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(1) suffuse


1) spread through or over (with a color or liquid)

2) leader or noticeable supporter of an idea

3) influenced by personal feelings

4) strong point or special talent in a person's character

(2) bent


1) shell or jewel carved in relief

2) terms used in a science or art

3) what someone deserves

4) determined

(3) controvert


1) oppose with arguments

2) strict disciplinarian

3) deluge

4) worthless products of an endeavor

(4) abdicate


1) hold firmly within arms

2) renounce

3) hammerlike tool

4) issue forth

(5) pushy


1) puzzle

2) bad-tempered

3) disagreeably aggressive

4) warm by rubbing

(6) perceptive


1) use of force to get someone to object

2) lawsuit

3) insightful

4) ash-colored

(7) knell


1) title or heading (in red print)

2) miser

3) introductory statement

4) tolling of a bell especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.

(8) lagoon


1) external

2) heavier or larger on one side than the other

3) shallow body of water or lake near a sea

4) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.

(9) embellish


1) composed (with no excitement)

2) property inherited from a father

3) enroll (in college or graduate school)

4) adorn

(10) congenial


1) soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells

2) pleasant

3) trick

4) sun's corona

(11) insipid


1) plan in advance

2) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society

3) hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)

4) lacking in flavor

(12) celerity


1) student at a military school

2) speed

3) resigned to defeat or failure

4) (the stated person's) habit or custom

(13) satyr


1) cutting off

2) half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning

3) partial shadow (in an eclipse)

4) face courageously

(14) preposterous


1) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)

2) absurd

3) requiring sitting

4) producing results

(15) categorical


1) conducive to mental or physical health

2) without exceptions

3) characteristic of an entire class or species

4) having womanly traits

(16) bog


1) soft wet land

2) sameness leading to boredom

3) bossy

4) throb

(17) commemorate


1) boxer

2) honor the memory of

3) money

4) desert

(18) potent


1) powerful

2) incapable of injury

3) small speck (esp. of dust)

4) make or become confused

(19) ungainly


1) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

2) revere

3) (of someone) awkward in movement

4) assist usually in doing something wrong

(20) pedigree


1) ancestry

2) manly

3) throw into confusion

4) become less severe

(21) fetid(foetid)


1) correct a false impression

2) malodorous

3) connoisseur of food and drink

4) soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body

(22) pulchritude


1) motivated solely by money or gain

2) small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone))

3) beauty

4) loop formed in a rope

(23) taut


1) be cautious (of)

2) tight

3) (of things and place) dirty and dull

4) close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion)

(24) ramification


1) drink of the gods

2) branching out

3) breathing

4) make amends for (a sin)

(25) vying


1) contending

2) waste

3) favorable

4) bundle of stalks of grain

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(1) conscript


1) fit of bad temper

2) wasteful (of money)

3) make use of, sometimes unjustly

4) draftee

(2) hostage


1) hesitate

2) vinegary

3) pertaining to the improvement of race

4) person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands

(3) knack


1) fear of being locked in

2) generous

3) one guilty of a crime

4) special talent

(4) hothead


1) person who does things too quickly without thinking

2) repay

3) having only one color

4) soak

(5) determination


1) exceeding ordinary limits

2) devoutness

3) resolve

4) made in an earlier period and usu. valuable

(6) misogynist


1) hater of woman

2) disloyal

3) program as for trial

4) lower

(7) garnish


1) parish priest

2) bee-keeping

3) decorate

4) abyss

(8) propensity


1) natural inclination

2) without previous preparation

3) friendship

4) assemble

(9) maladroit


1) poison (of an animal)

2) put forth for consideration or analysis

3) clumsy

4) periodic

(10) takeoff


1) deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow

2) leftover food

3) burlesque

4) close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion)

(11) rusticate


1) resolve

2) banish to the country

3) sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object

4) morally upright

(12) appease


1) work at in a nonserious fashion

2) one who spoils the pleasure of others

3) pacify or soothe

4) maze

(13) ovoid


1) poison (of an animal)

