VOCABULARY TEST 49
(1) rag
1) resentment
2) opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments
3) features especially of the face
4) scrap of cloth
(2) jingoist
1) terms used in a science or art
2) person who enjoys his own pain
3) suspended action
4) extremely aggressive and militant patriot
(3) nomadic
1) wandering
2) stand up against
3) unmoved or unconcerned by
4) laypersons
(4) impute
1) attribute
2) friendship
3) legal official of high rank
4) effulgent
(5) exorcise
1) brief explanation of words used in the text
2) accustom a baby not to nurse
3) drive out evil spirits
4) cheater
(6) incinerate
1) lazy
2) make beloved
3) emancipate
4) burn to ashes
(7) eerie
1) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
2) phrase repeated throughout a song or poem
3) agree
4) weird
(8) precipice
1) manly
2) cliff
3) good judgment with composure
4) rejoicing
(9) novice
1) beginner
2) state of being parallel
3) boredom
4) occurring at the proper time or season
(10) contrived
1) unnatural and forced
2) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
3) tight
4) (of something written or painted) still in existence
(11) enhance
1) servile dependent
2) scorn
3) increase
4) formal demand or request
(12) extol
1) praise very highly
2) clothing
3) ornamental horizontal band on a wall
4) sameness
(13) slick
1) decayed and foul-smelling
2) generous
3) make smooth or glossy
4) curse
(14) entice
1) wretch
2) limit
3) lure
4) maze
(15) genteel
1) pertaining to memory
2) threatening
3) well-bred
4) block
(16) olfactory
1) of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)
2) concerning the sense of smell
3) sit on in order to hatch
4) related to population balance
(17) certitude
1) payment or expense
2) certainty
3) soak thoroughly
4) disconcert
(18) recital
1) effulgent
2) act of reciting publicly
3) increase in number by producing young
4) faithless lover
(19) militate
1) work against
2) secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)
3) servile flatterer
4) lacking caution
(20) unctuous
1) oily
2) nourishing substance
3) light stroke as with a whip
4) charm
(21) repeal
1) revoke
2) clearly different
3) languor
4) weaken
(22) affliction
1) give
2) state of distress
3) introduction
4) black form of carbon used in lead pencils
(23) tractable
1) mob
2) summit
3) docile
4) not shiny
(24) groove
1) person convicted of a grave crime
2) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols
3) enough
4) long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something
(25) elevation
1) soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
2) long shallow trench made by a plow
3) elevated position
4) plait
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)4 (3)1 (4)1 (5)3 (6)4 (7)4 (8)2 (9)1 (10)1 (11)3 (12)1 (13)3 (14)3 (15)3 (16)2 (17)2 (18)2 (19)1 (20)1 (21)1 (22)2 (23)3 (24)4 (25)3
