VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 150

(1) ascribe


1) immoral behavior

2) having a sharp or acid taste

3) refer

4) contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots

(2) polarity


1) making a harsh noise

2) state of having two opposite qualities

3) unutterable

4) bend the knee as in worship

(3) awl


1) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

2) watch over and direct

3) truthfulness

4) pointed tool used for piercing

(4) affiliation


1) blow in heavy gusts

2) joining

3) prayer for help (used in invoking)

4) hug

(5) provender


1) dry food for livestock

2) self-governing

3) consider

4) stupid awkward person

(6) broach


1) introduce as a subject

2) cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe)

3) make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances

4) ravenous

(7) epistemologist


1) person who turns animal hides into leather

2) unruly

3) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

4) stamp-collector

(8) adversary


1) opponent

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

3) hypnotic state

4) irresolution

(9) actuary


1) inclined to cruelty

2) atrocious

3) someone who advises insurance companies

4) motivate

(10) breach


1) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)

2) like a fox

3) breaking of contract or duty

4) the act of anointing with oil

(11) grueling


1) fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection)

2) acquire

3) bossy

4) exhausting

(12) corrode


1) fill up again

2) interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial

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

4) survey of enemy by soldiers

(13) plenitude


1) (of a skin or complexion) dark

2) hammerlike tool

3) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

4) abundance

(14) gull


1) experiencing nausea

2) having absolute unchecked power

3) handle roughly

4) trick

(15) probe


1) celebrity (in a specific field)

2) explore with a probe or tools

3) transient

4) disintegration

(16) terse


1) great amount

2) annoying

3) concise

4) man who is not a cleric

(17) chaperon


1) older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

2) fit for growing crops

3) praising

4) make poor

(18) factious


1) stupid

2) inclined to form factions

3) questioner (especially harsh)

4) filled with excited joy and pride

(19) seminal


1) one devoted to the promotion of human welfare

2) going from one state of action to another

3) premonition

4) related to seed or semen

(20) anthropomorphic


1) swelling out in waves

2) conciseness

3) having human form or characteristics

4) great waterfall

(21) cozen


1) matchless

2) introductory

3) cheat

4) scolding woman

(22) disparage


1) fully filled

2) small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth)

3) belittle

4) signify

(23) quack


1) maze

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

3) of hidden meaning and spiritual power

4) charlatan

(24) adjuration


1) revive

2) lover of luxury

3) solemn urging

4) large city

(25) disproportion


1) arrange into categories or grades

2) lack of proportion (between the parts)

3) like a fox

4) mechanism that imitates actions of humans