2) egg-shaped

3) scanty

4) authority on a subject

(14) blasphemy


1) lacking rhythm or regularity

2) showing excitement

3) correspondence of parts

4) irreverence

(15) jumble


1) mix in a confused way

2) disprove

3) work or appoint as a deputy

4) not repentant

(16) delusive


1) throb

2) deceptive

3) cure-all

4) disown

(17) versatile


1) ornate

2) having many talents

3) stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly

4) impartial

(18) gnome


1) loiter or dawdle

2) warning of disaster

3) trifles

4) dwarf

(19) sovereign


1) cause to stop for a period

2) ruler in a monarchy

3) tending toward the center

4) large wave of water

(20) grotto


1) criticize harshly

2) farewell or departure

3) the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions

4) small cavern

(21) vaunted


1) pertaining to marriage

2) extreme poverty

3) boasted

4) good-fellowship

(22) yen


1) strong desire

2) extremely aggressive and militant patriot

3) guarantee

4) territory enclosed within an alien land

(23) infirmity


1) weakness

2) having human form or characteristics

3) pretty good)''

4) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

(24) derivation


1) deriving

2) causing sharp pain to the mind

3) going beyond common thought or ideas

4) restore to good condition

(25) momentum


1) changeable (in affections or friendship)

2) natural inclination

3) quantity of motion of a moving body

4) move about playfully

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(1) treatise


1) menacing

2) supporter

3) article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

4) line (of waiting people or vehicles)

(2) thespian


1) lure or bait

2) efficiency or conciseness in using something

3) eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal)

4) pertaining to drama

(3) append


1) attach

2) rosy

3) mixture as of metals

4) reveal

(4) latitude


1) Scandinavian myth

2) (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent

3) freedom from narrow limitations

4) adorn

(5) adjourn


1) suspend until a later time

2) N: split

3) treat with scorn or contempt

4) make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach)

(6) contest


1) indecent

2) skin of an animal

3) dispute

4) N: split

(7) infer


1) deduce

2) theatrical

3) spoken or written in secret

4) ill luck

(8) Machiavellian


1) joyous

2) crafty

3) selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work

4) condense or shorten

(9) choir


1) after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death)

2) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)

3) childish

4) sear

(10) prophetic


1) dedicate

2) deceive

3) tone down in intensity

4) of a prophet or prophecy

(11) tawdry


1) food of the gods

2) cheap and gaudy

3) thoroughly soaked

4) expand

(12) lectern


1) exhausting

2) bend the knee as in worship

3) distinct

4) reading desk or stand for a public speaker

(13) sleek


1) uninterrupted

2) offensive in odor or flavor

3) smooth and shining (as from good health)

4) und) astonish (making dumb)

(14) eminent


1) something that nourishes

2) middle class

3) smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive)

4) rising above others

(15) interim


1) increase in size or effect

2) start

3) meantime

4) overstock

(16) indifferent


1) unmoved or unconcerned by

2) nearness (in space or relationship)

3) (of water) cover completely

4) gift giver

(17) headfirst


1) native

2) disaster

3) moving with the head leading

4) equal in extent

(18) plethora


1) excess

2) weightless

3) venture

4) tip

(19) atypical


1) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

2) needlessly repetitious

3) not normal

4) skillful

(20) constitution


1) constituting

2) crystal clear

3) heavier or larger on one side than the other

4) giving or showing bliss

(21) slander


1) less intense

2) defamation

3) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)

4) inquiry

(22) wholesome


1) underwater explosive apparatus

2) affected

3) applaud

4) conducive to mental or physical health

(23) cater


1) metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)

2) mentally quick and observant

3) provide food and drink (for)

4) painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)

(24) pallid


1) generosity

2) pertaining to money

3) free

4) pale

(25) navigable


1) inattentive or unmindful

2) pretend

3) name

4) (of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through

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(1) seep


1) silent

2) relating to the art of debate

3) pass slowly through small openings

4) portray

(2) declivity


1) self-satisfaction

2) suggestive

3) downward slope

4) daily

(3) gerontology


1) chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse

2) study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age

3) official periodical publication

4) (of likings and interests) universal

(4) captious


1) not subject to a duty or obligation

2) faultfinding

3) wasteful

4) impudent disrespect

(5) affluence


1) formal essay

2) abundance

3) slightly sour (in taste or manner)

