VOCABULARY TEST 22
(1) awl
1) pointed tool used for piercing
2) slander
3) (of a skin or complexion) dark
4) esoteric
(2) piecemeal
1) one part at a time
2) set aside (money or time) for a particular purpose
3) engrossed in matters of this earth
4) pleasantly fat
(3) relevant
1) having importance
2) funeral song
3) confuse
4) overflowing abundance
(4) dynamo
1) from which it is impossible to get free
2) accustom a baby not to nurse
3) generator for producing electricity
4) (of a story) widely believed but untrue
(5) macerate
1) wanderer (without a permanent home)
2) soften by soaking in liquid
3) frankness
4) pertaining to language
(6) extrude
1) braid
2) no longer in fashion or use
3) extreme confusion
4) force or push out
(7) prurient
1) person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group
2) having or causing lustful desires and thoughts
3) work against
4) showy
(8) yore
1) radiating
2) gather leavings
3) time long past
4) sympathy for the suffering of others
(9) centaur
1) (esp. of older people) vigorously active
2) solemn curse
3) mythical figure, half man and half horse
4) enjoy
(10) parameter
1) existing at birth
2) limit
3) raised platform used in preaching (in a church)
4) oblige or help someone
(11) dolt
1) refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation)
2) slow-thinking stupid person
3) frugality
4) deeply established
(12) rickety
1) (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart
2) group of closely located islands
3) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
4) queer and amusing
(13) unassuaged
1) move hastily
2) study of humankind
3) unsatisfied
4) plot outline
(14) coterie
1) advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)
2) make or become putrid
3) core or marrow
4) group that meets socially
(15) restraint
1) strip off skin
2) blindly devoted patriot
3) moderation or self-control
4) most reliable
(16) oust
1) isolate
2) expel
3) small amount (of money)
4) kind in a generous way (to someone less important)
(17) marrow
1) disgustingly excessive
2) soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells
3) solemn promise
4) small amount (of money)
(18) mediocre
1) obscure
2) repay
3) make (a liquid) less concentrated
4) ordinary
(19) efficacy
1) power to produce desired effect
2) collection of wild animals on exhibition
3) assuage or satisfy (thrust)
4) gallop slowly
(20) cipher
1) nonentity
2) employed
3) small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter
4) strip off skin
(21) curfew
1) fate
2) courage
3) point of origin
4) regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times
(22) pithy
1) concise and meaningful
2) hypnotize
3) punish as by beating
4) uneasiness
(23) transcendent
1) ability to change in form
2) having the odor of musk
3) exceeding ordinary limits
4) (of a spirit) visit (a place)
(24) colossal
1) artistic
2) huge
3) lacking in spirit
4) trick
(25) idiosyncrasy
1) individual trait usually odd in nature
2) pertaining to country people
3) heavenly
4) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
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