VOCABULARY TEST 25
(1) inconsequential
1) having many talents
2) proverb
3) trick
4) insignificant
(2) blasphemy
1) of air
2) public square of an ancient Roman city
3) relating to the art of debate
4) irreverence
(3) prance
1) word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
2) unable to be doubted
3) necessary requirement
4) move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)
(4) partition
1) divide into parts
2) expressing a meaning
3) counselor
4) injury to body
(5) amphibian
1) behavior
2) uneasiness
3) lazy person
4) able to live both on land and in water
(6) penetrate
1) wild tumult(commotion)
2) infringe
3) enter into
4) call and bring into use (a right or law)
(7) philanderer
1) sharply painful to the body or mind
2) of the same kind
3) faithless lover
4) be next to
(8) palpable
1) renounce
2) tight
3) provide with some quality
4) tangible
(9) low
1) whim
2) move with body close to the ground
3) moo
4) pertaining to tailors or tailoring
(10) mutinous
1) unruly
2) open widely
3) disclaim or disavow
4) rural
(11) consort
1) associate with
2) interpret incorrectly
3) damnation
4) state of being alone
(12) punctilious
1) disease communicator
2) minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points
3) calculating
4) increase
(13) drivel
1) nonsense
2) heavy and awkward to carry or wear
3) crush
4) run away secretly with the intention of getting married
(14) vertebrate
1) begin to grow
2) having a backbone or spinal column
3) enough
4) (of a woman or child) grave
(15) vision
1) eyesight
2) mosaic
3) important in history
4) come to one as a gain
(16) scrimmage
1) full of flowers
2) gigantic statue
3) deceptive
4) disorderly fight between two or more people
(17) gainsay
1) deny
2) word blindness
3) serious speech, writing, or conversation
4) boredom
(18) nourishment
1) negligent
2) dispute
3) salary
4) something that nourishes
(19) dregs
1) complete
2) move faster
3) sediment in a liquid
4) redden
(20) asperity
1) spoken or written in secret
2) sharpness
3) silly
4) appropriate
(21) torpedo
1) introduce something into a larger whole
2) underwater explosive apparatus
3) since
4) dark and gloomy
(22) debonair
1) place formally in office
2) (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed
3) science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health
4) unselfishly generous
(23) jaundice
1) distortion
2) conformity in fulfilling requirements
3) put at a loss
4) medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow
(24) melee
1) vary
2) enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition)
3) approve
4) fight
(25) rapacious
1) voracious
2) gift giver
3) renunciation
4) shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)4 (3)4 (4)1 (5)4 (6)3 (7)3 (8)4 (9)3 (10)1 (11)1 (12)2 (13)1 (14)2 (15)1 (16)4 (17)1 (18)4 (19)3 (20)2 (21)2 (22)2 (23)4 (24)4 (25)1
