VOCABULARY TEST 37
(1) figurative
1) deserved punishment for wrongdoing
2) a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played
3) distribute
4) not literal but metaphorical
(2) equity
1) fairness
2) arrange into categories or grades
3) arrange (laws or rules) as a code
4) small waterfall
(3) incubus
1) refusal of any compromise
2) burden
3) fully filled
4) hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog
(4) permeable
1) that can be permeated
2) watchful
3) yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war)
4) extremely poor
(5) colloquial
1) cautious
2) submissive
3) pertaining to existence
4) pertaining to conversational or common speech
(6) cross
1) area of thick hard skin
2) having many languages
3) highly gifted child
4) bad-tempered
(7) saturate
1) soak thoroughly
2) cast a spell over
3) practical (as opposed to idealistic)
4) harmful
(8) clot
1) stretching
2) charm
3) imagined
4) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)
(9) embark
1) one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
2) commence
3) cautious
4) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
(10) contest
1) having many forms
2) hag
3) dispute
4) bully
(11) gaffe
1) attractive
2) sentry
3) social blunder
4) causing great fear
(12) impropriety
1) humiliate by embarassing excessively
2) agreeable
3) shrill, trumpetlike sound
4) improperness
(13) check
1) stop motion
2) well-paid position with little responsibility
3) party
4) repulsive to the sight
(14) frieze
1) advanced in development
2) ornamental horizontal band on a wall
3) engrossed in matters of this earth
4) careless
(15) meticulous
1) impossible to recover or regain
2) imperceptible(not easily understood)
3) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
4) feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded
(16) cataract
1) confuse thoroughly
2) move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy way
3) great waterfall
4) damp
(17) finesse
1) lacking luster(shine
2) delicate skill
3) lustful
4) something taken for granted
(18) reprimand
1) reprove severely
2) remainder
3) common
4) blacken
(19) aloof
1) apart
2) combine
3) repay
4) cheat
(20) putrid
1) (of water) cover completely
2) clever
3) decayed and foul-smelling
4) reduce
(21) deranged
1) taking for one's own use in violation of trust
2) insane
3) skeptical or distrustful of human motives
4) ability to be molded
(22) primal
1) meeting arranged by lovers
2) first in rank or importance
3) small amount
4) show by example
(23) pandemic
1) charge (a public official) with crime in office
2) widespread
3) depravity
4) chuckle with delight
(24) accelerate
1) emancipate
2) loud continous noise
3) move faster
4) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem
(25) conglomerate
1) unmanageable
2) security given for loan
3) examine and compare in order to verify authenticity
4) corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)1 (3)2 (4)1 (5)4 (6)4 (7)1 (8)4 (9)2 (10)3 (11)3 (12)4 (13)1 (14)2 (15)3 (16)3 (17)2 (18)1 (19)1 (20)3 (21)2 (22)2 (23)2 (24)3 (25)4
