VOCABULARY TEST 88
(1) prong
1) stir up
2) pointed projecting part
3) based on experience
4) take in food or drink with one's tongue
(2) subdue
1) less intense
2) state of having two opposite qualities
3) make drunk
4) supplying nourishment
(3) clarion
1) support placed under or against something
2) related to marriage or the wedding ceremony
3) shrill, trumpetlike sound
4) substance that dissolves another
(4) ordain
1) whimsical
2) using satire
3) decree or command
4) temporary encampment
(5) concentric
1) ecological community together with its environment
2) foretell
3) pertaining to the aurora borealis
4) having a common center
(6) perspicacious
1) defile
2) unconscious
3) (of someone) having insight
4) pleasantly fat
(7) engage
1) attract
2) make amends for
3) female warrior
4) small hill
(8) strangle
1) kill by choking or suffocating
2) expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words
3) inner excitement or exuberance
4) discuss lightly or glibly
(9) legerdemain
1) frankness
2) sleight(dexterity) of hand
3) humbleness of spirit
4) of or living in trees
(10) disquietude
1) make amends for (a sin)
2) uneasiness
3) freedom from punishment or harm
4) morally upright
(11) quaff
1) frown angrily
2) drink with zest
3) thriftless
4) sharp upslope of a hill
(12) decimate
1) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)
2) powerful movement of or like a wave
3) sameness
4) having a very fine bore
(13) imperious
1) messenger
2) domineering
3) pertaining to fishing
4) propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group)
(14) notoriety
1) gap
2) full of life
3) make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink
4) disrepute
(15) tactile
1) pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
2) plead
3) mischievous trick
4) confuse thoroughly
(16) liaison
1) separate
2) contact that keeps parties in communication
3) raise in rank or dignity
4) stand up against
(17) nocturnal
1) done or active at night
2) meaningless word
3) temporary invasion
4) ease pain (without curing)
(18) propellant(prop
1) eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal)
2) green
3) ellent) substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)
4) supposed
(19) grumble
1) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant
2) nervous giggle
3) complain
4) totally clear
(20) circumlocution
1) indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
2) tear made by rending
3) swindle or cheat
4) natural home of a plant or animal
(21) intervene
1) (esp. of older people) vigorously active
2) come between
3) brother or sister
4) group of people who share some common quality
(22) ravenous
1) threat
2) extremely hungry
3) meaning
4) banish to the country
(23) evasive
1) monumental tomb
2) not frank
3) anxious
4) rotate swiftly
(24) lookout
1) one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society
2) conquer
3) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)
4) act of keeping watch
(25) inquisitor
1) accidental
2) questioner (especially harsh)
3) enthusiastic follower
4) cause to stop for a period
ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)1 (3)3 (4)3 (5)4 (6)3 (7)1 (8)1 (9)2 (10)2 (11)2 (12)1 (13)2 (14)4 (15)1 (16)2 (17)1 (18)3 (19)3 (20)1 (21)2 (22)2 (23)2 (24)4 (25)2
