VOCABULARY TEST 31
(1) mace
1) pleasant
2) ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority
3) noxious(harmful) smell
4) unpleasantly dark
(2) billow
1) artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)
2) unavoidable
3) large wave of water
4) delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork
(3) trifle
1) humorous imitation
2) get one's bearings
3) something of little importance or value
4) whimsical
(4) cleave
1) reject disdainfully
2) present falsely
3) refer
4) split or sever
(5) hue_and_cry
1) invioably sacred
2) outcry
3) sermon
4) overlook
(6) acne
1) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)
2) varying from of an element
3) skin disease (on the face)
4) scornfully mocking
(7) apolitical
1) harmonious
2) justification
3) waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily)
4) having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
(8) mottled
1) based on experience
2) blotched in coloring
3) ability to change in form
4) shy (flirtatiously)
(9) crescendo
1) repair or make whole by using a metal alloy
2) lose a small piece from the surface or edge
3) daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)
4) increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage
(10) hermitage
1) pledge of good faith especially in betrothal
2) science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health
3) home of a hermit
4) very bad or disagreeable
(11) mortician
1) board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)
2) stinging
3) skill (esp. with one's hands)
4) undertaker
(12) bulk
1) evasive
2) move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves
3) size or volume (esp. when very large)
4) humiliation
(13) interminable
1) act or state of separation
2) endless
3) outward demonstration
4) smugly and unconsciously foolish
(14) pulchritude
1) beauty
2) central or vital part
3) beyond reproach
4) insurmountable
(15) quash
1) not able to be pierced or entered
2) unnatural and forced
3) crush
4) stingy
(16) profound
1) revere
2) deep
3) deadlock
4) object (because of doubts, scruples)
(17) clap
1) difference
2) long, passionate, and vehement speech
3) strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound
4) refer
(18) prolific
1) (of a story or play) loosely connected
2) producing offspring or fruit in abundance
3) me) gay
4) hairstyle
(19) leniency
1) arsonist
2) charming
3) mildness
4) binding agreement between two groups or people
(20) rubble
1) pretend
2) mob
3) fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)
4) full of vigor or energy
(21) tarnish
1) poisonous snake
2) make or become dull or discolored
3) explanatory list of symbols on a map
4) self-governing
(22) coeval
1) paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film
2) father
3) living at the same time as
4) inattentive or unmindful
(23) taxonomist
1) rebellion
2) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)
3) implying a cause-and-effect relationship
4) bend or hang downward
(24) expostulation
1) risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements
2) diabolic
3) protest
4) lead away from proper conduct
(25) tentative
1) not fully worked out or developed
2) solidly uniform
3) period between two successive reigns or governments
4) (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking
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