VOCABULARY TEST 86
(1) waver
1) call by bugles or trumpets
2) person who establishes (an organization or business)
3) move or swing back and forth
4) (of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through
(2) adversity
1) unclear or doubtful in meaning
2) great hardship or affliction
3) supplement to the body of a will
4) pertaining to hell
(3) consequential
1) (of a fact) become known
2) (of things and place) dirty and dull
3) self-important
4) pantomime(act without dialogue)
(4) disconsolate
1) hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)
2) highly excited
3) raised platform for speakers or other important people
4) tyrant
(5) covenant
1) coiled around
2) social or moral custom
3) binding agreement between two groups or people
4) shove
(6) slink
1) brief and compact
2) affectedly grand
3) (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin
4) move furtively
(7) parley
1) having the odor of musk
2) conference (between opponents)
3) nation governed by the people
4) frenzy
(8) philology
1) slander
2) green
3) study of language or words
4) vanity or self-love
(9) implode
1) gruesome
2) burst inward
3) refusal of any compromise
4) musical introduction to a long musical piece
(10) earthly
1) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)
2) ring of leaves around stem
3) respect
4) of this earth
(11) mischief
1) humiliation
2) slight knowledge
3) behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm
4) disclaim or disavow
(12) disquisition
1) formal systematic inquiry
2) highest point
3) plant disease
4) not genuine
(13) stamp
1) swayed by sentiment
2) step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish)
3) complain (in a sad voice)
4) sudden disastrous downfall or defeat
(14) ecstasy
1) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
2) tired or uninterested by surfeit
3) rapture
4) person or thing excess of what is necessary
(15) exorbitant
1) windstorm
2) shut
3) lure or bait
4) (of costs or demands) excessive
(16) rustic
1) intentionally hidden
2) pertaining to country people
3) lacking proper seriousness
4) art of representing dances in written symbols
(17) tempo
1) irresistible crushing force
2) speed of music
3) agent (sent on a mission to represent another)
4) bitter (to the taste or smell)
(18) enjoin
1) study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age
2) (of voice) harsh and unpleasant
3) command
4) hermit
(19) sensuous
1) giving pleasure to the senses
2) impressionable
3) adjacent to
4) small bit or fragment
(20) yeoman
1) interpret incorrectly
2) legal claim or right on a property
3) man or farmer owning small estate
4) deviation from the normal
(21) amenable
1) agreeable
2) obedient
3) framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)
4) hard to understand
(22) livid
1) fear of water
2) lead-colored
3) of this earth
4) repulsive to the sight
(23) innocuous
1) having a backbone or spinal column
2) harmless
3) move hastily
4) place side by side
(24) fuddle
1) unattractive
2) make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink
3) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly
4) pretense (of strength)
(25) patrician
1) noble
2) attempt to gain
3) hidden danger
4) silly
ANSWERS:
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