VOCABULARY TEST 50
(1) obsequious
1) slavishly attentive
2) one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
3) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
4) me) gay
(2) slew
1) likely to change
2) furnisher of foodstuffs
3) abnormal
4) large quantity or number
(3) eccentricity
1) oddity
2) pledge of good faith especially in betrothal
3) egotistic
4) disgustingly excessive
(4) amorphous
1) dying
2) something that nourishes
3) please intensely
4) formless
(5) terminal
1) part that forms the end
2) writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court
3) wandering away from the subject
4) steal things of small value
(6) remunerative
1) person who cheats people
2) producing motion
3) (of work) compensating
4) prevent in advance
(7) jurisdiction
1) scrap of cloth
2) waste (time or money on unimportant things)
3) right and power to apply the law
4) dig up
(8) beneficial
1) higher mental powers
2) helpful
3) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast
4) prevent
(9) sophomoric
1) immature
2) path taken by a projectile
3) light-hearted
4) person who seeks to overturn the established government
(10) euphony
1) silly
2) severe trial or affliction
3) sweet sound
4) prayer for help (used in invoking)
(11) rococo
1) presumptuous or bold
2) ornate
3) move (a railway train) from one track to another
4) being truly so
(12) insularity
1) adjoining
2) narrow-mindedness
3) short story of an amusing or interesting event
4) cut down
(13) bate
1) someone who bears the blame for others
2) let down
3) shaky
4) crowd
(14) incident
1) denounce
2) event
3) marked by indecision
4) supply
(15) opus
1) work (esp. musical composition)
2) draftee
3) fitness
4) long-lasting hatred
(16) grandiloquent
1) impudent disrespect
2) courteous
3) low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)
4) (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language
(17) immune
1) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful
2) resistant to
3) strong inclination
4) convincing
(18) incumbent
1) risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements
2) conference (between opponents)
3) forerunners
4) obligatory
(19) icon(ikon)
1) male sheep
2) religious image
3) bearlike
4) slandering
(20) resplendent
1) brilliant
2) boredom
3) (sitting or standing) straight up
4) (of a plant or grass) growing very well
(21) diffuse
1) salty
2) wordy
3) mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer
4) derived by reasoning
(22) decoy
1) contaminate
2) posion
3) lure or bait
4) short and thick
(23) consternation
1) childish
2) imperceptible(not easily understood)
3) great shock
4) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)
(24) far-fetched
1) order
2) too improbable to be believed
3) seller
4) satisfy (thirst)
(25) abide
1) file of documents on a subject or person
2) clothe
3) talkative boaster
4) dwell
ANSWERS:
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