VOCABULARY TEST 58
(1) exquisite
1) disagreeably aggressive
2) delicate
3) groom oneself with care
4) set free
(2) grouch
1) bad-tempered complaint
2) sorcery
3) seeker after position or status
4) of a periphery
(3) reproach
1) blame (not angrily but sadly)
2) quick in movement
3) miscellaneous
4) process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance
(4) effectuate
1) effect
2) destroy leaves
3) not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own
4) courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties)
(5) drip
1) fall or let fall in drops
2) bossy
3) put at a loss
4) represent (an inanimate object) as a person
(6) appall
1) timely
2) violent anguish
3) unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)
4) dismay
(7) assiduous
1) give a personal guarantee
2) large group of insects moving in a mass
3) diligent
4) support or base as for a pillar or statue
(8) notable
1) conspicuous
2) group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself)
3) leave to someone by means of a will
4) severity
(9) listless
1) weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)
2) restraint
3) something contrived
4) lacking in spirit or energy
(10) ligneous
1) weird
2) propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group)
3) quarrel noisily
4) like wood
(11) rivet
1) having no motion
2) disown
3) metal pin used for fastening metal plates together
4) childish
(12) havoc
1) widespread damage
2) irritate
3) bog
4) provide food and drink (for)
(13) civil
1) meaningless word
2) imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature)
3) having to do with citizens
4) certainty
(14) polar
1) related to marriage or the wedding ceremony
2) of a pole
3) opposite
4) dig
(15) espouse
1) great joy and delight
2) surface texture
3) adopt
4) complete
(16) receptive
1) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)
2) compensation (for loss or wrong)
3) pertaining to the universe
4) life after death
(17) calligraphy
1) providing a general overview
2) beautiful writing
3) given to complaining
4) influenced by personal feelings
(18) asinine
1) stupid
2) of a pole
3) of the same kind
4) debauched person
(19) arrogance
1) pride
2) thing that completes another
3) move back suddenly
4) change or harden into bone
(20) satirical
1) composed (with no excitement)
2) support
3) using satire
4) lying on back
(21) whelp
1) crowd (of people or things)
2) scolding woman
3) inconspicuous
4) young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family)
(22) largess
1) physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes
2) generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)
3) advantage
4) mortuary
(23) opalescent
1) v. ask or beg earnestly
2) iridescent
3) roof of the mouth
4) infection (by contact)
(24) palpitate
1) neat and trim in appearance
2) loose freshness
3) limit
4) throb
(25) defiance
1) condemn
2) prudence
3) entreating
4) refusal to yield
ANSWERS:
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