VOCABULARY TEST 16


(1) disarray
1) state of disorder
2) talent
3) fantastic
4) claw of bird



(2) mutilate
1) person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands
2) trail of ship or other object through water
3) maim
4) worthless



(3) brazen
1) move back suddenly
2) (of someone) awkward in movement
3) one part at a time
4) insolent



(4) bemused
1) doctor who treats ailments of the feet
2) flood
3) confused
4) kindly



(5) stultify
1) make stupid in mind
2) name
3) ban on commerce or other activity
4) bend forward and down



(6) entail
1) having the weight of authority
2) receiver
3) make necessary
4) group of animals



(7) temperate
1) harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
2) matchless
3) imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature)
4) moderate



(8) adulterate
1) making a harsh noise
2) calm
3) make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances
4) clean



(9) ramp
1) unification
2) opponent
3) slope
4) leave to someone by means of a will



(10) eulogistic
1) be unfaithful
2) fear or hatred of foreigners
3) person or thing excess of what is necessary
4) praising



(11) braggart
1) pertaining to money
2) destruction
3) distinguish
4) boaster



(12) abdicate
1) imitation
2) neat
3) pry
4) renounce



(13) spangle
1) naive and trusting
2) relating to the highest point
3) small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
4) lower



(14) stockade
1) deep regret for wrongdoing
2) wooden enclosure or pen
3) decorate with needlework
4) sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)



(15) trigger
1) set off
2) low, guttural, menacing sound (as of a dog)
3) split or sever
4) signs



(16) stifle
1) offensive in odor or flavor
2) suppress
3) two-chambered as a legislative body
4) place of safety



(17) habituate
1) existing at birth
2) wordy
3) accustom or familiarize
4) inquiry



(18) apothegm(apopht
1) yearly allowance
2) done secretly
3) hegm) pithy, compact saying
4) physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies



(19) germ
1) earliest form of an organism
2) illegal trade
3) cut away
4) rear



(20) glaring
1) able to float
2) make or become confused
3) (of something bad) highly conspicuous
4) make rational



(21) incantation
1) singing or chanting of magic spells
2) stop or check (the flow of)
3) powerful person
4) prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country



(22) bicker
1) quarrel
2) agreement between two groups or people
3) soothe an angry person
4) pertaining to marriage



(23) crotchety
1) stray or fall behind (a main group)
2) full-bosomed
3) (of someone old) eccentric
4) doctor who treats mental diseases



(24) moodiness
1) defamation
2) face
3) short poem idealizing rural life
4) fits of depression or gloom



(25) oblivious
1) inattentive or unmindful
2) short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
3) restraint
4) hater of woman


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