VOCABULARY TEST 29
(1) careen
1) animal, plant, or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family
2) lurch
3) direct a speech to
4) inclination
(2) mercantile
1) lacking energy or vitality
2) concerning trade or merchants
3) lie
4) compulsive habitual need
(3) console
1) loathe
2) lessen sadness or disappointment
3) peaceful
4) doing evil
(4) phalanx
1) like a glacier
2) formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears
3) strong foul odor
4) one's opinion of oneself
(5) awful
1) calm
2) huge
3) relating to races
4) terrible
(6) vibrant
1) full of vigor or energy
2) susceptible to wounds or attack
3) place of refuge
4) undistinctive
(7) meek
1) submissive
2) sleep lightly
3) fearful
4) rise and float in the air (especially by magical means)
(8) aquiline
1) remitting of money
2) stubbornly wrong
3) daydream
4) curved
(9) swell
1) ordinary
2) long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking
3) narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
4) great hardship or affliction
(10) miniature
1) small model
2) boaster
3) capable of being repaired
4) beastlike
(11) ineluctable
1) und) astonish (making dumb)
2) move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)
3) irresistible
4) prominent
(12) retaliate
1) split
2) like a meteor
3) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)
4) command
(13) sour
1) flood
2) renunciation
3) having a sharp or acid taste
4) make impossible
(14) caulk(calk)
1) make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)
2) marshal
3) (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious
4) old age
(15) balmy
1) soft and mild (of air)
2) split or sever
3) blunt
4) having only one color
(16) dismiss
1) eliminate from consideration
2) point of view
3) poke abruptly with something sharp
4) spoken or written in secret
(17) traduce
1) become popular with
2) fearless
3) not frank
4) expose to slander
(18) bully
1) refutation
2) malodorous
3) society ruled by the wealthy
4) one who is habitually cruel to weaker people
(19) coroner
1) public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes
2) bundle of stalks of grain
3) bind as servant or apprentice to master
4) bad-tempered
(20) shun
1) call by bugles or trumpets
2) making up for
3) keep away from
4) dedicate
(21) malevolent
1) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)
2) offer formally
3) fly
4) wishing evil
(22) studied
1) carefully contrived
2) intellectuals
3) pucker
4) embezzle
(23) artless
1) concluding section of a musical or literary composition
2) without guile
3) small light sailboat or rowboat
4) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law
(24) cloying
1) rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds)
2) food
3) worsen
4) distasteful (because excessive)
(25) wholesome
1) not able to be traveled or crossed
2) conducive to mental or physical health
3) sour
4) patiently submissiveness
ANSWERS:
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