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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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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 191

(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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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 190

(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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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 189

(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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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 188

(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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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 187

(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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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 186

(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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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 185

(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

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(1) askance

1) experienced

2) let down

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

4) not native

(2) plaudit

1) praise

2) coiled around

3) blood feud (esp. between two families)

4) black magic

(3) tribulation

1) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem

2) loiter

3) suffering

4) (of someone) having insight

(4) animadversion

1) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly

2) elevated position

3) wine merchant

4) critical remark

(5) fallacious

1) ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority

2) false

3) disfranchise

4) very wicked

(6) gratify

1) refer

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

3) please

4) hang about/around

(7) tepid

1) dig up

2) rider on horseback

3) lukewarm

4) close relationship

(8) abyss

1) enormous chasm

2) records arranged in yearly parts

3) accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

4) legislating branch of government

(9) executioner

1) person administering capital punishment

2) abstruse

3) practical (as opposed to idealistic)

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

(10) lineaments

1) dining hall

2) washing

3) features especially of the face

4) hot-tempered

(11) rooster

1) cock

2) life after death

3) attribute

4) gather

(12) shard

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

2) fastidious

3) scatter

4) return to a former state (esp. after improvement)

(13) spontaneity

1) artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)

2) quality of being deeply moving

3) obtain by pulling violently

4) lack of premeditation

(14) dapper

1) neat and trim (in appearance)

2) existing at birth

3) move furtively

4) decree

(15) menagerie

1) arrest (a criminal)

2) pertaining to passionate love or sexual love

3) collection of wild animals on exhibition

4) not compulsory

(16) frolic

1) like a spirit or fairy

2) play and jump about happily

3) blood-vessel

4) number of points

(17) zenith

1) likely to change

2) one part at a time

3) point directly overhead in the sky

4) pointed tool used for piercing

(18) faze

1) sleight(dexterity) of hand

2) revive

3) disconcert

4) spotted

(19) listless

1) worsen

2) lover of mankind

3) utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones

4) lacking in spirit or energy

(20) pathos

1) imagined

2) support or base as for a pillar or statue

3) mental calmness

4) tender sorrow

(21) serpentine

1) winding

2) sink to a lower level

3) cheap and gaudy

4) hide

(22) effectual

1) able to produce a desired effect

2) connoisseur of food and drink

3) cold or cheerless

4) throb

(23) dross

1) surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)

2) waste matter

3) willingness to take new ventures

4) looking back on the past

(24) presumptuous

1) belief on slight evidence

2) holding of an office or real estate

3) great influence (especially political or social)

4) going beyond what is right

(25) rebate

1) rough-mannered

2) petty or trivial details

3) return of part of a payment

4) pamper

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(1) eventual

1) sleepwalker

2) strong and firm (in the body)

3) happening at last as a result

4) cancel

(2) deluge

1) belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control

2) patience

3) one regarded as embodying a set image or type

4) flood

(3) circuitous

1) roundabout

2) disrepute

3) conceal in the palm of the hand

4) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)

(4) outmoded

1) contradict

2) producing results

3) hang about

4) no longer in fashion or use

(5) totter

1) decayed and foul-smelling

2) plant or scatter seed

3) reparable

4) shake or move unsteadily

(6) belittle

1) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)

2) disparage

3) move about playfully

4) place of refuge or shelter

(7) lush

1) immoral behavior

2) outward sign

3) calamity

4) (of a plant or grass) growing very well

(8) macerate

1) soften by soaking in liquid

2) relentless

3) swagger

4) good judgment with composure

(9) boost

1) spread or cover with a sticky substance

2) extinct flying reptile

3) lift by pushing up from below

4) elliptic

(10) privy

1) frustrate

2) (of societies or groups) combine

3) secret

4) clearness of expression

(11) paradox

1) offering or providing help

2) improperness

3) disconnected

4) something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true)

(12) abbreviate

1) understood but not stated

2) frustrate

3) shorten

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

(13) predilection

1) unruly

2) preference

3) happiness

4) persuade by praise or false promise

(14) ken

1) rosy

2) range of knowledge

3) favoring success

4) familiar with

(15) elope

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

2) run away secretly with the intention of getting married

3) take pleasure in great comfort

4) disloyal

(16) succor

1) bring upon oneself

2) assist (someone in difficulty)

3) abnormal or deviant

4) lying below

(17) genus

1) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species

2) nonentity

3) fall sharply

4) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

(18) muse

1) hindrance

2) ponder at length

3) insolent

4) thrift

(19) score

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

2) face courageously

3) number of points

4) group of mammals including humans

(20) grate

1) annoy

2) operatic singer

3) talent

4) make a harsh noise

(21) slovenly

1) not thick

2) untidy

3) speak evil of

4) (of air) thin in density

(22) indigenous

1) stinging

2) an error involving time in a story

3) native

4) chain

(23) anthem

1) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

2) song of praise or patriotism

3) fly

4) noisy confusion

(24) commemorative

1) remembering

2) dissimilar

3) loyalty

4) harmonious

(25) oust

1) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history

2) associate with

3) expel

4) short simple story teaching a moral

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(1) mediate

1) family descent

2) not fully worked out or developed

3) unlikely occurrence

4) settle a dispute through the services of an outsider

(2) amazon

1) limited

2) play or frolic boisterously

3) lacking caution

4) female warrior

(3) utopia

1) not thick

2) staff officer assisting the commander

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

4) ideal place, state, or society

(4) furrow

1) long shallow trench made by a plow

2) below the threshold of conscious perception

3) study industriously

4) hasty

(5) graphite

1) posion

2) hypnotic state

3) black form of carbon used in lead pencils

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

(6) mishap

1) something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract

2) wild

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

4) unfortunate accident

(7) execute

1) impervious

2) put into effect

3) slightly obscure

4) bankrupt

(8) equivocate

1) steal things of small value

2) agreeable

3) use equivocal language to deceive people

4) dedicate

(9) malapropos

1) having many talents

2) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

3) inappropriate

4) stubbornly wrong

(10) Advent

1) violent

2) arrival

3) spot

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

(11) gradation

1) humiliation

2) series of gradual stages

3) scold harshly

4) d\'ebut

(12) negligible

1) pretend

2) firmly established by nature or habit

3) pertaining to land or its cultivation

4) so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded

(13) abstract

1) luxuriate

2) pitiless

3) theoretical

4) support placed under or against something

(14) exult

1) rejoice

2) homesickness

3) widespread

4) refer indirectly

(15) esoteric

1) intention

2) expand

3) refer

4) hard to understand

(16) disapprobation

1) of the same kind

2) disapproval

3) one who feigns illness to escape duty

4) hatred of marriage

(17) amphitheater

1) oval building with tiers of seats

2) carrion-eating birds

3) light stroke as with a whip

4) equal in extent

(18) psyche

1) shabby and dirty

2) purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

3) soul

4) producing tears

(19) enterprise

1) laugh quietly

2) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible

3) bad-tempered

4) willingness to take new ventures

(20) volition

1) successful

2) time of greatest success or power

3) act of using one's will

4) fear of water

(21) insurrection

1) swamp gas

2) (of a person) bold

3) rebellion

4) strong

(22) expletive

1) very large number

2) meaningless word

3) having a fixed order of procedure

4) insolent

(23) drab

1) dull

2) formless

3) marked by vulgar lewd humor

4) title or heading (in red print)

(24) frenzied

1) twist

2) madly excited

3) struggle

4) religion practiced chiefly in Haiti

(25) formidable

1) entreating

2) menacing

3) bravery

4) achieve by cleverness or trick

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(1) euphemism

1) (of a part of the body) swollen

2) (of writing) flowing

3) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

4) clever in deceiving

(2) warren

1) mass of material sticking together

2) tunnels in which rabbits live

3) producing tears

4) raise in rank or dignity

(3) erratic

1) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored

2) fame

3) odd

4) honor at a festival

(4) maneuver(manoeu

1) artificial channel for water

2) lending money at illegal high rates of interest

3) harass

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

(5) vagary

1) capricious happening

2) permitting light to pass through freely

3) become popular with

4) double-dealing

(6) alluvial

1) traitor

2) pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

3) nonsense

4) lizard that changes color in different situations

(7) subside

1) authoritative

2) sink to a lower level

3) sensual

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

(8) fuddle

1) walk or behave with an over-confident manner

2) make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink

3) study industriously

4) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased

(9) suture

1) brief statement used to express a principle

2) lustful

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

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

(10) mincing

1) affectedly dainty(delicate)

2) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)

3) small boat (often ship's boat)

