VOCABULARY TEST 57
(1) seasonal
1) of a particular season
2) wetland
3) stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys
4) reclining
(2) equilibrium
1) balance of opposing forces
2) outer boundary
3) grouch
4) remembering
(3) wastrel
1) waster
2) peaceful
3) wrong
4) make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)
(4) warble
1) come or bring together
2) bully
3) (of a bird) sing
4) having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
(5) slough
1) widespread
2) flexible
3) (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin)
4) sticky
(6) askance
1) easily accomplished
2) award of merit
3) cowardly
4) with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct)
(7) subjective
1) influenced by personal feelings
2) abstract
3) denial
4) tooth projecting from a wheel
(8) narcissist
1) antiquated
2) senility
3) change of form
4) conceited person
(9) gild
1) pacify
2) property inherited from a father
3) cover with a thin layer of gold
4) te) ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)
(10) victuals
1) expand
2) pay out (as from a fund)
3) branch out
4) food
(11) fledgling(fledg
1) eling) inexperienced
2) marked by vulgar lewd humor
3) effective
4) sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)
(12) wangle
1) flow or fall in drops
2) achieve by cleverness or trick
3) obscure
4) affectedly dainty(delicate)
(13) dowry
1) collect (gradually, in a very large amount)
2) done with speed
3) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
4) suffer (harm or loss)
(14) epistemologist
1) masses of leaves
2) nonsense
3) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge
4) thought
(15) gratuitous
1) given freely
2) shade of slight difference in meaning or color
3) assist (someone in difficulty)
4) public records
(16) jibe
1) agree
2) effulgent
3) informal discussion
4) respectful
(17) invulnerable
1) scold strongly
2) vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle
3) tear or be torn quickly and violently
4) incapable of injury
(18) probity
1) tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects
2) make bitter
3) cause to appear by magic
4) uprightness
(19) discomfit
1) frustrate
2) unutterable
3) silly
4) evil schemes or plots
(20) stereotype
1) reparable
2) (of societies or groups) combine
3) tireless
4) one regarded as embodying a set image or type
(21) authoritarian
1) self-restraint
2) subordinating the individual to the state
3) slight offense or fault
4) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant
(22) pecuniary
1) pertaining to money
2) fleet of warships
3) making up for
4) picture writing
(23) peripatetic
1) ancestry
2) complete agreement
3) artistic
4) walking about from place to place (to work)
(24) suppliant
1) food
2) pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)
3) entreating
4) most favorable
(25) embroider
1) link as in a chain
2) decorate with needlework
3) powerful movement of or like a wave
4) cock
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