VOCABULARY TEST 78


(1) cerebration
1) dwell
2) thought
3) prototype
4) sharply painful to the body or mind



(2) harass
1) frown angrily
2) grouch
3) annoy by repeated attacks
4) cautious



(3) bard
1) poet
2) drink of the gods
3) deceive
4) concerning the sense of smell



(4) cleft
1) N: split
2) demand and obtain by force
3) upward
4) diminish



(5) doff
1) malleable
2) condemnation to a severe penalty
3) take off
4) unlikely occurrence



(6) resurrect
1) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)
2) cancel
3) revive
4) stir up



(7) leeway
1) eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal)
2) quarrelsome
3) support
4) room to move



(8) larceny
1) long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something
2) (of a woman or child) grave
3) appropriate
4) theft



(9) maladroit
1) of a member of the cat family
2) clumsy
3) anything discarded or rejected as worthless
4) take (one's attention) off something



(10) creed
1) approve
2) system of religious or ethical belief
3) writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat
4) evolve as in prenatal growth



(11) banal
1) frown angrily
2) move with body close to the ground
3) hackneyed
4) of a margin



(12) epitome
1) harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain)
2) ordinary
3) scorn
4) perfect example or embodiment



(13) dissonance
1) rural
2) mass of material sticking together
3) discord
4) lack of premeditation



(14) granary
1) dismay
2) dispute
3) make unconscious or numb as by a blow
4) storehouse for grain



(15) acuity
1) narrow valley with steep sides
2) summit
3) remainder
4) sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)



(16) invidious
1) designed to create ill will or envy
2) sermon
3) grant a share of
4) ornamental horizontal band on a wall



(17) plume
1) hint
2) unprejudiced
3) feather, esp. large or showy one
4) wring from



(18) premonitory
1) case for a sword blade
2) one-sided
3) loud and harsh
4) serving to warn



(19) artifice
1) suggestive of something (in the past)
2) lazy
3) uncertain how to act
4) deception



(20) dowdy
1) making no attempt to change one's bad practices
2) social or moral custom
3) untidy (of a woman or clothes)
4) noisy party with a lot of drinking



(21) frustrate
1) proper to the point of affectation
2) thwart
3) fear
4) indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said)



(22) acute
1) deceit
2) (of the senses) sharp
3) clever
4) territory enclosed within an alien land



(23) outspoken
1) artificial
2) boisterous merrymaking
3) candid
4) full of self-admiration



(24) placate
1) unruly
2) pacify
3) boastful
4) suggestive



(25) quandary
1) neglect
2) extreme corruption
3) dilemma
4) hidden danger


ANSWERS:
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