4) small chamber used for sleeping or work

(11) virulent

1) hairy

2) supposed

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

4) remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted

(12) gaudy

1) tear or cut to pieces

2) ered) marked by great changes in fortune

3) flashy

4) droop

(13) inscrutable

1) difficult to understand

2) dark

3) decorate

4) one who studies reptiles

(14) buttress

1) glass water bottle

2) support

3) implying a cause-and-effect relationship

4) (of a sound) echoing

(15) chaotic

1) in utter disorder

2) reject bluntly

3) assuming a false identity

4) clever in deceiving

(16) aesthetic

1) daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)

2) artistic

3) subside or moderate

4) pay for services

(17) celibate

1) abstaining from sexual intercourse

2) ) (of people or their behavior) respectful

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

4) self-satisfaction

(18) trickle

1) roll in mud

2) plentiful

3) flow in drops or in a thin stream

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

(19) vertigo

1) complain or whine tearfully

2) distinctive behavioral trait

3) liberate

4) severe dizziness

(20) monumental

1) massive

2) make secure against damage or loss

3) complain

4) sound on judgment

(21) epithet

1) in confusion

2) word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing

3) senility

4) banish to the country

(22) iniquitous

1) painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)

2) wicked

3) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

4) begin and continue (a war)

(23) reaper

1) medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow

2) restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it)

3) winding

4) one who harvests grain

(24) divine

1) calm

2) wrongdoing

3) perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic)

4) of religion

(25) tenancy

1) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

2) small amount (of money)

3) possession of land or building by rent

4) requiring sitting

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(1) humus

1) slow down

2) substance or rich soil formed by decaying vegetable matter

3) number of points

4) skillful

(2) belabor

1) quibble

2) harp on

3) loud and harsh

4) metal pin used for fastening metal plates together

(3) screech

1) eager enjoyment

2) small poor bed

3) ordinary

4) unpleasant high sharp sound

(4) warble

1) worthless products of an endeavor

2) moment of calm

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

4) (of a bird) sing

(5) ichthyology

1) ravenous

2) uninterrupted

3) study of fish

4) change

(6) indiscriminate

1) pertaining to language

2) choosing at random

3) healthful

4) overflowing abundance

(7) rou\'e

1) make drunk

2) lecherous man

3) plentiful

4) descent

(8) materialism

1) preoccupation with physical comforts and things

2) kingdom

3) possession of land or building by rent

4) lethargy

(9) prefatory

1) introductory

2) invigorating and refreshing

3) that which accompanies

4) not literal but metaphorical

(10) windfall

1) deceive

2) framework and working parts of an automobile

3) (of a story or play) loosely connected

4) fallen fruit

(11) roster

1) act or manner of using

2) spacious

3) list (of names)

4) recover

(12) queer

1) having many talents

2) strange

3) rejoicing

4) censure

(13) quail

1) send out of the country

2) cower

3) lending money at illegal high rates of interest

4) trifles

(14) bacchanal

1) susceptible to wounds or attack

2) noisy party with a lot of drinking

3) urge on

4) influenced by personal feelings

(15) incantation

1) singing or chanting of magic spells

2) prudent

3) condense or shorten

4) moral correctness

(16) translucent

1) narrow-mindedness

2) partly transparent

3) crude dwelling

4) apply a lubricant to

(17) euphony

1) wrongdoing

2) free from an entanglement or difficulty

3) without attention to comfort

4) sweet sound

(18) hut

1) crude dwelling

2) nonstandard grammatical construction

3) attach

4) move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy way

(19) bemoan

1) prank

2) circular building or hall covered with a dome

3) lament

4) heavy substance used to add stability or weight

(20) abate

1) limited

2) subside or moderate

3) providing for future needs

4) drink of the gods

(21) paramour

1) mixed up

2) induced sleeping state

3) significance

4) illicit lover

(22) halting

1) violation of a law

2) unreasonable or capricious

3) falling to pieces

4) hesitant

(23) Elysium

1) smirk

2) place or condition of bliss

3) quarrel noisily

4) clamorous

(24) civil

1) failure to act

2) broad comedy

3) contend

4) having to do with citizens

(25) stint

1) supply

2) soft wet land

3) holding fast (as to a belief)

4) slight degree of color

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(1) dumbfound(dumfo

1) und) astonish (making dumb)

2) requiring sitting

3) tending toward the center

4) (of a spirit) visit (a place)

(2) alms

1) dictionary

2) decree or command

3) fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)

4) money or goods given to the poor

(3) responsiveness

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

2) trip and almost fall

3) state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.

4) dissimilar

(4) prattle

1) kill from lack of air

2) talk idly

3) major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals

4) give

(5) run-down

1) ability

2) certainty

3) (of a place) dilapidated

4) journey

(6) knotty

1) highly pretentious or inflated

2) intricate

3) something fit to be eaten

4) groom oneself with care

(7) bristling

1) become popular with

2) condition of being squalid

3) rising like bristles

4) inclined to cruelty

(8) affliction

1) questioner (especially harsh)

2) state of distress

3) family descent

4) reserved or aloof

(9) inculcate

1) foul-smelling

2) teach (ideas or principles)

3) travel about selling (wares)

4) central or vital part

(10) synthetic

1) obligatory

2) obligated

3) beginning

4) not natural

(11) jocular

1) disease communicator

2) avoid (responsibility, work, etc.)

3) said or done in jest or playfully

4) one who builds or works with stone or brick

(12) quizzical

1) curious

2) process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance

3) hide

4) flood

(13) curmudgeon

1) children

2) churlish, miserly individual

3) related to telling a story

4) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

(14) replete

1) harmful

2) announce

3) fully filled

4) unworthy

(15) slavish

1) permanent

2) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

3) of or like a slave

4) joining

(16) judicious

1) narrow opening in a large mass

2) subside or moderate

3) sound on judgment

4) make or become dull or discolored

(17) impeach

1) charge (a public official) with crime in office

2) of glass

3) nearness

4) and forwards

(18) doze

1) able to be touched

2) risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements

3) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)

4) sleep lightly

(19) orifice

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

2) hostile invasion

3) mouthlike opening

4) grow rapidly (in numbers)

(20) unison

1) unity of pitch (in musical performance)

2) untidy (of hair or clothing)

3) pertinent

4) beak(bill)

(21) strident

1) (of likings and interests) universal

2) purposely continuing to do something wrong

3) severity

4) loud and harsh

(22) prime

1) an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people)

2) period of ideal or peak condition

3) said or done in jest or playfully

4) noisy quarrel

(23) disgorge

1) avaricious

2) power to produce desired effect

3) surrender something (stolen)

4) censure

(24) habitat

1) come to one as a gain

2) natural home of a plant or animal

3) crystal clear

4) state of being undecided

(25) prehensile

1) (of costs or demands) excessive

2) beauty

3) capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around)

4) making a harsh noise

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(1) renege

1) break a promise

2) dose (of liquids)

3) crafty

4) having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes

(2) abrasive

1) religious image

2) enclose

3) friendship

4) rubbing away

(3) kaleidoscope

1) scholar

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

3) window projecting upright from roof

4) assemble

(4) perpetual

1) everlasting

2) formal

3) indecent

4) cancel

(5) abstemious

1) make return for

2) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

3) assuming a false identity

4) sparing in eating and drinking

(6) incense

1) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

2) make necessary

3) enrage

4) government run by religious leaders

(7) bristle

1) become unsteady and fall down

2) introduction (to a poem or play)

3) small piece or mark

4) short stiff hair

(8) fritter

1) waste (time or money on unimportant things)

2) threatening

3) rushing stream

4) boorish

(9) nutrient

1) judicial branch of government

2) religious image

3) nourishing substance

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

(10) condole

1) terms used in a science or art

2) express condolences

3) arouse to action

4) person who turns animal hides into leather

(11) decorous

1) hanging

2) state of being nameless

3) move in search of plunder

4) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

(12) termination

1) end

2) based on experience

3) contaminate

4) steadiness of effort

(13) pine

1) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

2) assault

3) long for

4) pastoral song

(14) afterlife

1) life after death

2) Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)

3) third in order or rank

4) large city

(15) quorum

1) minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

2) tax levied by a ruler

3) unerring

4) main wooden stem of a tree

(16) benefactor

1) wine merchant

2) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint

3) slandering

4) gift giver

(17) scrupulous

1) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

2) remorse

3) deep regret for wrongdoing

4) conscientious

(18) rave

1) overwhelmingly favorable review

2) contradict

3) profitable

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

(19) convulsion

1) make desolate

2) violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness)

3) encouraging

4) revive

(20) vise

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

2) reservoir or water tank

3) charmingly carefree

4) vice

(21) supple

1) flexible

2) traditional

3) record of descent

4) destruction by fire

(22) gerrymander

1) common

2) transparent

3) bloody

4) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party

(23) courier

1) advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)

2) crack

3) lessening

4) messenger

(24) garner

1) providing a general overview

2) gather

3) intensely cold

4) illegal

(25) emboss

1) study of insects

2) entreat

3) produce a design in raised relief

4) file of documents on a subject or person

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(1) veneer

1) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)

