VOCABULARY TEST 164
(1) reverend
1) arrest (a criminal)
2) deserving reverence
3) discord
4) set off
(2) elicit
1) illness
2) endanger
3) unconscious
4) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)
(3) psychiatrist
1) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action
2) doctor who treats mental diseases
3) person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands
4) cheating
(4) muggy
1) one who supplicates
2) underwater explosive apparatus
3) repeat aloud (something learned)
4) (of weather) warm and damp
(5) enigma
1) issue forth
2) goodness
3) puzzle
4) departure (of a large number of people)
(6) pyromaniac
1) ecclesiastical
2) home of a hermit
3) make neat or tidy by clipping
4) person with an insane desire to set things on fire
(7) ostracize
1) (of rules) binding
2) banish from a group
3) come between
4) firmness
(8) utopia
1) thick-skinned animal
2) ideal place, state, or society
3) heavenly
4) belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control
(9) quicksilver
1) put forth for consideration or analysis
2) outward appearance
3) given to diligent study
4) mercury
(10) oracular
1) eliminate from consideration
2) rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds)
3) of an oracle
4) violate
(11) whim
1) sudden capricious idea
2) like a meteor
3) excessively or elaborately decorated
4) charm
(12) alms
1) calm
2) money or goods given to the poor
3) impressive
4) study industriously
(13) fatalism
1) deep disgrace
2) understood (without actually being expressed)
3) belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control
4) causing great fear
(14) soporific
1) social blunder
2) sleep-causing
3) of sound or its speed in air
4) urge (by strong argument or advice)
(15) blase
1) bored with pleasure or dissipation
2) fluent
3) irregular
4) enigmatic
(16) accessory
1) father
2) picture writing
3) additional object
4) accustom or familiarize
(17) obloquy
1) slander
2) equip
3) one guilty of a crime
4) meal
(18) irresolute
1) uncertain how to act
2) bitterness of speech and temper
3) waste matter
4) means
(19) reinstate
1) belief on slight evidence
2) reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship)
3) restore to a previous condition or position
4) poisonous snake
(20) irate
1) machine that separates substances by whirling them
2) flat mass of floating ice
3) talent
4) angry
(21) injurious
1) harmful
2) drawback
3) plead
4) support
(22) propinquity
1) become popular with
2) nearness (in space or relationship)
3) weakness
4) lacking interest or effort
(23) decelerate
1) make whole
2) slow down
3) secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)
4) touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter
(24) vestige
1) trace
2) brief and compact
3) unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)
4) equipment
(25) supposititious
1) assumed
2) choosing of a lot or card
3) disobedience
4) hard to understand
ANSWERS:
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