VOCABULARY - MULTIPLE CHOICE

APATHY
1. Confirmation
2. Short story
3. Admiration
4. Indifference
AMBIVALENCE
1. Confirmation
2. Irregularity
3. Mixed feelings
4. Hostility
ANECDOTE
1. Indifference
2. Mixed feelings
3. Confirmation
4. Short story
ADULATION
1. Hostility
2. Admiration
3. Restraint
4. Advocate of abolishing authority
ACCOLADE
1. Admiration
2. Tribute
3. Hardship
4. Hostility
ADVERSARY
1. Irregularity
2. Substance to counteract poison
3. Opponent
4. Tribute
ANARCHY
1. Absence of government
2. Indifference
3. Restraint
4. Irregularity
ABSTAIN
1. Go without
2. Tribute
3. Advocate of abolishing authority
4. Short story
ADVERSITY
1. Hostility
2. Hardship
3. Substance to counteract poison
4. Tribute
ANTIDOTE
1. Tribute
2. Substance to counteract poison
3. Indifference
4. Restraint
ANTAGONISM
1. Restraint
2. Admiration
3. Mixed feelings
4. Hostility
AFFIRMATION
1. Admiration
2. Restraint
3. Confirmation
4. Short story
ANOMALY
1. Opponent
2. Advocate of abolishin authority
3. Irregularity
4. Admiration
ABANDON
1. Forsake
2. Make less
3. To give up
4. Encourage
ABASE
1. Degrade
2. Departing from the norm
3. Deviation from correct way
4. Make less
AGGLOMERATE
1. To rise upward
2. Destroy large portions of
3. Collect into mass
4. Desire intensely
APPROBATION
1. Censure
2. Destroy large portions of
3. Collect into mass
4. Desire intensely
ACUMEN
1. Temperance
2. Insight
3. Maxim
4. Negligence
ADDENDUM
1. Outline
2. Prologue
3. Denouement
4. Appendix
AMBIDEXTROUS
1. Using both hands with ease
2. Conspicuously brave
3. Expending too much energy
4. Lacking physical grace
ANIMATE
1. Relinquish responsibility
2. To make alive or lively
3. Comically exaggerate the features of
4. Criticize bitterly
AMENDS
1. Compensation for a wrong
2. Making fun of someone
3. Putting in prison
4. Destruction of one's character
ALLUDE
1. To confuse thoroughly
2. To impress upon
3. Refer to by suggestion
4. To spread out
ANTIQUATED
1. Outdated; old fashioned
2. Pretend to be sick
3. Decide between two things
4. Criticize harshly
ANNOTATE
1. Fix for another medium
2. Take out undesirable content
3. Add explanatory notes
4. Remove entire portions of
ADROIT
1. Clumsy
2. Skillful
3. Deficient
4. Salubrious
ALLEGORY
1. A verbal hint of something
2. Statement said over and over
3. Narrative with a deeper meaning
4. Short and true saying
ACERBIC
1. Bitter
2. Sonorous
3. Mellifluous
4. Indifferent
ANTAGONIST
1. Ally
2. Opponent
3. Plaintiff
4. Conspirator
AESTHETIC
1. Someone pursuing an avocation
2. An expert in cosmetics
3. Concerning art or beauty
4. Flirtatious girl
ATROCITY
1. Terrible cruelty
2. Feeling contrite
3. Bitter taste
4. Total confusion
AUGUST
1. Airy
2. Seasonal
3. Humid
4. Majestic
ANTISOCIAL
1. Enjoying company
2. Stubbornly holding to one view
3. Not enjoying the company of others
4. Something that is necessary
APATHETIC
1. Alacrity
2. Lack of feeling
3. Benevolence
4. Befuddlement
ABATE
1. To decrease
2. Begin process
3. Send forward
4. Increase suddenly
APPARITION
1. Atrocity
2. Chaos
3. Ghost
4. Abyss
AGNOSTIC
1. Someone who believes that things will improve
2. Someone who believes that nothing is certain
3. Confusing word puzzle
4. Someone who is sympathetic to a cause
AFFINITY
1. Attraction
2. Repulsion
3. Credibility
4. Visibility
ABRASION
1. Piece of food
2. Something cut into
3. Something rubbed off
4. Something added
AFFLICTION
1. Prosperity
2. Suffering
3. Affluence
4. Declaration
