VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 175

(1) bludgeon


1) (of a person) truthful

2) blow in heavy gusts

3) vague statement

4) club

(2) posterity


1) short and thick

2) violent

3) rebound

4) descendants

(3) blush


1) warn or speak to with gentle disapproval

2) become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame)

3) mix

4) (of the tide) recede

(4) therapeutic


1) mar

2) curative

3) devastate

4) candid

(5) verve


1) give in respectfully

2) similarly timed

3) boasted

4) enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition)

(6) obsessive


1) dissimilar

2) related to thinking about something constantly

3) standard

4) strong desire

(7) bastard


1) illegitimate child

2) having many forms

3) cause

4) reckon

(8) raspy


1) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth

2) making a harsh noise

3) oppression

4) act of reciting publicly

(9) scheme


1) platitude

2) irreverence

3) produce a design in raised relief

4) systematic plan

(10) incorrigible


1) book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form

2) fearless

3) uncorrectable

4) guess

(11) punitive


1) suffering from indigestion

2) deprived of (someone beloved through death)

3) deceive

4) punishing

(12) insinuate


1) freedom from narrow limitations

2) achieve by cleverness or trick

3) inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs)

4) hint

(13) clavicle


1) without previous preparation

2) make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach)

3) small piece or mark

4) collarbone

(14) arcade


1) family descent

2) unable to be restrained or held back

3) a covered passageway usually lined with shops

4) ravenous

(15) bicameral


1) close relationship

2) large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way

3) saying farewell

4) two-chambered as a legislative body

(16) ultimate


1) related to seed or semen

2) surround

3) final

4) firm statement that something is certainly true

(17) felicity


1) reconciling

2) happiness

3) party

4) raging mad

(18) gossamer


1) familiar with

2) sheer

3) helpful

4) not native

(19) balk


1) generator for producing electricity

2) reach a necessary standard

3) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue

4) poisonous

(20) consanguinity


1) touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter

2) one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause

3) kinship

4) restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking

(21) murky


1) dark and gloomy

2) logically convincing

3) doctor who treats mental diseases

4) text of an opera or oratorio

(22) impersonal


1) not being a person

2) wild

3) privilege

4) contradict

(23) reprieve


1) outcry

2) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels

3) daily

4) postponement or cancelation of a punishment

(24) stratagem


1) deceptive scheme

2) block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches

3) steal things of small value

4) cancel out

(25) crust


1) feign

2) connoisseur of food and drink

3) soak

4) hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)