VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 48

(1) ardor


1) physician specializing in children's diseases

2) very small quantity

3) heat

4) rule over tyrannically

(2) scorch


1) something that causes a substance in a chemical solution to separate out in solid form

2) authority on a subject

3) sear

4) elliptic

(3) blunt


1) difficult to understand

2) having a dull edge

3) forceful

4) (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air

(4) goad


1) nearness (in space or relationship)

2) pause

3) urge on

4) limit

(5) mores


1) conventions

2) strong wall built for defense

3) twist out of shape

4) additional object

(6) sanction


1) urbanity

2) stun as with a blow or shock

3) decorate with needlework

4) approve

(7) defect


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

2) decay

3) shortcoming

4) empty

(8) prostrate


1) related to dogs

2) active enmity

3) put or force in without being asked

4) stretch out full on ground

(9) somber


1) effect

2) promote or publicize (one's goods or service)

3) dark

4) move furtively

(10) overwrought


1) having a very fine bore

2) hard unpleasant work

3) nervous or excited

4) formal demand or request

(11) brawl


1) government ruled by old people

2) glassy residue from smelting metal

3) noisy quarrel

4) bow (to show respect and obedience)

(12) irreparable


1) attribute

2) incriminate

3) not able to be corrected or repaired

4) disposed to revenge

(13) disheveled


1) change position or place

2) become worse in quality

3) untidy (of hair or clothing)

4) motherly

(14) flay


1) sorrowful

2) strip off skin

3) soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body

4) experiencing nausea

(15) empathy


1) ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.

2) features especially of the face

3) pride

4) be next to

(16) qualified


1) bear one's self

2) limited

3) of the law and its administration

4) respectable

(17) edifice


1) building (of imposing size)

2) religious image

3) picture writing

4) relating to paradise

(18) autocratic


1) deserts

2) having absolute unchecked power

3) banish from a group

4) (of a fault or sin) forgivable

(19) variegated


1) not able to be perceived by touch

2) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored

3) make or become putrid

4) spasmodic

(20) wisp


1) bony growth on the head of a deer

2) composed

3) small bunch (of hair)

4) piebald

(21) secession


1) shield

2) angry

3) worship of idols

4) withdrawal

(22) hypothetical


1) based on assumptions or hypotheses

2) laypersons

3) (of a condition) wretched

4) (of a person) worthy of esteem

(23) sophomoric


1) confuse

2) grow rapidly (in numbers)

3) immature

4) weaken

(24) stoke


1) soul

2) formless

3) stir up a fire or furnace

4) plan of a trip

(25) waggish


1) going from one state of action to another

2) flexible

3) beginning

4) humorous