VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 192

(1) spoilsport


1) untidy (of hair or clothing)

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

3) one who spoils the pleasure of others

4) a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played

(2) wry


1) (esp. of an expression of the face) twisted

2) discomposed

3) exclude

4) large city

(3) anomalous


1) desire

2) abnormal

3) careless

4) (of colors or surfaces) not bright

(4) caprice


1) whim

2) irregularity

3) suffer (harm or loss)

4) flavored dessert ice

(5) chancellor


1) hag

2) legal official of high rank

3) assuming a false identity

4) complain or whine tearfully

(6) derogatory


1) satiate

2) great waterfall

3) bloody

4) expressing a low opinion

(7) ostensible


1) apparent

2) of or suitable for a palace

3) like an emperor

4) belief that life is basically bad or evil

(8) occlude


1) please

2) of a particular season

3) messenger

4) shut

(9) asteroid


1) state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved

2) make shiny by rubbing

3) small planet

4) impressionable

(10) pertinent


1) fearful

2) roundabout

3) suitable

4) depart secretly and hide

(11) resignation


1) patiently submissiveness

2) sensual

3) lack of premeditation

4) ridicule

(12) provocative


1) arousing anger or sexual interest

2) slavishly attentive

3) trembling

4) (of something bad) widespread

(13) deify


1) worsen

2) turn into a god

3) short poem idealizing rural life

4) person who keeps bees

(14) optimum


1) weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)

2) entreating

3) move or develop more slowly

4) most favorable

(15) hideous


1) one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself

2) repulsive to the sight

3) put to rout

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

(16) indubitable


1) unable to be doubted

2) trouble or worry over trifles

3) generator for producing electricity

4) government under a single ruler

(17) condone


1) overlook

2) diminish

3) cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)

4) error

(18) dichotomy


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

2) division into two opposite parts

3) disorderly fight between two or more people

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

(19) amorphous


1) like wood

2) courteous

3) formless

4) (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value

(20) scrappy


1) able to be touched

2) quarrelsome

3) not literal but metaphorical

4) lover of mankind

(21) riveting


1) banish from a group

2) holding one's attention

3) change

4) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

(22) cow


1) terrorize

2) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining

3) surround tightly so that movement is impossible

4) remedy to counteract a poison or disease

(23) foresight


1) clear from blame

2) ability to foresee future happenings

3) comfort in sorrow or trouble

4) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)

(24) thrive


1) make smooth or glossy

2) prosper

3) include

4) funeral director

(25) expostulation


1) protest

2) mental disorder

3) relating to space

4) abusive

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(1) expertise


1) specialized knowledge (in a particular field)

2) into parts

3) chaplain (in the armed forces)

4) sink to a lower level

(2) placate


1) pacify

2) collection of wild animals on exhibition

3) agreement

4) having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar)

(3) suffocate


1) state of depression or melancholy

2) entice

3) die or kill from lack of air

4) quarrelsome

(4) incursion


1) pertaining to hell

2) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)

3) temporary invasion

4) banish from a group

(5) intoxicate


1) pretend

2) eye defect which prevents proper focus

3) pouring forth

4) make drunk

(6) satiate


1) riddle

2) satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger)

3) filled with excited joy and pride

4) beginning

(7) circumvent


1) outwit

2) paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)

3) time long past

4) enthusiastic follower

(8) trenchant


1) eyesight

2) cutting

3) disapproval

4) ability to foresee future happenings

(9) pedant


1) ornamental clasp

2) concluding section of a musical or literary composition

3) poise

4) scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities

(10) auxiliary


1) attract

2) lacking in spirit

3) arrange (laws or rules) as a code

4) offering or providing help

(11) loom


1) clearly different from others of the same kind

2) harmonious

3) not genuine

4) appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form)

(12) piscatorial


1) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

2) delicate

3) small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter

4) pertaining to fishing

(13) matriarch


1) woman who rules a family or larger social group

2) reckless, desperate outlaw

3) stimulate or shock by an electric current

4) prudent

(14) antecede


1) arrangement by rank or standing

2) obligated

3) push forward

4) precede

(15) replenish


1) fill up again

2) gully

3) direct quick route

4) clear from blame or guilt

(16) motility


1) resistant to

2) capricious

3) tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium

4) ability to move spontaneously

(17) boor


1) rude, insensitive person

2) foul-smelling

3) warning of disaster

4) oddity

(18) asinine


1) powerful person

2) state strongly or positively

3) satiate

4) stupid

(19) morose


1) cover with a thin layer of gold

2) following

3) (of a skin or complexion) dark

4) ill-humored

(20) lien


1) oppose with arguments

2) extinct flying reptile

3) 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern

4) legal claim or right on a property

(21) embed(imbed)


