VOCABULARY TEST 192
(1) altercation
1) noisy quarrel
2) support (a claim) with evidence
3) (of something bad) highly conspicuous
4) relapse
(2) discordant
1) not harmonious
2) not repentant
3) mysterious
4) small ring
(3) debilitate
1) weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)
2) rash
3) rebound
4) dispute
(4) cumbersome
1) period between two successive reigns or governments
2) heavy and awkward to carry or wear
3) unreal reflection
4) (of a person) fat and round
(5) cantata
1) comparable
2) story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)
3) eerie
4) regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times
(6) snuffle
1) conduct or language inciting rebellion
2) pantry
3) sniffle
4) someone easily fooled or deceived
(7) constraint
1) restraint
2) understood but not stated
3) observable facts
4) large wave of water
(8) saccharine
1) draftee
2) come together
3) suggestive of something (in the past)
4) cloying sweet
(9) comeback
1) periodic
2) teaching
3) doctor who treats ailments of the feet
4) retort
(10) penchant
1) boredom
2) youthful
3) sniffle
4) strong inclination
(11) malignant
1) tending to cause death
2) mechanism that imitates actions of humans
3) all-powerful
4) lacking in flavor
(12) deposition
1) fantastic
2) act of using one's will
3) separate
4) testimony under oath
(13) yield
1) fret
2) make young again
3) amount produced
4) harp on
(14) tangible
1) take pleasure in great comfort
2) able to be touched
3) truthfulness
4) psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity
(15) matrix
1) advanced in development
2) property inherited from a father
3) doctor who treats ailments of the feet
4) point of origin
(16) translucent
1) deep feeling of dislike
2) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party
3) partly transparent
4) flat mass of floating ice
(17) draconian
1) slave
2) extremely severe
3) closed circular line around an area
4) precede
(18) whit
1) act of keeping watch
2) small amount
3) thoroughly soaked
4) suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct)
(19) consonant
1) harmonious
2) mildness
3) good judgment with composure
4) act or state of separation
(20) capitulate
1) small light sailboat or rowboat
2) scanty
3) funeral song
4) surrender
(21) germane
1) irritate
2) place of refuge or shelter
3) pertinent
4) hit quickly with the flat part of the hand
(22) whittle
1) public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes
2) protruding part
3) insurmountable
4) pare
(23) polarity
1) fragrant
2) intelligent
3) act or manner of using
4) state of having two opposite qualities
(24) shyster
1) keep
2) lawyer using questionable methods
3) purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
4) alert and watchful
(25) ulterior
1) ceremony conferring holy orders
2) intentionally hidden
3) limited
4) staying for a short time
ANSWERS:
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