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(1) fidelity


1) confirm

2) sheer

3) sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)

4) loyalty

(2) start


1) move suddenly or involuntarily

2) blacken

3) secret

4) trinket

(3) elusive


1) evasive

2) yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war)

3) generosity

4) swayed by sentiment

(4) uncouth


1) mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer

2) boorish

3) having a common center

4) brother or sister

(5) voodoo


1) religion practiced chiefly in Haiti

2) inattentive or unmindful

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

4) compose on the spur of the moment

(6) audacious


1) beg

2) mechanism that imitates actions of humans

3) a place where bees are kept

4) daring

(7) despoil


1) plunder

2) extremely poor

3) lazy person

4) unnatural and forced

(8) suspend


1) (of a person or writing) digressing

2) a great quantity

3) lose a small piece from the surface or edge

4) cause to stop for a period

(9) bookish


1) spasmodic

2) similar

3) fond of books and reading

4) rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America

(10) proclivity


1) inclination

2) entangle

3) wild tumult(commotion)

4) damp

(11) papyrus


1) ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant

2) be violently disturbed

3) the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance

4) small body revolving around a larger one

(12) ego


1) noisy confusion

2) room or space under the roof

3) one's opinion of oneself

4) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts

(13) betoken


1) (esp. of older people) vigorously active

2) bizzare

3) ee) dramatic or musical performance given in the afternoon

4) signify

(14) pastiche


1) stand up against

2) severe and adverse criticism

3) imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing

4) domestic

(15) coda


1) extreme poverty

2) assemble

3) concluding section of a musical or literary composition

4) superfluous

(16) subdue


1) (of water) not flowing (often bad-smelling)

2) malicious misrepresentation

3) free from an entanglement or difficulty

4) less intense

(17) incarnation


1) differing in some characteristics (from each other)

2) utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement

3) monumental tomb

4) act of assuming a human body and human nature

(18) pliant


1) deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery

2) flexible

3) person who does things too quickly without thinking

4) frustrate

(19) conscientious


1) in love

2) easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things

3) scrupulous

4) someone who wastes money

(20) authoritarian


1) release or discharge through a vent

2) promote or publicize (one's goods or service)

3) mix together in close association

4) subordinating the individual to the state

(21) vulpine


1) boisterous mirth(merriment

2) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

3) like a fox

4) pretense of ignorance of something wrong

(22) maroon


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

2) violent whirlpool

3) lessening

4) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast

(23) glutton


1) make invalid

2) substance or rich soil formed by decaying vegetable matter

3) someone who eats too much

4) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols

(24) culmination


1) sheer

2) highest point

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

4) shade of slight difference in meaning or color

(25) susceptible


1) occurring irregularly

2) impressionable

3) text of an opera or oratorio

4) physically strong

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(1) raze


1) unbecoming

2) destroy completely

3) trivial

4) something taken for granted

(2) docket


1) program as for trial

2) ability to be molded

3) sympathy for the suffering of others

4) brighten

(3) feature


1) move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)

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

3) spoil the appearance of

4) annoy by repeated attacks

(4) spin


1) rotate swiftly

2) reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)

3) pious

4) ornamental horizontal band on a wall

(5) engaging


1) charming

2) weak

3) sympathy for the suffering of others

4) connected with birth

(6) commensurate


1) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)

2) equal in extent

3) make thin

4) assumed

(7) dour


1) uncertain

2) marshal

3) hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food

4) sullen

(8) capricious


1) relating to the stars

2) one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)

3) pick out from others (to kill the weakest members)

4) unpredictable

(9) antiquity


1) coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)

2) profane

3) bleach

4) quality of being very old

(10) liquidate


1) celebrity (in a specific field)

2) settle accounts

3) make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle

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

(11) saccharine


1) lottery

2) drink in

3) cloying sweet

4) behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention

(12) fringe


1) highly gifted child

2) harm someone's reputation

3) desecrating

4) decorative edge of hanging threads

(13) trepidation


1) decayed and foul-smelling

2) fear

3) ordinary

4) crown

(14) sagacious


1) wise

2) achieve by cleverness or trick

3) done with speed

4) capricious

(15) impinge


1) infringe

2) twist out of shape

3) place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited

4) puzzle

(16) jaunt


1) pastoral song

2) make friendly again (after quarrel)

3) trip

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

(17) ambiguous


1) unclear or doubtful in meaning

2) varying from of an element

3) ornate

4) appearance of truth

(18) debonair


1) superiority of power, quantity, etc.