2) be unfaithful

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

4) courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties)

(2) blatant

1) something that relieves pain

2) twisted

3) extremely (offensively) obvious

4) turn to stone

(3) circumspect

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

2) prudent

3) wandering

4) condition of being unable to feel pain

(4) tumult

1) commotion of a great crowd

2) bend the knee as in worship

3) played in an abrupt manner

4) decayed and foul-smelling

(5) antidote

1) remedy to counteract a poison or disease

2) corrupt

3) total

4) ) entrance

(6) overture

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

2) devoutness

3) make perpetual

4) musical introduction to a long musical piece

(7) marked

1) noticeable

2) lawyer using questionable methods

3) wasted away

4) hot sweet dish

(8) fissure

1) negligent

2) scowl

3) crevice

4) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain

(9) internecine

1) something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true)

2) arsonist

3) mutually destructive

4) operate with one's hands

(10) tether

1) disentangle

2) love deeply and respect highly

3) moo

4) tie (an animal) with a rope or tether

(11) eccentric

1) merriment

2) instituting

3) irregular

4) precision

(12) shaving

1) motivated solely by money or gain

2) make whole

3) predatory animal or bird

4) very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)

(13) solitude

1) systematic plan

2) sparkle

3) pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter

4) state of being alone

(14) fanfare

1) not knowing

2) flexible

3) call by bugles or trumpets

4) sink to a lower level

(15) atone

1) cancel

2) shrewd in money matters

3) state strongly or positively

4) make amends for

(16) ethos

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

2) underlying character of a culture, group, etc.

3) mushy(sentimental) and gushy

4) deny

(17) virile

1) manly

2) bending of a ray of light

3) extremely dry

4) express condolences

(18) microcosm

1) solemn urging

2) small representative world

3) fair

4) smugly and unconsciously foolish

(19) ration

1) fixed portion

2) strangle

3) society ruled by the wealthy

4) strip off skin

(20) languid

1) lacking energy or vitality

2) clumsy (in social behavior)

3) wooden enclosure or pen

4) division of a city for election or police purposes

(21) obliterate

1) announce

2) having no motion

3) destroy completely

4) main impact or shock (of an attack or blow)

(22) inquisitor

1) questioner (especially harsh)

2) revive

3) having foresight

4) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

(23) exhort

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

2) restraint

3) urge (by strong argument or advice)

4) move with body close to the ground

(24) palatial

1) lengthen

2) crush or grind into very small particles

3) of or suitable for a palace

4) rendering

(25) leave-taking

1) bloody

2) farewell or departure

3) read through with care

4) twistings

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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 175

(1) bludgeon

1) (of a person) truthful

2) blow in heavy gusts

3) vague statement

4) club

(2) posterity

1) short and thick

2) violent

3) rebound

4) descendants

(3) blush

1) warn or speak to with gentle disapproval

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

3) mix

4) (of the tide) recede

(4) therapeutic

1) mar

2) curative

3) devastate

4) candid

(5) verve

1) give in respectfully

2) similarly timed

3) boasted

4) enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition)

(6) obsessive

1) dissimilar

2) related to thinking about something constantly

3) standard

4) strong desire

(7) bastard

1) illegitimate child

2) having many forms

3) cause

4) reckon

(8) raspy

1) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth

2) making a harsh noise

3) oppression

4) act of reciting publicly

(9) scheme

1) platitude

2) irreverence

3) produce a design in raised relief

4) systematic plan

(10) incorrigible

1) book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form

2) fearless

3) uncorrectable

4) guess

(11) punitive

1) suffering from indigestion

2) deprived of (someone beloved through death)

3) deceive

4) punishing

(12) insinuate

1) freedom from narrow limitations

2) achieve by cleverness or trick

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

4) hint

(13) clavicle

1) without previous preparation

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

3) small piece or mark

4) collarbone

(14) arcade

1) family descent

2) unable to be restrained or held back

3) a covered passageway usually lined with shops

4) ravenous

(15) bicameral

1) close relationship

2) large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way

3) saying farewell

4) two-chambered as a legislative body

(16) ultimate

1) related to seed or semen

2) surround

3) final

4) firm statement that something is certainly true

(17) felicity

1) reconciling

2) happiness

3) party

4) raging mad

(18) gossamer

1) familiar with

2) sheer

3) helpful

4) not native

(19) balk

1) generator for producing electricity

2) reach a necessary standard

3) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue

4) poisonous

(20) consanguinity

1) touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter

2) one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause

3) kinship

4) restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking

(21) murky

1) dark and gloomy

2) logically convincing

3) doctor who treats mental diseases

4) text of an opera or oratorio

(22) impersonal

1) not being a person

2) wild

3) privilege

4) contradict

(23) reprieve

1) outcry

2) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels

3) daily

4) postponement or cancelation of a punishment

(24) stratagem

1) deceptive scheme

2) block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches

3) steal things of small value

4) cancel out

(25) crust

1) feign

2) connoisseur of food and drink

3) soak

4) hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)

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(1) gruel

1) woman who rules a family or larger social group

2) thin liquid porridge

3) shy (flirtatiously)

4) distance around something

(2) astronomical

1) sum

2) tear made by rending

3) enormously large or extensive

4) proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

(3) procrastinate

1) former occupant of a post

2) postpone

3) blame

4) boastful

(4) invocation

1) prayer for help (used in invoking)

2) framework and working parts of an automobile

3) mercy killing

4) be excessively fond of

(5) brook

1) prominent

2) musical repetition

3) tending or leaning toward

4) tolerate

(6) glower

1) scowl

2) mental disorder

3) loyalty

4) obligated

(7) shrewd

1) assertion

2) attack with abusive language

3) person interested mostly in external objects and actions

4) clever

(8) indolent

1) object believed to have spiritual powers

2) lazy

3) confuse

4) applaud

(9) amble

1) walking at an easy unhurried pace

2) similarly timed

3) cry out suddenly

4) arrogant

(10) ordination

1) ceremony conferring holy orders

2) effort

3) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

4) humorous imitation

(11) sound

1) force or push out

2) obedient

3) in good condition

4) ordinary

(12) integrity

1) laughable

2) pertaining to the aurora borealis

3) neat and trim in appearance

4) honesty

(13) primordial

1) existing at the beginning (of time)

2) poisonous

3) offering or providing help

4) hold back (the natural expression of)

(14) recline

1) struggle and thrash about

2) real being

3) fluent (with insincerity or superficiality)

4) lie down

(15) consequential

1) keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)

2) self-important

3) deficient in intelligence

4) speak evil of

(16) cleft

1) stop or check flow of blood

2) condition of being squalid

3) of hidden meaning and spiritual power

4) N: split

(17) filch

1) steal (things of small value)

2) profane

3) willing to obey orders

4) without guile

(18) resolution

1) fearful

2) determination

3) neat and trim (in appearance)

4) absence of contradictions

(19) rickety

1) (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart

2) complain

3) peak

4) servile flatterer

(20) fathom

1) comprehend

2) in a coma

3) narrow space between things

4) continue in existence

(21) retaliate

1) partner in crime

2) one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless

3) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)

4) student of the history and science of humankind

(22) hem

1) surround tightly so that movement is impossible

2) put an end to forcibly

3) diminish

4) happiness

(23) meander

1) upstart

2) wind or turn in its course

3) place of spiritual expiation

4) harmful

(24) jaundice

1) unfortunate

2) into parts

3) medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow

4) storage place for military equipment

(25) etymology

1) walk lamely

2) study of word parts

3) deceive

4) divine gift

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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 173

(1) venerate

1) notoriously bad

2) article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

3) pantry

4) revere

(2) demagogue

1) person who appeals to people's prejudice

2) lacking liveliness

3) obtain by pulling violently

4) language used by special group

(3) bivouac

1) ability to foretell the future

2) fringes

3) story-teller

4) temporary encampment

(4) immune

1) censure

2) like a corpse

3) third in order or rank

4) resistant to

(5) transient

1) prepare by mixing or combining

2) damnation

3) negligent

4) staying for a short time

(6) sinecure

1) well-paid position with little responsibility

2) disgrace

3) man who is not a cleric

4) (of a condition) wretched

(7) herd

1) clowning

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

3) steal (things of small value)

4) group of animals

(8) connivance

1) pretense of ignorance of something wrong

2) important in history

3) one who commits sabotage

4) having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

(9) waive

1) give up temporarily

2) ability

3) one that achieves unexpected success

4) conceivably true

(10) obtrude

1) old age

2) pertaining to ships or navigation

3) push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude

4) confuse

(11) surge

1) candid

2) ceremony conferring holy orders

3) disturb the composure of

4) powerful movement of or like a wave

(12) scabbard

1) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)

