VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 66

(1) capsize


1) (of a boat) turn over

2) rude, insensitive person

3) copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing

4) filled with great surprise or fear

(2) regimen


1) older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

2) prophetic

3) of the law and its administration

4) prescribed course of diet or exercise

(3) vivacious


1) powerful

2) understood (without actually being expressed)

3) tendency to keep together

4) lively or animated

(4) maim


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

2) small surgical tool for making incisions

3) steering wheel of a ship

4) mutilate

(5) garish


1) liable to err

2) huge

3) overbright in color

4) please intensely

(6) suspense


1) state of being undecided

2) plunder

3) without feeling

4) reasoning

(7) retort


1) wriggle

2) quick sharp reply

3) inappropriate

4) radiating

(8) court


1) attempt to gain

2) sift

3) smooth and shining (as from good health)

4) ornament richly (a shield or flag)

(9) defile


1) pollute

2) hiding place

3) stand up against

4) open to view

(10) rampant


1) strikingly bright

2) clumsy

3) expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.

4) growing or spreading uncontrollably

(11) mawkish


1) mushy(sentimental) and gushy

2) accustomed

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

4) boasting

(12) varnish


1) union

2) paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film

3) profitable

4) scarcity

(13) spawn


1) revert (to bad habits)

2) soothing or mild (food)

3) lay eggs (in large numbers)

4) wrestle

(14) retrospective


1) slandering

2) crookedly

3) something contrived

4) looking back on the past

(15) laconic


1) kill from lack of air

2) brief and to the point

3) antiquated

4) wasted away

(16) sleazy


1) supposed

2) preference

3) sharpen (a tool)

4) shabby and dirty

(17) emetic


1) substance causing vomiting

2) hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food

3) openmouthed

4) shield

(18) peddle


1) abyss

2) travel about selling (wares)

3) courteous

4) resistant to

(19) prosperity


1) lounge about

2) squabble

3) having no equal

4) good fortune and financial success

(20) meditation


1) loquacious

2) reflection

3) characteristic of an entire class or species

4) medieval chemistry

(21) cerebration


1) informal discussion

2) deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow

3) not frank

4) thought

(22) gloss_over


1) explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults

2) command

3) unreal reflection

4) death

(23) ulterior


1) varying from of an element

2) irritable

3) self-restraint

4) intentionally hidden

(24) docile


1) intricate

2) obedient

3) renounce

4) very fat

(25) manumit


1) emancipate

2) highest point

3) hold firmly within arms

4) self-important