1) enclose

2) taking up again

3) likely to change

4) fall sharply

(22) condescend


1) (of writing) flowing

2) make (something written) false by changing

3) (derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air

4) hegm) pithy, compact saying

(23) hallucination


1) not applicable

2) delusion

3) person who cheats people

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

(24) shove


1) plot outline

2) give a slight degree of a color or quality to

3) push forward

4) bully

(25) embargo


1) ban on commerce or other activity

2) courting favor by cringing and flattering

3) prevailing style

4) union

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(1) tactile


1) exact

2) pertaining to the organs or sense of touch

3) correct spelling

4) disagreeably aggressive

(2) ruddy


1) medieval chemistry

2) whirlwind

3) reddish

4) provide with some quality

(3) repose


1) deceptive scheme

2) nearness

3) resting

4) esoteric

(4) quench


1) assuage or satisfy (thrust)

2) walk lamely

3) assault

4) solemn urging

(5) arrears


1) being in debt

2) sleep lightly

3) sparing in eating and drinking

4) lacking self-restraint

(6) inextricable


1) from which it is impossible to get free

2) generous

3) state of distress

4) shackle

(7) clot


1) harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain)

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

3) total

4) analyze (to discover what materials are present)

(8) continence


1) abandon

2) having a common center

3) self-restraint

4) small boat (often ship's boat)

(9) voluptuous


1) record of a voyage or flight

2) sensual

3) autopsy

4) soft wet land

(10) shoot


1) new growth from a plant

2) commence

3) radiating

4) exceeding ordinary limits

(11) persevere


1) scolding woman

2) continue steadily in spite of difficulties

3) one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)

4) pertaining to the woods or the country

(12) levy


1) no longer in fashion or use

2) essential or main point

3) impose (a fine)

4) sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)

(13) stolid


1) short and thick

2) wrong or improper name

3) destruction by fire

4) dull

(14) gesticulation


1) in name only

2) having the appearance of truth or reality

3) motion

4) angelic

(15) quietude


1) pertaining to marriage

2) give a slight degree of a color or quality to

3) ornate

4) tranquillity

(16) objective


1) eating both plant and animal food

2) insolent

3) wear a mask or disguise

4) not influenced by emotions

(17) voracious


1) sudden sharp feeling of pain

2) pithy maxim or saying

3) mischance

4) ravenous

(18) flail


1) morally upright

2) eager for knowledge

3) persuade not to do

4) beat with or as if with a flail

(19) licentious


1) strange

2) become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame)

3) amoral

4) approach

(20) relinquish


1) give up something (with reluctance)

2) outward appearance

3) of sound or its speed in air

4) drive away

(21) flux


1) flowing

2) outward demonstration

3) send out of the country

4) approve formally

(22) deadpan


1) wooden

2) chain

3) not earthly

4) postpone

(23) degenerate


1) growing by addition

2) noisy party with a lot of drinking

3) maker and seller of eyeglasses

4) become worse in quality

(24) vagrant


1) homeless wanderer

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

3) quarrelsome

4) nonentity

(25) confound


1) enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition)

2) black form of carbon used in lead pencils

3) given to complaining

4) confuse

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(1) delta


1) solemn promise

2) storehouse for grain

3) making a harsh noise

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

(2) horticultural


1) pertaining to cultivation of gardens

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

3) state of being parallel

4) conceal

(3) premonitory


1) engrossed

2) serving to warn

3) one who studies the skin and its diseases

4) calm

(4) mogul


1) make pregnant

2) powerful person

3) chew

4) evildoer

(5) mirth


1) approve

2) go backwards

3) taking pains

4) merriment

(6) flamboyant


1) ornate

2) untrustworthy person

3) clearness of expression

4) biting

(7) boorish


1) rude

2) unmoved or unconcerned by

3) epicure

4) fenced enclosure for animals

(8) redundant


1) superfluous

2) coarsely insulting

3) indignation

4) limit

(9) conceit


1) dry up

2) mental or physical ability

3) vanity or self-love

4) token

(10) weary


1) tired after long work

2) loyalty

3) study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age

4) moving force

(11) effrontery


1) rudeness without any sense of shame

2) pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores

3) anything discarded or rejected as worthless

4) case for a sword blade

(12) colossus


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

2) extraordinary ability

3) multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester)

4) gigantic statue

(13) litotes


1) pretty good)''

