VOCABULARY TEST 151
(1) unguent
1) make return for
2) ointment
3) person interested mostly in external objects and actions
4) walk lamely
(2) amenities
1) autopsy
2) detest
3) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)
4) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant
(3) pertinent
1) language
2) suitable
3) cause
4) imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing
(4) repudiate
1) harmony
2) beyond reproach
3) disown
4) soft food made by boiling oatmeal
(5) enthrall
1) capture
2) churlish, miserly individual
3) pertaining to memory
4) Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)
(6) impuissance
1) remedy to counteract a poison or disease
2) powerlessness
3) unclear or doubtful in meaning
4) speak violently or excitedly
(7) misanthrope
1) one who hates mankind
2) calm
3) provide food and drink (for)
4) home
(8) regicide
1) murder of a king or queen
2) suitable to debate or courts of law
3) top (as of a hill or wave)
4) expressing a meaning
(9) flag
1) beyond what is normal in nature
2) not earthly
3) droop
4) be violently disturbed
(10) prompt
1) direct a speech to
2) cause
3) partial shadow (in an eclipse)
4) harmonious
(11) acerbity
1) abandon
2) abdominal
3) closed circular line around an area
4) bitterness of speech and temper
(12) affected
1) gather leavings
2) worthless products of an endeavor
3) artificial
4) element
(13) espionage
1) showing excitement
2) trace
3) admit
4) spying
(14) faze
1) uncertain
2) disconcert
3) utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)
4) memoirs
(15) die
1) metal block used for shaping metal or plastic
2) increase
3) insane
4) man who is not a cleric
(16) cue
1) detestable
2) stick out
3) lie down
4) word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance)
(17) capacity
1) mental or physical ability
2) assuage or satisfy (thrust)
3) sweet sound
4) thwart
(18) lounge
1) stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way
2) intellectuals
3) life after death
4) advance in rank
(19) untenable
1) giving off an odor
2) pretend
3) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible
4) discomposed
(20) frolic
1) of or coming from the side
2) play and jump about happily
3) pertaining to language
4) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers
(21) bicameral
1) severe trial or affliction
2) stubborn and disobedient
3) two-chambered as a legislative body
4) rural
(22) compulsion
1) shut
2) marshal
3) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels
4) compelling
(23) camaraderie
1) good-fellowship
2) long-lasting hatred
3) bored with pleasure or dissipation
4) unmoved or unconcerned by
(24) scintillate
1) full of initiative
2) small weakness of character
3) defeat
4) sparkle
(25) propensity
1) grand suggesting great expense
2) natural inclination
3) poisonous snake
4) humoring
ANSWERS:
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