VOCABULARY TEST 26
(1) bliss
1) be cautious (of)
2) abstain from
3) three-pronged spear
4) complete happiness
(2) emboss
1) produce a design in raised relief
2) sear
3) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)
4) journey
(3) inflated
1) cut off with shears
2) great shock
3) loiter or dawdle
4) exaggerated
(4) uproar
1) insolent
2) noisy confusion
3) fit for growing crops
4) imagined
(5) igneous
1) produced by fire
2) hatred of marriage
3) fantastic
4) l (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life
(6) doldrums
1) blues
2) official or legal permission
3) of a title
4) nonsense
(7) ruminant
1) animal that ruminates
2) having importance
3) indecent
4) having many languages
(8) mediate
1) turn away from (a principle, norm)
2) sleep-causing
3) support
4) settle a dispute through the services of an outsider
(9) chaperon
1) unspoiled
2) invulnerable
3) beginner
4) older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman
(10) backwards
1) incomplete
2) and forwards
3) happening at the same time
4) limit
(11) tessellated
1) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape
2) manlike
3) mosaic
4) stun as with a blow or shock
(12) wag
1) fleeting
2) shake repeatedly from side to side
3) announce
4) attack with abusive language
(13) sojourn
1) model of perfection
2) temporary stay
3) full of initiative
4) unjustified
(14) avalanche
1) one who hates mankind
2) deceive
3) narrow opening in a large mass
4) great mass of falling snow and ice
(15) effulgent
1) person of no importance
2) irreverence
3) shining brightly
4) copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing
(16) ejaculation
1) make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink
2) good-fellowship
3) convert (hide) into leather
4) exclamation
(17) vampire
1) relating to stars
2) possession of land or building by rent
3) ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
4) stimulate or shock by an electric current
(18) exhort
1) wandering (esp. in search of adventure)
2) urge (by strong argument or advice)
3) explain
4) of or coming from the side
(19) sidetrack
1) switch (a railroad car) to a siding
2) tired after long work
3) place under water
4) swirling current of water, air, etc.
(20) casualty
1) frenzy
2) supposed
3) having the odor of stale or decomposing fat
4) serious or fatal accident
(21) fraudulent
1) call by bugles or trumpets
2) cheating
3) wasting away
4) trick to deceive
(22) shackle
1) shining brightly
2) minor fight
3) chain
4) confused
(23) clangor
1) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)
2) loud resounding noise
3) change
4) (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly
(24) impeach
1) conceal in the palm of the hand
2) charge (a public official) with crime in office
3) damaged
4) quote
(25) beneficiary
1) businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture)
2) serving as an aid or accessory
3) misleading vision or visual image
4) person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)1 (3)4 (4)2 (5)1 (6)1 (7)1 (8)4 (9)4 (10)2 (11)3 (12)2 (13)2 (14)4 (15)3 (16)4 (17)3 (18)2 (19)1 (20)4 (21)2 (22)3 (23)2 (24)2 (25)4
