VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 10

(1) odium


1) winding

2) detestation

3) system of religious or ethical belief

4) deviation from the normal

(2) apotheosis


1) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)

2) retort

3) elevation to godhood

4) slope

(3) exposure


1) tendency to keep together

2) diligent

3) risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements

4) egotistic

(4) inchoate


1) feverish

2) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun

3) cut to pieces with ax or sword

4) pouring forth

(5) problematic


1) promoting a particular point of view

2) act of finding the total

3) causing a problem

4) belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control

(6) hostility


1) unfriendliness

2) separate

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

4) rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America

(7) pedestal


1) rising like bristles

2) support or base as for a pillar or statue

3) unintentionally

4) dig up

(8) sluggish


1) examination of a dead body

2) sullen

3) lazy

4) secret

(9) conjure


1) cause to appear by magic

2) swirling current of water, air, etc.

3) (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census)

4) prohibit

(10) foil


1) dictionary

2) kindly

3) climate

4) defeat

(11) defalcate


1) force or push out

2) confuse

3) embezzle

4) arise from

(12) argot


1) keep

2) wise

3) permitting light to pass through freely

4) slang

(13) turbid


1) state of being alone

2) (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed

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

4) omen

(14) ductile


1) conspicuous

2) sceptic

3) malleable

4) storehouse for grain

(15) bombast


1) nimbleness

2) windstorm

3) grandiloquent, pompous speech

4) in utter disorder

(16) libertine


1) raid

2) debauched person

3) washing

4) step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish)

(17) humility


1) last demand

2) make young again

3) humbleness of spirit

4) feather, esp. large or showy one

(18) compliance


1) meeting place

2) conformity in fulfilling requirements

3) winding

4) pithy maxim or saying

(19) celestial


1) washing

2) illness

3) snip off

4) heavenly

(20) deplore


1) assist usually in doing something wrong

2) thrift

3) regret

4) decay

(21) seamy


1) sordid

2) pompous array of words

3) sour

4) serious or fatal accident

(22) tertiary


1) third in order or rank

2) abundance

3) of or coming from the side

4) pouring forth

(23) fervent


1) ardent

2) dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing

3) testimony under oath

4) mania for doing grandiose things

(24) scowl


1) basic

2) frown angrily

3) make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession

4) missile

(25) exiguous


1) one-sided

2) beautiful clothes for a special occasion

3) without deceit

4) small in amount