VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 109

(1) labyrinth


1) blessed

2) maze

3) sweet sounding

4) avoid (responsibility, work, etc.)

(2) inestimable


1) esoteric

2) using satire

3) impossible to estimate

4) (of a person or writing) digressing

(3) forerunner


1) consanguine) having a common ancestor

2) predecessor

3) smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive)

4) closed circular line around an area

(4) whet


1) burning

2) sharpen

3) retort

4) slavery

(5) hoax


1) piebald

2) weaken gradually

3) causing a problem

4) trick which makes someone take action

(6) unequivocal


1) plain

2) talk idly

3) unsafe

4) bony growth on the head of a deer

(7) resign


1) give up (a position, right, or claim)

2) linger

3) restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking

4) question severely

(8) propinquity


1) gift for finding valuable things by accident

2) ardent

3) nearness (in space or relationship)

4) greediness for wealth

(9) rhetoric


1) oblige or help someone

2) spying

3) peak

4) art of effective communication

(10) pertinacious


1) argumentative

2) self-governing

3) holding tenaciously to an action

4) smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive)

(11) geniality


1) flexible

2) plan of a trip

3) cheerfulness

4) read or glance through quickly

(12) squalor


1) condition of being squalid

2) boisterous laughter

3) urge (by strong argument or advice)

4) fear of being locked in

(13) arboretum


1) missile

2) capable of sensation and conscious

3) loss of memory

4) place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited

(14) ethnic


1) relating to races

2) means

3) ered) marked by great changes in fortune

4) artificial

(15) scuttle


1) sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull

2) diligent

3) someone easily fooled or deceived

4) of or suitable for a palace

(16) emend


1) remainder

2) fortress

3) correct (usually a text)

4) pertaining to spring

(17) artless


1) lawsuit

2) without guile

3) untimely

4) determined

(18) cynical


1) appease

2) skeptical or distrustful of human motives

3) intimidate

4) give up

(19) disembark


1) not compulsory

2) not to be taken away

3) debark

4) burning

(20) advocacy


1) split or sever

2) support

3) suave

4) talent

(21) loll


1) break (a law)

2) put at a loss

3) lounge about

4) metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)

(22) canard


1) unfounded false rumor

2) uncertain

3) very fat

4) hint

(23) conglomerate


1) question severely

2) headland

3) eat away

4) corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields

(24) lope


1) dummy

2) divided into two branches

3) gallop slowly

4) perceptiveness

(25) avarice


1) something attached to but holding an inferior position

2) expurgate

3) live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity)

4) greediness for wealth