2) ) entrance

3) (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed

4) lacking in spirit or energy

(19) fit


1) sudden outburst of an illness or feeling

2) below the threshold of conscious perception

3) invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation)

4) abundance

(20) contaminate


1) accidental

2) pollute

3) two-chambered as a legislative body

4) fixed portion

(21) glutinous


1) cutting

2) sticky

3) thick-skinned animal

4) location

(22) slap


1) crawl or creep on ground

2) enclose

3) arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)

4) hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

(23) asperity


1) joyous

2) sharpness

3) turn to for help

4) make bitter

(24) levity


1) lack of seriousness or steadiness

2) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)

3) agreement

4) imagined

(25) fervid


1) celebrity (in a specific field)

2) iron block used in hammering out metals

3) lash

4) ardent

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(1) ratiocination


1) unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)

2) reasoning

3) like wood

4) superfluous

(2) mode


1) invulnerable

2) prevailing style

3) shaky

4) widespread damage

(3) wispy


1) balance

2) thin

3) too improbable to be believed

4) unmanageable

(4) vulgar


1) of the common people

2) not genuine

3) small church (in a prison, college, or hospital)

4) condition of being squalid

(5) unctuous


1) introductory statement

2) insane

3) oily

4) conceivably true

(6) monolithic


1) solidly uniform

2) fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)

3) exclamation

4) (of an animal) not domestic

(7) angular


1) formal agreement

2) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem

3) sharp-cornered

4) reading desk or stand for a public speaker

(8) imprudent


1) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

2) lacking caution

3) annoy

4) (of land) dry

(9) unerringly


1) make lively or spirited

2) infallibly

3) compulsive habitual need

4) lustful

(10) gleam


1) use sparingly

2) lustful

3) brief flash of light

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

(11) biting


1) sharply painful to the body or mind

2) wasteful

3) legal delay of payment or action

4) physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes

(12) commune


1) small (often rural) community whose members share work and income

2) small representative world

3) make smooth or glossy

4) having a very fine bore

(13) unfetter


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

2) crushed oats used for making porridge

3) clear from blame or guilt

4) liberate

(14) maleficient


1) doing evil

2) impressionable

3) refrain

4) slight degree of color

(15) sleight


1) hint

2) dexterity

3) hairy

4) remorse

(16) swerve


1) deviate

2) agreeable

3) mental keenness

4) pertaining to cultivation of gardens

(17) lethal


1) deadly

2) something taken for granted

3) anxious

4) aggressiveness

(18) finicky


1) candid

2) too particular

3) comprehend

4) one incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness

(19) truculence


1) aggressiveness

2) wasting away

3) hanging

4) local or provincial dialect

(20) consanguineous(


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

2) deep-rooted

3) connected with history

4) consanguine) having a common ancestor

(21) preeminent


1) outstanding

2) pertinent

3) decree

4) having foresight

(22) titanic


1) severely critical

2) gigantic

3) group of persons joined in political intrigue

4) father and ruler of a family or tribe

(23) championship


1) rebellious

2) made of inferior material

3) assault

4) position of champion

(24) colloquial


1) strenuous work

2) based on assumptions or hypotheses

3) pertaining to conversational or common speech

4) show by example

(25) avalanche


1) severe trial or affliction

2) scold

3) hostile invasion

4) great mass of falling snow and ice

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(1) gallows


1) smooth and shining

2) talk idly

3) understood (without actually being expressed)

4) framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)

(2) accede


1) harass or trouble from all directions

2) agree

3) condense or shorten

4) dull

(3) doddering


1) connected with history

2) shaky

3) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)

4) blow in heavy gusts

(4) contortions


1) isolate

2) ruler in a monarchy

3) debauched person

4) twistings

(5) militia


1) cook by direct heat

2) stare foolishly

3) wasted away

4) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

(6) evoke


1) incomplete

2) call forth (memory or feeling)

3) raised platform used in preaching (in a church)

4) state of being married

(7) provisional


1) hasty

2) begin to grow

3) tentative

4) ambush

(8) gaunt


1) not repentant

2) that cannot be impeached

3) assent

4) lean and angular

(9) grill


1) good-fellowship

2) question severely

3) piebald

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

(10) tautological


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

2) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)