4) bottomless

(6) simulate


1) brawl

2) severely critical

3) feign

4) central or vital part

(7) hyperbole


1) trifles

2) exaggeration

3) growing or spreading uncontrollably

4) salty

(8) appreciate


1) state of distress

2) beyond what is normal in nature

3) lustful

4) be thankful for

(9) viper


1) twist in coils

2) poisonous snake

3) fitful

4) suggest a meaning not expressed

(10) efface


1) rub out

2) final outcome

3) food

4) (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun

(11) Shangri-la


1) party

2) secret

3) imaginary remote paradise on earth

4) hackneyed

(12) titular


1) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

2) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own

3) dry up

4) of a title

(13) damn


1) expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words

2) condemn

3) serving as a model

4) extremely small

(14) conglomeration


1) mass of material sticking together

2) lessen in value

3) fearless

4) conscientious

(15) commiserate


1) feel or express pity or sympathy for

2) trace

3) sift

4) liberate

(16) trigger


1) nervous giggle

2) excessive indulgence of one's own desire

3) set off

4) ability to foresee future happenings

(17) monochromatic


1) payment or expense

2) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

3) wintry

4) having only one color

(18) apologist


1) one who writes in defense of a cause or institution

2) crack

3) insane

4) pertaining to the universe

(19) diurnal


1) effective

2) bruise

3) daily

4) expert at

(20) churlish


1) wintry

2) expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.

3) complain

4) boorish

(21) impenetrable


1) chances

2) life after death

3) not able to be pierced or entered

4) breaking of contract or duty

(22) profligate


1) capable of using either hand with equal ease

2) rotting flesh of a dead body

3) admit

4) wasteful (of money)

(23) striated


1) excessively exacting

2) assumption

3) interfering

4) marked with parallel bands

(24) ingratiate


1) sermon

2) vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young

3) relating to space

4) become popular with

(25) standstill


1) improperness

2) pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich

3) confuse

4) condition of no movement or activity

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(1) nonentity


1) surrender

2) person of no importance

3) grisly

4) wandering away from the subject

(2) panache


1) sweet sounding

2) furthest behind

3) flair

4) evil schemes or plots

(3) ensconce


1) ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.

2) of or pertaining to the people

3) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant

4) settle comfortably

(4) illicit


1) attractive

2) drug that relieves pain or trouble

3) witty saying

4) illegal

(5) epic


1) eating away by chemicals or disease

2) wanderer (without a permanent home)

3) long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero)

4) put forth for consideration or analysis

(6) soluble


1) mutual

2) able to be dissolved in a liquid

3) dull

4) piebald

(7) seismic


1) travel

2) flow out slowly

3) pertaining to earthquakes

4) difficult condition

(8) accessory


1) being truly so

2) aversion

3) additional object

4) antiquated

(9) defame


1) harm someone's reputation

2) written command issued by a court (telling someone to do or not to do something)

3) celebrity (in a specific field)

4) survey of enemy by soldiers

(10) coquette


1) flirt

2) small amount (of money)

3) (of a person or book) learned

4) flexible

(11) subsidiary


1) bodily (rather than spiritual)

2) serving to assist

3) charge in court

4) suave

(12) ramble


1) mouthlike opening

2) requiring sitting

3) wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)

4) vary

(13) diverse


1) (of air) thin in density

2) fall apart into tangles

3) differing in some characteristics (from each other)

4) yellowed

(14) gust


1) related

2) strong abrupt rush of wind

3) composed (with no excitement)

4) continued loud noise

(15) promiscuous


1) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory

2) compulsive habitual need

3) mixed indiscriminately

4) delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork

(16) spatial


1) split into opposite extremes or camps

2) ridicule

3) relating to space

4) roundness

(17) penance


1) self-imposed punishment for sin

2) come to one as a gain

3) redden

4) low, indistinct, continuous sound

(18) passive


1) motion

2) control

3) not active

4) first rough form

(19) venerable


1) deserving high respect

2) churlish, miserly individual

3) return of part of a payment

4) pertaining to memory

(20) nurture


1) nourish

2) deck opening

3) relieve (pain)

