VOCABULARY TEST 99
(1) chagrin
1) annoyance and disappointment
2) disturb the composure of
3) take off
4) state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved
(2) historic
1) important in history
2) indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said)
3) boredom
4) talkative boaster
(3) decrepit
1) characteristic frame of mind
2) model
3) weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use
4) use of force to get someone to object
(4) luster
1) deprived of (something valuable)
2) shine
3) suppress
4) given freely
(5) well-bred
1) one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself
2) of good upbringing
3) put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles
4) of this earth
(6) bruise
1) injure without breaking the skin
2) regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times
3) hindrance
4) separate
(7) courier
1) arrest (a criminal)
2) surround
3) messenger
4) made for practical use only (without decoration)
(8) cringe
1) belief that life is basically bad or evil
2) resulting from compulsion
3) disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group
4) shrink back as if in fear
(9) umbrage
1) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
2) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)
3) resentment
4) (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed
(10) dignitary
1) reckon
2) person of high rank or position
3) preceding events that influence what comes later
4) severe trial or affliction
(11) garnish
1) decorate
2) justification
3) negligent
4) natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)
(12) embody
1) give a bodily form to
2) behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm
3) fragrant
4) formal essay
(13) simile
1) comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as
2) supporter
3) pertaining to the brain or intellect
4) lying
(14) chasten
1) endanger
2) wrestle
3) discipline
4) upstart
(15) amicable
1) voters represented by an elected official
2) peaceful
3) impartial
4) abstract
(16) boor
1) take apart
2) rude, insensitive person
3) whimsical
4) move back suddenly
(17) truism
1) superfluous
2) urging
3) self-evident truth
4) devoutness
(18) exasperate
1) of or like an uncle
2) vex
3) disagreeably aggressive
4) producing tears
(19) substantial
1) of or suffering rabies
2) of substance
3) small speck (esp. of dust)
4) invulnerable
(20) ardor
1) heat
2) formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears
3) court of justice
4) indisputable
(21) homogeneous
1) of the same kind
2) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant
3) fierce
4) certainty
(22) solicit
1) looking back on the past
2) entreat
3) mak less severe
4) exclamation
(23) lancet
1) chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically)
2) treacherous
3) sociable
4) small surgical tool for making incisions
(24) forgo(forego)
1) unalterable
2) give up
3) made of inferior material
4) enormous
(25) proviso
1) turn into a god
2) transform
3) stipulation
4) impending
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