VOCABULART TEST 129
(1) illuminate
1) hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)
2) complain bitterly
3) rich, figured(patterned) fabric
4) brighten
(2) bauble
1) person who verbally harasses others
2) trinket
3) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)
4) related to monks or monasteries
(3) aria
1) operatic solo
2) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)
3) condemnation to a severe penalty
4) truthfulness
(4) iconoclastic
1) cancel
2) something new
3) attacking cherished traditions
4) insightful
(5) remiss
1) sharpen (a tool)
2) negligent
3) like a glacier
4) legal claim or right on a property
(6) precept
1) exclamation
2) practical rule guiding conduct
3) doctrine
4) dirty child in torn clothes
(7) acrid
1) detestable
2) restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs
3) commotion of a great crowd
4) bitter (to the taste or smell)
(8) frenzied
1) one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause
2) madly excited
3) excessive zeal
4) merriment
(9) compartment
1) one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
2) ornamental clasp
3) divide into parts
4) going against
(10) recipient
1) irresolution
2) serving to assist
3) receiver
4) obedient
(11) conceit
1) cause
2) injure
3) congeal
4) vanity or self-love
(12) blight
1) played in an abrupt manner
2) conclusion
3) neglect
4) plant disease
(13) falsify
1) hater of woman
2) make (something written) false by changing
3) file of documents on a subject or person
4) secret recess or vault usually used for burial
(14) assent
1) become less severe
2) agree
3) avoid habitually
4) worn through till the threads show
(15) winsome
1) hybridize
2) specialized knowledge (in a particular field)
3) charming (in a childlike way)
4) make (a liquid) less concentrated
(16) vex
1) person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs
2) annoy
3) insult to one's dignity
4) stretch out full on ground
(17) turmoil
1) unable to be restrained or held back
2) legislating branch of government
3) extreme confusion
4) draftee
(18) rabies
1) calmness
2) disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death)
3) active enmity
4) careful no to cause offence
(19) moribund
1) forerunner
2) dying
3) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food
4) express disapproval of
(20) uniformity
1) confuse
2) difficult to please
3) deceptive
4) sameness
(21) rapture
1) great joy and delight
2) stop or check flow of blood
3) applaud
4) social outcast
(22) synchronous
1) food of the gods
2) raised platform used in preaching (in a church)
3) similarly timed
4) powerlessness
(23) reprisal
1) supposed
2) pertaining to ships or navigation
3) retaliation
4) careful about money
(24) galley
1) sudden flood or rush
2) low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)
3) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
4) main impact or shock (of an attack or blow)
(25) compulsory
1) obligatory
2) (of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through
3) arouse to action
4) unlikely occurrence
ANSWERS:
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