VOCABULART TEST 125
(1) claustrophobia
1) agree
2) give a personal guarantee
3) fear of being locked in
4) adequate
(2) volley
1) heavy substance used to add stability or weight
2) turn away from (a principle, norm)
3) simultaneous discharge of a number of shots
4) restrain
(3) sublime
1) so high as to prohibit purchase or use
2) causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.
3) drawback
4) support placed under or against something
(4) bromide
1) dock
2) hindrance
3) platitude
4) leap or spring
(5) takeoff
1) wandering
2) flattery
3) burlesque
4) tilt (as of a ship)
(6) queasy
1) winding
2) refer
3) experiencing nausea
4) necessary requirement
(7) florescence
1) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint
2) youthful
3) condition or period of flowering
4) immoral behavior
(8) lank
1) long and thin
2) pertaining to the universe
3) dissolve
4) cock
(9) virulent
1) surrender of prisoner by one state to another
2) mournful
3) varying from of an element
4) (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous
(10) fickle
1) changeable (in affections or friendship)
2) prose or verse composition to be performed by actors
3) mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer
4) strenuous work
(11) resuscitate
1) push forward
2) revive
3) method of system or government
4) presumptuous or bold
(12) stem
1) essential
2) stop or check (the flow of)
3) slavishly attentive
4) unit of light energy (one candle's worth)
(13) machinations
1) modest
2) loop formed in a rope
3) evil schemes or plots
4) unwholesome
(14) sordid
1) wandering (esp. in search of adventure)
2) connoisseur of food and drink
3) unable to be restrained or held back
4) filthy
(15) menace
1) unwilling
2) threat
3) debauched person
4) attribute
(16) parish
1) area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church
2) wasteful
3) serving as an aid or accessory
4) violent anguish
(17) denounce
1) element that is a creature's natural environment
2) condemn
3) small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth)
4) capable of sensation and conscious
(18) inebriate
1) make drunk
2) pertaining to country people
3) club
4) agree
(19) refraction
1) individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
2) stamp-collector
3) bending of a ray of light
4) soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)
(20) erotic
1) pertaining to passionate love or sexual love
2) lie
3) trifle with
4) tremble
(21) effluvium
1) facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc
2) noxious(harmful) smell
3) servile dependent
4) not essential
(22) swindler
1) crevice
2) cheater
3) assertion
4) hit quickly with the flat part of the hand
(23) maxim
1) amoral
2) disturb the composure of
3) proverb
4) something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract
(24) musty
1) absorb
2) stale (in odor or taste)
3) varied
4) marked by inventive skill
(25) comprehend
1) too improbable to be believed
2) beginner
3) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
4) include
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