VOCABULARY TEST 112
(1) galvanize
1) assumption
2) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied
3) moving with a wavelike motion
4) stimulate or shock by an electric current
(2) expurgate
1) clean
2) official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights
3) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully
4) assault
(3) confidant(confi
1) insincere speech or expression of piety
2) dante) trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)
3) move furtively and secretly
4) unrepressed
(4) abstinence
1) adorn
2) comprehend
3) four-footed animal
4) restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking
(5) benevolent
1) deviate
2) foretell
3) scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities
4) generous
(6) stagnant
1) (of water) not flowing (often bad-smelling)
2) prudence
3) bury
4) original work used as a model by others
(7) refrain
1) nourish
2) invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation)
3) offer formally
4) abstain from
(8) benefactor
1) criticize harshly
2) gift giver
3) hypnotize
4) one regarded as embodying a set image or type
(9) monograph
1) scholarly article
2) beg
3) social or moral custom
4) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
(10) seasoned
1) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast
2) break a promise
3) experienced
4) small (often rural) community whose members share work and income
(11) modulate
1) intruder
2) tone down in intensity
3) pacify
4) arrogant
(12) tyro
1) moderate
2) beginner
3) call and bring into use (a right or law)
4) disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group
(13) attribute
1) move or throw suddenly and quickly
2) related to a school
3) scarcity
4) essential quality
(14) outlandish
1) bizzare
2) fantastically improbable
3) binding
4) drifting wreckage
(15) poise
1) climb by crawling with difficulties
2) impending
3) causing a feeling of pity or sympathy
4) good judgment with composure
(16) ascendancy
1) controlling influence
2) distribute
3) action of moving secretly or unseen
4) error
(17) malady
1) main wooden stem of a tree
2) steering wheel of a ship
3) serving to assist
4) illness
(18) forthright
1) suggestive
2) of different colors
3) very large number
4) straightforward
(19) connubial
1) preceding events that influence what comes later
2) medical treatment and care of old age
3) book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form
4) pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
(20) belie
1) ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant
2) contradict
3) ars) ancestors
4) filled (with something unpleasant)
(21) defection
1) desertion
2) bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families)
3) local or provincial dialect
4) stroke
(22) abjure
1) renounce upon oath
2) place side by side
3) of an oracle
4) having no motion
(23) breed
1) produce young
2) scholarly article
3) steep
4) supplying nourishment
(24) guileless
1) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
2) without deceit
3) whirlwind
4) fast
(25) invert
1) thousand-year period (as in the New Testament)
2) shut in an enclosed space
3) turn upside down or inside out
4) selective
ANSWERS:
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