VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 171

(1) syllogism


1) enrage

2) dry up

3) plot outline

4) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

(2) squelch


1) produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud)

2) censure

3) stretching

4) cure-all

(3) pseudonym


1) without concern or care

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

3) lay eggs (in large numbers)

4) pen name

(4) hedonist


1) immoral behavior

2) cancel

3) intricate

4) one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life

(5) vignette


1) unfrightening

2) crush

3) small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter

4) laypersons

(6) scavenge


1) lure

2) prevent by taking action in advance

3) government run by religious leaders

4) hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food

(7) inclement


1) superintendent

2) pertaining to money

3) stormy

4) returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner

(8) flagrant


1) rider on horseback

2) temporary invasion

3) incipient

4) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive

(9) increment


1) conciseness

2) long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero)

3) increase

4) ring of leaves around stem

(10) mortician


1) mob

2) undertaker

3) relentless

4) agreement

(11) barefaced


1) small representative world

2) binding

3) shameless and noticeable

4) action of moving secretly or unseen

(12) proletarian


1) member of the working class

2) entice

3) (of water) not flowing (often bad-smelling)

4)

(13) muster


1) gather

2) storehouse for grain

3) violate (a law)

4) large in quantity

(14) larder


1) decorate

2) confirm

3) pantry

4) exceeding ordinary limits

(15) apocryphal


1) arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)

2) (of a story) widely believed but untrue

3) candid

4) refine

(16) pass\'e


1) wandering

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

3) old-fashioned

4) person having administrative authority

(17) antiquated


1) conceal

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

3) something fit to be eaten

4) obsolete

(18) ejaculation


1) anger

2) severely critical

3) exclamation

4) banish from a group

(19) protract


1) prolong

2) diabolic

3) approach and speak first to a person

4) exaggerated

(20) hoard


1) stockpile

2) irresistible

3) one who supplicates

4) surround and swallow up

(21) wanton


1) without concern or care

2) dethrone

3) not done politely without due formalities

4) unrestrained

(22) verity


1) tickle

2) pertaining to a province

3) quality of being true

4) producing tears

(23) adventitious


1) accidental

2) growing by addition

3) explore with a probe or tools

4) small amount (of money)

(24) epitaph


1) thick-skinned animal

2) style of cooking

3) inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone)

4) stimulate or shock by an electric current

(25) bigotry


1) express condolences

2) not natural

3) large three-masted sailing ship

4) stubborn intolerance