4) 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern

(21) denouement


1) exclamation

2) greatness (in size or extent)

3) final outcome

4) systematic plan

(22) mannerism


1) fleeting or transitory

2) foretell

3) physically strong

4) distinctive behavioral trait

(23) maelstrom


1) violent whirlpool

2) charlatan

3) imitation

4) V-shaped cut in a surface

(24) defiance


1) outstanding

2) refusal to yield

3) fearful

4) one opposed to force

(25) animus


1) metric

2) discuss lightly or glibly

3) twistings

4) hostile feeling or intent

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(1) elliptical


1) appease

2) elliptic

3) (of the tide) recede

4) alert and watchful

(2) igneous


1) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

2) rubble

3) produced by fire

4) honor the memory of

(3) synchronous


1) similarly timed

2) needlessly repetitious

3) trivial

4) secondary or minor occupation

(4) choreography


1) control

2) reduce

3) art of representing dances in written symbols

4) court of justice

(5) obviate


1) award of merit

2) pertaining to the stars

3) make unnecessary

4) experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another

(6) physiological


1) overwhelming

2) collection

3) pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms

4) cut into small parts

(7) stammer


1) chance

2) repeat aloud (something learned)

3) undertaker

4) speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions

(8) suppress


1) put an end to forcibly

2) practical rule guiding conduct

3) word considered offensive

4) weakness

(9) gale


1) direct financial aid by government, etc.

2) bookish

3) windstorm

4) overcome

(10) maraud


1) move in search of plunder

2) easily approachable

3) trickery

4) blood-vessel

(11) incident


1) (of costs or demands) excessive

2) lack of seriousness or steadiness

3) event

4) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

(12) desperate


1) having lost all hope

2) having many forms

3) unscrupulous

4) seine net

(13) embark


1) foreshadow

2) fastidious

3) commence

4) extremely small

(14) fray


1) e indisputable

2) whim

3) unchangeable

4) brawl

(15) torpor


1) having a fixed order of procedure

2) lethargy

3) (of an animal) feed on growing grass

4) pirate

(16) notch


1) rejoicing

2) composed (with no excitement)

3) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive

4) V-shaped cut in a surface

(17) draft


1) first rough form

2) person with power to decide a matter in dispute

3) central or vital part

4) mercy killing

(18) homespun


1) domestic

2) put into a lower or worse place

3) give an indication beforehand

4) authoritative

(19) sensual


1) highly pretentious or inflated

2) devoted to the pleasures of the sense

3) impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)

4) possessing good health

(20) lechery


1) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

2) humorous

3) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.

4) gross lewdness

(21) counterpart


1) thing that completes another

2) large in quantity

3) point of view

4) spacious

(22) import


1) highly ornate

2) exaggeration

3) significance

4) beg persistently

(23) favoritism


1) display of partiality toward a favored person

2) fantastically improbable

3) uninterrupted

4) legal official of high rank

(24) gamely


1) prepare by mixing or combining

2) place of refuge

3) arrogant

4) in a spirited manner

(25) ligneous


1) slight knowledge

2) decay

3) little round hill

4) like wood

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(1) elliptical


1) appease

2) elliptic

3) (of the tide) recede

4) alert and watchful

(2) igneous


1) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

2) rubble

3) produced by fire

4) honor the memory of

(3) synchronous


1) similarly timed

2) needlessly repetitious

3) trivial

4) secondary or minor occupation

(4) choreography


1) control

2) reduce

3) art of representing dances in written symbols

4) court of justice

(5) obviate


1) award of merit

2) pertaining to the stars

3) make unnecessary

4) experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another

(6) physiological


1) overwhelming

2) collection

3) pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms

4) cut into small parts

(7) stammer


1) chance

2) repeat aloud (something learned)

3) undertaker

4) speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions

(8) suppress


1) put an end to forcibly

2) practical rule guiding conduct

3) word considered offensive

4) weakness

(9) gale


1) direct financial aid by government, etc.

