VOCABULARY TEST 34
(1) lust
1) original work used as a model by others
2) intense sexual desire
3) (of the voice) extremely loud
4) light-hearted
(2) alias
1) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively
2) an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people)
3) bar
4) repulsive to the sight
(3) suffragist
1) merriment
2) slander
3) advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)
4) act as judge (at the request of both sides)
(4) crux
1) meanly stingy
2) free
3) essential or main point
4) endless
(5) confide
1) simultaneous discharge of a number of shots
2) something that relieves pain
3) blessedness
4) tell in confidence (to a person one trusts)
(6) prefigure
1) be a sign of
2) (of a fact) become known
3) poisonous snake
4) secret
(7) rift
1) rise or fly high in the air
2) kinship
3) narrow opening in a large mass
4) isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection
(8) underhand(under
1) disorderly fight between two or more people
2) steadfast
3) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
4) sweet sound
(9) indicative
1) solemn promise
2) distasteful (because excessive)
3) acute pain
4) suggestive
(10) predetermine
1) relating to the stars
2) without guile
3) determine in advance
4) secondary or minor occupation
(11) centigrade
1) make perpetual
2) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased
3) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
4) thunder
(12) recurrent
1) (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly
2) explain
3) occurring again and again
4) woman who rules a family or larger social group
(13) wisp
1) forewarning
2) small bunch (of hair)
3) tease
4) dirty child in torn clothes
(14) impart
1) attract
2) give an inclination toward (in advance)
3) grant a share of
4) outward appearance
(15) tycoon
1) devoted to the pleasures of the sense
2) childish
3) wealthy and powerful businessperson
4) rising like bristles
(16) vaporize
1) either of the correlated things
2) point or time at which the sun is farthest from the equator
3) turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)
4) order
(17) emblazon
1) acquire
2) struggle and thrash about
3) wild
4) ornament richly (a shield or flag)
(18) respite
1) boorish
2) social outcast
3) bold
4) time for rest
(19) judicious
1) sound on judgment
2) rude, insensitive person
3) cowardly
4) defraud a person of something
(20) flair
1) dissolve
2) talent
3) (of a plant or grass) growing very well
4) solidly uniform
(21) purveyor
1) riddle
2) throb
3) furnisher of foodstuffs
4) root up
(22) lout
1) pleasant
2) clumsy person
3) speed
4) give shape to
(23) Elysium
1) returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner
2) place or condition of bliss
3) generous
4) legislating branch of government
(24) giddy
1) great sorrow
2) light-hearted
3) weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)
4) unreasonable or capricious
(25) equivocal
1) inappropriate
2) flowing into
3) related
4) (of words or statements) ambiguous
ANSWERS:
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