VOCABULARY TEST 38


(1) braid
1) assertion
2) plait
3) hatred of marriage
4) disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death)



(2) libidinous
1) pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general
2) lustful
3) pause
4) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species



(3) inextricable
1) extremely demanding
2) lift by pushing up from below
3) from which it is impossible to get free
4) suppress



(4) isthmus
1) become successful (esp. financially)
2) gold and silver in the form of bars
3) tear made by rending
4) narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land



(5) hatch
1) harmony
2) deck opening
3) body of customers
4) lowest point



(6) comely
1) attractive
2) plan of a trip
3) cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it
4) periodic



(7) pronounced
1) sceptic
2) confuse thoroughly
3) distinct
4) introverted



(8) drab
1) doctor who treats mental diseases
2) dull
3) not repentant
4) state as a necessary condition (of an agreement)



(9) despondent
1) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
2) sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)
3) without hope and courage
4) disconcert



(10) unwarranted
1) pointed projecting part
2) inclined to
3) one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather)
4) unjustified



(11) larder
1) step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish)
2) pantry
3) narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
4) based on assumptions or hypotheses



(12) defeatist
1) scolding woman
2) naive and trusting
3) scold with biting harshness
4) resigned to defeat or failure



(13) sublimate
1) cancel
2) refine
3) lifeless
4) horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing with fruit and grain



(14) appurtenances
1) important in history
2) provide for the payment of
3) resigned to defeat or failure
4) subordinate possessions



(15) obtrude
1) time long past
2) live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity)
3) push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude
4) absentminded



(16) waft
1) move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves
2) sweet sound
3) question severely
4) decay



(17) staccato
1) teasing conversation
2) flowing together
3) played in an abrupt manner
4) dig up



(18) cursory
1) snip off
2) throw forcefully
3) childish
4) casual



(19) baroque
1) highly ornate
2) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)
3) unoriginal
4) obtain by pulling violently



(20) outskirts
1) favoring success
2) fringes
3) reply
4) imagined



(21) lexicographer
1) protest
2) compiler of a dictionary
3) staying for a short time
4) official or legal permission



(22) mitigate
1) in confusion
2) linger
3) appease
4) autopsy



(23) blanch
1) person who cheats people
2) teacher of philosophy
3) belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control
4) bleach



(24) warranty
1) place of refuge or shelter
2) put to rout
3) guarantee
4) pour off gently (wine or liquid)



(25) rebuke
1) broad
2) scold harshly
3) being everywhere
4) move in search of plunder


ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)2 (3)3 (4)4 (5)2 (6)1 (7)3 (8)2 (9)3 (10)4 (11)2 (12)4 (13)2 (14)4 (15)3 (16)1 (17)3 (18)4 (19)1 (20)2 (21)2 (22)3 (23)4 (24)3 (25)2