2) abuse

3) quick and active

4) complain

(14) disjunction


1) act or state of separation

2) compose on the spur of the moment

3) perfectionist

4) obedient

(15) mange


1) violent

2) skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair

3) outcry

4) (of a part of the body) swollen

(16) loquacious


1) hurl downward

2) discourage

3) bow (to show respect and obedience)

4) talkative

(17) berserk


1) (of a boat) turn over

2) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem

3) mad with violent anger

4) very important

(18) ascetic


1) widespread damage

2) quality of being true

3) practicing self-denial

4) unprejudiced

(19) patina


1) green crust on old bronze works or copper

2) of the same kind

3) (of a person or book) learned

4) pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter

(20) impede


1) restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs

2) hide

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

4) many in number or kind

(21) probity


1) clumsy (in social behavior)

2) walk lamely

3) (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat

4) uprightness

(22) evince


1) move in search of plunder

2) reasoning

3) show clearly

4) feather, esp. large or showy one

(23) ruse


1) take for granted

2) trick to deceive

3) twisted

4) pronounce indistinctly

(24) parochial


1) narrow in scope or outlook

2) life after death

3) evolve as in prenatal growth

4) slang

(25) factotum


1) handyman

2) unexplicable

3) uncertain

4) without an equal

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(1) spate


1) smirk

2) sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people)

3) sudden flood or rush

4) formal demand or request

(2) converge


1) urgent situation

2) approach

3) trip and almost fall

4) forerunner

(3) nourish


1) e make into an institution

2) provide with food necessary for life and growth

3) not done politely without due formalities

4) fear or hatred of foreigners

(4) skinflint


1) core or marrow

2) father

3) renounce

4) miser

(5) flair


1) proverb

2) bugbear

3) talent

4) hatch

(6) underscore


1) making up for

2) loop formed in a rope

3) cheater

4) underline

(7) trajectory


1) arrogance

2) phrase repeated throughout a song or poem

3) path taken by a projectile

4) divine gift

(8) opportune


1) timely

2) poke abruptly with something sharp

3) hit or knock against with force

4) stop or check (the flow of)

(9) wanderlust


1) strong longing to travel

2) trader

3) study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation

4) reply

(10) carousal


1) unrestrained

2) narrate or tell (a story)

3) drunken revel

4) pertaining to the moon

(11) unexceptionable


1) diligent attention

2) entirely acceptable

3) moral correctness

4) sad

(12) adhere


1) railing in a courtroom

2) stick fast

3) drink in

4) give a bodily form to

(13) treasure


1) violent

2) keep as precious

3) narrow valley with steep sides

4) redden

(14) disquisition


1) mar the appearance of

2) science of sound

3) copy

4) formal systematic inquiry

(15) dank


1) complicated situation (as in a play)

2) treat gently

3) damp

4) luxuriate

(16) exceptionable


1) discord

2) trickery

3) writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court

4) objectionable

(17) impediment


1) hypnotic state

2) stir up

3) hindrance

4) twistings

(18) vile


1) leader or noticeable supporter of an idea

2) swimming

3) harmful

4) despicable

(19) reserve


1) deserving high respect

2) pare

3) self-control

4) bad-tempered

(20) elevation


1) drive away

2) elevated position

3) concluding section of a musical or literary composition

4) funeral song

(21) hale


1) healthy

2) suave

3) authority on a subject

4) calmness of temperament

(22) airy


1) entice

2) violation of a law

3) of air

4) cautious

(23) disavowal


1) scold strongly

2) ignore or behave coldly toward

3) denial

4) powerful person

(24) gourmet


1) taking up again

2) greedy

3) connoisseur of food and drink

4) case for a sword blade

(25) hull


1) relating to space

2) husk

3) distance around something

4) poke abruptly with something sharp

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(1) militant


1) in good condition

2) support on which a lever rests or pivots

3) combative

4) powerlessness

(2) domineer


1) intelligent

2) loose sleeveless outer garment

3) occupying a lower rank

4) rule over tyrannically

(3) presentiment


1) bloody

2) premonition

3) act of keeping watch

4) open to view

(4) chimerical


1) (of a boat) turn over

2) fantastically improbable

3) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

4) hasty and careless

(5) pomposity


1) self-important behavior

2) false

3) annoy by repeated attacks

4) having or causing lustful desires and thoughts

(6) authenticate


1) act of turning aside

2) prove genuine

3) madly excited

4) defraud a person of something

(7) episodic


1) (of a story or play) loosely connected

2) obedient

3) make beloved

4) of time

(8) accoutre


1) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building

2) cautious

3) decayed and foul-smelling

4) equip

(9) avid


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

2) board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)

3) greedy

4) indecent

(10) taper


1) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

2) hiding place

3) very thin candle

4) teacher of philosophy

(11) cascade


1) small waterfall

2) harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain)

