VOCABULARY TEST 168
(1) matin\'ee(matin
1) ee) dramatic or musical performance given in the afternoon
2) decorate
3) explain
4) uneasy feelings
(2) discriminating
1) able to see differences
2) female fox
3) restore to good condition
4) indecent
(3) knead
1) obligatory
2) mix
3) Christian religious ceremony
4) of a schema or scheme
(4) simper
1) created by statute or legislative action
2) smirk
3) speediness
4) shrill, trumpetlike sound
(5) slaughter
1) equivalent in effect or value
2) hard
3) killing of animals for food
4) of sound or its speed in air
(6) eloquence
1) addition of details
2) secret
3) expressiveness
4) cut off with shears
(7) haphazard
1) commit an offense
2) similarity
3) random
4) arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)
(8) squelch
1) produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud)
2) destroy completely
3) happiness
4) listing of information in tabular or book form
(9) dogmatic
1) entreating
2) iron block used in hammering out metals
3) opinionated
4) twist out of shape
(10) detonation
1) text of an opera or oratorio
2) parish priest
3) explosion
4) perfectionist
(11) prologue
1) following in time or order
2) distasteful (because excessive)
3) introduction (to a poem or play)
4) (sitting or standing) straight up
(12) wane
1) enigmatic
2) related to dogs
3) person who enjoys his own pain
4) decrease in size or strength (after being full)
(13) magniloquent
1) biting
2) one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather)
3) boastful
4) comment
(14) prude
1) commotion of a great crowd
2) excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature)
3) happening at last as a result
4) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion
(15) ramshackle
1) (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed
2) sear
3) move faster
4) pantomime(act without dialogue)
(16) orifice
1) very large number
2) mouthlike opening
3) speak in favor of
4) summit
(17) aloft
1) unpredictable
2) harmless
3) upward
4) shine
(18) sheaf
1) bundle of stalks of grain
2) part that forms the end
3) characteristic frame of mind
4) first rough form
(19) crossbreed
1) short quick cut with scissors
2) huge
3) hybridize
4) make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
(20) scrutinize
1) examine closely and critically
2) full of pores
3) lying
4) pirate
(21) fastidious
1) announce
2) difficult to please
3) spoken or written in secret
4) experiencing nausea
(22) singular
1) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
2) hard unpleasant work
3) being only one
4) cut off with shears
(23) pinnacle
1) someone who eats too much
2) general agreement
3) crawl or creep on ground
4) peak
(24) sneak
1) lounge about
2) one who builds or works with stone or brick
3) move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy way
4) compiler of a dictionary
(25) vouch
1) detestation
2) give a personal guarantee
3) tone down in intensity
4) harp on
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