VOCABULART TEST 142
(1) infer
1) deduce
2) depravity
3) appease
4) object (because of doubts, scruples)
(2) renovate
1) restore to good condition
2) given freely
3) hesitate
4) irritation
(3) liquidate
1) withdrawal
2) pardon (an offense)
3) knickknack
4) settle accounts
(4) discord
1) pass safely through (a storm or difficult period)
2) abundance
3) conflict
4) diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers
(5) supplicant
1) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds
2) hard but easily broken
3) loyalty
4) one who supplicates
(6) equitable
1) system of religious or ethical belief
2) fair
3) hard coating or crust
4) tunnels in which rabbits live
(7) stench
1) shrink quivering as from fear
2) voters represented by an elected official
3) strong foul odor
4) awkward (to carry or move)
(8) proscenium
1) part of stage in front of curtain
2) healthful
3) mania for doing grandiose things
4) very small object or insect-like creature
(9) flail
1) person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected)
2) beat with or as if with a flail
3) lustful
4) minor objection or complaint
(10) irrepressible
1) quarrelsome
2) unable to be restrained or held back
3) make smooth or glossy
4) disapproval
(11) supercilious
1) inclination
2) unscrupulous
3) be violently disturbed
4) haughty
(12) depredation
1) (of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through
2) reckon
3) plundering
4) pretend
(13) expatiate
1) talk at length
2) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
3) beginner
4) blues
(14) frivolous
1) lacking in seriousness
2) right or privilege granted by authority
3) steep
4) free
(15) hoard
1) stockpile
2) adjacent to
3) teachings in general
4) shining
(16) delusion
1) morose
2) false belief
3) commence
4) revive
(17) maudlin
1) supplying nourishment
2) effusively sentimental
3) fantastic
4) clumsy (in social behavior)
(18) migratory
1) wandering
2) violent whirlpool
3) secret recess or vault usually used for burial
4) refer
(19) evince
1) pertaining to conversational or common speech
2) shake repeatedly from side to side
3) show clearly
4) stroke
(20) incipient
1) beginning
2) adorn
3) ill luck
4) storehouse
(21) centripetal
1) deliberately planned
2) person of prominence or influence
3) tending toward the center
4) stinginess
(22) misconduct
1) mental or physical ability
2) group of attendants
3) humbleness of spirit
4) immoral behavior
(23) sylvan
1) pertaining to the woods or the country
2) unable to be restrained or held back
3) pertaining to cultivation of gardens
4) scold
(24) solvent
1) (of a person) worthy of esteem
2) constituting
3) substance that dissolves another
4) hostile feeling or intent
(25) monotony
1) sameness leading to boredom
2) partly transparent
3) wasteful
4) wall painting
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