VOCABULARY TEST 19
(1) placebo
1) individual trait usually odd in nature
2) support
3) deserved punishment for wrongdoing
4) harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
(2) malcontent
1) assent
2) daydream
3) person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs
4) coiled around
(3) calorific
1) heat-producing
2) having an odor
3) artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)
4) deadlock
(4) feint
1) addition
2) entire range
3) put an end to forcibly
4) trick
(5) adorn
1) pay attention to
2) warlike
3) Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)
4) decorate
(6) dermatologist
1) mar the appearance of
2) small waterfall
3) causing sadness, compassion, pity
4) one who studies the skin and its diseases
(7) exertion
1) bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families)
2) hasty and careless
3) waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily)
4) effort
(8) graduated
1) arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)
2) conscientious
3) tolling of a bell especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.
4) large sled drawn by work animals
(9) preposterous
1) lack of seriousness or steadiness
2) absurd
3) overstock
4) lack of premeditation
(10) beatitude
1) blessedness
2) in a spirited manner
3) (of a liquid) thick and sticky
4) applaud
(11) queer
1) analysis
2) stoppage
3) strange
4) avoid habitually
(12) implore
1) v. ask or beg earnestly
2) N: split
3) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
4) student of the history and science of humankind
(13) inadvertently
1) unintentionally
2) worldly
3) bored with pleasure or dissipation
4) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
(14) podiatrist
1) courteous
2) defamatory written statement
3) thwart
4) doctor who treats ailments of the feet
(15) surveillance
1) denounce
2) close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion)
3) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents
4) purely spiritual
(16) mausoleum
1) controlling influence
2) changeable
3) careful in choosing
4) monumental tomb
(17) precise
1) enclosure for birds
2) tear made by rending
3) exact
4) reverse the order or position of
(18) anthropomorphic
1) (of speech) filled with passion
2) sleepwalker
3) having human form or characteristics
4) state of having two opposite qualities
(19) alimentary
1) hide
2) special talent
3) scold strongly
4) supplying nourishment
(20) trilogy
1) group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself)
2) religion practiced chiefly in Haiti
3) home
4) run away secretly with the intention of getting married
(21) talon
1) stir up
2) steal things of small value
3) student of the history and science of humankind
4) claw of bird
(22) transcribe
1) revoke
2) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)
3) copy
4) deceive
(23) ordination
1) persuade not to do
2) affectedly dainty(delicate)
3) shake uncontrollably
4) ceremony conferring holy orders
(24) jocose
1) set off
2) unruly
3) given to(having a tendency of) joking
4) propriety
(25) anthropologist
1) total
2) ill luck
3) student of the history and science of humankind
4) rendering
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)3 (3)1 (4)4 (5)4 (6)4 (7)4 (8)1 (9)2 (10)1 (11)3 (12)1 (13)1 (14)4 (15)2 (16)4 (17)3 (18)3 (19)4 (20)1 (21)4 (22)3 (23)4 (24)3 (25)3