2) bookish

3) windstorm

4) overcome

(10) maraud


1) move in search of plunder

2) easily approachable

3) trickery

4) blood-vessel

(11) incident


1) (of costs or demands) excessive

2) lack of seriousness or steadiness

3) event

4) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

(12) desperate


1) having lost all hope

2) having many forms

3) unscrupulous

4) seine net

(13) embark


1) foreshadow

2) fastidious

3) commence

4) extremely small

(14) fray


1) e indisputable

2) whim

3) unchangeable

4) brawl

(15) torpor


1) having a fixed order of procedure

2) lethargy

3) (of an animal) feed on growing grass

4) pirate

(16) notch


1) rejoicing

2) composed (with no excitement)

3) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive

4) V-shaped cut in a surface

(17) draft


1) first rough form

2) person with power to decide a matter in dispute

3) central or vital part

4) mercy killing

(18) homespun


1) domestic

2) put into a lower or worse place

3) give an indication beforehand

4) authoritative

(19) sensual


1) highly pretentious or inflated

2) devoted to the pleasures of the sense

3) impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)

4) possessing good health

(20) lechery


1) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

2) humorous

3) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.

4) gross lewdness

(21) counterpart


1) thing that completes another

2) large in quantity

3) point of view

4) spacious

(22) import


1) highly ornate

2) exaggeration

3) significance

4) beg persistently

(23) favoritism


1) display of partiality toward a favored person

2) fantastically improbable

3) uninterrupted

4) legal official of high rank

(24) gamely


1) prepare by mixing or combining

2) place of refuge

3) arrogant

4) in a spirited manner

(25) ligneous


1) slight knowledge

2) decay

3) little round hill

4) like wood

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(1) conservatory(co


1) nservatoire) school of the fine arts (especially music or drama)

2) location

3) fond word or act

4) characterizing or affecting all

(2) conventional


1) faithless lover

2) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts

3) rustic

4) ordinary

(3) patent


1) obvious

2) violent

3) speechless

4) soften by soaking in liquid

(4) interdict


1) prohibit

2) discuss lightly or glibly

3) very generous in giving

4) of a pole

(5) exegesis


1) cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it

2) decorative edge of hanging threads

3) severe disapproval

4) explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages

(6) scaffold


1) analyze (to discover what materials are present)

2) composed

3) temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground)

4) lacking in imagination

(7) dispatch


1) disgrace

2) speediness

3) e make into an institution

4) having many languages

(8) incontinent


1) holding fast (as to a belief)

2) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife

3) lacking self-restraint

4) approve

(9) pugnacity


1) quality of being true

2) self-imposed punishment for sin

3) combativeness

4) insincere speech or expression of piety

(10) pudding


1) bombastic

2) agree

3) biting

4) hot sweet dish

(11) transport


1) strangle

2) solemn wonder

3) strong emotion

4) abstain from

(12) amass


1) provide for the payment of

2) rise and float in the air (especially by magical means)

3) collect (gradually, in a very large amount)

4) causing cancer

(13) coroner


1) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)

2) trail of ship or other object through water

3) public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes

4) tease

(14) facetious


1) make oneself tidy in appearance

2) evidence concerning one's authority

3) dark

4) joking (often inappropriately)

(15) friction


1) clash or conflict in opinion

2) one who builds or works with stone or brick

3) enjoy

4) strict disciplinarian

(16) demur


1) object (because of doubts, scruples)

2) dirty matter

3) squander

4) juicy

(17) allay


1) sour

2) equip

3) monkeylike

4) calm

(18) frivolous


1) acal) fiendish

2) fastidious

3) lacking in seriousness

4) block or hinder

(19) jaded


1) climb up

2) having a sawtoothed edge

3) (of things and place) dirty and dull

4) tired or uninterested by surfeit

(20) cordial


1) warmly friendly

2) accustom or familiarize

3) lacking in spirit or energy

4) boasted

(21) incline


1) person of prominence or influence

2) secret

3) slope

4) move (a railway train) from one track to another

(22) hummock


1) small hill

2) gross lewdness

3) sign or warning (of coming danger)

4) outward demonstration

(23) whiff


1) puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.)

