VOCABULARY TEST 186
(1) hue
1) fantastic
2) color
3) swimming
4) small roofed structure for storage and shelter
(2) indissoluble
1) handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)
2) dissimilar
3) lead away from proper conduct
4) permanent
(3) brandish
1) dethrone
2) burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection
3) wave around (a weapon)
4) aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously)
(4) impermeable
1) operatic solo
2) one who studies the skin and its diseases
3) impervious
4) adequate
(5) sheer
1) soften by soaking in liquid
2) fame
3) pure
4) highest point
(6) reconcile
1) (of likings and interests) universal
2) prevent
3) make friendly again (after quarrel)
4) brawl
(7) junta
1) pertaining to the art of delineating
2) group of persons joined in political intrigue
3) praising
4) proper to the point of affectation
(8) doggerel
1) recent convert
2) poor verse
3) support
4) crash
(9) abusive
1) keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)
2) cut into small parts
3) coarsely insulting
4) small ring
(10) predecessor
1) mischievous child (usually a boy)
2) former occupant of a post
3) bad-tempered
4) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)
(11) mortify
1) humiliate by embarassing excessively
2) illusive
3) hasty and careless
4) one who foretells the future
(12) inept
1) shrink
2) send to a person or place for sale
3) shut
4) unsuited
(13) untoward
1) something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true)
2) long for
3) aversion
4) unexpected and adverse
(14) defile
1) enormous chasm
2) easily accomplished
3) pollute
4) severe and adverse criticism
(15) stolid
1) careful about money
2) fitful
3) dull
4) marked by commotion or uproar
(16) ratify
1) an act of yielding
2) stupid person
3) approve formally
4) block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches
(17) connotation
1) suggested or implied meaning of an expression
2) current of air (through a room or to a fire)
3) juicy
4) extreme poverty
(18) Pandemonium
1) of glass
2) wild tumult(commotion)
3) indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said)
4) summarize
(19) hoax
1) luxuriate
2) begin
3) trick which makes someone take action
4) untarnished
(20) flick
1) excessively exacting
2) someone who eats too much
3) relating to the stars
4) light stroke as with a whip
(21) touchy
1) binding
2) deserving blame
3) oversensitive
4) get one's bearings
(22) corpuscle
1) give up (a position, right, or claim)
2) pierce
3) red or white cell in the blood
4) limited quantity
(23) scurrilous
1) introduction
2) flattery
3) abusive
4) struggle
(24) figurine
1) violent scoundrel
2) foretell
3) small ornamental statuette(very small statue)
4) shabby and dirty
(25) communal
1) held in common
2) universally present
3) blacken
4) withholding belief
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