VOCABULARY TEST 190
(1) phoenix
1) symbol of immortality or rebirth
2) group of people who share some common quality
3) grouch
4) smooth and shining
(2) illimitable
1) remaining
2) powerful
3) formal demand or request
4) infinite
(3) indecision
1) doubts
2) singing or chanting of magic spells
3) irresolution
4) proper to the point of affectation
(4) craft
1) sad and lonely
2) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
3) skill (esp. with one's hands)
4) foretell
(5) hail
1) exhausting
2) frozen rain drop
3) reject disdainfully
4) put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles
(6) nether
1) lower
2) fantastically improbable
3) (of an experience) deeply shocking
4) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition
(7) vicissitude
1) not essential
2) group of people who share some common quality
3) change (esp. from good to bad)
4) state of being immovable
(8) pigment
1) unjustified
2) coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)
3) expressing sorrow
4) (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
(9) apoplexy
1) increase
2) element that is a creature's natural environment
3) assume a particular posture
4) stroke
(10) pallet
1) correct
2) done with speed
3) inform
4) small poor bed
(11) gust
1) defrock
2) strong abrupt rush of wind
3) temporary stay
4) lower
(12) memento
1) speak violently or excitedly
2) word for word
3) chances
4) token
(13) languid
1) lacking energy or vitality
2) hasty and careless
3) one that pays rent to use property owned by another
4) not able to be perceived by touch
(14) hale
1) conceivably true
2) powerlessness
3) healthy
4) artificial channel for water
(15) rigid
1) wave around (a weapon)
2) crush
3) hard and unbending
4) (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place
(16) fidelity
1) present falsely
2) heavier or larger on one side than the other
3) loyalty
4) trick
(17) ruddy
1) reddish
2) earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
3) call forth (memory or feeling)
4) utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones
(18) buxom
1) done routinely and with little care
2) strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound
3) law enacted by the legislature
4) full-bosomed
(19) canvass
1) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.
2) of or pertaining to the people
3) (of a condition) wretched
4) broad comedy
(20) monotheism
1) belief in one God
2) bitter (to the taste or smell)
3) that can be permeated
4) having a common origin
(21) collation
1) conference (between opponents)
2) a light meal
3) light stroke as with a whip
4) ill-humored
(22) predilection
1) preference
2) debauched person
3) uncertain how to act
4) lose a small piece from the surface or edge
(23) reserve
1) exclamation
2) self-control
3) pommel
4) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased
(24) indigence
1) poverty
2) exclamation
3) take apart
4) sullen
(25) hamper
1) obstruct
2) rudeness without any sense of shame
3) deliberately planned
4) diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers
ANSWERS:
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