VOCABULART TEST 128
(1) peruse
1) induced sleeping state
2) read through with care
3) quality of being very old
4) hurl downward
(2) contumacious
1) goblet
2) comment
3) stubborn and disobedient
4) me) gay
(3) filigree
1) unfrightening
2) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party
3) delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork
4) decrease in size or strength (after being full)
(4) anodyne
1) drug that relieves pain or trouble
2) charming (in a childlike way)
3) riddle
4) (of behavior) proper
(5) seminal
1) emancipate
2) boredom
3) government run by religious leaders
4) related to seed or semen
(6) posture
1) giving pleasure to the senses
2) endanger
3) double-dealing
4) assume an affected pose
(7) animated
1) lively
2) imaginary remote paradise on earth
3) trip
4) incipient
(8) lewd
1) lustful
2) showing excitement
3) me) gay
4) (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census)
(9) brood
1) size or volume (esp. when very large)
2) resistant to
3) love deeply and respect highly
4) sit on in order to hatch
(10) auroral
1) pithy
2) pertaining to the aurora borealis
3) of or suffering rabies
4) operatic solo
(11) buffet
1) existing at birth
2) strike forcefully
3) social blunder
4) underline
(12) tranquillity
1) scornfully mocking
2) damaged
3) made of inferior material
4) calmness
(13) overblown
1) inflated
2) arrest (a criminal)
3) weaken
4) cry out suddenly
(14) maul
1) handle roughly
2) formidable
3) place into a case
4) puzzle
(15) vindictive
1) disposed to revenge
2) gain for the performance of service or labor
3) large city
4) social outcast
(16) lampoon
1) pitiless
2) strong
3) fortress
4) ridicule
(17) brawny
1) braid
2) one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
3) muscular
4) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law
(18) transitory
1) full of pores
2) transient
3) deficient in intelligence
4) (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart
(19) doctrine
1)
2) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)
3) vow
4) teachings in general
(20) convex
1) ordinary
2) curving outward
3) ardent
4) rider on horseback
(21) astigmatism
1) eye defect which prevents proper focus
2) decisive
3) in utter disorder
4) pedestal
(22) humble
1) of low rank or position
2) agreeable
3) doubts
4) look on with scorn
(23) furrow
1) separate
2) evil
3) long shallow trench made by a plow
4) stubborn intolerance
(24) squabble
1) minor quarrel
2) hereditary nobility
3) belief that life is basically bad or evil
4) explain
(25) drastic
1) person who has a compulsive desire to steal
2) boxer
3) strong
4) defensive mound of earth
ANSWERS:
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