2) worldly wise and urbane

3) case for a sword blade

4) branch out

(13) parody

1) suffering from indigestion

2) humorous imitation

3) arrange into categories or grades

4) too certain to be disputed

(14) obdurate

1) stubborn

2) lying on back

3) glass water bottle

4) seasonings

(15) daunt

1) hard to understand

2) intimidate

3) opposite

4) have a tendency

(16) disbar

1) place side by side

2) make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession

3) in love

4) neat

(17) demented

1) arrangement by rank or standing

2) sudden outburst of an illness or feeling

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

4) insane

(18) analgesic

1) causing insensitivity to pain

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

3) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

4) defeat

(19) remorse

1) deep regret for wrongdoing

2) sameness leading to boredom

3) horrible

4) warmly friendly

(20) rendition

1) obtain by pulling violently

2) condition of being squalid

3) refusal to yield

4) rendering

(21) caldron(cauldro

1) undeveloped

2) secret recess or vault usually used for burial

3) n) large kettle

4) obligatory

(22) prate

1) study of fish

2) talk idly

3) burn the surface of

4) cut the top off

(23) frigid

1) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action

2) intensely cold

3) become unsteady and fall down

4) refrain

(24) convert

1) marriageable

2) like a spirit or fairy

3) full of learning

4) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion

(25) jurisdiction

1) me) gay

2) follow (as a result)

3) right and power to apply the law

4) swindle

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(1) disfigure

1) upset

2) mar the appearance of

3) peaceful

4) detestable

(2) synthesis

1) life after death

2) make return for

3) combining parts or separate things into a whole

4) small ring

(3) poignancy

1) divided into two branches

2) quality of being deeply moving

3) illusive

4) long shallow trench made by a plow

(4) sanctimonious

1) harmful

2) insignificant

3) egg-shaped

4) displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness

(5) chicanery

1) motivated solely by money or gain

2) accidental

3) bully

4) trickery

(6) slough

1) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

2) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible

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

4) conflict

(7) collage

1) angelic

2) work of art put together from fragments

3) surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)

4) abdominal

(8) callow

1) platitude

2) adhesive

3) youthful

4) decay

(9) prompt

1) miser

2) make shiny by rubbing

3) last stop of railroad

4) cause

(10) conception

1) slavishly attentive

2) evil spirit

3) beginning

4) growth or increase in size by gradual addition

(11) oracular

1) food of the gods

2) sad

3) of an oracle

4) place over something else

(12) soothsayer

1) violent

2) one who foretells the future

3) connected with birth

4) official periodical publication

(13) decadence

1) sit on in order to hatch

2) elevated position

3) reject bluntly

4) decay

(14) dossier

1) practical rule guiding conduct

2) file of documents on a subject or person

3) eat away

4) written symbols

(15) sleigh

1) physician specializing in children's diseases

2) gruesome

3) pitcher

4) large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice

(16) prim

1) quarrel noisily

2) external

3) father

4) proper to the point of affectation

(17) convex

1) kind in a generous way (to someone less important)

2) casual and offhand

3) reduce

4) curving outward

(18) crux

1) essential or main point

2) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law

3) unsuited

4) remainder

(19) rumble

1) transient

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

3) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

4) gruesome

(20) carnivorous

1) (of the tide) recede

2) confused uproar

3) disheveled

4) meat-eating

(21) falter

1) hesitate

2) hostile invasion

3) systematic

4) excuse

(22) gustatory

1) someone easily fooled or deceived

2) affecting or relating to the sense of taste

3) not essential

4) scold with biting harshness

(23) flippant

1) assumption

2) lacking proper seriousness

3) violate (a law)

4) stun

(24) babble

1) talkative

2) lacking caution

3) chatter idly or foolishly

4) make secure against damage or loss

(25) incarnate

1) not to be taken away

2) endowed with flesh

3) concerning trade or merchants

4) speechless

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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 171

(1) syllogism

1) enrage

2) dry up

3) plot outline

4) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

(2) squelch

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

2) censure

3) stretching

4) cure-all

(3) pseudonym

1) without concern or care

2) plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed

3) lay eggs (in large numbers)

4) pen name

(4) hedonist

1) immoral behavior

2) cancel

3) intricate

4) one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life

(5) vignette

1) unfrightening

2) crush

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

4) laypersons

(6) scavenge

1) lure

2) prevent by taking action in advance

3) government run by religious leaders

4) hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food

(7) inclement

1) superintendent

2) pertaining to money

3) stormy

4) returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner

(8) flagrant

1) rider on horseback

2) temporary invasion

3) incipient

4) conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive

(9) increment

1) conciseness

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

3) increase

4) ring of leaves around stem

(10) mortician

1) mob

2) undertaker

3) relentless

4) agreement

(11) barefaced

1) small representative world

2) binding

3) shameless and noticeable

4) action of moving secretly or unseen

(12) proletarian

1) member of the working class

2) entice

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

4)

(13) muster

1) gather

2) storehouse for grain

3) violate (a law)

4) large in quantity

(14) larder

1) decorate

2) confirm

3) pantry

4) exceeding ordinary limits

(15) apocryphal

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

2) (of a story) widely believed but untrue

3) candid

4) refine

(16) pass\'e

1) wandering

2) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)

3) old-fashioned

4) person having administrative authority

(17) antiquated

1) conceal

2) dante) trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)

3) something fit to be eaten

4) obsolete

(18) ejaculation

1) anger

2) severely critical

3) exclamation

4) banish from a group

(19) protract

1) prolong

2) diabolic

3) approach and speak first to a person

4) exaggerated

(20) hoard

1) stockpile

2) irresistible

3) one who supplicates

4) surround and swallow up

(21) wanton

1) without concern or care

2) dethrone

3) not done politely without due formalities

4) unrestrained

(22) verity

1) tickle

2) pertaining to a province

3) quality of being true

4) producing tears

(23) adventitious

1) accidental

2) growing by addition

3) explore with a probe or tools

4) small amount (of money)

(24) epitaph

1) thick-skinned animal

2) style of cooking

3) inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone)

4) stimulate or shock by an electric current

(25) bigotry

1) express condolences

2) not natural

3) large three-masted sailing ship

4) stubborn intolerance

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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 170

(1) anneal

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

2) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased

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

4) windy

(2) tantalize

1) tease

2) most reliable

3) impossible to estimate

4) breeder or dealer of animals

(3) actuarial

1) enroll (in college or graduate school)

2) calculating

3) assume a particular posture

4) twisting force

(4) upbraid

1) tending to call up (emotions, memories)

2) plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed

3) very important

4) reprimand

(5) yeoman

1) narrate or tell (a story)

2) ornament richly (a shield or flag)

3) man or farmer owning small estate

4) accustom a baby not to nurse

(6) prevail

1) link as in a chain

2) be widespread

3) breaking of contract or duty

4) funeral director

(7) makeshift

1) privilege

2) temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need)

3) quality of being true

4) able to float

(8) brag

1) slingshot

2) boast

3) meantime

4) poise

(9) writ

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

2) below the threshold of conscious perception

3) imagined

4) short and thick

(10) jovial

1) churlish, miserly individual

2) strong foul odor

3) good-natured

4) one who builds or works with stone or brick

(11) aerie(aery,eyri

1) expand

2) e,eyry) nest of a large bird of prey

3) revive

4) premonition of evil

(12) slither

1) stun as with a blow or shock

2) limit

3) slip or slide

4) healthy

(13) impolitic

1) form into grains or granules

2) unable to be restrained or held back

3) not wise

4) bury

(14) rapture

1) send out of the country

2) punish as by beating

3) countercharges

4) great joy and delight

(15) archipelago

1) flowing together

2) give an indication beforehand

3) group of closely located islands

4) official periodical publication

(16) ambivalence

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

2) lacking in spirit

3) obtain by pulling violently

4) stilent) causing plague

(17) savor

1) express condolences

2) enjoy

3) capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around)

4) be thankful for

(18) squash

1) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

2) crush

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

4) provide for the payment of

(19) rig

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

2) hang about/around

3) arrangement of masts and sails

4) counselor

(20) incontrovertibl

1) meddlesome

2) extreme poverty

3) deserving high respect

4) e indisputable

(21) mellifluous

1) authorized agent

2) adage

3) (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing

4) ravenous

(22) uninhibited

1) eat away

2) moment of calm

3) unrepressed

4) thwart

(23) dissipate

1) torn ragged wound

2) purgative

3) squander

4) harmony

(24) trifling

1) disguise

2) agonizing

3) trivial

4) stretching

(25) eulogistic

1) put under a spell(condition caused by magical power)

2) traitor

3) revert (to bad habits)

4) praising

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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 169

(1) dearth

1) oversimplified

2) scarcity

3) grand suggesting great expense

4) one who has more than one spouse at a time

(2) dint

1) means

2) belittle

3) cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe)