ADMINISTRATION
1. Dexterity
2. Competence
3. Consulate
4. Management
ABNEGATE
1. Adjure
2. Dedicate
3. Admonish
4. Renounce
ADJUNCT
1. Something subordinate to another
2. Unwanted part of an animal
3. Principle existing as a given
4. True and inspiring statement
APOCRYPHAL
1. Something that can be checked
2. Cannot be disputed
3. Of doubtful origin
4. Quite terrible
ABHOR
1. Admire
2. Hate
3. Collect
4. Discriminate
ABOLISH
1. To make smooth
2. Establish
3. To do away with
4. Confirm
ABSCOND
1. Hoard
2. Humiliate
3. To emphasize
4. To depart secretly
ABROGATE
1. Approve
2. Sanction
3. Cancel
4. Support
ABOMINATION
1. Money made from a venture
2. Object of disgust
3. Enthusiastic pleasure
4. Orphan child
ASCRIBE
1. To accept as given
2. To assign a quality
3. To relieve suffering
4. To praise good qualities
ANARCHY
1. Government ruled by the elite
2. Governement ruled by a religious authority
3. Government ruled by a king
4. Having no government
ACCESSORY
1. Person who aids in an illegal act
2. Lawyer in the high court
3. One who questions the value of things
4. Someone who advices
DUBIOUS
1. Incorrect
2. Friendly
3. Uncertain
4. Suspicious
FETTER
1. To upset
2. To fuss over
3. To change
4. To restrain
VINDICTIVE
1. To have a long memory
2. To be hungry
3. To be accusatory
4. To take revenge
PARADOX
1. A contradictory statement
2. A minority opinion
3. An object with five sides
4. A story with a twist at the end
FAUNA refers to:
1. Animals
2. Plants
3. Bacteria
4. Beauty
COLLOGUIAL means
1. Informal
2. Foreign
3. Scholarly
4. Unauthorized
CAPITULATE
1. To reconsider
2. To take advantage
3. To surrender
4. To make money
COALESCE
1. To redecorate
2. To cooerate
3. To merge
4. To put in order
SANCTIMONIOUS
1. Mystical
2. Phony holy
3. Sincerely Pious
4. Blessed
FACILE
1. Deep
2. Imitative
3. Easily done
4. Untruthful
LANQUISH
1. To luxuriate
2. To proceed extremely cautiously
3. To writhe in pain
4. To experience prolonged inactivity
HARBINGER
1. A forerunner
2. A rare bird
3. A tattletale
4. A widow
SCRUTINIZE
1. To create doubts
2. To take control
3. To find flaws
4. To carefully examine
DECOROUS
1. Elaborate
2. In good taste
3. Dramatic
4. Above average
SINGULAR
1. Lonely
2. Alienated
3. Focused
4. Unique
APARTHEID
1. Cynicism
2. Racism
3. Condemnation
4. Decency
FRENETIC
1. Frantic
2. Frustrated
3. Frivolous
4. Loud
STATIC
1. Jagged
2. Flashy
3. Not moving
4. Not lazy
CREDULOUS
1. Gullible
2. Amazed
3. Surprised
4. Disbelieving
PRECEDENT
1. A requirement
2. A componenet
3. A previous occurrence
4. A strongly held opinion
COMPELLING
1. Feisty
2. Unique
3. Forceful
4. Unusual
MUNDANE
1. Heavenly
2. Ordinary
3. Exotic
4. Overdone
COLLOQUIAL
1. Informal
2. Foreign
3. Scholarly
4. Unauthorized
TRANSIENT
1. Applies across the board
2. Will be moving on soon
3. Is uncertain of its origin
4. Is not fussy
RIGOROUS
1. Exciting
2. Exacting
3. Activating
4. Stifling
VOCATION
1. Marriage
2. Entertainment
3. Hobby
4. Career
To RELINQUISH means:
1. To resent
2. To weep
3. To open
4. To release
CONSUMMATE
1. Clear
2. Soupy
3. Extremely skillful
4. Long-winded
CONNOISSEUR
1. A French chef
2. An expert
3. A know-it-all
4. A consultant
To be SUPERFICIAL is to be:
1. Insecure
2. Strong
3. Unendorsed
4. Shallow
To OBFUSCATE something is to:
1. Blow i up
2. Make it unclear
3. Bring it out
4. Bend it
A DESPOT is:
1. A spoiled child
2. A tyrant
3. An ancient ruin
4. A poet
If something is VITRIOLIC it is:
