VOCABULARY TEST 65
(1) superimpose
1) long shallow trench made by a plow
2) mar
3) having a sawtoothed edge
4) place over something else
(2) incisive
1) pertaining to hell
2) inattentive or unmindful
3) (appreciatively) cutting
4) soothe
(3) veto
1) get one's bearings
2) overflowing abundance
3) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
4) vested power to reject a bill
(4) cede
1) yielding to another
2) circular building or hall covered with a dome
3) yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war)
4) fantastic
(5) stalwart
1) like a spirit or fairy
2) commemorate
3) physically strong
4) bordering on(adjacent to) the sea
(6) savory
1) sum
2) obedient
3) pleasant in taste
4) commonplace
(7) velocity
1) restore to good condition
2) insult
3) speed
4) deportment
(8) adore
1) love deeply and respect highly
2) club
3) very small
4) give a personal guarantee
(9) optometrist
1) someone seeking revenge
2) one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
3) yield to
4) block
(10) curmudgeon
1) severely critical
2) churlish, miserly individual
3) relating to the stars
4) clowning
(11) canny
1) dissolve
2) laugh (at)
3) restrain
4) shrewd in money matters
(12) eon(aeon)
1) official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights
2) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive
3) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)
4) long period of time
(13) infirmity
1) supporter
2) speak evil of
3) weakness
4) petition humbly
(14) droll
1) time for rest
2) morally disapproved person
3) heap
4) queer and amusing
(15) subservient
1) correspondence of parts
2) effort
3) pertaining to money
4) behaving like a slave
(16) parchment
1) brief and compact
2) conflict
3) cry out suddenly
4) writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat
(17) caprice
1) white with age
2) turn to for help
3) epicure
4) whim
(18) allay
1) calm
2) someone who bears the blame for others
3) pride
4) gift giver
(19) prune
1) causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.
2) achieve by cleverness or trick
3) cut away
4) wasting away
(20) spawn
1) optimistic
2) lay eggs (in large numbers)
3) writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat
4) brutal deed
(21) juridical
1) ancestry
2) wild
3) red or white cell in the blood
4) of the law and its administration
(22) subsistence
1) existence
2) boorish
3) one-sided
4) dull
(23) commiserate
1) work together
2) feel or express pity or sympathy for
3) assume a particular posture
4) relentless
(24) consistency
1) timely
2) facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc
3) absence of contradictions
4) one that pays rent to use property owned by another
(25) parsimony
1) stinginess
2) move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves
3) arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)
4) vice
ANSWERS:
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