VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 72

(1) multiform


1) similar

2) having many forms

3) bitterness of speech and temper

4) fair

(2) unique


1) (of something bad) widespread

2) without an equal

3) bordering on(adjacent to) the sea

4) compensation (for loss or wrong)

(3) cloying


1) distasteful (because excessive)

2) untimely

3) agreement

4) imprison

(4) soliloquy


1) spacious and comfortable

2) foretell

3) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)

4) warlike

(5) transcribe


1) goodness

2) disturb greatly

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

4) copy

(6) decoy


1) any ulcerous sore

2) lure or bait

3) affectedly dainty(delicate)

4) clever in deceiving

(7) spare


1) wealthy and powerful businessperson

2) give

3) harmonious

4) (of weather) hot

(8) guy


1) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied

2) dark and gloomy

3) imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing

4) excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling

(9) aggregate


1) small hill

2) daydream

3) sum

4) place under water

(10) rake


1) immoral or dissolute person

2) narrow valley with steep sides

3) mutual

4) wetland

(11) rider


1) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife

2) transform

3) flexible

4) amendment or clause added to a legislative bill

(12) replicate


1) straightforward

2) worldly

3) support

4) reproduce

(13) religious


1) pamphlet

2) characteristic of an entire class or species

3) of religion

4) squabble

(14) remnant


1) properly made and complete

2) foretell

3) list

4) remainder

(15) discredit


1) combine

2) the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance

3) self-evident truth requiring no proof

4) defame

(16) accord


1) messenger

2) twisting force

3) agreement

4) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

(17) scrap


1) funeral song

2) detached plant shoot used in grafting

3) soften by soaking in liquid

4) small bit or fragment

(18) glow


1) long period of time

2) shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals)

3) easily understood

4) depravity

(19) illuminate


1) brighten

2) trick

3) cheater

4) yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war)

(20) silt


1) sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)

2) someone who wastes money

3) clearly different from others of the same kind

4) scrap of cloth

(21) puzzle


1) meaning

2) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem

3) what someone deserves

4) oddity

(22) torque


1) oversensitive

2) ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)

3) pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition

4) twisting force

(23) persist


1) continue in existence

2) oversimplified

3) skillful

4) revere

(24) abjure


1) do or give something in return

2) theoretical

3) deep

4) renounce upon oath

(25) slur


1) pronounce indistinctly

2) act of assuming a human body and human nature

3) deviate

4) food