VOCABULARY TEST 81


(1) virtuoso
1) cause to sprout
2) highly skilled artist (esp. in music)
3) furthest behind
4) person who seeks to overturn the established government



(2) witless
1) dedicate
2) lacking intelligence or wit
3) a place where bees are kept
4) offensive in odor or flavor



(3) intransigence
1) refusal of any compromise
2) pester
3) of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal
4) settle accounts



(4) ambience
1) hater of woman
2) environment
3) relating to stars
4) heavy and awkward to carry or wear



(5) brocade
1) unshakably calm
2) enthusiastic follower
3) rich, figured(patterned) fabric
4) bloody



(6) bulge
1) protruding part
2) false
3) unexplicable
4) features especially of the face



(7) dirge
1) short story of an amusing or interesting event
2) persuade by flattery
3) procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages
4) funeral song



(8) somnambulist
1) payment or expense
2) preceding events that influence what comes later
3) rescue (goods or property) from loss
4) sleepwalker



(9) cynical
1) put or force in without being asked
2) scold with biting harshness
3) skeptical or distrustful of human motives
4) one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)



(10) noose
1) homeless child or animal
2) loop formed in a rope
3) neglect of duty
4) cheater



(11) devoid
1) physically strong
2) meager
3) having a backbone or spinal column
4) empty



(12) modicum
1) put at a loss
2) limited quantity
3) walking about from place to place (to work)
4) noble



(13) implicit
1) understood but not stated
2) assumption
3) sharply painful to the body or mind
4) exit



(14) loft
1) room or space under the roof
2) emotionally removed
3) dry up
4) spoken or written in secret



(15) nova
1) manlike
2) falling to pieces
3) highly gifted child
4) star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness



(16) shift
1) pertaining to disease
2) change position or place
3) used to prevent disease
4) insane



(17) absolute
1) complete
2) complete
3) from which it is impossible to get free
4) healthy



(18) erode
1) nearing
2) eat away
3) approach and speak first to a person
4) make unfriendly or hostile



(19) mentor
1) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
2) unexplicable
3) counselor
4) small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter



(20) primate
1) group of mammals including humans
2) noisy party with a lot of drinking
3) slightly sour (in taste or manner)
4) counterfeit



(21) munificent
1) bugbear
2) calmness
3) minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
4) very generous in giving



(22) inroad
1) hostile invasion
2) ) hanging down from something
3) act of keeping watch
4) drink in



(23) faction
1) notorious
2) calmness of temperament
3) trivial
4) party



(24) indiscriminate
1) theoretical
2) existing at the beginning (of time)
3) lukewarm
4) choosing at random



(25) scrappy
1) generator for producing electricity
2) quarrelsome
3) draw
4) father


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