3) needlessly repetitious

4) patience

(11) extirpate


1) public speaker

2) make a harsh noise

3) root up

4) shallow body of water or lake near a sea

(12) indelible


1) acting without dialogue

2) not able to be erased

3) languor

4) approach and speak first to a person

(13) affidavit


1) meal

2) person who keeps bees

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

4) study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation

(14) lout


1) pertaining to the body

2) clumsy person

3) reproduce

4) injure without breaking the skin

(15) knoll


1) gentle breeze

2) invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation)

3) little round hill

4) increase in number by producing young

(16) recondite


1) abstruse

2) struggle

3) time for rest

4) difficult condition

(17) rile


1) throw forcefully

2) reserved or aloof

3) meanly stingy

4) irritate

(18) chorus


1) beyond reproach

2) surrender something (stolen)

3) phrase repeated throughout a song or poem

4) formidable

(19) specious


1) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)

2) fringes

3) seemingly reasonable but incorrect

4) praising

(20) compilation


1) listing of information in tabular or book form

2) long loose garment (worn by monks)

3) fear of water

4) waver (in opinion)

(21) blanch


1) bleach

2) tentative

3) clamorous

4) funeral song

(22) didactic


1) of an oracle

2) (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson

3) pertaining to the stars

4) simultaneous discharge of a number of shots

(23) cauterize


1) period of ideal or peak condition

2) being the first of its kind in a region

3) give

4) burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection

(24) egress


1) comparable

2) overwhelming

3) speak equivocally about an issue

4) exit

(25) migrant


1) changing its habitat

2) low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)

3) state of being alone

4) root up

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(1) decrepit


1) corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields

2) make (a liquid) less concentrated

3) weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use

4) examination of a dead body

(2) biennial


1) (of a boat) turn over

2) stand up against

3) every two years

4) squabble

(3) ruminate


1) suave

2) minor objection or complaint

3) take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment

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

(4) billow


1) metric

2) like a spirit or fairy

3) large wave of water

4) that cannot be impeached

(5) consonance


1) make drunk

2) medical treatment and care of old age

3) harmony

4) border upon

(6) pestle


1) tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar

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

3) small exclusive group of people

4) omission of words from a text

(7) sledge


1) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)

2) grow well

3) large sled drawn by work animals

4) lover of mankind

(8) elucidate


1) explain

2) flashy

3) happening by chance

4) not noticing

(9) bolster


1) produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud)

2) work or appoint as a deputy

3) support

4) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied

(10) outlaw


1) disobedient

2) reverse the order or position of

3) fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection)

4) expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death

(11) yore


1) time long past

2) reconciling

3) serving to warn

4) not earthly

(12) pallet


1) become unsteady and fall down

2) homeless child or animal

3) small poor bed

4) impressive

(13) cardiologist


1) paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film

2) doctor specializing in ailments of the heart

3) produce young

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

(14) geriatrics


1) subordinate

2) medical treatment and care of old age

3) person who cheats people

4) fair

(15) canvass


1) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

2) of or like an uncle

3) comic misuse of a word

4) token of disgrace

(16) industrious


1) deserved punishment for wrongdoing

2) obsolete

3) diligent

4) act or state of separation

(17) ploy


1) strategem to gain an advantage

2) notoriously bad

3) very large number

4) having a very fine bore

(18) dote


1) of or suffering rabies

2) goodness

3) raised mark from a beating or whipping

4) be excessively fond of

(19) herbivorous


1) effective

2) premonition of evil

3) of a margin

4) grain-eating

(20) zealot


1) one who is zealous

2) generosity

3) be cautious (of)

4) pale purple

(21) indite


1) arise from

2) treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect

3) worn through till the threads show

4) write

(22) cuisine


1) too particular

2) style of cooking

3) honor at a festival

4) mixed up

(23) capillary


1) contact that keeps parties in communication

2) immature

3) having a very fine bore

4) with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct)