3) change of form

4) study of humankind

(12) rampart


1) harmful

2) walk

3) defensive mound of earth

4) special talent

(13) infinitesimal


1) very small

2) security given for loan

3) based on assumptions or hypotheses

4) subordinating the individual to the state

(14) epicurean


1) short quick cut with scissors

2) believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided

3) delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork

4) man who is not a cleric

(15) sturdy


1) attractive

2) of time

3) likely to change

4) strong and firm (in the body)

(16) adapt


1) prophetic

2) supply

3) without deceit

4) make or become suitable for a specific use

(17) hinterlands


1) back country

2) exaggerated

3) width

4) incomplete

(18) botch


1) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

2) mismanage

3) unruly

4) bombastic

(19) nubile


1) taking pains

2) marriageable

3) wet thoroughly

4) unoriginal

(20) oligarchy


1) theatrical

2) law enacted by the legislature

3) means

4) government by a privileged few

(21) vie


1) contend

2) provide written evidence (for a claim)

3) addition of details

4) malleable

(22) obese


1) decree or command

2) having lost one's original power

3) enter into

4) excessively fat

(23) ominous


1) highly excited

2) threatening

3) bleach

4) divine gift

(24) repulse


1) compensation (for loss or wrong)

2) reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship)

3) cure-all

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

(25) vigilante


1) soothing or mild (food)

2) slovenly

3) one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers

4) venture

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(1) seine


1) hermit

2) sullen

3) seine net

4) underwater explosive apparatus

(2) distinctive


1) cut away

2) clearly different from others of the same kind

3) waster

4) without previous preparation

(3) sprout


1) shriveled

2) not able to be traveled or crossed

3) begin to grow

4) equivalent in effect or value

(4) earthly


1) please

2) ) hanging down from something

3) not easily satisfied

4) of this earth

(5) medley


1) public revelation of something discreditable

2) mixture

3) pleasantly tart-tasting

4) rather fat

(6) charisma


1) since

2) saturate(soak thoroughly)

3) divine gift

4) attribute

(7) dyspeptic


1) downward slope

2) stinging

3) suffering from indigestion

4) lacking substance

(8) remittance


1) oversimplified

2) mutual relationship

3) stinginess

4) remitting of money

(9) consternation


1) great shock

2) devoted to the pleasures of the sense

3) look on with scorn

4) long period of time

(10) crest


1) weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)

2) (of meat) tough

3) top (as of a hill or wave)

4) follow (as a result)

(11) punctilious


1) use sparingly

2) not earthly

3) burn unsteadily or fitfully

4) minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points

(12) peregrination


1) journey

2) daydream

3) made up of a variety of parts

4) instituting

(13) distant


1) reserved or aloof

2) use equivocal language to deceive people

3) clear from blame or guilt

4) maze

(14) corporeal


1) bodily (rather than spiritual)

2) entangle

3) positive assertion

4) mar the appearance of

(15) rigid


1) (cause to) join the armed forces

2) hard and unbending

3) a great quantity

4) (of someone) having insight

(16) voluminous


1) unity of pitch (in musical performance)

2) approve

3) having great volume (as of a garment or container)

4) secret

(17) seasonable


1) based on theory

2) interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial

3) occurring at the proper time or season

4) separate

(18) apparition


1) pertaining to conversational or common speech

2) foul smelling

3) ghost

4) driving forward

(19) antecedents


1) beat with a whip or flail

2) period of equal days and nights

3) concise

4) preceding events that influence what comes later

(20) sap


1) accustom or familiarize

2) diminish

3) temporary stay

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

(21) malicious


1) breaking of contract or duty

2) become engaged to marry

3) hateful

4) correspondence of parts

(22) nectar


1) determined

2) (of a person) having reason

3) drink of the gods

4) bury

(23) uproarious


1) marked by commotion or uproar

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

3) fall or let fall in drops

4) shake uncontrollably

(24) imperious


1) not genuine

2) domineering

3) breathing

4) overcome

(25) warranted


1) someone who wastes money

2) medical treatment and care of old age

3) curse

4) justified

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(1) perennial


1) (of the voice) extremely loud

2) holding one's attention

3) tickle

4) something long-lasting

(2) expos\'e


1) invigorating and refreshing

2) father and ruler of a family or tribe

3) thing that completes another

4) public revelation of something discreditable

(3) misadventure


1) servile flatterer

2) mischance

3) exclamation

4) mercy killing

(4) inert


1) set right

2) popular fashion

3) propriety

4) inactive

(5) bedizen


1) prominent

2) large in quantity

3) evident

4) dress with vulgar finery

(6) dehydrate


1) not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own

2) shrill, trumpetlike sound

3) beak(bill)

