VOCABULART TEST 134
(1) maniacal
1) raging mad
2) one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)
3) path of the sun and the planets
4) spiritual rebirth
(2) improvident
1) having or causing lustful desires and thoughts
2) extremely small
3) thriftless
4) state of being numerous or multiple
(3) plutocracy
1) lacking luster(shine
2) society ruled by the wealthy
3) state of being parallel
4) home of a hermit
(4) render
1) slavish
2) give
3) decay
4) recover
(5) patriarch
1) incapable of being pacified
2) father and ruler of a family or tribe
3) spotted
4) step heavily with the feet
(6) arraign
1) charge in court
2) warn or speak to with gentle disapproval
3) blunt
4) inquiry
(7) brooch
1) absurd
2) ornamental clasp
3) familiar with
4) sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)
(8) tacit
1) not being a person
2) enroll (in college or graduate school)
3) understood (without actually being expressed)
4) hardened
(9) quotidian
1) attacking cherished traditions
2) clear from blame or guilt
3) daily
4) improperness
(10) cow
1) plundering
2) meantime
3) terrorize
4) tending to include all
(11) stupefy
1) crush
2) place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited
3) stun
4) eerie
(12) culprit
1) nearing
2) supporter
3) crude cabin
4) one guilty of a crime
(13) precocious
1) having great weight
2) slavish
3) take pleasure in great comfort
4) advanced in development
(14) jocund
1) approval
2) treasury
3) merry
4) disconnected
(15) spurious
1) deeply established
2) transparent
3) false
4) place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited
(16) junket
1) trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
2) irritable
3) washing
4) split into opposite extremes or camps
(17) tenant
1) properly made and complete
2) go backwards
3) fern leaf
4) one that pays rent to use property owned by another
(18) deference
1) dominance especially of one nation over others
2) kindly
3) courteous regard for another's wish
4) not planned
(19) abolish
1) condition or period of flowering
2) cancel
3) formal agreement
4) impudent disrespect
(20) expos\'e
1) brief flash of light
2) public revelation of something discreditable
3) shrill, trumpetlike sound
4) disregard
(21) ravine
1) apart
2) narrow valley with steep sides
3) blunt
4) become unsteady and fall down
(22) suffuse
1) vibrate pendulumlike
2) spread through or over (with a color or liquid)
3) trouble or worry over trifles
4) powerlessness
(23) morose
1) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
2) release or discharge through a vent
3) ill-humored
4) deserving blame
(24) imbalance
1) hasty
2) unexpected and adverse
3) lack of balance or symmetry
4) regret
(25) perennial
1) something long-lasting
2) capable of being repaired
3) carrion-eating birds
4) legal claim or right on a property
ANSWERS:
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