4) condemnation to a severe penalty

(3) tribute

1) tax levied by a ruler

2) person who enjoys his own pain

3) slow-thinking stupid person

4) conclusion of an oration

(4) braggadocio

1) excessively or elaborately decorated

2) burning

3) boasting

4) rotting flesh of a dead body

(5) invert

1) turn upside down or inside out

2) hot-tempered

3) bending of a ray of light

4) mutually agreed on

(6) vampire

1) ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living

2) hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food

3) dry up

4) mania for doing grandiose things

(7) bequeath

1) stubbornly wrong

2) leave to someone by means of a will

3) fully filled

4) flow out slowly

(8) obtuse

1) blunt

2) frankness

3) beat with a whip or flail

4) claw of bird

(9) divest

1) grow well

2) strip (as of clothes)

3) glowing ardor

4) parody

(10) provincial

1) showing excitement

2) fashionable

3) make whole

4) pertaining to a province

(11) alimony

1) payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce

2) painting in only one color

3) wise

4) lacking proper seriousness

(12) anticlimax

1) crystal clear

2) letdown in thought or emotion

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

4) unpredictable

(13) warp

1) standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces

2) disentangle

3) eating both plant and animal food

4) twist out of shape

(14) transcendental

1) swamp gas

2) feeling of sickness and desire to vomit

3) grisly

4) going beyond common thought or ideas

(15) brittle

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

2) hard but easily broken

3) person who establishes (an organization or business)

4) self-governing

(16) stringent

1) face

2) (of rules) binding

3) simultaneous discharge of a number of shots

4) government run by religious leaders

(17) pique

1) compelling charm

2) widespread

3) connected with history

4) irritation

(18) debilitate

1) hindrance

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

3) dormant

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

(19) legacy

1) gift made by a will

2) legally correct

3) posion

4) shriveled

(20) wax

1) overcome

2) increase gradually (as the moon)

3) (of beliefs) against accepted opinion

4) take part in a conspiracy

(21) perversion

1) fill up again

2) permanent

3) corruption

4) provide for the payment of

(22) monogram

1) self-important

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

3) choosing of a lot or card

4) (of behavior) proper

(23) exorbitant

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

2) goodness

3) relating to cooking or kitchen

4) (of costs or demands) excessive

(24) scourge

1) spoken or written in secret

2) swimming

3) lash

4) inconspicuous

(25) perspicacious

1) pacify or soothe

2) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work

3) harmful

4) (of someone) having insight

2010-07-15T19:41:00.000+05:30

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 168

(1) touchstone

1) stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys

2) special talent

3) burden

4) swirling current of water, air, etc.

(2) sophisticated

1) false testimony while under oath

2) bad-tempered

3) worldly wise and urbane

4) forerunners

(3) apathy

1) lack of caring

2) tending to include all

3) bad-tempered

4) tic) frenzied

(4) resonant

1) temporary encampment

2) wrinkle

3) miser

4) (of a sound) echoing

(5) palate

1) roof of the mouth

2) ornate

3) transform

4) favoring success

(6) dappled

1) spotted

2) mar

3) subordinate possessions

4) delicate

(7) snicker

1) person with power to decide a matter in dispute

2) generator for producing electricity

3) light stroke as with a whip

4) half-stifled(suppressed) laugh

(8) caste

1) tendency to keep together

2) recover

3) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society

4) introduce something into a larger whole

(9) predecessor

1) person who seeks to overturn the established government

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

3) deadly

4) former occupant of a post

(10) perspicuity

1) inattentive or unmindful

2) clearness of expression

3) cut away

4) make unnecessary

(11) tiller

1) handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)

2) higher mental powers

3) advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)

4) superiority of power, quantity, etc.

(12) languor

1) lack of physical or mental energy

2) confuse

3) combativeness

4) stupid person

(13) singular

1) suffer (harm or loss)

2) examine closely and critically

3) being only one

4) fearful

(14) camp

1) courteous

2) capable of using either hand with equal ease

3) group sharing a common cause or opinion

4) cancel

(15) encroachment

1) pale

2) gradual intrusion

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

4) liberal

(16) romp

1) empty

2) play or frolic boisterously

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

4) calculating

(17) nostalgia

1) homesickness

2) either of the correlated things

3) looking within oneself

4) prove genuine

(18) spurn

1) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

2) pompous array of words

3) question closely

4) reject disdainfully

(19) pedantic

1) deep regret for wrongdoing

2) capable of maintaining life

3) bookish

4) clever in deceiving

(20) benevolent

1) improperness

2) generous

3) means

4) something new

(21) irrefutable

1) refer

2) indisputable

3) mania for doing grandiose things

4) make thin

(22) placebo

1) cancel

2) harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill

3) very bad or disagreeable

4) glowing ardor

(23) foreshadow

1) give an indication beforehand

2) vanity or self-love

3) wrinkled

4) easily understood

(24) benison

1) blessing

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

3) violent

4) lack of proportion (between the parts)

(25) fuss:

1) deliberately planned

2) love deeply and respect highly

3) trouble or worry over trifles

4) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue

2010-07-14T19:40:00.000+05:30

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 167

(1) contrite

1) appease

2) conduct or language inciting rebellion

3) penitent

4) hegm) pithy, compact saying

(2) dishearten

1) peak

2) trademark

3) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes

4) discourage

(3) pending

1) conceited smile

2) peaceful

3) not yet decided or settled

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

(4) marred

1) symbol of immortality or rebirth

2) scatter

3) adequate

4) damaged

(5) carrion

1) logically convincing

2) rotting flesh of a dead body

3) tickle

4) attractive (in personality or appearance)

(6) revoke

1) charlatan

2) untrustworthy person

3) express disapproval of

4) cancel

(7) amoral

1) nonmoral

2) only slightly connected

3) risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements

4) unruly

(8) earn

1) following

2) gain for the performance of service or labor

3) lying below

4) existing at the beginning (of time)

(9) egoism

1) legal delay of payment or action

2) excessive interest in one's self

3) nearsighted

4) delicate

(10) fanaticism

1) outsmart

2) excessive zeal

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

4) concise and meaningful

(11) convoke

1) of or like a slave

2) call together

3) state of being alone

4) highly ornate

(12) advert

1) defamation

2) imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature)

3) refer

4) based on assumptions or hypotheses

(13) tart

1) absence of governing body

2) sharp to the taste

3) heterogeneous mixture

4) projection

(14) peremptory

1) modest

2) demanding and leaving no choice

3) youthful

4) travel

(15) aspire

1) funeral director

2) seek to attain (position or status)

3) chuckle with delight

4) reckon

(16) reciprocate

1) random

2) greatness (in size or extent)

3) do or give something in return

4) disagree

(17) expound

1) power to produce desired effect

2) government run by religious leaders

3) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

4) explain

(18) provision

1) difficult condition

2) act of providing

3) of or like an uncle

4) (of water) cover completely

(19) carapace

1) worldly

2) copy

3) shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.)

4) slight degree of color

(20) simile

1) mournful

2) approve

3) comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as

4) new growth from a plant

(21) emissary

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

2) criticize harshly

3) agent (sent on a mission to represent another)

4)

(22) autonomous

1) send to a person or place for sale

2) self-governing

3) plan in advance

4) step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish)

(23) waylay

1) comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as

2) ambush

3) dull

4) (of a word or remark) apt

(24) agglomeration

1) shorten

2) collection

3) support

4) position giving an advantage (such as a strategic point)

(25) swipe

1) large three-masted sailing ship

2) natural inclination

3) hit with a sweeping motion

4) colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism

2010-07-13T19:40:00.000+05:30

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 166

(1) behemoth

1) huge creature

2) of or causing sepsis

3) rude, insensitive person

4) enroll (in college or graduate school)

(2) acquiesce

1) artificial

2) assent

3) not compulsory

4) state of disorder

(3) lateral

1) vinegary

2) of or coming from the side

3) weightless

4) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law

(4) introspective

1) looking within oneself

2) title or heading (in red print)

3) record of a voyage or flight

4) lift by pushing up from below

(5) magisterial

1) authoritative

2) violent

3) division into two opposite parts

4) let down

(6) imply

1) suggest a meaning not expressed

2) withdrawal

3) able to take on many forms

4) postponement or cancelation of a punishment

(7) superfluous

1) excessive

2) impossible to estimate

3) unprejudiced

4) effectual

(8) solicitor

1) body of customers

2) lawyer in the lower court of law

3) empty

4) unintentionally

(9) truism

1) last stop of railroad

2) relating to the highest point

3) self-evident truth

4) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)

(10) skulk

1) ornamental clasp

2) skin disease (on the face)

