VOCABULARY TEST 62
(1) tipple
1) explain
2) narrow in scope or outlook
3) drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently
4) delayed
(2) excoriate
1) relating to space
2) scold with biting harshness
3) odd
4) weightless
(3) hubris
1) everlasting
2) te) ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)
3) ability to move spontaneously
4) arrogance
(4) sonnet
1) ornamental clasp
2) 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern
3) come to one as a gain
4) utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones
(5) gloss
1) decay
2) introduce as a subject
3) small cavern
4) brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression
(6) impoverish
1) draw
2) praising
3) refer indirectly
4) make poor
(7) relegate
1) limit
2) basically different
3) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)
4) put into a lower or worse place
(8) infidel
1) decree or command
2) unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)
3) happening by chance
4) pen name
(9) disconcert
1) tranquil
2) drunken
3) confuse
4) stupid
(10) writ
1) written command issued by a court (telling someone to do or not to do something)
2) large three-masted sailing ship
3) central or vital part
4) denying the existence of God
(11) prosperous
1) successful
2) from which it is impossible to get free
3) dormant
4) command
(12) blue
1) counselor
2) point directly overhead in the sky
3) subside or moderate
4) gloomy
(13) scaffold
1) temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground)
2) secret
3) female warrior
4) wrong or improper name
(14) tend
1) record of a voyage or flight
2) cower
3) seriousness
4) have a tendency
(15) fallible
1) being truly so
2) sum
3) beggar
4) liable to err
(16) supernumerary
1) person or thing excess of what is necessary
2) change
3) boast
4) elementary
(17) betoken
1) uprightness
2) proverb
3) signify
4) mutually agreed on
(18) impassive
1) without feeling
2) spread or cover with a sticky substance
3) interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial
4) (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes
(19) pliable
1) tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar
2) flexible
3) good judgment with composure
4) dry up
(20) luminous
1) steadily loyal
2) very small quantity
3) shining (esp. in the dark)
4) give up (a position, right, or claim)
(21) innuendo
1) bold
2) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint
3) joking talk
4) either of the correlated things
(22) phylum
1) staying for a short time
2) major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals
3) root up
4) grow rapidly
(23) beatific
1) giving or showing bliss
2) represent (an inanimate object) as a person
3) darken
4) end
(24) zealot
1) causing sadness, compassion, pity
2) fitful
3) extremely demanding
4) one who is zealous
(25) foment
1) stir up
2) double-dealing
3) deportment
4) deceive
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