VOCABULARY TEST 13
(1) corrugated
1) shrink back as if in fear
2) sparkle
3) grand suggesting great expense
4) wrinkled
(2) beneficent
1) underwater explosive apparatus
2) lower
3) begin to grow
4) kindly
(3) anthem
1) twisted
2) puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.)
3) song of praise or patriotism
4) include
(4) vanguard
1) forerunners
2) grow rapidly (in numbers)
3) place side by side
4) without attention to comfort
(5) mealymouthed
1) indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said)
2) doubts
3) excessively exacting
4) addition of details
(6) gawk
1) blessedness
2) wandering
3) periodic
4) stare foolishly
(7) berate
1) marriageable
2) scold strongly
3) meantime
4) hasty and careless
(8) transmute
1) (of a story or play) loosely connected
2) warm by rubbing
3) transform
4) traitor
(9) animus
1) shaky
2) beginner
3) provide with food necessary for life and growth
4) hostile feeling or intent
(10) rally
1) come or bring together
2) staff officer assisting the commander
3) someone who eats too much
4) teachings in general
(11) tarantula
1) speak evil of
2) strangle
3) venomous spider
4) announce
(12) gerontocracy
1) divided into two branches
2) n) large kettle
3) government ruled by old people
4) trick to deceive
(13) hoary
1) white with age
2) skeptical or distrustful of human motives
3) servile flatterer
4) spread throughout
(14) mountebank
1) needlessly repetitious
2) charlatan
3) ring of leaves around stem
4) causing a problem
(15) rampart
1) defensive mound of earth
2) e indisputable
3) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
4) excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling
(16) gush
1) (of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole
2) hesitate
3) like a glacier
4) injure without breaking the skin
(17) adulation
1) flattery
2) give up
3) work of art put together from fragments
4) puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.)
(18) immolate
1) miscellaneous
2) offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)
3) correct spelling
4) fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based)
(19) recount
1) hybridize
2) narrate or tell (a story)
3) help bring about
4) beginner
(20) attentive
1) endanger
2) alert and watchful
3) cure-all
4) good fortune and financial success
(21) meter
1) stretching
2) using satire
3) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels
4) arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)
(22) dilatory
1) wise saying
2) clear from blame or guilt
3) increase in size or effect
4) delaying
(23) tinge
1) give a slight degree of a color or quality to
2) something fit to be eaten
3) being everywhere
4) seize another's power or rank (without legal authority)
(24) thrive
1) deviate
2) prosper
3) eager enjoyment
4) inborn
(25) culvert
1) artificial channel for water
2) flexible
3) shine erratically
4) watch over and direct
ANSWERS:
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