2) (of weather) hot

3) strip a priest or minister of church authority

4) acquire

(24) innovation


1) deride or provoke

2) grieve

3) combination (of two business corporations)

4) change

(25) fulcrum


1) flood

2) beg persistently

3) support on which a lever rests or pivots

4) shyness

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(1) accrue


1) come to one as a gain

2) immediate insight

3) draw

4) gain for the performance of service or labor

(2) prowess


1) admit fresh air into to replace stale air

2) extraordinary ability

3) environment

4) unnoticeable

(3) pervasive


1) pretense (of strength)

2) exact

3) deluge

4) spread throughout

(4) actuate


1) person having administrative authority

2) dark

3) motivate

4) stealthy

(5) putative


1) chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically)

2) fear

3) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)

4) supposed

(6) breadth


1) width

2) willing to obey orders

3) overlook

4) person having administrative authority

(7) facile


1) easily accomplished

2) make or become confused

3) inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs)

4) not earthly

(8) august


1) convincing

2) (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin)

3) pertaining to tailors or tailoring

4) impressive

(9) hoary


1) (of writing) flowing

2) annoy

3) wrinkled

4) white with age

(10) char


1) make or become black by burning

2) work together

3) bearing of fruit

4) records arranged in yearly parts

(11) putrefy


1) rate of occurrence

2) thwart

3) make or become putrid

4) exile

(12) terminal


1) lay eggs (in large numbers)

2) delaying

3) part that forms the end

4) storehouse

(13) obsequy


1) not being a person

2) cause to sprout

3) able to walk

4) funeral ceremony

(14) dermatologist


1) adjust or settle by making mutual concessions

2) unconscious

3) physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies

4) one who studies the skin and its diseases

(15) finished


1) properly made and complete

2) walking about from place to place (to work)

3) increase

4) reckless, desperate outlaw

(16) clamor


1) loud continous noise

2) sharpen

3) not able to be perceived by touch

4) immature

(17) centurion


1) authority on a subject

2) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

3) drawback

4) unrestrained

(18) psychic


1) charlatan

2) of psyche

3) burn unsteadily or fitfully

4) indignation

(19) sinister


1) something that relieves pain

2) evil

3) study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age

4) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)

(20) pontifical


1) physically strong

2) pertaining to a bishop or pope

3) dry up

4) written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)

(21) glib


1) aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously)

2) fluent (with insincerity or superficiality)

3) tip

4) melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal

(22) compile


1) read or glance through quickly

2) someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws)

3) assist (someone in difficulty)

4) assemble

(23) dissent


1) disagree

2) bloody

3) holding fast (as to a belief)

4) arrangement by rank or standing

(24) tenacious


1) holding fast (as to a belief)

2) smooth and shining

3) urge on

4) merriment

(25) superficial


1) connected with birth

2) irregular

3) excuse

4) of the surface

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 22

(1) formality


1) end

2) ceremonious quality

3) practicing self-denial

4) beastlike

(2) wrest


1) obtain by pulling violently

2) fastening or lock consisting of a movable bar that fits into a notch

3) having the odor of stale or decomposing fat

4) word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance)

(3) cavalier


1) similar

2) include (as a member of a group)

3) casual and offhand

4) wrinkle

(4) fete(f\^ete)


1) brief flash of light

2) person who collects coins

3) honor at a festival

4) have a tendency

(5) swear-word


1) word considered offensive

2) irreverent

3) expressing a low opinion

4) pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms

(6) sordid


1) filthy

2) agonizing

3) abusive

4) obligatory

(7) jaunty


1) cheerful and pleased with life

2) (of things and place) dirty and dull

3) annoy

4) study of fish

(8) riddle


1) split into opposite extremes or camps

2) treat with scorn or contempt

3) pierce with holes

4) one who writes in defense of a cause or institution

(9) musky


1) dictionary

2) legislating branch of government

3) trickery

4) having the odor of musk

(10) tanner


1) admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote)

2) diplomatic etiquette

3) story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)

4) person who turns animal hides into leather

(11) reconcile


1) court of justice

2) display ostentatiously

3) unalterable

4) make friendly again (after quarrel)

