VOCABULARY TEST 72
(1) conveyance
1) vehicle
2) pierce
3) warn or speak to with gentle disapproval
4) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood
(2) guy
1) disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group
2) worldly as opposed to spiritual
3) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied
4) of a title
(3) caste
1) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society
2) one's opinion of oneself
3) contaminate
4) deception
(4) incense
1) enrage
2) slander
3) bored with pleasure or dissipation
4) oddity
(5) hibernal
1) coarsely insulting
2) wintry
3) pertaining to cultivation of gardens
4) approve
(6) potentate
1) hardened
2) monarch
3) school for training future ministers
4) excessively or elaborately decorated
(7) ventilate
1) (of the senses) sharp
2) admit fresh air into to replace stale air
3) record of a voyage or flight
4) ridicule
(8) nutrient
1) manly
2) narrow in scope or outlook
3) nourishing substance
4) intermediate
(9) mercurial
1) not repentant
2) done or active at night
3) rankle
4) capricious
(10) filth
1) native
2) positive assertion
3) dirty matter
4) a great quantity
(11) flinch
1) condition or period of flowering
2) prankish
3) hesitate
4) sudden flood or rush
(12) dummy
1) imitation of a real object used as a substitute
2) legal delay of payment or action
3) flowing
4) dry up
(13) lofty
1) arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)
2) full-bosomed
3) very high
4) scorn
(14) blithe(blitheso
1) lead away from proper conduct
2) study of prehistoric life or fossils
3) me) gay
4) disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments
(15) clich\'e
1) (of a person) fat and round
2) cut into small parts
3) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition
4) exaggerated
(16) diorama
1) remitting of money
2) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history
3) reveal
4) purgative
(17) derogatory
1) size or volume (esp. when very large)
2) expressing a low opinion
3) goblet
4) apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
(18) disembark
1) match
2) radiating
3) debark
4) wicked
(19) craven
1) exact
2) place of safety
3) cowardly
4) distinctive behavioral trait
(20) tract
1) propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group)
2) slow gallop
3) doctrine
4) witty thought or saying, usually short
(21) aphasia
1) lack of physical or mental energy
2) loss of speech due to injury or illness
3) make oneself tidy in appearance
4) watchful
(22) herd
1) cautious
2) applaud
3) moved by sexual love
4) group of animals
(23) preternatural
1) charge in court
2) pertaining to fishing
3) quick sharp reply
4) beyond what is normal in nature
(24) bilk
1) miserable person
2) small boat
3) swindle
4) crowd
(25) fluency
1) protruding part
2) abstract
3) indifference
4) smoothness of speech
ANSWERS:
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