VOCABULARY TEST 41
(1) inane
1) excessive interest in one's self
2) boisterous laughter
3) detest
4) silly
(2) incidence
1) moral correctness
2) reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)
3) plants of a region or era
4) rate of occurrence
(3) flotsam
1) fear or hatred of foreigners
2) tending to overthrow or ruin
3) drifting wreckage
4) mental disorder marked by confusion
(4) nullify
1) make invalid
2) glass water bottle
3) foretell
4) person convicted of a grave crime
(5) glib
1) smooth and shining
2) fluent (with insincerity or superficiality)
3) intense sexual desire
4) region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept
(6) agitate
1) conceited person
2) stir up
3) stretch out full on ground
4) severe and adverse criticism
(7) malign
1) pass safely through (a storm or difficult period)
2) iridescent
3) revere
4) speak evil of
(8) medium
1) heavy substance used to add stability or weight
2) annoy
3) element that is a creature's natural environment
4) bad-tempered
(9) monarchy
1) government under a single ruler
2) spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault)
3) small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
4) beginner
(10) jabber
1) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly
2) wise
3) plan in advance
4) stroke
(11) rationale
1) swamp gas
2) servile dependent
3) make desolate
4) fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based)
(12) affluence
1) boasting
2) deck opening
3) moderate
4) abundance
(13) proscribe
1) good judgment with composure
2) group that meets socially
3) highest point
4) prohibit
(14) primordial
1) capricious happening
2) express strong disapproval of
3) guardianship
4) existing at the beginning (of time)
(15) smattering
1) slight knowledge
2) dress with vulgar finery
3) reject bluntly
4) division of a long poem
(16) chant
1) drink of the gods
2) tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note
3) (the stated person's) habit or custom
4) secondary or minor occupation
(17) attest
1) seize another's power or rank (without legal authority)
2) supporter
3) tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar
4) testify
(18) adventitious
1) mania for doing grandiose things
2) slow up
3) accidental
4) enclose
(19) nemesis
1) someone seeking revenge
2) like wood
3) fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)
4) minor objection or complaint
(20) confiscate
1) (of land) dry
2) of a prophet or prophecy
3) seize
4) half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning
(21) unfeigned
1) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law
2) genuine
3) calm and unexcitable
4) social blunder
(22) abet
1) token of disgrace
2) assist usually in doing something wrong
3) honor
4) state of distress
(23) latitude
1) weakness of mind
2) change or harden into bone
3) not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own
4) freedom from narrow limitations
(24) actuate
1) attack with abusive language
2) ravenous
3) motivate
4) restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs
(25) rip
1) tear or be torn quickly and violently
2) ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)
3) study of insects
4) muscular
ANSWERS:
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