VOCABULARY TEST 56
(1) barterer
1) small boat
2) trader
3) unspoiled
4) esoteric
(2) sentinel
1) prove genuine
2) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively
3) sentry
4) complete
(3) protocol
1) diplomatic etiquette
2) artificial
3) come together
4) arrange (laws or rules) as a code
(4) wont
1) ability to foresee future happenings
2) (the stated person's) habit or custom
3) attractive
4) strikingly bright
(5) residue
1) equal in extent
2) determination
3) swayed by sentiment
4) remainder
(6) suckle
1) funeral song
2) unfortunate
3) make (a liquid) less concentrated
4) give or take milk at the breast or udder
(7) mortar
1) vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle
2) disloyal
3) made in an earlier period and usu. valuable
4) do drudgery
(8) alluvial
1) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)
2) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
3) reproduce
4) throw into confusion
(9) incarnate
1) serious
2) madly excited
3) of a title
4) endowed with flesh
(10) unbridled
1) shortcoming
2) make use of, sometimes unjustly
3) violent
4) flexible
(11) comestible
1) something fit to be eaten
2) sharpness
3) forbiddingly stern
4) imaginary remote paradise on earth
(12) orthodox
1) hard but easily broken
2) traditional
3) venomous spider
4) promote or publicize (one's goods or service)
(13) repulse
1) reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship)
2) one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)
3) insane
4) reddish
(14) immure
1) rebellion
2) imprison
3) unmoved or unconcerned by
4) support
(15) maternal
1) motherly
2) cautious
3) person who seeks to overturn the established government
4) mercury
(16) carefree
1) artificial
2) superfluous
3) eager for knowledge
4) free from worries
(17) girth
1) distance around something
2) scrupulous
3) kindly
4) restraint
(18) limp
1) pantry
2) slope
3) walk lamely
4) basically different
(19) abate
1) current of air (through a room or to a fire)
2) burst inward
3) rise or fly high in the air
4) subside or moderate
(20) blunder
1) false
2) error
3) plants of a region or era
4) assuage or satisfy (thrust)
(21) quail
1) liable to err
2) insult
3) falling to pieces
4) cower
(22) traumatic
1) talk dully
2) drawback
3) (of an experience) deeply shocking
4) trembling
(23) controvert
1) sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body
2) oppose with arguments
3) without a material body
4) heterogeneous mixture
(24) commandeer
1) trace
2) interfering
3) take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment
4) spotted
(25) amalgam
1) combination of different things
2) swagger
3) twist
4) felt in one's inner organs
ANSWERS:
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