1. Intense
2. Caustic
3. Unreliable
4. Off course
CONVIVIAL
1. Calculating
2. Two-faced
3. Gullible
4. Festive
To DISCERN means:
1. To criticize
2. To analyze
3. To recommend
4. To distinguish
INTEGRAL
1. Essential
2. Well-mixed
3. Different
4. Closely watched
LETHARGY
1. Resentment
2. Sluggishness
3. Silence
4. Lumpiness
To be MONOLITHIC means to be:
1. Large and unbroken
2. Tall and pointed
3. Short and squat
4. Blown all out of proportion
ABJECT
1. Hopeless
2. To the point
3. Total
4. Argumentative
If you are COHERENT you are:
1. Stuck
2. Awake
3. Understandable
4. Not telling everything you know
PRISTINE
1. Removed
2. Picky
3. Snobby
4. Pure
ARBITRARY
1. Impressive
2. Random
3. Careful
4. Spiteful
To DISCRIMINATE means:
1. To hate
2. To Fear
3. To make a distinction
4. To condemn
BESET
1. Established
2. Set back
3. Besieged
4. Undermined
To MATRICULATE means:
1. To enroll
2. To organize
3. To analyze
4. To explain
COGENT means:
1. Undecided
2. Persuasive
3. Invasive
4. Centered
A PLATITUDE is:
1. An insincere compliment
2. An interesting anecdote
3. A meaningless gesture
4. A trite saying
To VITIATE means:
1. To pollute
2. To salivate
3. To regale
4. To certify
Nuance refers to:
1. Atmosphere
2. Subtleties
3. Rhythm
4. Newness
STAUNCH means:
1. Committed
2. Sticky
3. Pushy
4. Stubborn
To INFER means:
1. To cogitate
2. To detain
3. To deceive
4. To deduce
To <DISTEND is to:
1. Swell
2. Break
3. Reach
4. Waste
EXPEDIENT means:
1. Lucrative
2. Fast
3. Practical
4. Earthy
OSTENTATIOUS means:
1. Showy
2. Presumptious
3. Critical
4. Bony
SQUALOR means:
1. Ignorance
2. Filth
3. Noise
4. Confusion
PERTINENT means:
1. Perky
2. The study of stars
3. The study of civilization
4. The study of language
A CHRONICLE is:
1. A lingering illness
2. The study of stars
3. The study of civilization
4. The study of language
THEOLOGY is:
1. The study of religion
2. The study of stars
3. The study of civilization
4. The study of language
To INSTIGATE is:
1. To incite
2. To investigate
3. To hint
4. The study of language
An AMENITY is:
1. A library
2. A brief encounter
3. A comfortable feature
4. A plant belonging to the buttercup family
REQUISITE means:
1. Optimal
2. Common
3. Required
4. Desired
EMPIRICAL means:
1. Verified by experience
2. Completely theoretical
3. Having broad control
4. Scientifically valid
GRANDIOSE means:
1. Exaggerated
2. Very fine
3. Very bulky
4. Well-respected
To DECIMATE is:
1. To destroy most of
2. To decide against
3. To puncuate
4. To count by tens
To RENOUNCE means:
1. To inform
2. To decide against
3. To puncuate
4. To count by tens
MALLEABLE means:
1. Easy to know
2. Easy to put off
3. Easy to forget
4. Easy to shape
to TRANSGRESS is:
1. To forgive
2. To move backwards
3. To violate a law
4. To cross
If someone is OBTUSE they:
1. Are overweight
2. Are snobbish
3. Are dense
4. Are humorous
Someone who is <PROVENCIAL is:
1. Unsophisticated
2. Well-spoken
3. Well-connected
4. Apolitical
GENTEEL means:
1. Wimpy
2. Shy
3. Refined
4. Southern
STAGNATION refers to:
1. Lack of joy
2. Lack of Harmony
3. Lack of movement
4. Lack of confidence
UNIFORM means:
1. By the book
2. Consistent
3. Boring
4. Unstylish
CATEGORICAL means:
1. Piecemeal
2. Unconditional
3. Conditional
4. Labeled
ONEROUS means:
1. Burdensome
2. Most important
3. Prideful
4. Bad tempered
COGENT means:
1. Undecided
2. Persuasive
3. Invasive
4. Joyful

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