VOCABULARY TEST 43


(1) franchise
1) right or privilege granted by authority
2) arrogance
3) agree
4) supporting bar



(2) lurid
1) bearlike
2) burn to ashes
3) wild
4) poor



(3) desperate
1) hereditary nobility
2) squander
3) having lost all hope
4) limited



(4) luscious
1) fear of being locked in
2) male sheep
3) pleasing to taste or smell
4) helpful



(5) manifold
1) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)
2) pertaining to disease
3) insert between
4) many in number or kind



(6) momentous
1) state of having two opposite qualities
2) take part in a conspiracy
3) one's opinion of oneself
4) very important



(7) nebulous
1) chances
2) approve
3) attacking cherished traditions
4) vague



(8) requisite
1) necessary requirement
2) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.
3) present but not yet noticeable or active
4) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly



(9) garrulous
1) prescribed course of diet or exercise
2) loquacious
3) like a spirit or fairy
4) sear



(10) component
1) throb
2) list
3) element
4) cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)



(11) plebeian
1) capable of being stretched
2) common
3) lukewarm
4) cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it



(12) gape
1) impressiveness
2) open widely
3) reluctant
4) multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester)



(13) parlance
1) heavier or larger on one side than the other
2) make amends for
3) language
4) (of the senses) sharp



(14) humid
1) having no equal
2) pertaining to the moon
3) poet
4) damp



(15) proliferate
1) shake or move unsteadily
2) grow rapidly (in numbers)
3) clash or conflict in opinion
4) produced by fire



(16) gargoyle
1) (of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating)
2) pirate
3) n. money given to sb who has done one a service
4) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building



(17) crypt
1) slanderous remark
2) secret recess or vault usually used for burial
3) fantastic
4) person who has a compulsive desire to steal



(18) bestial
1) violation (of a rule or regulation)
2) art of representing dances in written symbols
3) ability to change in form
4) beastlike



(19) charisma
1) pertaining to earthquakes
2) satiate
3) sailing vessel built for great speed
4) divine gift



(20) pauper
1) neat and trim (in appearance)
2) very poor person
3) move hastily
4) cheap and gaudy



(21) discredit
1) defame
2) formidable
3) de) front or face (of building)
4) keep as precious



(22) denomination
1) religious group
2) affecting or relating to the sense of taste
3) gain for the performance of service or labor
4) lounge about



(23) arrears
1) refer indirectly
2) support (a claim) with evidence
3) being in debt
4) producing offspring or fruit in abundance



(24) marred
1) boastful
2) lessen in value
3) damaged
4) scarcity



(25) condign
1) adequate
2) bugbear
3) crookedly
4) dirty child in torn clothes


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