(24) dispassionate


1) fall apart into tangles

2) make use of, sometimes unjustly

3) speech or writing with no meaning

4) calm

(25) rustle


1) make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together

2) divided into classes

3) curse

4) meantime

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(1) disinclination


1) unwillingness

2) going from one state of action to another

3) object of general attention

4) pertaining to marriage

(2) metamorphosis


1) hatch

2) one's opinion of oneself

3) change of form

4) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

(3) odds


1) chances

2) special talent

3) travel about selling (wares)

4) self-satisfied

(4) limbo


1) region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept

2) neglect

3) untarnished

4) blame (not angrily but sadly)

(5) palpitate


1) intensely cold

2) opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed

3) violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness)

4) throb

(6) trident


1) objectionable

2) utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)

3) artificial

4) three-pronged spear

(7) Spartan


1) pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general

2) without attention to comfort

3) illegal trade

4) having no motion

(8) decry


1) lover of luxury

2) partial shadow (in an eclipse)

3) express strong disapproval of

4) complete

(9) gangrene


1) habitually intoxicated

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

3) mushy(sentimental) and gushy

4) decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury)

(10) mass


1) Christian religious ceremony

2) provide or use scantily

3) twist

4) fits of depression or gloom

(11) hive


1) one's opinion of oneself

2) highly pretentious or inflated

3) ver) strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes)

4) box for bees

(12) invoke


1) receiver

2) irregularity

3) call and bring into use (a right or law)

4) loss of memory

(13) ensue


1) flexible

2) rhythmical throbbing of arteries

3) take apart

4) follow (as a result)

(14) besiege


1) (of the voice) extremely loud

2) entreat

3) surround with armed forces

4) unlikely occurrence

(15) browbeat


1) drowsy

2) bully

3) search thoroughly

4) burden

(16) neophyte


1) (cause to) join the armed forces

2) winding

3) be thankful for

4) recent convert

(17) entail


1) exit

2) incurable

3) make necessary

4) expressing irony

(18) emaciated


1) exclude

2) flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river

3) idealistic but impractical

4) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

(19) substantiate


1) plundering

2) support (a claim) with evidence

3) current of air (through a room or to a fire)

4) flattery

(20) lumber


1) move heavily or clumsily

2) causing sharp pain to the mind

3) partnership

4) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)

(21) necromancy


1) black magic

2) deportment

3) optimistic

4) framework and working parts of an automobile

(22) ascendancy


1) underwater explosive apparatus

2) offering or providing help

3) ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority

4) controlling influence

(23) leniency


1) disheveled

2) mildness

3) unsatisfied

4) something fit to be eaten

(24) enumerate


1) minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

2) someone easily fooled or deceived

3) (of a person) outgoing and sociable

4) list

(25) kindle


1) person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

2) listing of information in tabular or book form

3) transmit (money) in payment

4) start a fire

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(1) tawny


1) adage

2) brownish yellow

3) permanent

4) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

(2) anthropologist


1) fear

2) student of the history and science of humankind

3) throb

4) deceive

(3) ordeal


1) envy

2) irritation

3) systematic

4) severe trial or affliction

(4) render


1) small poor bed

2) dependent on something uncertain or in the future

3) operate with one's hands

4) give

(5) gargantuan


1) public speaker

2) outward appearance

3) huge

4) husk

(6) acclaim


1) hold firmly within arms

2) applaud

3) severely critical

4) negligent

(7) smirk


1) bend or hang downward

2) conceited smile

3) encouraging

4) pertaining to existence

(8) modish


1) fashionable

2) well-paid position with little responsibility

3) crafty

4) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)

(9) tentative


1) become less severe

2) charlatan

3) nonsense

4) not fully worked out or developed

(10) flowery


1) ered) marked by great changes in fortune

2) having many talents

3) rosy

4) full of flowers

(11) array


1) great fire

2) boat or yacht race

3) marshal

4) unsuccessful

(12) executor


1) refuse to give

2) remaining

3) restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs

4) person designated to execute the terms of a will

(13) mauve


1) pale purple

2) surround and swallow up

3) cover with a thin and shiny surface

4) outward sign

(14) agrarian


1) harmful

2) pertaining to land or its cultivation

3) nearing

4) watch over and direct

(15) residue


1) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

2) able to spring back into shape

3) remainder

4) bow (to show respect and obedience)

(16) disdain


1) fear

2) treat with scorn or contempt

3) (of a person) truthful

4) wandering (esp. in search of adventure)

