VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 174

(1) gruel


1) woman who rules a family or larger social group

2) thin liquid porridge

3) shy (flirtatiously)

4) distance around something

(2) astronomical


1) sum

2) tear made by rending

3) enormously large or extensive

4) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

(3) procrastinate


1) former occupant of a post

2) postpone

3) blame

4) boastful

(4) invocation


1) prayer for help (used in invoking)

2) framework and working parts of an automobile

3) mercy killing

4) be excessively fond of

(5) brook


1) prominent

2) musical repetition

3) tending or leaning toward

4) tolerate

(6) glower


1) scowl

2) mental disorder

3) loyalty

4) obligated

(7) shrewd


1) assertion

2) attack with abusive language

3) person interested mostly in external objects and actions

4) clever

(8) indolent


1) object believed to have spiritual powers

2) lazy

3) confuse

4) applaud

(9) amble


1) walking at an easy unhurried pace

2) similarly timed

3) cry out suddenly

4) arrogant

(10) ordination


1) ceremony conferring holy orders

2) effort

3) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

4) humorous imitation

(11) sound


1) force or push out

2) obedient

3) in good condition

4) ordinary

(12) integrity


1) laughable

2) pertaining to the aurora borealis

3) neat and trim in appearance

4) honesty

(13) primordial


1) existing at the beginning (of time)

2) poisonous

3) offering or providing help

4) hold back (the natural expression of)

(14) recline


1) struggle and thrash about

2) real being

3) fluent (with insincerity or superficiality)

4) lie down

(15) consequential


1) keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)

2) self-important

3) deficient in intelligence

4) speak evil of

(16) cleft


1) stop or check flow of blood

2) condition of being squalid

3) of hidden meaning and spiritual power

4) N: split

(17) filch


1) steal (things of small value)

2) profane

3) willing to obey orders

4) without guile

(18) resolution


1) fearful

2) determination

3) neat and trim (in appearance)

4) absence of contradictions

(19) rickety


1) (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart

2) complain

3) peak

4) servile flatterer

(20) fathom


1) comprehend

2) in a coma

3) narrow space between things

4) continue in existence

(21) retaliate


1) partner in crime

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

3) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)

4) student of the history and science of humankind

(22) hem


1) surround tightly so that movement is impossible

2) put an end to forcibly

3) diminish

4) happiness

(23) meander


1) upstart

2) wind or turn in its course

3) place of spiritual expiation

4) harmful

(24) jaundice


1) unfortunate

2) into parts

3) medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow

4) storage place for military equipment

(25) etymology


1) walk lamely

2) study of word parts

3) deceive

4) divine gift

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 173

(1) venerate


1) notoriously bad

2) article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

3) pantry

4) revere

(2) demagogue


1) person who appeals to people's prejudice

2) lacking liveliness

3) obtain by pulling violently

4) language used by special group

(3) bivouac


1) ability to foretell the future

2) fringes

3) story-teller

4) temporary encampment

(4) immune


1) censure

2) like a corpse

3) third in order or rank

4) resistant to

(5) transient


1) prepare by mixing or combining

2) damnation

3) negligent

4) staying for a short time

(6) sinecure


1) well-paid position with little responsibility

2) disgrace

3) man who is not a cleric

4) (of a condition) wretched

(7) herd


1) clowning

2) arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)

3) steal (things of small value)

4) group of animals

(8) connivance


1) pretense of ignorance of something wrong

2) important in history

3) one who commits sabotage

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

(9) waive


1) give up temporarily

2) ability

3) one that achieves unexpected success

4) conceivably true

(10) obtrude


1) old age

2) pertaining to ships or navigation

3) push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude

4) confuse

(11) surge


1) candid

2) ceremony conferring holy orders

3) disturb the composure of

4) powerful movement of or like a wave

(12) scabbard


1) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)

2) worldly wise and urbane

3) case for a sword blade

4) branch out

(13) parody


1) suffering from indigestion

2) humorous imitation

3) arrange into categories or grades

4) too certain to be disputed

(14) obdurate


1) stubborn

2) lying on back

3) glass water bottle

4) seasonings

(15) daunt


1) hard to understand

2) intimidate

3) opposite

4) have a tendency

(16) disbar


1) place side by side

2) make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession

3) in love

4) neat

(17) demented


1) arrangement by rank or standing

2) sudden outburst of an illness or feeling

3) explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults

4) insane

(18) analgesic


1) causing insensitivity to pain

2) one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)

3) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

4) defeat

(19) remorse


1) deep regret for wrongdoing

2) sameness leading to boredom

3) horrible

4) warmly friendly

(20) rendition


1) obtain by pulling violently

2) condition of being squalid

3) refusal to yield

4) rendering

(21) caldron(cauldro


1) undeveloped

2) secret recess or vault usually used for burial

3) n) large kettle

4) obligatory

(22) prate


1) study of fish

2) talk idly

3) burn the surface of

4) cut the top off

(23) frigid


1) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action

2) intensely cold

3) become unsteady and fall down

4) refrain

(24) convert


1) marriageable

2) like a spirit or fairy

3) full of learning

4) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion

(25) jurisdiction


1) me) gay

2) follow (as a result)

3) right and power to apply the law

4) swindle