

3) group of closely located islands

4) official periodical publication

(16) ambivalence


1) the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions

2) lacking in spirit

3) obtain by pulling violently

4) stilent) causing plague

(17) savor


1) express condolences

2) enjoy

3) capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around)

4) be thankful for

(18) squash


1) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

2) crush

3) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols

4) provide for the payment of

(19) rig


1) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)

2) hang about/around

3) arrangement of masts and sails

4) counselor

(20) incontrovertibl


1) meddlesome

2) extreme poverty

3) deserving high respect

4) e indisputable

(21) mellifluous


1) authorized agent

2) adage

3) (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing

4) ravenous

(22) uninhibited


1) eat away

2) moment of calm

3) unrepressed

4) thwart

(23) dissipate


1) torn ragged wound

2) purgative

3) squander

4) harmony

(24) trifling


1) disguise

2) agonizing

3) trivial

4) stretching

(25) eulogistic


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

2) traitor

3) revert (to bad habits)

4) praising