VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 187

(1) militant


1) in good condition

2) support on which a lever rests or pivots

3) combative

4) powerlessness

(2) domineer


1) intelligent

2) loose sleeveless outer garment

3) occupying a lower rank

4) rule over tyrannically

(3) presentiment


1) bloody

2) premonition

3) act of keeping watch

4) open to view

(4) chimerical


1) (of a boat) turn over

2) fantastically improbable

3) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

4) hasty and careless

(5) pomposity


1) self-important behavior

2) false

3) annoy by repeated attacks

4) having or causing lustful desires and thoughts

(6) authenticate


1) act of turning aside

2) prove genuine

3) madly excited

4) defraud a person of something

(7) episodic


1) (of a story or play) loosely connected

2) obedient

3) make beloved

4) of time

(8) accoutre


1) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building

2) cautious

3) decayed and foul-smelling

4) equip

(9) avid


1) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun

2) board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)

3) greedy

4) indecent

(10) taper


1) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

2) hiding place

3) very thin candle

4) teacher of philosophy

(11) cascade


1) small waterfall

2) harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain)

3) change of form

4) study of humankind

(12) rampart


1) harmful

2) walk

3) defensive mound of earth

4) special talent

(13) infinitesimal


1) very small

2) security given for loan

3) based on assumptions or hypotheses

4) subordinating the individual to the state

(14) epicurean


1) short quick cut with scissors

2) believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided

3) delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork

4) man who is not a cleric

(15) sturdy


1) attractive

2) of time

3) likely to change

4) strong and firm (in the body)

(16) adapt


1) prophetic

2) supply

3) without deceit

4) make or become suitable for a specific use

(17) hinterlands


1) back country

2) exaggerated

3) width

4) incomplete

(18) botch


1) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

2) mismanage

3) unruly

4) bombastic

(19) nubile


1) taking pains

2) marriageable

3) wet thoroughly

4) unoriginal

(20) oligarchy


1) theatrical

2) law enacted by the legislature

3) means

4) government by a privileged few

(21) vie


1) contend

2) provide written evidence (for a claim)

3) addition of details

4) malleable

(22) obese


1) decree or command

2) having lost one's original power

3) enter into

4) excessively fat

(23) ominous


1) highly excited

2) threatening

3) bleach

4) divine gift

(24) repulse


1) compensation (for loss or wrong)

2) reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship)

3) cure-all

4) (the stated person's) habit or custom

(25) vigilante


1) soothing or mild (food)

2) slovenly

3) one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers

4) venture