VOCABULARY TEST 8
(1) aversion
1) firm dislike
2) person who collects coins
3) prevent by taking action in advance
4) introduction (to a poem or play)
(2) smelt
1) melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal
2) mental keenness
3) symbol of immortality or rebirth
4) join
(3) contrive
1) clergyman attached to a chapel
2) motivated solely by money or gain
3) wise
4) invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation)
(4) coiffure
1) pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
2) beyond what is normal in nature
3) parish priest
4) hairstyle
(5) magnitude
1) greatness (in size or extent)
2) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem
3) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)
4) suggested or implied meaning of an expression
(6) maim
1) minor quarrel
2) mutilate
3) sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object
4) demanding much work or care
(7) detraction
1) crush
2) slandering
3) unpleasant high sharp sound
4) speechless
(8) hurl
1) eyesight
2) throw forcefully
3) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully
4) shrink
(9) prophylactic
1) (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality)
2) wandering away from the subject
3) follow (as a result)
4) used to prevent disease
(10) feud
1) bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families)
2) surround
3) below the threshold of conscious perception
4) name
(11) automaton
1) exactly vertical
2) relating to the stars
3) soothe
4) mechanism that imitates actions of humans
(12) savor
1) exhibiting art or skill
2) abolish
3) records arranged in yearly parts
4) enjoy
(13) hurtle
1) letdown in thought or emotion
2) crash
3) conceited person
4) banish from a group
(14) manifesto
1) eerie
2) public declaration of principles
3) promote or publicize (one's goods or service)
4) change
(15) allude
1) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood
2) ornate
3) kill by choking or suffocating
4) refer indirectly
(16) amend
1) (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place
2) correct
3) blessing
4) new or newly coined word or phrase
(17) abstain
1) very bad or disagreeable
2) ornamental horizontal band on a wall
3) excessive indulgence of one's own desire
4) refrain
(18) infraction
1) school for training future ministers
2) put in order
3) violation (of a rule or regulation)
4) restrain
(19) lucid
1) hesitate for ethical reasons
2) steal things of small value
3) easily understood
4) watchful
(20) archives
1) public records
2) transient
3) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
4) tentative
(21) subterfuge
1) cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it
2) whim
3) stratagem(deceptive scheme)
4) amuse
(22) apostate
1) comic misuse of a word
2) gift made by a will
3) motherly
4) one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
(23) mulct
1) that cannot be impeached
2) concise and meaningful
3) long-lasting hatred
4) defraud a person of something
(24) apocryphal
1) article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
2) courteous
3) spying
4) (of a story) widely believed but untrue
(25) feature
1) move or throw suddenly and quickly
2) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)
3) pierce
4) attacking cherished traditions
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