VOCABULARY TEST 172
(1) interregnum
1) (of a person) truthful
2) period between two successive reigns or governments
3) search thoroughly
4) applaud
(2) dubious
1) questionable
2) tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid
3) causing a problem
4) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action
(3) gruesome
1) grisly
2) having a sawtoothed edge
3) make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession
4) something that discourages or deters
(4) salvage
1) madly excited
2) rescue (goods or property) from loss
3) higher mental powers
4) pine tree (usu. evergreen)
(5) torrent
1) rushing stream
2) easily approachable
3) affectedly dainty(delicate)
4) delaying
(6) intractable
1) unruly
2) concerning trade or merchants
3) wrinkle
4) free
(7) pomposity
1) operatic singer
2) self-important behavior
3) maker and seller of eyeglasses
4) heavier or larger on one side than the other
(8) occult
1) calmness
2) mysterious
3) muscular
4) (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous
(9) distort
1) dig
2) twist out of shape
3) lead-colored
4) comprehend
(10) environ
1) lively or animated
2) deprived of (someone beloved through death)
3) serving as a model
4) enclose
(11) niggle
1) plant disease
2) faultless
3) spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault)
4) absence of governing body
(12) bolt
1) overstock
2) missile
3) door bar
4) pertaining to the improvement of race
(13) depravity
1) restore to proper condition (health or useful life)
2) have a tendency
3) excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling
4) extreme corruption
(14) garner
1) pertaining to hell
2) gather
3) collection of wild animals on exhibition
4) divide into parts
(15) pachyderm
1) enjoy
2) retired or disqualified because of age
3) thick-skinned animal
4) deprived of (something valuable)
(16) incorporate
1) introduce something into a larger whole
2) frustrate
3) put into effect
4) ordinary
(17) chronic
1) long established as a disease
2) all-knowing
3) strong and firm (in the body)
4) requiring sitting
(18) memorialize
1) stale (in odor or taste)
2) commemorate
3) approval
4) person of no importance
(19) concord
1) scientific student of birds
2) punish as by beating
3) concise and meaningful
4) harmony
(20) maverick
1) chaplain (in the armed forces)
2) tremble
3) lessening
4) rebel
(21) conjugal
1) pertaining to marriage
2) hermit
3) flowing
4) of different colors
(22) distill
1) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
2) meantime
3) prudent
4) refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation)
(23) patrimony
1) property inherited from a father
2) cheerfulness
3) appropriate
4) unpredictable
(24) exhilarating
1) invigorating and refreshing
2) lessen sadness or disappointment
3) bundle of stalks of grain
4) eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal)
(25) artifacts
1) stretch out full on ground
2) object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
3) list (of names)
4) speak evil of
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