VOCABULARY TEST 80
(1) stymie
1) thwart
2) fond of books and reading
3) letter
4) psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution
(2) catastrophe
1) commonplace
2) bottomless
3) justification
4) calamity
(3) malingerer
1) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
2) farewell or departure
3) violent
4) one who feigns illness to escape duty
(4) recondite
1) give an indication beforehand
2) branch out
3) abstruse
4) woman whom a man loves
(5) fancy
1) wakefulness
2) imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature)
3) withdrawal
4) desire
(6) resort
1) meeting place
2) frenzy
3) turn to for help
4) (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent
(7) crinkle
1) room to move
2) not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
3) wrinkle
4) examination of a dead body
(8) covert
1) secret
2) minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points
3) large group
4) heavier or larger on one side than the other
(9) slight
1) insult to one's dignity
2) less intense
3) black volcanic rock
4) windy
(10) apparition
1) wasted away
2) ghost
3) purposely continuing to do something wrong
4) drink greedily
(11) fundamental
1) following in time or order
2) enroll (in college or graduate school)
3) basic
4) invigorate
(12) pellucid
1) detestation
2) rise or fly high in the air
3) on or relating to the earth
4) transparent
(13) conspiracy
1) large sled drawn by work animals
2) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)
3) treacherous plot
4) queer and amusing
(14) excise
1) familiar with
2) take the place of unfairly
3) hypnotize
4) cut away
(15) gnome
1) correct spelling
2) dwarf
3) thwart
4) make desolate
(16) outlaw
1) give an indication beforehand
2) fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection)
3) shake or move unsteadily
4) sad and lonely
(17) belated
1) comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as
2) producing tears
3) delayed
4) subordinate possessions
(18) archaic
1) burn the surface of
2) made less dense (of a gas)
3) offer formally
4) antiquated
(19) grim
1) swimming
2) causing great fear
3) fantastic
4) produce young
(20) caucus
1) private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy
2) bitter scolding or denunciation
3) run away secretly with the intention of getting married
4) hairstyle
(21) putrescent
1) hint
2) strike forcefully
3) becoming putrid
4) fallen fruit
(22) analgesic
1) scrap of cloth
2) causing insensitivity to pain
3) gift giver
4) support or base as for a pillar or statue
(23) fathomless
1) convert (hide) into leather
2) too deep to be measured or understood
3) start
4) nearing
(24) travail
1) strenuous work
2) e indisputable
3) gruesome
4) offer formally
(25) anticlimax
1) letdown in thought or emotion
2) copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing
3) seniority by birth
4) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels
ANSWERS:
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