VOCABULARY TEST 183
(1) demise
1) choosing of a lot or card
2) death
3) pertaining to farewell
4) engrossed
(2) refulgent
1) effulgent
2) sharpness
3) use of force to get someone to object
4) (of a story or play) loosely connected
(3) deprecate
1) overbright in color
2) sudden sharp feeling of pain
3) express disapproval of
4) praise
(4) accoutre
1) huge
2) equip
3) loud resounding noise
4) pester
(5) inclement
1) gap
2) absentminded
3) hereditary nobility
4) stormy
(6) loll
1) lounge about
2) venture
3) bully
4) self-satisfied
(7) mendicant
1) beggar
2) cause to appear by magic
3) quality of being deeply moving
4) loiter or dawdle
(8) enliven
1) e make into an institution
2) make lively or spirited
3) sear
4) noticeable
(9) servitude
1) half asleep
2) slavery
3) unreal reflection
4) appease
(10) irony
1) honor
2) hidden sarcasm or satire
3) enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition)
4) complete
(11) mishap
1) unfortunate accident
2) charge
3) relating to paradise
4) outrun
(12) thespian
1) pertaining to drama
2) marked by vulgar lewd humor
3) going from one state of action to another
4) useless
(13) hedonist
1) one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
2) furnisher of foodstuffs
3) playful
4) based on assumptions or hypotheses
(14) purport
1) of different colors
2) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes
3) intention
4) belittle
(15) cabal
1) resulting from compulsion
2) small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
3) lean and angular
4) transient
(16) juncture
1) not good-looking
2) freeze
3) regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times
4) crisis
(17) dabble
1) (of something) plainly expressed
2) motion
3) pertaining to the woods or the country
4) work at in a nonserious fashion
(18) evoke
1) call forth (memory or feeling)
2) pucker
3) neat and trim (in appearance)
4) gradual intrusion
(19) inopportune
1) (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census)
2) pretentiousness
3) untimely
4) calm
(20) philatelist
1)
2) formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears
3) stamp-collector
4) attract
(21) inquisitive
1) eager for knowledge
2) violation of a law
3) surround with armed forces
4) goodness
(22) discrepancy
1) groom oneself with care
2) rubble
3) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts
4) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge
(23) ciliated
1) having minute hairs
2) supporter
3) lure
4) happiness
(24) context
1) very small object or insect-like creature
2) n. money given to sb who has done one a service
3) predecessor
4) writings preceding and following the passage quoted
(25) poultice
1) poor
2) soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
3) person receiving protection and support from a patron
4) quarrelsome
ANSWERS:
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