VOCABULARY TEST 104
(1) contortions
1) twisting
2) beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw
3) ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority
4) stretch out full on ground
(2) averse
1) reluctant
2) lacking interest or effort
3) fitful
4) favoritism (to a relative)
(3) tarry
1) secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)
2) imprison
3) linger
4) silly
(4) abash
1) embarrass
2) confused uproar
3) active enmity
4) plan of a trip
(5) paltry
1) mar
2) colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
3) insignificant
4) obligatory
(6) humility
1) utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement
2) of substance
3) equip
4) humbleness of spirit
(7) reverberate
1) weak
2) loud continous noise
3) echo repeatedly
4) those of gentle birth
(8) addiction
1) mercy killing
2) resonant
3) fastening or lock consisting of a movable bar that fits into a notch
4) compulsive habitual need
(9) thesis
1) l (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life
2) retort
3) opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments
4) traditional
(10) apiarist
1) motivate
2) illicit lover
3) person who keeps bees
4) denial
(11) foray
1) raid
2) theme
3) protruding knot on a tree
4) speech or writing with no meaning
(12) legacy
1) plot outline
2) shrewd in money matters
3) cure-all
4) gift made by a will
(13) adjacent
1) melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal
2) adjoining
3) furthest behind
4) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
(14) urge
1) drive or force forward (by causing impulses)
2) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes
3) walk or behave with an over-confident manner
4) constituting
(15) innate
1) scholar
2) burn to ashes
3) inborn
4) combativeness
(16) brim
1) uppermost edge of a cup
2) state of being stupefied
3) twist
4) (of a person or writing) digressing
(17) dint
1) diabolic
2) means
3) only slightly connected
4) small bunch (of hair)
(18) balk
1) satisfy (thirst)
2) thoroughly soaked
3) having a sharp biting taste
4) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue
(19) carcinogenic
1) remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted
2) causing cancer
3) unruly
4) run away secretly with the intention of getting married
(20) anguish
1) acute pain
2) walk or behave with an over-confident manner
3) unexpected and adverse
4) first in rank or importance
(21) bitter
1) one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
2) deceive
3) irritate
4) having a sharp biting taste
(22) synthesis
1) fearful
2) mental or bodily powers
3) easily approachable
4) combining parts or separate things into a whole
(23) fulsome
1) disgustingly excessive
2) rotting flesh of a dead body
3) study of prehistoric life or fossils
4) use sparingly
(24) converse
1) move suddenly or involuntarily
2) cancel
3) opposite
4) psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution
(25) influx
1) flowing into
2) pretend
3) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
4) ceremonious quality
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