VOCABULART TEST 141


(1) blighted
1) suffering from a disease
2) neigh like a horse
3) push forward
4) enrage



(2) portly
1) stout
2) comment
3) motherly
4) lawyer using questionable methods



(3) propitious
1) favorable
2) having the weight of authority
3) place into a case
4) cook by direct heat



(4) levitate
1) flat mass of floating ice
2) extreme wealth
3) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)
4) rise and float in the air (especially by magical means)



(5) arbitrary
1) cancel
2) having importance
3) unreasonable or capricious
4) move suddenly or involuntarily



(6) tribune
1) given to(having a tendency of) joking
2) tell in confidence (to a person one trusts)
3) official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights
4) muscular



(7) sham
1) gigantic
2) prose or verse composition to be performed by actors
3) unsuited
4) pretend



(8) impassioned
1) having many forms
2) praise very highly
3) petty or trivial details
4) (of speech) filled with passion



(9) artisan
1) money
2) easily understood
3) make pregnant
4) a manually skilled worker



(10) except
1) too deep to be measured or understood
2) exclude
3) bury
4) loyalty



(11) detached
1) emotionally removed
2) spotless
3) prophetic
4) doctrine



(12) chaplain
1) long, passionate, and vehement speech
2) clergyman attached to a chapel
3) evident
4) bearlike



(13) mange
1) skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair
2) elevated position
3) grow rapidly
4) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)



(14) mirth
1) force into less space
2) raised mark from a beating or whipping
3) merriment
4) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)



(15) aureole
1) sudden disastrous downfall or defeat
2) warm by rubbing
3) sun's corona
4) pious



(16) boorish
1) tranquil
2) expurgate
3) willingness to take new ventures
4) rude



(17) deplore
1) made up of a variety of parts
2) regret
3) one who is habitually cruel to weaker people
4) laypersons



(18) compliant
1) ignore or behave coldly toward
2) gift giver
3) readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others
4) chatter idly or foolishly



(19) natal
1) prepare by mixing or combining
2) moved by sexual love
3) small stream
4) connected with birth



(20) defalcate
1) embezzle
2) state of being numerous or multiple
3) cover with a thin layer of gold
4) earliest form of an organism



(21) pestle
1) arrival
2) tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar
3) concise and meaningful
4) sentry



(22) magisterial
1) authoritative
2) serious and sedate
3) drink of the gods
4) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased



(23) pucker
1) inclined to silence
2) neigh like a horse
3) effective
4) gather into wrinkles or folds



(24) beguile
1) deceive
2) trick
3) deceptive
4) conclusion



(25) acquittal
1) tentative
2) improve
3) deliverance from a charge
4) operatic singer


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