VOCABULARY TEST 44
(1) partisan
1) group of attendants
2) pertaining to conversational or common speech
3) fill up again
4) one-sided
(2) responsiveness
1) throw forcefully
2) undistinctive
3) central or vital part
4) state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.
(3) orator
1) ecological community together with its environment
2) woman who rules a family or larger social group
3) not noticing
4) public speaker
(4) magnate
1) distance around something
2) shut in an enclosed space
3) person of prominence or influence
4) coarsely insulting
(5) quaint
1) skin disease (on the face)
2) send to a person or place for sale
3) odd in an old-fashioned way
4) dramatic poem set to music
(6) hoodwink
1) decorative edge of hanging threads
2) widespread
3) theoretical
4) deceive
(7) retinue
1) greedy
2) analyze (to discover what materials are present)
3) make bitter
4) following
(8) potent
1) powerful
2) surround
3) sudden flood or rush
4) join together
(9) medley
1) mixture
2) like a glacier
3) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
4) raise in rank or dignity
(10) insatiable
1) not easily satisfied
2) blunt
3) rapture
4) (of someone old) eccentric
(11) sovereign
1) small surgical tool for making incisions
2) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied
3) ruler in a monarchy
4) entirely acceptable
(12) jurisprudence
1) person who verbally harasses others
2) science of law
3) persuade not to do
4) cause
(13) subsidiary
1) cowlike
2) insolent
3) serving to assist
4) list (of names)
(14) assuage
1) mak less severe
2) forerunners
3) not noticing
4) man or farmer owning small estate
(15) legato
1) trick which makes someone take action
2) make or become black by burning
3) able to be dissolved in a liquid
4) (of music) played smoothly
(16) Philistine
1) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
2) begin to grow
3) foremost in importance
4) line (of waiting people or vehicles)
(17) vacuous
1) dry food for livestock
2) narrow valley with steep sides
3) empty
4) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)
(18) festive
1) well-paid position with little responsibility
2) joyous
3) persuade not to do
4) perfectionist
(19) exacting
1) mental or physical ability
2) isolation
3) judgment that someone is guilty of a crime
4) extremely demanding
(20) trivia
1) refine
2) swamp gas
3) estimate value of
4) trifles
(21) physiognomy
1) prankish
2) push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude
3) serious
4) face (as showing the character and the mind)
(22) antique
1) make young again
2) agreement between two groups or people
3) made in an earlier period and usu. valuable
4) lacking energy or vitality
(23) sleeper
1) violent
2) one that achieves unexpected success
3) sharp to the taste
4) very bad
(24) court
1) attempt to gain
2) stealthy
3) related to a school
4) not open to attack
(25) understate
1) nervous or excited
2) state with less truth than seems warranted by the facts
3) slight offense or fault
4) testify
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)4 (3)4 (4)3 (5)3 (6)4 (7)4 (8)1 (9)1 (10)1 (11)3 (12)2 (13)3 (14)1 (15)4 (16)1 (17)3 (18)2 (19)4 (20)4 (21)4 (22)3 (23)2 (24)1 (25)2
