VOCABULART TEST 133


(1) bugaboo
1) path taken by a projectile
2) bugbear
3) oddity
4) hatred of marriage



(2) tempestuous
1) analysis
2) stormy
3) excessive
4) desertion



(3) abhor
1) science of sound
2) strong
3) direct quick route
4) detest



(4) placid
1) peaceful
2) room or space under the roof
3) shake repeatedly from side to side
4) repetition of beginning sound in poetry



(5) tact
1) skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence
2) distasteful
3) sceptic
4) gruesome



(6) gambit
1) opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed
2) deadlock
3) addition of details
4) excuse



(7) jaunt
1) surround tightly so that movement is impossible
2) detached plant shoot used in grafting
3) pompous array of words
4) trip



(8) eclipse
1) adage
2) collection (of writings or information)
3) darken
4) reckless, desperate outlaw



(9) siren
1) receiver
2) apparatus for making sounds
3) abandon
4) local or provincial dialect



(10) ablution
1) washing
2) hit with a sweeping motion
3) one regarded as embodying a set image or type
4) abnormal or deviant



(11) ensue
1) follow (as a result)
2) surround with armed forces
3) person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group
4) sleep-causing



(12) misogamy
1) satisfy (thirst)
2) diabolic
3) hatred of marriage
4) distortion



(13) ubiquitous
1) quality of pleasing
2) conquer
3) contact that keeps parties in communication
4) being everywhere



(14) oatmeal
1) particular variety of art or literature
2) abusive
3) prankish
4) crushed oats used for making porridge



(15) haven
1) exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm
2) speak violently or excitedly
3) pertaining to language
4) place of safety



(16) forebears(forbe
1) dirty child in torn clothes
2) thick-skinned animal
3) charm
4) ars) ancestors



(17) penitent
1) repentant
2) given freely
3) patience
4) worldly



(18) recidivism
1) one-sided
2) curved
3) of good upbringing
4) habitual return to crime (even after being punished)



(19) finery
1) diplomatic etiquette
2) lessen in value
3) laugh (at)
4) beautiful clothes for a special occasion



(20) bid
1) free from worries
2) command
3) unscrupulous
4) shine intensely and blindingly



(21) limpid
1) crystal clear
2) express condolences
3) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes
4) club



(22) imperturbable
1) unshakably calm
2) deriving
3) boorish
4) overwhelmingly favorable review



(23) supine
1) murder of a king or queen
2) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)
3) surround
4) lying on back



(24) ponderous
1) having great weight
2) increase
3) form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly
4) stoical



(25) rile
1) laugh (at)
2) change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)
3) depart secretly and hide
4) irritate


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