VOCABULARY TEST 91


(1) discernible
1) designed to create ill will or envy
2) distinguishable
3) kind in a generous way (to someone less important)
4) destroy leaves



(2) dispassionate
1) returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner
2) calm
3) contact that keeps parties in communication
4) refer indirectly



(3) gull
1) object to be thrown or projected
2) (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves)
3) switch (a railroad car) to a siding
4) trick



(4) handsome
1) act of reciting publicly
2) take pleasure in great comfort
3) in agreement
4) large in quantity



(5) adjourn
1) suspend until a later time
2) pretty good)''
3) loiter or dawdle
4) of a prophet or prophecy



(6) ordeal
1) miser
2) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
3) severe trial or affliction
4) irritate



(7) opaque
1) without concern or care
2) unaccustomed
3) drifting wreckage
4) dark



(8) trajectory
1) radiating
2) multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester)
3) path taken by a projectile
4) pretending to be virtuous



(9)
1)
2) irritate
3) heap
4) lurch



(10) remit
1) make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)
2) violent anguish
3) platitude
4) transmit (money) in payment



(11) carnal
1) iridescent
2) fleshly
3) effort
4) walk through a substance, such as water, that impedes movement



(12) chastise
1) punish as by beating
2) of a sect
3) honor
4) fight



(13) genus
1) begin formally
2) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species
3) path taken by a projectile
4) frenzy



(14) simplistic
1) oversimplified
2) supplying nourishment
3) tight
4) confuse



(15) introspective
1) looking within oneself
2) adjacent to
3) causing insensitivity to pain
4) warlike



(16) succulent
1) kindle
2) juicy
3) speed
4) state of distress



(17) felicitous
1) remorse
2) faithless lover
3) (of a word or remark) apt
4) without deceit



(18) tenancy
1) threatening
2) reservoir or water tank
3) irritate
4) possession of land or building by rent



(19) wax
1) harshness
2) cause to become sick
3) hypnotize
4) increase gradually (as the moon)



(20) renegade
1) well-paid position with little responsibility
2) downward slope
3) deserter
4) deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery



(21) qualms
1) uneasy feelings
2) spread through or over (with a color or liquid)
3) sceptic
4) obtaining



(22) skulduggery(sku
1) agree
2) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action
3) clever in deceiving
4) confused uproar



(23) distinction
1) tear or cut to pieces
2) Peeping Tom
3) salary
4) honor



(24) knit
1) blessedness
2) official (who performs a particular function)
3) contract into wrinkles
4) critical remark



(25) audit
1) number of points
2) examination of accounts of a business
3) (of the senses) sharp
4) reproduce


ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)2 (3)4 (4)4 (5)1 (6)3 (7)4 (8)3 (9)1 (10)4 (11)2 (12)1 (13)2 (14)1 (15)1 (16)2 (17)3 (18)4 (19)4 (20)3 (21)1 (22)2 (23)4 (24)3 (25)2