3) move furtively and secretly

4) full of self-admiration

(11) mutinous

1) unruly

2) ruler in a monarchy

3) difficult situation

4) unscrupulous

(12) enmity

1) beautiful writing

2) ill will

3) slow-thinking stupid person

4) imagined

(13) invalid

1) amendment or clause added to a legislative bill

2) one incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness

3) equipment

4) unharmed

(14) underlying

1) lying below

2) hybridize

3) special talent

4) evil spirit

(15) tardy

1) slow

2) pertaining to ships or navigation

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

4) terms used in a science or art

(16) abode

1) slow-thinking stupid person

2) invulnerable

3) dwelling place

4) trader

(17) repercussion

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

2) rub out

3) rebound

4) given to(having a tendency of) joking

(18) reactionary

1) security given for loan

2) strongly opposed to social or political change

3) changeable

4) refer

(19) bulwark

1) reasoning

2) banish from a group

3) strong wall built for defense

4) make drunk

(20) germ

1) earliest form of an organism

2) legally correct

3) correct (usually a text)

4) heavy substance used to add stability or weight

(21) fumble

1) furnisher of foodstuffs

2) unable to be restrained or held back

3) excessively fat

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

(22) commonplace

1) faithless lover

2) discerning

3) ordinary

4) mercy killing

(23) gnarled

1) twisted

2) amuse

3) redden

4) producing results

(24) ambush

1) annoy

2) act of lying in wait to attack by surprise

3) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

4) unruly

(25) fraudulent

1) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes

2) like a glacier

3) despicable

4) cheating

2010-07-12T19:39:00.000+05:30

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 165

(1) obstetrician

1) unattractive

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

3) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)

4) having the odor of stale or decomposing fat

(2) censorious

1) fragrant

2) severely critical

3) bully

4) (of air) thin in density

(3) dutiful(duteous

1) ) (of people or their behavior) respectful

2) church dignitary

3) poverty

4) range of knowledge

(4) remediable

1) mercury

2) reparable

3) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

4) green

(5) cloister

1) deserving blame

2) earliest form of an organism

3) monastery or convent

4) not yet decided or settled

(6) insurgent

1) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)

2) miscellaneous

3) give protection (by giving food and shelter)

4) rebellious

(7) isthmus

1) free

2) state of being stupefied

3) narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land

4) stun as with a blow or shock

(8) supplant

1) unruly

2) path taken by a projectile

3) teasing conversation

4) take the place of unfairly

(9) apothecary

1) druggist

2) gain for the performance of service or labor

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

4) heat-producing

(10) upright

1) dispute

2) joking (often inappropriately)

3) (sitting or standing) straight up

4) chief

(11) embezzlement

1) very wicked

2) taking for one's own use in violation of trust

3) pastoral song

4) vanity or self-love

(12) abide

1) discerning

2) dwell

3) unerring

4) display of partiality toward a favored person

(13) cite

1) quote

2) (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart

3) seek to attain (position or status)

4) put under a spell(condition caused by magical power)

(14) notoriety

1) court of justice

2) any ulcerous sore

3) disrepute

4) totally clear

(15) titillate

1) a place where bees are kept

2) tickle

3) one who is zealous

4) dante) trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)

(16) fructify

1) discipline

2) bear fruit

3) shack

4) deceive

(17) yield

1) higher mental powers

2) full of self-admiration

3) amount produced

4) slavishly attentive

(18) redress

1) secret

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

3) remedy

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

(19) egregious

1) diminish

2) speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

3) notorious

4) drunken revel

(20) cataclysm

1) deluge

2) meanly stingy

3) widespread

4) deserve

(21) blare

1) sad

2) loud or harsh roar or screech

3) faultfinding

4) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

(22) layman

1) man who is not a cleric

2) tooth projecting from a wheel

3) old age

4) lifeless

(23) disingenuous

1) someone seeking revenge

2) final outcome

3) attacking cherished traditions

4) not naive

(24) proximity

1) loyalty

2) having or causing lustful desires and thoughts

3) nearness

4) farewell or departure

(25) impervious

1) fantastic

2) impenetrable

3) incapable of being pacified

4) medical treatment and care of old age

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VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 164

(1) discerning

1) animal, plant, or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family

2) give up (a position, right, or claim)

3) mentally quick and observant

4) attractive

(2) concoct

1) cut to pieces with ax or sword

2) elevation to godhood

3) hereditary nobility

4) prepare by mixing or combining

(3) reparable

1) one that has been excluded from a society

2) capable of being repaired

3) hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food

4) punishment

(4) recuperate

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

2) recover

3) official or legal permission

4) privilege

(5) abhor

1) bend the knee as in worship

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

3) causing sadness, compassion, pity

4) detest

(6) complicity

1) participation

2) renovate

3) instruct

4) active strength

(7) discriminate

1) make thin

2) mental or bodily powers

3) distinguish

4) lack of premeditation

(8) reprehensible

1) (of a place) dilapidated

2) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history

3) deserving blame

4) run-down

(9) bantering

1) trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense

2) joking talk

3) swayed by sentiment

4) pertaining to a bishop or pope

(10) lace

1) superfluous

2) refer indirectly

3) stout

4) cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe)

(11) dissolution

1) disintegration

2) morose

3) poor verse

4) inborn

(12) pluck

1) having absolute unchecked power

2) remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted

3) courage

4) turn over

(13) satirical

1) legal official of high rank

2) renovate

3) using satire

4) older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

(14) impropriety

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

2) improperness

3) cold or cheerless

4) disown

(15) mock

1) stubborn

2) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored

3) ridicule

4) temporary invasion

(16) virtue

1) substance that dissolves another

2) stamp out(put an end to)

3) play or frolic boisterously

4) goodness

(17) blemish

1) luxuriate

2) unmanageable

3) mar

4) indignation

(18) personify

1) excessive or uncontrollable excitement

2) unsafe

3) underlying character of a culture, group, etc.

4) represent (an inanimate object) as a person

(19) decrepitude

1) state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age

2) easily burned

3) depart secretly and hide

4) young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family)

(20) clangor

1) loud resounding noise

2) thing that completes another

3) sad

4) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly

(21) cosmic

1) lure

2) in love

3) pertaining to the universe

4) join together end to end to make one continuous length

(22) cadaver

1) temporary moderation (of disease symptoms)

2) complain

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

4) corpse

(23) rank

1) offensive in odor or flavor

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

3) (of an animal) not domestic

4) width

(24) righteous

1) ered) marked by great changes in fortune

2) weakness of mind

3) stray or fall behind (a main group)

4) morally upright

(25) depredation

1) government under a single ruler

2) the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events

3) rider on horseback

4) plundering

2010-07-10T19:38:00.000+05:30

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 163

(1) inveigh

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

2) shake repeatedly from side to side

3) step heavily with the feet

4) denounce

(2) halcyon

1) having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes

2) calm

3) quibble

4) capricious

(3) oaf

1) stupid awkward person

2) capable of being repaired

3) harmless

4) fear of heights

(4) succulent

1) trail of ship or other object through water

2) ugly

3) juicy

4) unfounded false rumor

(5) downcast

1) feign

2) additional object

3) fenced enclosure for animals

4) disheartened

(6) aboriginal

1) ignore or behave coldly toward

2) noisy quarrel

3) being the first of its kind in a region

4) able to float

(7) wan

1) annoying

2) having a pale or sickly color

3) something that relieves pain

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

(8) mote

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

2) having or causing lustful desires and thoughts

3) small speck (esp. of dust)

4) pertaining to drama

(9) dull

1) three-pronged spear

2) able to walk

3) causing insensitivity to pain

4) (of colors or surfaces) not bright

(10) heinous

1) atrocious

2) introverted

3) short poem idealizing rural life

4) tender sorrow

(11) mannered

1) holding tenaciously to an action

2) be annoyed or vexed

3) short-lived

4) affected

(12) advocate

1) essential or main point

2) (of a plant or grass) growing very well

3) speak in favor of

4) liable to err

(13) insomnia

1) attack (as with missiles or bombs)

2) one-sided

3) foretell

4) wakefulness

(14) fulsome

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

2) insert improperly

3) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

4) disgustingly excessive

(15) hireling

1) having a pale or sickly color

2) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently

3) work (esp. musical composition)

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

(16) nirvana

1) long shallow trench made by a plow

2) pertaining to the aurora borealis

3) in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude

4) shine brightly with flashing points of light

(17) vainglorious

1) clothing

2) with reference to

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

4) boastful

(18) oath

1) painting in only one color

2) not essential

3) correct spelling

4) solemn promise

(19) schematic

1) wrinkled

2) combining parts or separate things into a whole

3) favoring success

4) of a schema or scheme

(20) centripetal

1) said or done in jest or playfully

2) tending toward the center

3) thin

4) mischance

(21) saline

1) wordy

2) (of behavior) proper

3) salty

4) made up of a variety of parts

(22) caulk(calk)

1) student of the history and science of humankind

2) make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)

