VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 177

(1) renege


1) break a promise

2) dose (of liquids)

3) crafty

4) having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes

(2) abrasive


1) religious image

2) enclose

3) friendship

4) rubbing away

(3) kaleidoscope


1) scholar

2) tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects

3) window projecting upright from roof

4) assemble

(4) perpetual


1) everlasting

2) formal

3) indecent

4) cancel

(5) abstemious


1) make return for

2) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

3) assuming a false identity

4) sparing in eating and drinking

(6) incense


1) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

2) make necessary

3) enrage

4) government run by religious leaders

(7) bristle


1) become unsteady and fall down

2) introduction (to a poem or play)

3) small piece or mark

4) short stiff hair

(8) fritter


1) waste (time or money on unimportant things)

2) threatening

3) rushing stream

4) boorish

(9) nutrient


1) judicial branch of government

2) religious image

3) nourishing substance

4) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)

(10) condole


1) terms used in a science or art

2) express condolences

3) arouse to action

4) person who turns animal hides into leather

(11) decorous


1) hanging

2) state of being nameless

3) move in search of plunder

4) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

(12) termination


1) end

2) based on experience

3) contaminate

4) steadiness of effort

(13) pine


1) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

2) assault

3) long for

4) pastoral song

(14) afterlife


1) life after death

2) Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)

3) third in order or rank

4) large city

(15) quorum


1) minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

2) tax levied by a ruler

3) unerring

4) main wooden stem of a tree

(16) benefactor


1) wine merchant

2) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint

3) slandering

4) gift giver

(17) scrupulous


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

2) remorse

3) deep regret for wrongdoing

4) conscientious

(18) rave


1) overwhelmingly favorable review

2) contradict

3) profitable

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

(19) convulsion


1) make desolate

2) violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness)

3) encouraging

4) revive

(20) vise


1) public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes

2) reservoir or water tank

3) charmingly carefree

4) vice

(21) supple


1) flexible

2) traditional

3) record of descent

4) destruction by fire

(22) gerrymander


1) common

2) transparent

3) bloody

4) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party

(23) courier


1) advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)

2) crack

3) lessening

4) messenger

(24) garner


1) providing a general overview

2) gather

3) intensely cold

4) illegal

(25) emboss


1) study of insects

2) entreat

3) produce a design in raised relief

4) file of documents on a subject or person