VOCABULARY TEST 21
(1) crochet
1) chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically)
2) iron block used in hammering out metals
3) make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle
4) striker (tongue) of a bell
(2) propitiate
1) fertility
2) attach
3) appease
4) neglect
(3) promontory
1) bring upon oneself
2) worldly as opposed to spiritual
3) cut off with shears
4) headland
(4) waylay
1) struggle confusedly
2) agent (sent on a mission to represent another)
3) (of weather) hot
4) ambush
(5) array
1) find out for certain
2) tomb
3) marshal
4) life after death
(6) rotund
1) (of a person) fat and round
2) warmly friendly
3) low, guttural, menacing sound (as of a dog)
4) (of the voice) extremely loud
(7) obfuscate
1) shyness
2) minor objection or complaint
3) confuse
4) secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)
(8) douse
1) plunge into water or liquid
2) fully filled
3) holding one's attention
4) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
(9) chaotic
1) loud resounding noise
2) metal block used for shaping metal or plastic
3) one who feigns illness to escape duty
4) in utter disorder
(10) decipher
1) soak thoroughly
2) decode
3) foretell
4) promote or publicize (one's goods or service)
(11) domicile
1) make return for
2) man employed to take care of horses
3) home
4) provide with some quality
(12) reputed
1) supposed
2) compelling charm
3) writings preceding and following the passage quoted
4) seeker after position or status
(13) pervasive
1) stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly
2) spread throughout
3) dwell
4) ancestry
(14) extort
1) wring from
2) perfect example or embodiment
3) moving with the head leading
4) exaggeration
(15) parable
1) daily
2) short simple story teaching a moral
3) harass
4) random
(16) commemorative
1) remembering
2) deceptive
3) language
4) worship of idols
(17) terse
1) someone who bears the blame for others
2) concise
3) shack
4) take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment
(18) recapitulate
1) summarize
2) calm and unexcitable
3) of or like an uncle
4) lessen in value
(19) milieu
1) hindrance
2) not requited
3) social environment
4) person unduly worried about his health
(20) foreshadow
1) bear fruit
2) irresolution
3) give an indication beforehand
4) diabolic
(21) devotee
1) seniority by birth
2) e make into an institution
3) enthusiastic follower
4) imitation
(22) pinion
1) hard to understand
2) gloomy
3) confuse
4) restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs
(23) rabble
1) mob
2) going against
3) restore to proper condition (health or useful life)
4) piece of burning wood
(24) prescience
1) ability to foretell the future
2) similarity
3) rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
4) systematic
(25) refurbish
1) trip and almost fall
2) renovate
3) taking up again
4) slow
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