(17) unction


1) the act of anointing with oil

2) mushy(sentimental) and gushy

3) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols

4) purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

(18) thermal


1) of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal

2) pertaining to heat

3) willing to obey orders

4) list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to present

(19) sacrilegious


1) examination of accounts of a business

2) desecrating

3) correspondence of parts

4) dummy

(20) freebooter


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

2) make pregnant

3) metric

4) nook

(21) amok(amuck)


1) in a state of rage

2) raised platform for speakers or other important people

3) pretty good)''

4) slingshot

(22) hap


1) binding

2) point of view

3) chance

4) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

(23) fatuous


1) strong emotion

2) cheerfulness

3) unsatisfied

4) smugly and unconsciously foolish

(24) solder


1) evil schemes or plots

2) repair or make whole by using a metal alloy

3) greatness (in size or extent)

4) home of a hermit

(25) trite


1) hackneyed

2) acal) fiendish

3) gather leavings

4) plan in advance

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(1) compendium


1) fault

2) sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull

3) windy

4) brief, comprehensive summary

(2) engage


1) ridicule

2) devoutness

3) attract

4) analysis

(3) coin


1) glassy residue from smelting metal

2) obscurity

3) make coins

4) make unconscious or numb as by a blow

(4) amplify


1) reluctant

2) impressive

3) take part in a conspiracy

4) increase in size or effect

(5) doldrums


1) bossy

2) blues

3) pardon (an offense)

4) an act of yielding

(6) embroil


1) dig

2) state of being self-contradictory

3) throw into confusion

4) risk

(7) curfew


1) regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times

2) use of force to get someone to object

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

4) equipment

(8) unprepossessing


1) of air

2) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

3) unattractive

4) complain

(9) stealth


1) complete independence and self-government (of a country)

2) unconquerable

3) action of moving secretly or unseen

4) warmly friendly

(10) proviso


1) agree

2) hit or knock against with force

3) support

4) stipulation

(11) generic


1) large group

2) characteristic of an entire class or species

3) small church (in a prison, college, or hospital)

4) not good-looking

(12) attest


1) (of likings and interests) universal

2) act of dissecting living animals

3) testify

4) obligatory

(13) killjoy


1) soothe an angry person

2) grouch

3) offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)

4) of a periphery

(14) margin


1) border

2) woman whom a man loves

3) prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

4) daily

(15) compensatory


1) stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision

2) making up for

3) wring from

4) unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)

(16) stumble


1) pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general

2) urgent situation

3) trip and almost fall

4) chief

(17) catalyst


1) put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles

2) sympathy for the suffering of others

3) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

4) closed circular line around an area

(18) implausible


1) location

2) pertaining to money

3) unlikely (to be true)

4) egg-shaped

(19) wallow


1) used to prevent disease

2) face

3) size or volume (esp. when very large)

4) roll in mud

(20) fickle


1) strike forcefully

2) changeable (in affections or friendship)

3) pertaining to language

4) shortcoming

(21) muggy


1) forewarning

2) one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)

3) (of weather) warm and damp

4) division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)

(22) perquisite(perk


1) estimate value of

2) ) any gain above stipulated salary

3) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)

4) suffer (harm or loss)

(23) sullen


1) defrock

2) deviate

3) soak

4) silently showing ill humor or resentment

(24) heresy


1) abuse

2) operate with one's hands

3) opinion contrary to popular belief

4) fight

(25) precedent


1) preceding (in time, rank, etc.)

2) (of light or color) bright and distinct

3) indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)

4) tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects

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(1) traduce


1) increase in number by producing young

2) expose to slander

3) shine erratically

4) (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed

(2) seedy


1) preoccupation with physical comforts and things

2) run-down

3) call forth (memory or feeling)

4) making up for

(3) traumatic


1) (of an experience) deeply shocking

2) theatrical

3) implied comparison

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

(4) martinet


1) strict disciplinarian

2) entirely acceptable

3) moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol)

