VOCABULARY TEST 188
(1) cherubic
1) physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes
2) defame
3) pale
4) angelic
(2) writhe
1) very cautious
2) twist in coils
3) faithless lover
4) naive and trusting
(3) resolution
1) trembling
2) fall or let fall in drops
3) marked by kindness or consideration
4) determination
(4) retort
1) avoid habitually
2) dining hall
3) quick sharp reply
4) excessive
(5) insolence
1) remedy
2) love deeply and respect highly
3) impudent disrespect
4) secret
(6) badinage
1) teasing conversation
2) continue steadily in spite of difficulties
3) amoral
4) confused
(7) imperil
1) put in danger
2) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
3) act stupidly
4) unshakably calm
(8) inanimate
1) lifeless
2) influenced by personal feelings
3) resigned to defeat or failure
4) fringes
(9) conservatory(co
1) revoke
2) pollute
3) nservatoire) school of the fine arts (especially music or drama)
4) highest point
(10) militia
1) a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child
2) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers
3) tie (an animal) with a rope or tether
4) vanity or self-love
(11) graphite
1) sociable
2) rotting flesh of a dead body
3) mental disorder marked by confusion
4) black form of carbon used in lead pencils
(12) immaculate
1) carefully contrived
2) gold and silver in the form of bars
3) spotless
4) poor
(13) ultimatum
1) pertinent
2) beyond what is normal in nature
3) last demand
4) items of business at a meeting
(14) doom
1) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue
2) condemnation to a severe penalty
3) make void
4) businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture)
(15) choreography
1) stand up against
2) slow up
3) art of representing dances in written symbols
4) respect
(16) filibuster
1) omen
2) begin
3) block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches
4) capricious
(17) maleficient
1) (of a condition) wretched
2) doing evil
3) driving away
4) support on which a lever rests or pivots
(18) abut
1) youthful
2) destruction
3) nonsense
4) border upon
(19) gloat
1) pertaining to spring
2) arrogant
3) drowsy
4) express evil satisfaction
(20) exalt
1) ver) strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes)
2) imperceptible(not easily understood)
3) neglect of duty
4) raise in rank or dignity
(21) procrastinate
1) unchangeable
2) postpone
3) belief
4) pay out (as from a fund)
(22) variegated
1) pedestal
2) firmly established by nature or habit
3) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
4) fleeting or transitory
(23) spectrum
1) soothe
2) blood-vessel
3) colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
4) run-down
(24) aspire
1) excessive zeal
2) spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault)
3) shine with a flickering light
4) seek to attain (position or status)
(25) impending
1) loss of memory
2) nearing
3) move with body close to the ground
4) broad comedy
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)2 (3)4 (4)3 (5)3 (6)1 (7)1 (8)1 (9)3 (10)2 (11)4 (12)3 (13)3 (14)2 (15)3 (16)3 (17)2 (18)4 (19)4 (20)4 (21)2 (22)3 (23)3 (24)4 (25)2
