VOCABULARY TEST 174
(1) narrative
1) extraordinary ability
2) related to telling a story
3) heavier or larger on one side than the other
4) fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)
(2) harping
1) tiresome dwelling on a subject
2) dig up
3) irresistible crushing force
4) exhibiting rainbowlike colors
(3) opprobrium
1) infamy
2) seize
3) breathing
4) immoral behavior
(4) avert
1) prevent
2) lending money at illegal high rates of interest
3) terrible
4) breathe out
(5) confidence
1) repeat aloud (something learned)
2) surrender
3) self-assurance
4) autopsy
(6) embitter
1) vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young
2) make bitter
3) underline
4) highly successful action or sudden attack
(7) slapdash
1) hasty and careless
2) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)
3) in a coma
4) physical features of a region (such as the shape and height)
(8) wrinkle
1) unpleasantly dark
2) conceited person
3) small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth)
4) approve
(9) stink
1) spotted
2) make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
3) stench
4) formal systematic inquiry
(10) faculty
1) unaccustomed
2) take (one's attention) off something
3) please intensely
4) mental or bodily powers
(11) killjoy
1) position giving an advantage (such as a strategic point)
2) temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need)
3) grouch
4) pretending to be virtuous
(12) trunk
1) very small object or insect-like creature
2) (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place
3) main wooden stem of a tree
4) supposed
(13) attire
1) lover of mankind
2) compelling
3) clothe
4) make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
(14) carapace
1) consanguine) having a common ancestor
2) destroy completely
3) shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.)
4) forbiddingly stern
(15) obstetrician
1) take possession of (often for public use and without payment)
2) physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies
3) divided into two branches
4) hot sweet dish
(16) sleek
1) give in respectfully
2) l (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life
3) take (one's attention) off something
4) smooth and shining (as from good health)
(17) assert
1) state strongly or positively
2) long established as a disease
3) timely
4) limited
(18) prosaic
1) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
2) cowardly
3) person of high rank or position
4) lacking in imagination
(19) tortuous
1) written symbols
2) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society
3) winding
4) pertaining to the lungs
(20) ram
1) male sheep
2) full of vigor or energy
3) book of literary selections by various authors
4) explain
(21) sophistry
1) go through or across
2) small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone))
3) disfranchise
4) seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning
(22) potpourri
1) produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud)
2) heterogeneous mixture
3) unscrupulous
4) study of language or words
(23) vile
1) having a common origin
2) despicable
3) in confusion
4) denounce
(24) rebus
1) narrow-mindedness
2) restore to proper condition (health or useful life)
3) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols
4) stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision
(25) ignominy
1) wanderer (without a permanent home)
2) deceptive scheme
3) deep disgrace
4) elevation to godhood
ANSWERS:
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