VOCABULARY TEST 48
(1) lackadaisical
1) lacking interest or effort
2) deserter
3) shrill, trumpetlike sound
4) person with an insane desire to set things on fire
(2) opportune
1) make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle
2) bearing of fruit
3) timely
4) forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)
(3) pensive
1) conducive to mental or physical health
2) an error involving time in a story
3) dreamily or deeply thoughtful
4) wrongdoing
(4) choir
1) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)
2) utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones
3) point of view
4) not knowing
(5) unction
1) food
2) token of disgrace
3) natural home of a plant or animal
4) the act of anointing with oil
(6) pedestal
1) support or base as for a pillar or statue
2) mischievous trick
3) unspoiled
4) temporary stay
(7) ruse
1) public speaker
2) ornament richly (a shield or flag)
3) copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing
4) trick to deceive
(8) forge
1) arrogance
2) comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as
3) horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing with fruit and grain
4) counterfeit
(9) patois
1) reflection
2) solemn urging
3) curse
4) local or provincial dialect
(10) studious
1) given to diligent study
2) loyalty
3) trader
4) group of mammals including humans
(11) duress
1) something that discourages or deters
2) stretch out full on ground
3) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully
4) division into two opposite parts
(12) quadruped
1) scientific student of birds
2) legal delay of payment or action
3) take the place of unfairly
4) four-footed animal
(13) laity
1) laypersons
2) introduce as a subject
3) pantomime(act without dialogue)
4) fitness
(14) precursor
1) black magic
2) forerunner
3) retired or disqualified because of age
4) enough
(15) navigable
1) divided into two branches
2) meat-eating
3) (of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through
4) loquacious
(16) lexicon
1) dictionary
2) start
3) menacing
4) fantastic
(17) allure
1) entice
2) likely to change
3) varying from of an element
4) defrock
(18) voodoo
1) religion practiced chiefly in Haiti
2) lawyer in the lower court of law
3) vice
4) clean
(19) urgent
1) repair or make whole by using a metal alloy
2) compelling immediate action
3) boasted
4) metric
(20) glower
1) small boat
2) scowl
3) (of something bad) not moderated
4) renounce upon oath
(21) mannerism
1) distinctive behavioral trait
2) brother or sister
3) exhibiting art or skill
4) slow up
(22) camp
1) group sharing a common cause or opinion
2) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
3) wasteful
4) skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair
(23) meteoric
1) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem
2) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
3) like a meteor
4) yield to
(24) shrewd
1) maker and seller of eyeglasses
2) abstruse
3) clever
4) invigorating and refreshing
(25) cynosure
1) conduct or language inciting rebellion
2) object of general attention
3) mixed up
4) speak equivocally about an issue
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