VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 80

(1) aloof


1) apart

2) desire

3) reproduce

4) gap

(2) excerpt


1) one who foretells the future

2) sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories)

3) selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work

4) pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)

(3) proponent


1) dissolve

2) distasteful

3) falling to pieces

4) supporter

(4) boon


1) doubts

2) blessing

3) not frank

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

(5) despondent


1) rude, insensitive person

2) speediness

3) without hope and courage

4) dilemma

(6) trample


1) step heavily with the feet

2) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth

3) stop or check flow of blood

4) flattery

(7) gourmand


1) keep away from

2) dark

3) hard unpleasant work

4) epicure

(8) vivid


1) abyss

2) (of light or color) bright and distinct

3) keep as precious

4) highest point

(9) outskirts


1) (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly

2) fringes

3) suppress

4) lacking in spirit

(10) obituary


1) express disapproval of

2) death notice (esp. in a newspaper)

3) casual

4) charlatan

(11) patois


1) a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child

2) be unfaithful

3) local or provincial dialect

4) discerning

(12) hereafter


1) act of reciting publicly

2) praising

3) life after death

4) plan of a trip

(13) bombardment


1) write

2) attack (as with missiles or bombs)

3) place into a case

4) causing a problem

(14) perimeter


1) assist usually in doing something wrong

2) refusal to yield

3) outer boundary

4) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

(15) solace


1) comfort in sorrow or trouble

2) enrage

3) gloomy

4) wild

(16) hilarity


1) tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium

2) intruder

3) boisterous mirth(merriment

4) modest

(17) inane


1) quick and active

2) silly

3) having the weight of authority

4) dead

(18) interloper


1) melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal

2) intruder

3) sudden outburst of an illness or feeling

4) excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature)

(19) blue


1) be excessively fond of

2) contemptible

3) witty saying

4) gloomy

(20) contingent


1) raised platform for speakers or other important people

2) boredom

3) weaken

4) dependent on something uncertain or in the future

(21) undertaker


1) adjust to climate or environment

2) stretching

3) funeral director

4) pertaining to the improvement of race

(22) appurtenances


1) affectedly dainty(delicate)

2) one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless

3) subordinate possessions

4) ecclesiastical

(23) lugubrious


1) (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious

2) nonentity

3) mournful

4) steadily loyal

(24) maul


1) capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around)

2) pompous array of words

3) gaiety

4) handle roughly

(25) cemetery


1) place for burying the dead

2) able to walk

3) large in quantity

4) something attached to but holding an inferior position