VOCABULARY TEST 6
(1) venturesome
1) prominent
2) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
3) time for rest
4) (of a person) bold
(2) noxious
1) defame
2) harmful
3) slow up
4) comprehend
(3) uncouth
1) boorish
2) one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause
3) speak evil of
4) impossible to recover or regain
(4) idyll(idyl)
1) study of language or words
2) short poem idealizing rural life
3) authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court)
4) person who cheats people
(5) gyroscope
1) make whole
2) apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
3) antiquated
4) loyalty
(6) crabbed
1) based on experience
2) study of language or words
3) sour
4) (of an animal) feed on growing grass
(7) torque
1) twisting force
2) fear or hatred of foreigners
3) effective
4) put an end to forcibly
(8) canine
1) clowning
2) without a material body
3) deep-rooted
4) related to dogs
(9) pander
1) immature
2) rubble
3) hurl downward
4) cater to (the low desires of others)
(10) saga
1) Scandinavian myth
2) bleach
3) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food
4) of or suitable for a palace
(11) incarnation
1) having no equal
2) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem
3) unit of light energy (one candle's worth)
4) act of assuming a human body and human nature
(12) obscure
1) one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
2) order
3) sound on judgment
4) dark
(13) pontifical
1) corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields
2) begin formally
3) pertaining to a bishop or pope
4) disaster
(14) raconteur
1) decorate with needlework
2) doctor who treats mental diseases
3) temporary invasion
4) story-teller
(15) shaving
1) disparage
2) deduce
3) very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)
4) refer indirectly
(16) dilapidated
1) falling to pieces
2) speed
3) recognize
4) kindly
(17) rendition
1) step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish)
2) loiter or dawdle
3) injure without breaking the skin
4) rendering
(18) oligarchy
1) careless
2) government by a privileged few
3) blessedness
4) based on assumptions or hypotheses
(19) coddle
1) scanty
2) treat gently
3) transient
4) omen
(20) felon
1) person convicted of a grave crime
2) of a prophet or prophecy
3) trick to deceive
4) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)
(21) filing
1) particle removed by a file
2) broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
3) without money
4) fantastically improbable
(22) obese
1) rotting flesh of a dead body
2) ill-humored
3) excessively fat
4) large wave of water
(23) arduous
1) attach
2) wicked
3) hard
4) dummy
(24) inveigh
1) having a dull edge
2) period of time
3) group sharing a common cause or opinion
4) denounce
(25) dispirited
1) complain (in a sad voice)
2) rude, insensitive person
3) quarrelsome
4) lacking in spirit
ANSWERS:
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