4) remove water from

(7) earmark


1) moderation or self-control

2) trail of ship or other object through water

3) antiquated

4) set aside (money or time) for a particular purpose

(8) flaccid


1) pretend

2) object to be thrown or projected

3) bodily (rather than spiritual)

4) flabby

(9) molten


1) appease

2) cause to stop for a period

3) time for rest

4) melted

(10) virtual


1) in essence

2) absentminded

3) small cavern

4) recent convert

(11) nullify


1) adhesive

2) full of life

3) make invalid

4) ridicule

(12) countermand


1) very wicked

2) desire

3) group of mammals including humans

4) cancel

(13) unfledged


1) pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores

2) immature

3) dull

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

(14) dainty


1) summit

2) in a state of rage

3) home of a hermit

4) delicate

(15) esteem


1) respect

2) cancel

3) recognize

4) fearful

(16) neologism


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

2) separate religious body

3) new or newly coined word or phrase

4) become less severe

(17) sobriety


1) ceremony conferring holy orders

2) insert improperly

3) moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol)

4) animal or plant living on another

(18) pecuniary


1) pertaining to money

2) squabble

3) brief flash of light

4) immediate insight

(19) foppish


1) vain about dress and appearance

2) not to be taken away

3) plan in advance

4) introduce as a subject

(20) nepotism


1) n. money given to sb who has done one a service

2) copy

3) give up temporarily

4) favoritism (to a relative)

(21) environ


1) enclose

2) barrier laid down by artillery fire

3) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

4) adjoining

(22) mercantile


1) happiness

2) concerning trade or merchants

3) surmise

4) degrade

(23) clemency


1) display of partiality toward a favored person

2) apart

3) reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.)

4) disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments

(24) germinal


1) pertaining to a germ

2) sudden disastrous downfall or defeat

3) expressing a meaning

4) take vengence for something or on behalf of someone

(25) somnolent


1) show by example

2) noticeable

3) make or become suitable for a specific use

4) half asleep

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(1) unfeigned


1) similarly timed

2) not normal

3) genuine

4) prayer for help (used in invoking)

(2) quay


1) make use of, sometimes unjustly

2) fastidious

3) (of a story or play) loosely connected

4) dock

(3) patrician


1) blacken

2) noble

3) surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)

4) pitiless

(4) malodorous


1) regret

2) foul-smelling

3) lessen in value

4) nourish

(5) intelligentsia


1) simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, etc.)

2) disrepute

3) intellectuals

4) surround

(6) piecemeal


1) slander

2) free

3) one part at a time

4) sear

(7) incongruity


1) treasury

2) lack of harmony

3) state of distress

4) gain for the performance of service or labor

(8) verdant


1) decorate with needlework

2) domineering

3) green

4) deluge

(9) apogee


1) highest point

2) defensive mound of earth

3) wrestle

4) stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

(10) cog


1) place of refuge or shelter

2) disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments

3) petty or trivial details

4) tooth projecting from a wheel

(11) paragon


1) swollen

2) pretentiousness

3) wooden enclosure or pen

4) model of perfection

(12) intermediary


1) gift for finding valuable things by accident

2) military unit

3) distortion

4) intermediate

(13) novelty


1) hang about

2) something new

3) extinct flying reptile

4) violation (of a rule or regulation)

(14) quash


1) giving pleasure to the senses

2) essential

3) lacking intelligence or wit

4) crush

(15) dissension


1) willing to obey orders

2) mosaic

3) disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group

4) supposed

(16) noose


1) prudent

2) loop formed in a rope

3) decree or command

4) detestable

(17) extol


1) produce a design in raised relief

2) praise very highly

3) person who enjoys his own pain

4) sharp to the taste

(18) reminiscence


1) capable of maintaining life

2) recollection

3) hard coating or crust

4) motion

(19) volatile


1) changeable

2) bizzare

3) unalterable

4) surrender something (stolen)

(20) subordinate


1) giving or showing bliss

2) occupying a lower rank

3) mongrel

4) general agreement

(21) attire


1) brief flash of light

2) clothe

3) announce

4) bantering

(22) tensile


1) make poor

2) brief, comprehensive summary

3) capable of being stretched

4) explanatory list of symbols on a map

(23) diffuse


1) memoirs

2) hang about

3) strong inclination

4) wordy

(24) restraint


1) female warrior

2) (of an animal) not domestic

3) moderation or self-control

4) cancel

(25) repeal


1) revoke

2) force into less space

3) of a particular season

4) rebel