VOCABULARY TEST 98
(1) perverse
1) on or relating to the earth
2) crown
3) purposely continuing to do something wrong
4) prominent
(2) hubbub
1) clothe
2) confused uproar
3) hairstyle
4) teachings in general
(3) extradition
1) silent
2) stray or fall behind (a main group)
3) surrender of prisoner by one state to another
4) decisive
(4) devious
1) roundabout
2) pretense of ignorance of something wrong
3) make or become confused
4) hot sweet dish
(5) sartorial
1) in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude
2) pour off gently (wine or liquid)
3) sorrowful
4) pertaining to tailors or tailoring
(6) aegis
1) scholarly article
2) phrase repeated throughout a song or poem
3) acal) fiendish
4) shield
(7) categorical
1) ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
2) without exceptions
3) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive
4) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible
(8) vagrant
1) homeless wanderer
2) make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach)
3) irreverence
4) strange
(9) insightful
1) discerning
2) irritate
3) bantering
4) husk
(10) turbulence
1) cancel
2) state of violent agitation
3) vice
4) path of the sun and the planets
(11) monolithic
1) readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others
2) ridicule
3) not applicable
4) solidly uniform
(12) tantrum
1) enough
2) fit of bad temper
3) unselfishly generous
4) empty
(13) snicker
1) payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
2) formidable
3) (derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air
4) half-stifled(suppressed) laugh
(14) practicable
1) feasible
2) mysterious
3) drifting wreckage
4) surrender of prisoner by one state to another
(15) conspire
1) shabby and dirty
2) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
3) take part in a conspiracy
4) father and ruler of a family or tribe
(16) histrionic
1) ideal place, state, or society
2) theatrical
3) feel or express pity or sympathy for
4) imitation
(17) engross
1) be violently disturbed
2) producing offspring or fruit in abundance
3) person who turns animal hides into leather
4) occupy fully
(18) adamant
1) loyalty
2) set right
3) hard
4) compelling immediate action
(19) treatise
1) expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.
2) in feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord
3) leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)
4) article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
(20) subaltern
1) nourish
2) subordinate
3) squabble
4) conventions
(21) impugn
1) introductory
2) burden
3) spotless
4) dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way)
(22) rusticate
1) banish to the country
2) pointed tool used for piercing
3) ars) ancestors
4) with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct)
(23) visceral
1) felt in one's inner organs
2) sleep lightly
3) act of finding oneself in society
4) idealistic but impractical
(24) senility
1) examination of a dead body
2) shove
3) old age
4) word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance)
(25) lassitude
1) clever in deceiving
2) affectedly grand
3) languor
4) without feeling
ANSWERS:
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