VOCABULARY TEST 61
(1) prowess
1) inattentive or unmindful
2) mental or physical ability
3) optimistic
4) extraordinary ability
(2) fissure
1) pierce with holes
2) stinging
3) calamity
4) crevice
(3) primp
1) small bit or fragment
2) grieve
3) groom oneself with care
4) eerie
(4) peerless
1) person of no importance
2) having no equal
3) imitation
4) step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish)
(5) repellent
1) driving away
2) effective
3) contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
4) trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
(6) vicarious
1) a manually skilled worker
2) act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
3) pertaining to fishing
4) experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another
(7) licentious
1) not essential
2) listing of information in tabular or book form
3) solemn wonder
4) amoral
(8) saunter
1) stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly
2) moral correctness
3) lustful
4) cutting
(9) afterlife
1) inconspicuous
2) without money
3) (of beliefs) against accepted opinion
4) life after death
(10) quench
1) assuage or satisfy (thrust)
2) advantage
3) not noticing
4) not spacious
(11) tramp
1) made of inferior material
2) offensive
3) walk with a heavy step
4) surround and swallow up
(12) apparent
1) ban on commerce or other activity
2) evident
3) insane
4) rustic
(13) pragmatic
1) reply
2) graze
3) practical (as opposed to idealistic)
4) unable to be restrained or held back
(14) voyeur
1) give up temporarily
2) end
3) turn aside
4) Peeping Tom
(15) animadversion
1) critical remark
2) contradict
3) having a common origin
4) raise in rank or dignity
(16) worldly
1) think up
2) boisterous laughter
3) drink in
4) engrossed in matters of this earth
(17) hydrophobia
1) put into effect
2) assault
3) fear of water
4) lacking caution
(18) heresy
1) school for training future ministers
2) wordy
3) opinion contrary to popular belief
4) protrusion
(19) maroon
1) damaged
2) demanding much work or care
3) motion
4) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast
(20) permissive
1) particle removed by a file
2) clever
3) allowing much freedom
4) satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger)
(21) exclaim
1) sentry
2) ruler in a monarchy
3) deep
4) cry out suddenly
(22) loquacious
1) new or newly coined word or phrase
2) talkative
3) puzzle
4) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
(23) imposture
1) grow rapidly (in numbers)
2) poison (of an animal)
3) assuming a false identity
4) clear from blame or guilt
(24) fashion
1) destroy leaves
2) plunge into water or liquid
3) give shape to
4) indirect
(25) succor
1) assist (someone in difficulty)
2) place or condition of bliss
3) unalterable
4) black form of carbon used in lead pencils
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)4 (3)3 (4)2 (5)1 (6)4 (7)4 (8)1 (9)4 (10)1 (11)3 (12)2 (13)3 (14)4 (15)1 (16)4 (17)3 (18)3 (19)4 (20)3 (21)4 (22)2 (23)3 (24)3 (25)1
