VOCABULARY TEST 191
(1) succumb
1) climb up
2) sure of one's own righteousness
3) yield (to something overwhelming)
4) present falsely
(2) virus
1) disprove
2) anger
3) increase in size or effect
4) disease communicator
(3) mangy
1) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive
2) shabby
3) not able to be corrected or repaired
4) capricious
(4) mystic
1) hide
2) sediment in a liquid
3) rural
4) of hidden meaning and spiritual power
(5) nostalgia
1) fortress
2) homesickness
3) higher mental powers
4) lazy
(6) retrograde
1) banish from a group
2) made of bone
3) twist out of shape
4) go backwards
(7) captious
1) faultfinding
2) entertain
3) female sheep
4) make rational
(8) wizardry
1) sorcery
2) playful remark or act
3) domestic
4) deficient in intelligence
(9) statute
1) law enacted by the legislature
2) soft food made by boiling oatmeal
3) agreement between two groups or people
4) treat gently
(10) venom
1) poison (of an animal)
2) mythical figure, half man and half horse
3) taking for one's own use in violation of trust
4) severe disapproval
(11) demeanor
1) basically different
2) lowest point
3) behavior
4) quarrelsome
(12) prim
1) proper to the point of affectation
2) preceding events that influence what comes later
3) pertaining to fishing
4) changing its habitat
(13) nurse
1) fortress
2) large city
3) secure grasp or hold
4) suckle
(14) reminiscence
1) recollection
2) unreasonable or capricious
3) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party
4) shell or jewel carved in relief
(15) daub
1) insignificant
2) smear (as with paint)
3) come together
4) apart
(16) barefaced
1) heap
2) surround
3) protective
4) shameless and noticeable
(17) earmark
1) deep-rooted
2) deceive
3) set aside (money or time) for a particular purpose
4) army unit made up of four or more companies
(18) foist
1) immature
2) honor the memory of
3) purposely continuing to do something wrong
4) insert improperly
(19) combustible
1) environment
2) easily burned
3) strangle
4) bully
(20) ornithologist
1) imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature)
2) scientific student of birds
3) brighten
4) elementary
(21) vernacular
1) (of a place) be filled with sound
2) living language (as compared to the official language)
3) wool coat of a sheep
4) imitate
(22) apathy
1) portray
2) lack of caring
3) rubbing away by friction
4) dominance especially of one nation over others
(23) prate
1) talk idly
2) attractive
3) dark
4) uneasiness
(24) mime
1) pantomime(act without dialogue)
2) state of distress
3) exclamation
4) ecclesiastical
(25) initiate
1) begin
2) shrewd in money matters
3) essential quality
4) unclear or doubtful in meaning
ANSWERS:
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