(12) saunter


1) having great weight

2) reckon

3) stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly

4) wave around (a weapon)

(13) adept


1) design composed of one or more initials of a name

2) expert at

3) (of writing) flowing

4) sharply painful to the body or mind

(14) ingenuous


1) abusive

2) generous

3) naive and trusting

4) extremely dry

(15) averse


1) slandering

2) reluctant

3) heavenly

4) dictionary

(16) chronic


1) estimate value of

2) long established as a disease

3) comic

4) take pleasure in great comfort

(17) knave


1) unfairness

2) untrustworthy person

3) begin formally

4) pithy

(18) facsimile


1) copy

2) (the stated person's) habit or custom

3) lack of proportion (between the parts)

4) (of someone) suspicious

(19) reprimand


1) associate with

2) face (as showing the character and the mind)

3) reprove severely

4) holding fast (as to a belief)

(20) penology


1) study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation

2) basically different

3) refrain

4) tolerate

(21) quirk


1) sudden sharp turn or twist

2) (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently

3) since

4) swamp gas

(22) bate


1) climate

2) make impossible

3) act of dissecting living animals

4) let down

(23) leonine


1) like a lion

2) pleasant

3) brief and compact

4) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

(24) creed


1) secondary or minor occupation

2) draw

3) annoy by repeated attacks

4) system of religious or ethical belief

(25) unfaltering


1) make a harsh noise

2) swelling out in waves

3) weird

4) steadfast

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 21

(1) benign


1) good-natured

2) kindly

3) of a prophet or prophecy

4) brief and compact

(2) disconsolate


1) slow up

2) hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)

3) loathe

4) state of being married

(3) phlegmatic


1) calm and unexcitable

2) fixed portion

3) ridicule

4) absolutely necessary

(4) petulant


1) touchy

2) walk with a heavy step

3) (of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture

4) serious

(5) miscellaneous


1) made up of a variety of parts

2) deliberately planned

3) stubborn

4) brief flash of light

(6) swear


1) propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group)

2) (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous

3) projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars)

4) vow

(7) sylvan


1) pertaining to the woods or the country

2) change or harden into bone

3) be excessively fond of

4) person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group

(8) suckle


1) resonant

2) give or take milk at the breast or udder

3) explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults

4) experienced

(9) subjective


1) malleable

2) based on experience

3) slow gallop

4) influenced by personal feelings

(10) gregarious


1) ordinary

2) annoy

3) sociable

4) varying from of an element

(11) aperture


1) hermit

2) opening

3) shove

4) reconciling

(12) resolve


1) group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods

2) hasten

3) decide

4) impertinence

(13) perverse


1) having the odor of musk

2) patience

3) purposely continuing to do something wrong

4) self-control

(14) demeanor


1) behavior

2) showing excitement

3) dummy

4) state as a necessary condition (of an agreement)

(15) incrustation


1) pay attention to

2) hard coating or crust

3) shake or move unsteadily

4) pertaining to the stars

(16) placid


1) sharp-cornered

2) sullen

3) peaceful

4) conquer

(17) usury


1) blame

2) overpowering

3) lending money at illegal high rates of interest

4) extremely small

(18) smear


1) proper to the point of affectation

2) behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm

3) very generous in giving

4) spread or cover with a sticky substance

(19) panacea


1) assuage or satisfy (thrust)

2) cure-all

3) praise

4) ty) quality of being unsophisticated

(20) memoir


1) shining (esp. in the dark)

2) deviation from the normal

3) existence

4) memoirs

(21) nautical


1) ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.

2) debauched person

3) decorate

4) pertaining to ships or navigation

(22) doggerel


1) stun as with a blow or shock

2) sparkle

3) absolutely necessary

4) poor verse

(23) patronize


1) contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots

2) disapproval

3) waver (in opinion)

4) support

(24) random


1) without definite purpose, plan, or aim

2) equal in extent

3) beautiful writing

4) decorate with needlework

(25) pulverize


1) Christian religious ceremony

2) crush or grind into very small particles

3) powerful

4) stoical