VOCABULART TEST 135
(1) scrupulous
1) conscientious
2) absentminded
3) slightly sour (in taste or manner)
4) one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless
(2) dismember
1) trifles
2) cut into small parts
3) disobedience
4) (of meat) tough
(3) sphinx-like
1) enigmatic
2) great amount
3) irreverence
4) take vengence for something or on behalf of someone
(4) cameo
1) opinionated
2) overlook
3) reddish
4) shell or jewel carved in relief
(5) elastic
1) ghost
2) pen name
3) pause
4) able to spring back into shape
(6) jumble
1) mix in a confused way
2) damnation
3) apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
4) complicated situation (as in a play)
(7) terrestrial
1) on or relating to the earth
2) dwell
3) revoke
4) one who studies the skin and its diseases
(8) accost
1) rescue (goods or property) from loss
2) detest
3) trip
4) approach and speak first to a person
(9) confine
1) shut in an enclosed space
2) hasty and careless
3) lure
4) talk dully
(10) lilliputian
1) extremely small
2) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
3) into parts
4) belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control
(11) platonic
1) purely spiritual
2) token of disgrace
3) free from worries
4) assist usually in doing something wrong
(12) mammoth
1) gigantic
2) assist usually in doing something wrong
3) act of using one's will
4) rider on horseback
(13) surpass
1) exceed
2) make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach)
3) put forth for consideration or analysis
4) abundant
(14) rampant
1) sleepwalker
2) neutral
3) growing or spreading uncontrollably
4) causing nausea
(15) hygiene
1) portray
2) partly transparent
3) science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health
4) urbanity
(16) inexorable
1) disgrace
2) merry
3) state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved
4) relentless
(17) pseudonym
1) gully
2) pertaining to the universe
3) pen name
4) appearance of truth
(18) pugilist
1) clear from blame or guilt
2) formal praise
3) boxer
4) attacking
(19) exchequer
1) having the odor of stale or decomposing fat
2) plant or scatter seed
3) sorrowful
4) treasury
(20) vying
1) lurch
2) of a periphery
3) contending
4) lacking proper seriousness
(21) mote
1) make smooth or glossy
2) boredom
3) extremely hungry
4) small speck (esp. of dust)
(22) bastard
1) gift giver
2) blame
3) illegitimate child
4) break a promise
(23) nib
1) wanderer (without a permanent home)
2) generous
3) calmness of temperament
4) beak(bill)
(24) throng
1) excessive zeal
2) call and bring into use (a right or law)
3) crafty
4) crowd (of people or things)
(25) liability
1) food
2) drawback
3) relating to stars
4) loop formed in a rope
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