3) essence

4) motherly

(23) endear

1) motivate

2) bar

3) vested power to reject a bill

4) make beloved

(24) doctrinaire

1) wandering

2) meaning

3) unable to compromise about points of doctrine

4) state of violent agitation

(25) rousing

1) meaning

2) lively

3) ability

4) do or give something in return

2010-07-09T19:38:00.000+05:30

VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 162

(1) pungent

1) stinging

2) bad-tempered

3) report

4) end

(2) mnemonic

1) pertaining to memory

2) leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)

3) law enacted by the legislature

4) standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces

(3) illusion

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

2) shove

3) curative

4) misleading vision or visual image

(4) exonerate

1) extraordinary ability

2) concerning trade or merchants

3) acquit

4) not good-looking

(5) divulge

1) upstart

2) stand up against

3) nook

4) reveal

(6) nuance

1) of the same kind

2) change (esp. from good to bad)

3) composed

4) shade of slight difference in meaning or color

(7) glut

1) overstock

2) strong longing to travel

3) excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling

4) (of an experience) deeply shocking

(8) aseptic

1) salty

2) lacking interest or effort

3) loose freshness

4) preventing infection

(9) discombobulated

1) servile dependent

2) one who feigns illness to escape duty

3) discomposed

4) supposed

(10) spatula

1) broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing

2) random

3) severe disapproval

4) prudent

(11) torso

1) trunk of statue with head and limbs missing

2) attacking

3) stupid

4) person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

(12) selective

1) set free

2) having a fixed order of procedure

3) rebound

4) careful in choosing

(13) fallow

1) diminish

2) white with age

3) (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality)

4) local or provincial dialect

(14) prestige

1) respect or admiration

2) restore to a previous condition or position

3) period of ideal or peak condition

4) charge (a public official) with crime in office

(15) gazette

1) unworthy

2) capricious happening

3) vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle

4) official periodical publication

(16) despot

1) artificial

2) something fit to be eaten

3) person who enjoys his own pain

4) tyrant

(17) facade(fa\c{c}a

1) de) front or face (of building)

2) rustic

3) art of versification

4) failure to act

(18) discrepancy

1) shortcoming

2) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts

3) spread randomly

4) cut away

(19) sinuous

1) approve

2) keep

3) serving as a model

4) twisting

(20) sneak

1) morose

2) kindly

3) move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy way

4) concise

(21) hypocritical

1) flow out slowly

2) deceptive

3) pretending to be virtuous

4) element that is a creature's natural environment

(22) presage

1) foretell

2) bloody

3) nourish

4) stench

(23) bland

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

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

3) restraint

4) soothing or mild (food)

(24) consecrate

1) in utter disorder

2) compulsive habitual need

3) dedicate

4) heavy substance used to add stability or weight

(25) laud

1) praise

2) slow

3) pirate

4) romp

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(1) cherubic

1) unnoticeable

2) sparing in eating and drinking

3) divine gift

4) angelic

(2) regeneration

1) (of a fault or sin) forgivable

2) spiritual rebirth

3) singing or chanting of magic spells

4) send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow

(3) astral

1) lash

2) mix together

3) relating to the stars

4) knickknack

(4) obelisk

1) tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid

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

3) morally pure

4) conspicuous

(5) exacerbate

1) warlike

2) worsen

3) enjoy

4) capricious

(6) encumber

1) hot sweet dish

2) blame

3) include

4) burden

(7) nocturnal

1) hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)

2) done or active at night

3) loud continous noise

4) standard

(8) exotic

1) secure grasp or hold

2) steering wheel of a ship

3) light stroke as with a whip

4) not native

(9) shift

1) untidy (of a woman or clothes)

2) change position or place

3) projection

4) defeat

(10) siren

1) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)

2) avaricious

3) fly

4) apparatus for making sounds

(11) sacrosanct

1) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife

2) invioably sacred

3) slight knowledge

4) popular fashion

(12) demure

1) unruly

2) small ornamental statuette(very small statue)

3) (of a woman or child) grave

4) crude cabin

(13) natation

1) discuss lightly or glibly

2) comfort in sorrow or trouble

3) token of disgrace

4) swimming

(14) dilapidated

1) terms used in a science or art

2) irresistible crushing force

3) falling to pieces

4) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

(15) emanate

1) make unconscious or numb as by a blow

2) holding tenaciously to an action

3) issue forth

4) comfort in sorrow or trouble

(16) concur

1) weaken

2) outmoded

3) agree

4) odorous

(17) invidious

1) disobedient

2) disparage

3) designed to create ill will or envy

4) noisy quarrel

(18) douse

1) plunge into water or liquid

2) nonstandard grammatical construction

3) a covered passageway usually lined with shops

4) goblet

(19) recalcitrant

1) feather, esp. large or showy one

2) short quick cut with scissors

3) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building

4) disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished

(20) disgruntle

1) make discontented

2) urge (by strong argument or advice)

3) inflict

4) docile

(21) sarcasm

1) imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature)

2) change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)

3) cutting ironic remark

4) pleasantly fat

(22) defray

1) highly excited

2) maze

3) provide for the payment of

4) predict (according to present indications)

(23) irksome

1) threat

2) diplomatic etiquette

3) annoying

4) lurch

(24) slew

1) religious group

2) pertaining to language

3) instituting

4) large quantity or number

(25) wily

1) crafty

2) without an equal

3) conceited person

4) serving as a model

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(1) stem

1) trace

2) an act of yielding

3) stop or check (the flow of)

4) merriment

(2) drama

1) core or marrow

2) deny

3) prose or verse composition to be performed by actors

4) lead away from proper conduct

(3) wilt

1) incapable of producing young

2) put into a lower or worse place

3) loose freshness

4) play or frolic boisterously

(4) caliber

1) ability

2) untrustworthy person

3) come together

4) direct quick route

(5) unprecedented

1) sleeping

2) connection

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

4) having no previous example

(6) hermetic

1) attach

2) concerning alchemy or magic

3) fern leaf

4) settle accounts

(7) teetotalism

1) student of the history and science of humankind

2) shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders

3) (of air) thin in density

4) practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks

(8) clown

1) act stupidly

2) human muscle

3) wetland

4) ruddy

(9) tender

1) forceful

2) inclination

3) offer formally

4) thriftless

(10) clout

1) fall sharply

2) dying

3) filled with excited joy and pride

4) great influence (especially political or social)

(11) impassive

1) inclined to

2) devout

3) without feeling

4) play and jump about happily

(12) exasperate

1) vex

2) sift

3) ordinary

4) explain

(13) dictum

1) authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court)

2) careful no to cause offence

3) hiding place

4) quarrel noisily

(14) predetermine

1) determine in advance

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

3) suspend until a later time

4) foretell

(15) combustible

1) direct financial aid by government, etc.

2) authority on a subject

3) (of someone) unfriendly

4) easily burned

(16) pare

1) put an end to forcibly

2) push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude

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

4) pay out (as from a fund)

(17) aspirant

1) seeker after position or status

2) sheer

3) favoring success

4) confuse

(18) sage

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

2) person celebrated for wisdom

3) voracious

4) humbleness of spirit

(19) olfactory

1) lazy

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

3) concerning the sense of smell

4) correct spelling

(20) antipathy

1) aversion

2) of the surface

3) frighten

4) holding one's attention

(21) ascertain

1) treat with scorn or contempt

2) find out for certain

3) speaking several languages

4) observable facts

(22) throes

1) descendants

2) violent anguish

3) soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)

4) advantage

(23) reprise

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

2) deceive

3) watchful

4) musical repetition

(24) smolder

1) lack of caring

2) smoulder

3) calmness

4) reject bluntly

(25) arraign

1) unruly

2) area of thick hard skin

3) fragrant

4) charge in court

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(1) cavil

1) of or pertaining to the people

2) step heavily with the feet

3) extremely severe

4) quibble

(2) mayhem

1) come to one as a gain

2) injury to body

3) sentry

4) impenetrable

(3) disseminate

1) ty) quality of being unsophisticated

2) understood (without actually being expressed)

3) distribute

4) (of rules) binding

(4) genre

1) particular variety of art or literature

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

3) related to thinking about something constantly

4) characteristic frame of mind

(5) emancipate

1) having womanly traits

2) purest and highest embodiment

3) become less severe

4) set free

(6) dilate

1) expand

2) make perpetual

3) condition of being unable to feel pain

4) excuse

(7) intervene

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

2) revere

3) come between

4) fierce

(8) obnoxious

1) offensive

2) infinite

3) deprived of (something valuable)

4) intruder

(9) approbation

1) approval

2) very important

3) support

4) nourishing substance

(10) strangle

1) waster

2) implied comparison

3) gully

4) kill by choking or suffocating

(11) indigence

1) poverty

2) move back suddenly

3) revert (to bad habits)

