VOCABULARY TEST 20
(1) lance
1) pierce with a lance
2) seriousness
3) black magic
4) go down on one's knee(s)
(2) couple
1) time for rest
2) preceding events that influence what comes later
3) join
4) disagreeably aggressive
(3) rustle
1) persuade by flattery
2) public declaration of principles
3) make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together
4) beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw
(4) advocacy
1) new or newly coined word or phrase
2) loud or harsh roar or screech
3) support
4) gigantic
(5) optimum
1) most favorable
2) social environment
3) operatic solo
4) young woman making formal entrance into society
(6) talisman
1) assume a particular posture
2) weak
3) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory
4) charm
(7) agility
1) nimbleness
2) justified
3) complete
4) very generous in giving
(8) stampede
1) place of refuge
2) withdrawal
3) sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people)
4) individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
(9) penology
1) study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation
2) wandering (esp. in search of adventure)
3) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
4) disease communicator
(10) stumble
1) final
2) invigorating and refreshing
3) token of disgrace
4) trip and almost fall
(11) plight
1) produced by fire
2) dull
3) difficult condition
4) send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow
(12) novelty
1) something new
2) person convicted of a grave crime
3) doctrine
4) surround tightly so that movement is impossible
(13) substantiate
1) twist
2) support (a claim) with evidence
3) less intense
4) made less dense (of a gas)
(14) bourgeois
1) stale (in odor or taste)
2) mixed indiscriminately
3) middle class
4) infringe
(15) bloated
1) cure-all
2) (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
3) combine
4) something of little importance or value
(16) remonstrate
1) stroke
2) suppress
3) protest
4) disprove
(17) raffle
1) repetition of beginning sound in poetry
2) stir up
3) lottery
4) pointed tool used for piercing
(18) trample
1) fantastically improbable
2) excessively exacting
3) step heavily with the feet
4) healthy
(19) visionary
1) boorish
2) having the weight of authority
3) produced by imagination
4) affected
(20) grunt
1) utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)
2) related to population balance
3) Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)
4) give or take milk at the breast or udder
(21) effervescence
1) voracious
2) strangle
3) make smooth or glossy
4) inner excitement or exuberance
(22) caption
1) resulting from compulsion
2) something long-lasting
3) title
4) voters represented by an elected official
(23) accessible
1) painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)
2) easy to approach
3) said or done in jest or playfully
4) trip and almost fall
(24) insensate
1) ring of leaves around stem
2) make perpetual
3) rise again
4) without feeling
(25) chalice
1) widespread
2) fall or let fall in drops
3) blunt
4) goblet
ANSWERS:
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