VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 78

(1) gross


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

2) total

3) fit for growing crops

4) meat of a deer

(2) incoherent


1) unintelligible

2) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents

3) lazy

4) essence

(3) repel


1) remedy

2) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

3) drive away

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

(4) vendor


1) approve

2) not working

3) seller

4) breaking of contract or duty

(5) tureen


1) work of art put together from fragments

2) charge

3) deep dish for serving soup

4) official periodical publication

(6) ancestry


1) family descent

2) curse

3) extremely small

4) flattery

(7) ballast


1) humorous

2) relating to the art of debate

3) reject bluntly

4) heavy substance used to add stability or weight

(8) squat


1) plentiful

2) short and thick

3) appease

4) mentally quick and observant

(9) desultory


1) smear (as with paint)

2) dark

3) free from worries

4) aimless

(10) discount


1) disregard

2) examination of accounts of a business

3) full of flowers

4) negligent

(11) helm


1) steering wheel of a ship

2) art of versification

3) dedicate

4) delayed

(12) cacophonous


1) prophetic

2) forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)

3) effectual

4) discordant

(13) peripatetic


1) walking about from place to place (to work)

2) enclose

3) soil

4) clean

(14) fluctuate


1) move in search of plunder

2) waver

3) small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

4) put into effect

(15) upshot


1) unfairness

2) take for granted

3) not natural

4) outcome

(16) relapse


1) return to a former state (esp. after improvement)

2) filled with great surprise or fear

3) act of dissecting living animals

4) teachings in general

(17) dowdy


1) of a prophet or prophecy

2) strong foul odor

3) untidy (of a woman or clothes)

4) make or become black by burning

(18) tangential


1) tear or be torn quickly and violently

2) size or volume (esp. when very large)

3) possession of land or building by rent

4) only slightly connected

(19) intrinsic


1) irritable

2) essential

3) striking one object against another sharply

4) theatrical

(20) hover


1) rule over tyrannically

2) hang about

3) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

4) lustful

(21) mutablility


1) ability to change in form

2) serving to complete something

3) courteous

4) false testimony while under oath

(22) dissident


1) speak in favor of

2) narrow valley with steep sides

3) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)

4) reveal

(23) impertinent


1) not harmonious

2) large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice

3) insolent

4) deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery

(24) cache


1) hiding place

2) prove genuine

3) of or pertaining to the people

4) restore to proper condition (health or useful life)

(25) psychosis


1) irregularity

2) portray

3) mental disorder

4) flood