VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 95

(1) trilogy


1) group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself)

2) assumption

3) imitate

4) steadfast

(2) allegory


1) suffering from indigestion

2) story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols

3) departure (of a large number of people)

4) pommel

(3) baffle


1) summit

2) frustrate

3) squabble

4) trite remark

(4) beguile


1) proper to the point of affectation

2) deceive

3) mixture as of metals

4) inclined to form factions

(5) expropriate


1) take possession of (often for public use and without payment)

2) cut to pieces with ax or sword

3) overstock

4) tremble

(6) ameliorate


1) untidy (of a woman or clothes)

2) deep

3) grow well

4) improve

(7) codicil


1) homeless child or animal

2) drug that relieves pain or trouble

3) clearly different

4) supplement to the body of a will

(8) amend


1) full of self-admiration

2) correct

3) commit an offense

4) sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object

(9) effectuate


1) effect

2) supplying nourishment

3) having the weight of authority

4) act or state of separation

(10) careen


1) related to thinking about something constantly

2) work out carefully

3) lurch

4) delusion

(11) quaint


1) odd in an old-fashioned way

2) explain

3) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

4) (of a person) having reason

(12) conundrum


1) promote or publicize (one's goods or service)

2) mental or bodily powers

3) riddle

4) spotted

(13) manipulate


1) hindrance

2) operate with one's hands

3) prohibit

4) hard and unbending

(14) portend


1) path of the sun and the planets

2) tranquil

3) make amends for

4) foretell

(15) voluble


1) fluent

2) contaminate

3) n) large kettle

4) made less dense (of a gas)

(16) qualms


1) falling to pieces

2) cancel

3) fleeting or transitory

4) uneasy feelings

(17) benefit


1) advantage

2) individual trait usually odd in nature

3) favorable

4) condition of no movement or activity

(18) cabal


1) producing offspring or fruit in abundance

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

3) exile

4) of a pivot

(19) covert


1) pertaining to hell

2) secret

3) move or swing back and forth

4) apart

(20) vortex


1) wall painting

2) loud continous noise

3) sharp-cornered

4) whirlwind

(21) aberrant


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

2) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

3) soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)

4) abnormal or deviant

(22) constraint


1) restraint

2) celebrity (in a specific field)

3) difficult condition

4) brief explanation of words used in the text

(23) parchment


1) weightless

2) writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat

3) stun

4) accuse of or implicate in a crime

(24) floe


1) use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals

2) vain about dress and appearance

3) flat mass of floating ice

4) make discontented

(25) queasy


1) uncertain

2) self-evident truth requiring no proof

3) small waterfall

4) experiencing nausea