VOCABULARY TEST 92
(1) multiplicity
1) kindly
2) gully
3) state of being numerous or multiple
4) highly pretentious or inflated
(2) kudos
1) honor
2) monkeylike
3) provide for the payment of
4) reply
(3) prelude
1) quick sharp reply
2) curse
3) introduction
4) sour
(4) pedestrian
1) ordinary
2) kindly
3) concerning trade or merchants
4) temporary invasion
(5) stipulate
1) resting
2) sustaining
3) state as a necessary condition (of an agreement)
4) full of self-admiration
(6) heterogeneous
1) meaning
2) dissimilar
3) cancel
4) join
(7) nadir
1) lowest point
2) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)
3) eyesight
4) crowd
(8) chore
1) support placed under or against something
2) daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)
3) generosity
4) bitter (to the taste or smell)
(9) ransack
1) search thoroughly
2) not essential
3) defamation
4) spread out (troops) in an extended though shallow battle line
(10) alimony
1) payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
2) projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars)
3) concluding section of a musical or literary composition
4) comfort in sorrow or trouble
(11) irrevocable
1) mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer
2) unalterable
3) government ruled by old people
4) payment or expense
(12) indigent
1) behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm
2) not genuine
3) poor
4) motion
(13) fallow
1) behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm
2) (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality)
3) hardened
4) oval building with tiers of seats
(14) zeal
1) (of a fault or sin) forgivable
2) heavy and awkward to carry or wear
3) eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal)
4) ) hanging down from something
(15) pugnacity
1) avaricious
2) lukewarm
3) combativeness
4) fear
(16) glossy
1) short poem idealizing rural life
2) smooth and shining
3) frown angrily
4) make oneself tidy in appearance
(17) acme
1) disorderly fight between two or more people
2) pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
3) peak
4) hairstyle
(18) marsupial
1) submissive
2) one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather)
3) pick out from others (to kill the weakest members)
4) reclining
(19) sentimental
1) swayed by sentiment
2) strong and firm (in the body)
3) substance that dissolves another
4) make lively or spirited
(20) sonorous
1) lying on back
2) loquacious
3) disown
4) resonant
(21) mosaic
1) picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles
2) speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
3) shyness
4) terrorize
(22) sate
1) satisfy to the full
2) split into opposite extremes or camps
3) strong longing to travel
4) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
(23) revelry
1) book of literary selections by various authors
2) physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes
3) raised platform for speech-making
4) boisterous merrymaking
(24) atrocity
1) isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection
2) venomous spider
3) brutal deed
4) of or like an uncle
(25) furtive
1) stealthy
2) missile
3) (of light or color) bright and distinct
4) something taken for granted
ANSWERS:
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