VOCABULART TEST 122
(1) denizen
1) combination (of two business corporations)
2) (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place
3) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)
4) immoral behavior
(2) sift
1) shyness
2) put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles
3) one devoted to the promotion of human welfare
4) collection (of writings or information)
(3) antecede
1) having absolute unchecked power
2) precede
3) heterogeneous mixture
4) box for bees
(4) hierarchy
1) practical (as opposed to idealistic)
2) honor at a festival
3) arrangement by rank or standing
4) arise from
(5) riveting
1) teach (ideas or principles)
2) holding one's attention
3) condemnation to a severe penalty
4) mutilate
(6) ken
1) bending of a ray of light
2) exceeding ordinary limits
3) suppress
4) range of knowledge
(7) impunity
1) heavier or larger on one side than the other
2) writings preceding and following the passage quoted
3) dig up
4) freedom from punishment or harm
(8) ogle
1) introductory statement
2) reasoning
3) related to monks or monasteries
4) look at amorously
(9) arrhythmic
1) practicing self-denial
2) lacking rhythm or regularity
3) make oneself tidy in appearance
4) support or base as for a pillar or statue
(10) secession
1) withdrawal
2) decorate
3) family descent
4) occurring again and again
(11) engaged
1) mental or physical ability
2) having only one color
3) put at a loss
4) employed
(12) incongruity
1) artistic
2) lack of harmony
3) one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)
4) honor at a festival
(13) wary
1) small bunch (of hair)
2) very cautious
3) final
4) not requited
(14) transpose
1) legally correct
2) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife
3) whimsical
4) reverse the order or position of
(15) regatta
1) commotion of a great crowd
2) public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes
3) defrock
4) boat or yacht race
(16) doddering
1) bitter (to the taste or smell)
2) meeting arranged by lovers
3) shaky
4) fear
(17) abeyance
1) (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality)
2) forecasted course of a disease
3) suspended action
4) (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language
(18) encumber
1) careless
2) burden
3) turn aside
4) beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw
(19) postulate
1) urge on
2) unexplicable
3) self-evident truth
4) reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.)
(20) stamina
1) power of endurance
2) marked by commotion or uproar
3) person who appeals to people's prejudice
4) pertaining to farewell
(21) nepotism
1) closed circular line around an area
2) natural inclination
3) abolish
4) favoritism (to a relative)
(22) deify
1) turn into a god
2) sear
3) sermon
4) weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)
(23) aplomb
1) pointed tool used for piercing
2) dose (of liquids)
3) double-dealing
4) poise
(24) rare
1) desire
2) having no previous example
3) (of air) thin in density
4) provide for the payment of
(25) hegemony
1) dominance especially of one nation over others
2) approval
3) commotion of a great crowd
4) expert at
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