VOCABULARY TEST 152
(1) fancied
1) make return for
2) imagined
3) dead
4) destroy completely
(2) ruthless
1) pitiless
2) piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest
3) difficult situation
4) characteristic of an entire class or species
(3) coagulate
1) uprightness
2) provide for the payment of
3) include
4) congeal
(4) whine
1) become engaged to marry
2) complain (in a sad voice)
3) (of an experience) deeply shocking
4) move back suddenly
(5) turbid
1) pertaining to passionate love or sexual love
2) (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed
3) encouraging
4) ponder at length
(6) polygamist
1) one who has more than one spouse at a time
2) seeker after position or status
3) plead
4) happening at last as a result
(7) stealth
1) dwelling place
2) insert improperly
3) (of something written or painted) still in existence
4) action of moving secretly or unseen
(8) millennium
1) thousand-year period (as in the New Testament)
2) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
3) come to one as a gain
4) meanly stingy
(9) raspy
1) revive
2) making a harsh noise
3) apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
4) purgative
(10) miscellaneous
1) made up of a variety of parts
2) eliminate from consideration
3) style of cooking
4) free from an entanglement or difficulty
(11) pedagogy
1) mutual relationship
2) something taken for granted
3) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents
4) teaching
(12) veer
1) split
2) change in direction
3) (of power) complete
4) reject
(13) sardonic
1) scornfully mocking
2) pen name
3) stormy
4) pertaining to conversational or common speech
(14) dispatch
1) of air
2) waste
3) one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
4) speediness
(15) dictum
1) authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court)
2) physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies
3) authoritative order
4) large three-masted sailing ship
(16) dysentery
1) inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract
2) temporary moderation (of disease symptoms)
3) gaiety
4) conceal
(17) oversee
1) story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols
2) start
3) watch over and direct
4) burning
(18) prevaricate
1) lie
2) original work used as a model by others
3) free from worries
4) fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)
(19) adhere
1) real being
2) make thin
3) stick fast
4) existing at the beginning (of time)
(20) acoustics
1) going from one state of action to another
2) science of sound
3) family descent
4) ghastly
(21) bar
1) railing in a courtroom
2) signs
3) laugh quietly
4) fairness
(22) undulating
1) biting
2) shackle
3) not able to be erased
4) moving with a wavelike motion
(23) application
1) essential or main point
2) (of voice) harsh and unpleasant
3) defraud a person of something
4) diligent attention
(24) yoke
1) make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances
2) join together
3) bony growth on the head of a deer
4) concise and meaningful
(25) avocation
1) attribute
2) first in rank or importance
3) secondary or minor occupation
4) reject bluntly
ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)1 (3)4 (4)2 (5)2 (6)1 (7)4 (8)1 (9)2 (10)1 (11)4 (12)2 (13)1 (14)4 (15)1 (16)1 (17)3 (18)1 (19)3 (20)2 (21)1 (22)4 (23)4 (24)2 (25)3