4) conflict

(5) felicitous


1) (of a word or remark) apt

2) unshakably calm

3) prevent

4) nook

(6) lineage


1) (of a person) having reason

2) furthest behind

3) blood-vessel

4) descent

(7) augment


1) denying the existence of God

2) adjacent to

3) blotched in coloring

4) increase

(8) incipient


1) beginning

2) dress with vulgar finery

3) one who has equal standing with another

4) like a spirit or fairy

(9) extant


1) approve

2) (of something written or painted) still in existence

3) distribute

4) increase in size or effect

(10) slink


1) raging mad

2) move furtively

3) lack of harmony

4) bundle of stalks of grain

(11) asylum


1) fragrant

2) state of being partial

3) place of refuge or shelter

4) warlike

(12) ecclesiastic


1) brawl

2) become boring

3) atrocious

4) ecclesiastical

(13) engulf


1) acal) fiendish

2) flexible

3) surround and swallow up

4) delicate skill

(14) elaboration


1) emancipate

2) varying from of an element

3) neat

4) addition of details

(15) citadel


1) fortress

2) instituting

3) scrap of cloth

4) weaken

(16) purveyor


1) style of cooking

2) furnisher of foodstuffs

3) unit of weight for precious stones

4) nervous or excited

(17) swelter


1) (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat

2) delayed

3) irreverence

4) not able to be traveled or crossed

(18) anthropoid


1) small piece or mark

2) respect

3) generosity

4) manlike

(19) stipulate


1) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

2) one-sided

3) diligent

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

(20) devise


1) reasoning

2) extreme corruption

3) expressing sorrow

4) think up

(21) stratified


1) divided into classes

2) make coins

3) full of self-admiration

4) beginner

(22) importune


1) beg persistently

2) facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc

3) speechless

4) pertaining to disease

(23) imperturbable


1) equal in extent

2) unshakably calm

3) deserve

4) go through or across

(24) centigrade


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

2) advanced in development

3) proper to the point of affectation

4) lacking intelligence or wit

(25) impiety


1) resentment

2) struggle confusedly

3) irreverence

4) understood (without actually being expressed)

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(1) bucolic


1) rustic

2) drive away

3) begin

4) something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event

(2) lackluster


1) lacking luster(shine

2) egotistic

3) stinging

4) model

(3) exempt


1) gift for finding valuable things by accident

2) not subject to a duty or obligation

3) relating to cooking or kitchen

4) not good-looking

(4) cornucopia


1) attacking cherished traditions

2) show by example

3) horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing with fruit and grain

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

(5) subsistence


1) exhibiting rainbowlike colors

2) disease communicator

3) testimony under oath

4) existence

(6) kleptomaniac


1) heavier or larger on one side than the other

2) person who has a compulsive desire to steal

3) quality of being very old

4) brief flash of light

(7) foster


1) appease

2) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

3) rear

4) shriveled

(8) primary


1) first in rank or importance

2) isolation

3) (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place

4) sudden sharp turn or twist

(9) visionary


1) questioner (especially harsh)

2) glassy residue from smelting metal

3) rear

4) produced by imagination

(10) plane


1) (of a bird) sing

2) three-pronged spear

3) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

4) woman whom a man loves

(11) fulminate


1) terrorize

2) abyss

3) work or appoint as a deputy

4) thunder

(12) incubate


1) decode

2) rear

3) hatch

4) smoothness of speech

(13) blowhard


1) N: split

2) full of self-admiration

3) talkative boaster

4) devout

(14) exhale


1) careless

2) breathe out

3) study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation

4) painting in only one color

(15) indenture


1) separate

2) bind as servant or apprentice to master

3) plants of a region or era

4) permitting light to pass through freely

(16) dissemble


1) (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language

2) disguise

3) indisputable

4) indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said)

(17) luminary


1) squabble

2) bantering

3) celebrity (in a specific field)

4) calm and unexcitable

(18) compunction


1) black volcanic rock

2) impartial

3) remorse

4) prose or verse composition to be performed by actors

(19) withdrawn


1) irritate

2) nearing

3) natural inclination

4) introverted

(20) brawn


1) rebellion

2) rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds)

3) with identity concealed

4) human muscle

(21) odious


1) compulsive habitual need

2) having womanly traits

3) arousing strong dislike

4) trifle with

(22) insubordination


1) insolent

2) leap or spring

3) disobedience

4) turn over

(23) purported


1) kill by choking or suffocating

2) alleged

3) stare foolishly

4) first in rank or importance

(24) balmy


1) soft and mild (of air)

2) error

3) environment

4) move the fingers and hands awkwardly (in search of something)

(25) muddle


1) cowlike

2) map-maker

3) confuse

4) (of someone old) eccentric