VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 94

(1) redolent


1) odorous

2) tear or be torn quickly and violently

3) free

4) person celebrated for wisdom

(2) compelling


1) miser

2) overpowering

3) hint

4) characterizing or affecting all

(3) innocuous


1) half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning

2) harmless

3) rule over tyrannically

4) loud or harsh roar or screech

(4) sybarite


1) incapable of being pacified

2) extinct flying reptile

3) lover of luxury

4) forerunners

(5) incriminate


1) defile

2) accuse of or implicate in a crime

3) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

4) mischance

(6) prevalent


1) deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery

2) widespread

3) trifle with

4) state of disorder

(7) irrepressible


1) unintelligible

2) showy

3) prudence

4) unable to be restrained or held back

(8) exodus


1) frozen rain drop

2) departure (of a large number of people)

3) self-important behavior

4) joking talk

(9) undermine


1) ash-colored

2) paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls

3) weaken gradually

4) detest

(10) azure


1) sky blue

2) pay attention to

3) not influenced by emotions

4) oppose with arguments

(11) underhand(under


1) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)

2) decode

3) morbid fear

4) conspicuous

(12) pander


1) related to monks or monasteries

2) terrible

3) swimming

4) cater to (the low desires of others)

(13) bravado


1) swagger

2) deck opening

3) (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality)

4) decorate with needlework

(14) exorcise


1) infection (by contact)

2) form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly

3) speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions

4) drive out evil spirits

(15) fortuitous


1) puzzle

2) gift for finding valuable things by accident

3) accidental

4) of a title

(16) ooze


1) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly

2) destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)

3) mix

4) lasting

(17) eerie


1) start a fire

2) twisting force

3) weird

4) distasteful (because excessive)

(18) witless


1) lacking intelligence or wit

2) plot outline

3) prudent

4) equality

(19) shimmer


1) strategem to gain an advantage

2) loop formed in a rope

3) formal demand or request

4) shine with a flickering light

(20) trinket


1) slope

2) knickknack

3) portray

4) unintelligible

(21) sextant


1) catch sight of (something distant)

2) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

3) state of being stupefied

4) navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)

(22) warranty


1) sleep lightly

2) pertaining to the lungs

3) disobedience

4) guarantee

(23) execrable


1) made in an earlier period and usu. valuable

2) very bad

3) corruption

4) change or harden into bone

(24) brindled


1) honor the memory of

2) tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)

3) marked by formality

4) kill from lack of air

(25) inverse


1) obligatory

2) opposite

3) tranquil

4) hurl downward