VOCABULARY TEST 107
(1) mangle
1) minor quarrel
2) pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
3) work or appoint as a deputy
4) tear or cut to pieces
(2) glutton
1) introductory statement
2) someone who eats too much
3) talk idly
4) very large number
(3) slack
1) make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle
2) stubborn and disobedient
3) moving slowly
4) clear from blame or guilt
(4) sunder
1) separate
2) heat-producing
3) crush or grind into very small particles
4) title or heading (in red print)
(5) asylum
1) place of refuge or shelter
2) deadlock
3) easily approachable
4) curse
(6) wake
1) fall or let fall in drops
2) motherly
3) boat or yacht race
4) trail of ship or other object through water
(7) droop
1) dig
2) breathe out
3) weak
4) bend or hang downward
(8) entomology
1) long narrow container for feeding farm animals
2) like a fox
3) go through or across
4) study of insects
(9) discount
1) diabolic
2) little round hill
3) disregard
4) experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another
(10) solitude
1) state of being alone
2) quick and active
3) ransack
4) exceed
(11) parquet
1) turn upside down or inside out
2) evil
3) weak
4) floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter
(12) cessation
1) untimely
2) funeral director
3) stoppage
4) rude
(13) treasure
1) (esp. of older people) vigorously active
2) keep as precious
3) (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline
4) choosing at random
(14) inerrancy
1) infallibility
2) very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)
3) delicate
4) of a member of the cat family
(15) sallow
1) infallibly
2) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
3) (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking
4) chain
(16) magistrate
1) suitable for drinking
2) long, passionate, and vehement speech
3) official with power to administer the law
4) not natural
(17) retentive
1) harmful
2) moderate
3) holding
4) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)
(18) circumvent
1) moving slowly
2) outwit
3) combine
4) forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)
(19) verbatim
1) urging
2) bee-keeping
3) word for word
4) of psyche
(20) annihilate
1) destroy
2) pertaining to money
3) deep disgrace
4) words formed in imitation of natural sounds
(21) disjointed
1) disconnected
2) self-satisfied
3) so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded
4) ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
(22) misgivings
1) of or like a slave
2) boredom
3) doubts
4) cut down
(23) affirmation
1) person administering capital punishment
2) positive assertion
3) patience
4) attractive
(24) precedent
1) enormous chasm
2) division of a city for election or police purposes
3) preceding (in time, rank, etc.)
4) radiating
(25) vogue
1) popular fashion
2) the act of anointing with oil
3) move suddenly or involuntarily
4) unaccustomed
ANSWERS:
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