4) nourish

(12) indict

1) dilemma

2) vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle

3) charge

4) all-knowing

(13) dissertation

1) formal essay

2) joining

3) not spacious

4) change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)

(14) beware

1) excuse

2) be cautious (of)

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

4) wear a mask or disguise

(15) poise

1) good judgment with composure

2) fit of bad temper

3) fleshly

4) formal praise

(16) ruminant

1) entire range

2) like a spirit or fairy

3) neat

4) animal that ruminates

(17) tundra

1) judgment that someone is guilty of a crime

2) rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America

3) either of the correlated things

4) lead away from proper conduct

(18) affinity

1) capture

2) obligatory

3) based on experience

4) feeling of kinship

(19) paucity

1) played in an abrupt manner

2) shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders

3) scarcity

4) without guile

(20) entourage

1) small piece or mark

2) beyond reasonable limits

3) trace

4) group of attendants

(21) swarm

1) have a tendency

2) large group of insects moving in a mass

3) capable of maintaining life

4) praise

(22) tramp

1) walk with a heavy step

2) contradict

3) meaningless word

4) used to prevent disease

(23) demographic

1) confuse

2) related to population balance

3) loud continous noise

4) eerie

(24) hiatus

1) gap

2) study of prehistoric life or fossils

3) huge

4) causing great fear

(25) dolorous

1) sorrowful

2) apply a lubricant to

3) prepare by mixing or combining

4) tight

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(1) capacious

1) food of the gods

2) one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

3) move with body close to the ground

4) spacious

(2) distrait

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

2) effort

3) shy and reserved (of a person)

4) absentminded

(3) auroral

1) pertaining to the aurora borealis

2) deceptive scheme

3) insignificant

4) border upon

(4) waffle

1) easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things

2) branching out

3) speak equivocally about an issue

4) skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence

(5) benediction

1) exit

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

3) stir up

4) blessing

(6) orientation

1) large volume

2) act of finding oneself in society

3) make unnecessary

4) one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather)

(7) gentility

1) unpleasant high sharp sound

2) resting

3) those of gentle birth

4) tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church)

(8) motif

1) dining hall

2) distance around something

3) theme

4) decode

(9) farce

1) increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage

2) tentative

3) beginner

4) broad comedy

(10) skirmish

1) plants of a region or era

2) minor fight

3) machine that separates substances by whirling them

4) (of power) complete

(11) scion

1) mutual relationship

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

3) detached plant shoot used in grafting

4) nation governed by the people

(12) scuffle

1) infection (by contact)

2) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)

3) binding

4) struggle confusedly

(13) icon(ikon)

1) hard unpleasant work

2) experiencing nausea

3) religious image

4) scolding woman

(14) succumb

1) foretell

2) mental disorder marked by confusion

3) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast

4) yield (to something overwhelming)

(15) pronounced

1) unharmed

2) distinct

3) based on experience

4) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

(16) musty

1) brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression

2) stale (in odor or taste)

3) greatness (in size or extent)

4) ecclesiastical

(17) milieu

1) social environment

2) abundance

3) good-natured

4) extremely hungry

(18) nascent

1) incipient

2) lazy

3) place under water

4) attacking

(19) confidant(confi

1) dante) trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)

2) complicated situation (as in a play)

3) father

4) former occupant of a post

(20) nonplus

1) sudden flood or rush

2) state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age

3) put at a loss

4) soul

(21) pyromaniac

1) concerning alchemy or magic

2) person with an insane desire to set things on fire

3) highly successful action or sudden attack

4) decree

(22) impel

1) fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)

2) drive or force onward

3) infallibility

4) tiny

(23) prelate

1) enclosure for birds

2) reddish

3) green crust on old bronze works or copper

4) church dignitary

(24) perfunctory

1) accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

2) musical repetition

3) done routinely and with little care

4) deserving high respect

(25) chasm

1) devoted to the pleasures of the sense

2) te) ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)

3) weak

4) abyss

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(1) enhance

1) explain

2) sun's corona

3) increase

4) urgent situation

(2) illimitable

1) be violently disturbed

2) infinite

3) provide for the payment of

4) pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

(3) winnow

1) efficiency or conciseness in using something

2) copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing

3) sift

4) extremely aggressive and militant patriot

(4) guile

1) poison (of an animal)

2) deceit

3) wrongdoing

4) half asleep

(5) prodigy

1) highly gifted child

2) act of extreme violence or viciousness

3) done or active at night

4) mix together

(6) pivotal

1) clothe

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

3) of a pivot

4) relating to cooking or kitchen

(7) drudgery

1) hard unpleasant work

2) meeting place

3) most reliable

4) act of finding the total

(8) molecule

1) persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)

2) bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families)

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

4) breaking of contract or duty

(9) appraise

1) deceive

2) close relationship

3) estimate value of

4) stand up against

(10) bemused

1) confused

2) boredom

3) watch over and direct

4) pamphlet

(11) jabber

1) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

2) prophetic

3) wooden

4) from which it is impossible to get free

(12) rout

1) laughable

2) make stupid in mind

3) frighten

4) put to rout

(13) inviolable

1) yielding to another

2) people of standing(rank or position)

3) secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)

4) seine net

(14) shambles

1) doctor specializing in ailments of the heart

2) ornament a metal surface by indenting

3) (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin

4) arrangement by rank or standing

(15) execrate

1) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain

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

3) reveal

4) curse

(16) unearth

1) dig up

2) shabby and dirty

3) cater to (the low desires of others)

4) pertaining to marriage

(17) robust

1) search thoroughly

2) strong

3) defame

4) violent

(18) renovate

1) restore to good condition

2) large quantity or number

3) feign

4) rider on horseback

(19) repellent

1) accustom or familiarize

2) driving away

3) cry out suddenly

4) soil

(20) nausea

1) feeling of sickness and desire to vomit

2) prudence

3) unification

4) plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed

(21) cohere

1) determine in advance

2) adopt

3) enthusiastic applause

4) stick together

(22) forge

1) counterfeit

2) severe dizziness

3) school for training future ministers

4) immediate insight

(23) aghast

1) filled with great surprise or fear

2) conceited smile

3) ancestry

4) of time

(24) glaze

1) unconscious

2) cover with a thin and shiny surface

3) cut the top off

4) of air

(25) manifest

1) noisy quarrel

2) deficient in intelligence

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

4) evident

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(1) moodiness

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

2) fits of depression or gloom

3) fluent

4) story-teller

(2) prosperous

1) irritation

2) successful

3) given to diligent study

4) enormous

(3) parsimony

1) stinginess

2) glassy residue from smelting metal

3) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible

4) greedy

(4) malaise

1) small body revolving around a larger one

2) strip a priest or minister of church authority

3) uneasiness

4) brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression

(5) dregs

1) holding fast (as to a belief)

2) be cautious (of)

3) sediment in a liquid

4) fate

(6) marrow

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

2) (of someone) awkward in movement

3) abusive

4) wandering

(7) vulnerable

1) susceptible to wounds or attack

2) conclusion

3) essential

4) ransack

(8) wastrel

1) of psyche

2) supporter

3) waster

4) unerring

(9) betroth

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

2) become engaged to marry

3) scowl

4) shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match)

(10) sherbet

1) (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing

2) flavored dessert ice

3) plants of a region or era

4) rejoice

(11) uxorious

1) bad-tempered

2) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife

3) treacherous plot

4) quick sharp reply

(12) hypnosis

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

2) induced sleeping state

3) suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct)

4) question closely

(13) seemly

1) abyss

2) temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need)

3) (of behavior) proper

4) window projecting upright from roof

(14) prologue

1) revive

2) dominance especially of one nation over others

3) introduction (to a poem or play)

4) induced sleeping state

(15) integrate

1) generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)

2) soothe

3) persuade by praise or false promise

4) make whole

(16) skulduggery(sku

1) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action

2) legal claim or right on a property

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

4) marriageable

(17) recurrent

1) hint

2) procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages

3) healthful

4) occurring again and again

(18) myopic

1) nearsighted

2) grieve

3) romp

4) face

(19) grudging

1) unwilling

2) flexible

3) too improbable to be believed

4) sudden flood or rush

(20) avuncular

1) mutual

2) cut away

3) method of system or government

4) of or like an uncle

(21) clairvoyant

1) capable of sensation and conscious

2) general agreement

3) having foresight

4) play and jump about happily

(22) slipshod

1) making no attempt to change one's bad practices

2) of low rank or position

3) slovenly

4) person of prominence or influence

(23) blues

1) shine

2) make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession

3) state of depression or melancholy

4) evil schemes or plots

(24) colander

1) (of something bad) not moderated

2) (cause to) join the armed forces

3) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining

4) not able to be traveled or crossed

(25) impudence

1) preceding events that influence what comes later

2) ward off a blow

3) beyond reproach

4) impertinence