VOCABULARY TEST 4


(1) conundrum
1) presumptuous or bold
2) speak evil of
3) riddle
4) reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)



(2) impeccable
1) one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather)
2) poise
3) obstruct
4) faultless



(3) distant
1) reluctant
2) beautiful writing
3) strange
4) reserved or aloof



(4) discriminate
1) distinguishable
2) become popular with
3) distinguish
4) feeling of sickness and desire to vomit



(5) serenity
1) calmness
2) mar
3) long for
4) work against



(6) inasmuch_as
1) since
2) rebellious
3) obscurity
4) mysterious



(7) daze
1) departure (of a large number of people)
2) stun as with a blow or shock
3) bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families)
4) divine gift



(8) touching
1) causing a feeling of pity or sympathy
2) direct quick route
3) language
4) calm



(9) concur
1) ordinary
2) easily approachable
3) agree
4) prudent



(10) varnish
1) paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film
2) eating both plant and animal food
3) sudden disastrous downfall or defeat
4) permitting light to pass through freely



(11) unison
1) given to(having a tendency of) joking
2) lower
3) resolve
4) unity of pitch (in musical performance)



(12) elope
1) run away secretly with the intention of getting married
2) act or manner of using
3) beauty
4) lead-colored



(13) chivalrous
1) hatred of marriage
2) all-knowing
3) courteous
4) honor the memory of



(14) caldron(cauldro
1) n) large kettle
2) felt in one's inner organs
3) man who is courting a woman
4) direct quick route



(15) tatter
1) essential quality
2) one who is habitually cruel to weaker people
3) torn piece of cloth
4) division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)



(16) equivocate
1) lead away from proper conduct
2) of a pivot
3) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)
4) use equivocal language to deceive people



(17) lugubrious
1) mournful
2) make (a bill) into law
3) bitter (to the taste or smell)
4) wild



(18) repose
1) honesty
2) stinging
3) being the first of its kind in a region
4) resting



(19) tribute
1) tax levied by a ruler
2) rebound
3) method of system or government
4) less intense



(20) list
1) extremely dry
2) comfort in sorrow or trouble
3) shine with a flickering light
4) tilt (as of a ship)



(21) convivial
1) tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note
2) pleasantly merry
3) (sitting or standing) straight up
4) reflection



(22) unkempt
1) frugality
2) disheveled
3) supporter
4) settle a dispute through the services of an outsider



(23) mincing
1) serious speech, writing, or conversation
2) outward decorations
3) affectedly dainty(delicate)
4) great mass of falling snow and ice



(24) consensus
1) unconventional (in an artistic way)
2) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood
3) general agreement
4) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)



(25) frenetic(phrene
1) feverish
2) state of being immovable
3) tic) frenzied
4) poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead)


ANSWERS:
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