VOCABULARY TEST 95
(1) enmity
1) ill will
2) one-sided
3) building (of imposing size)
4) abundant
(2) amble
1) shade of slight difference in meaning or color
2) walking at an easy unhurried pace
3) incapable of injury
4) make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession
(3) perceptive
1) denying the existence of God
2) insightful
3) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
4) rubble
(4) pore
1) trivial
2) one who is zealous
3) study industriously
4) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife
(5) resolve
1) decide
2) cut down
3) lively or animated
4) put into effect
(6) execute
1) put into effect
2) close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion)
3) slow moving tree-dwelling mammal
4) huge creature
(7) lax
1) tilt (as of a ship)
2) signify
3) careless
4) fantastic
(8) clipper
1) introductory statement
2) sailing vessel built for great speed
3) remedy
4) courting favor by cringing and flattering
(9) encircle
1) hasten
2) surround
3) deep dish for serving soup
4) pastoral song
(10) ravel
1) fall apart into tangles
2) clothing or equipment for a special purpose
3) annoyance and disappointment
4) good judgment with composure
(11) agglomeration
1) congeal
2) sound on judgment
3) collection
4) capable of sensation and conscious
(12) inclined
1) find out for certain
2) tending or leaning toward
3) hard to understand
4) devoted to the pleasures of the sense
(13) quarry
1) mar
2) dig into (to get stone)
3) tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)
4) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting
(14) scion
1) staff officer assisting the commander
2) detached plant shoot used in grafting
3) portray
4) crush into mash
(15) concomitant
1) that which accompanies
2) tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects
3) forewarning
4) without definite purpose, plan, or aim
(16) institute
1) organization for a special purpose
2) phrase repeated throughout a song or poem
3) skin disease (on the face)
4) coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)
(17) upbraid
1) sudden sharp feeling of pain
2) maim
3) reprimand
4) length of time something lasts
(18) pundit
1) authority on a subject
2) sleight(dexterity) of hand
3) fashionable
4) murder of a king or queen
(19) enterprise
1) overstock
2) willingness to take new ventures
3) great shock
4) highly ornate
(20) supererogatory
1) weightless
2) superfluous
3) annoy by repeated attacks
4) tic) frenzied
(21) encroachment
1) self-evident truth
2) move (a railway train) from one track to another
3) gradual intrusion
4) practical rule guiding conduct
(22) champion
1) tendency to disbelief
2) assault
3) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory
4) support militantly
(23) demur
1) object (because of doubts, scruples)
2) superintendent
3) split into opposite extremes or camps
4) small poor bed
(24) imprecation
1) lascivious
2) curse
3) oily
4) state of being married
(25) offhand
1) casual
2) agree
3) pretense (of strength)
4) seeker after position or status
ANSWERS:
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