VOCABULART TEST 131
(1) sleazy
1) begin
2) shabby and dirty
3) severe trial or affliction
4) confused uproar
(2) complementary
1) postpone
2) serving to complete something
3) sharp to the taste
4) de) front or face (of building)
(3) despot
1) huge creature
2) increase gradually (as the moon)
3) tyrant
4) very carefully
(4) stanza
1) division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)
2) delaying
3) wise
4) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)
(5) suborn
1) persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)
2) red or white cell in the blood
3) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant
4) limited quantity
(6) trifling
1) distance around something
2) washing
3) trivial
4) young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family)
(7) mar
1) spoil the appearance of
2) person who keeps bees
3) mixed indiscriminately
4) enthusiastic applause
(8) piety
1) devoutness
2) watch over and direct
3) treat gently
4) rankle
(9) usury
1) lending money at illegal high rates of interest
2) scholarly article
3) study of prehistoric life or fossils
4) throw into confusion
(10) sepulcher
1) pertaining to the art of delineating
2) tomb
3) weaken
4) basically different
(11) tiller
1) handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)
2) word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance)
3) ambush
4) green
(12) glossary
1) brief explanation of words used in the text
2) width
3) narrow space between things
4) hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)
(13) vacillate
1) pay for services
2) able to produce a desired effect
3) tentative
4) waver (in opinion)
(14) fatuous
1) (of work) compensating
2) having the appearance of truth or reality
3) lead away from proper conduct
4) smugly and unconsciously foolish
(15) impertinent
1) insolent
2) give an imitation that ridicules
3) wilful
4) break (a law)
(16) bereavement
1) self-important
2) binding
3) large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice
4) state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved
(17) suspend
1) cause to stop for a period
2) juicy
3) driving forward
4) so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded
(18) hiatus
1) de) front or face (of building)
2) justification
3) word for word
4) gap
(19) exculpate
1) charge
2) widespread
3) clear from blame or guilt
4) file of documents on a subject or person
(20) integrity
1) disagree
2) honesty
3) postponement or cancelation of a punishment
4) compose on the spur of the moment
(21) brawn
1) theatrical
2) human muscle
3) thin liquid porridge
4) uneasy feelings
(22) advert
1) refer
2) security given for loan
3) abnormal
4) one who is habitually cruel to weaker people
(23) cemetery
1) place for burying the dead
2) fringes
3) deserving high respect
4) intense sexual desire
(24) ordinance
1) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)
2) guarantee
3) decree
4) sceptic
(25) vintner
1) wine merchant
2) similarly timed
3) unpleasantly dark
4) suffering from indigestion
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