VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 138

(1) phalanx


1) lowest point

2) formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears

3) tired or uninterested by surfeit

4) going against

(2) archaeology


1) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

2) miserable person

3) made for practical use only (without decoration)

4) 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern

(3) sectarian


1) suggestive of something (in the past)

2) besiege or attack (with an army)

3) of a sect

4) odd in an old-fashioned way

(4) confide


1) substance causing vomiting

2) tell in confidence (to a person one trusts)

3) compensation (for loss or wrong)

4) of the same kind

(5) carefree


1) laughable

2) religious image

3) pride

4) free from worries

(6) shunt


1) condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles

2) menacing

3) move (a railway train) from one track to another

4) indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said)

(7) crave


1) inflict

2) fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage

3) desire

4) family descent

(8) nonsense


1) unreal reflection

2) roundabout

3) speech or writing with no meaning

4) malodorous

(9) unsightly


1) ugly

2) unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)

3) person administering capital punishment

4) state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.

(10) trivia


1) fight

2) prank

3) place of origin

4) trifles

(11) stanza


1) division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)

2) able to be touched

3) help bring about

4) lead-colored

(12) carnal


1) sudden sharp turn or twist

2) fleshly

3) total failure

4) make rational

(13) faction


1) extremely dry

2) party

3) illegal trade

4) one's opinion of oneself

(14) discretion


1) keep as precious

2) having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

3) prudence

4) meantime

(15) mettle


1) fertility

2) providing nourishment

3) marked by inventive skill

4) courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties)

(16) conducive


1) divided into classes

2) helpful

3) temporary invasion

4) habitually intoxicated

(17) scurvy


1) (of a story or play) loosely connected

2) keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)

3) contemptible

4) surround and swallow up

(18) blackball


1) harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill

2) beat with a whip or flail

3) abundance

4) vote against (an applicant)

(19) absolve


1) turn into a god

2) pardon (an offense)

3) mildness

4) absence of governing body

(20) ennui


1) accustom or familiarize

2) be suited to

3) boredom

4) promoting a particular point of view

(21) whinny


1) remove (forcibly)

2) existence

3) neigh like a horse

4) number of points

(22) optimist


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

2) award of merit

3) person who looks on the bright side

4) necessary requirement

(23) opulence


1) make amends for (a sin)

2) irresistible

3) ordinary

4) extreme wealth

(24) wake


1) distaste

2) trail of ship or other object through water

3) deep regret for wrongdoing

4) lash

(25) senility


1) weaken

2) tender sorrow

3) old age

4) discord