VOCABULARY TEST 96


(1) bivouac
1) (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking
2) temporary encampment
3) sour
4) become less severe



(2) cognitive
1) exhausting
2) having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes
3) feather, esp. large or showy one
4) reprimand



(3) indefatigable
1) smooth and shining (as from good health)
2) having a common origin
3) spur
4) tireless



(4) decadence
1) low, guttural, menacing sound (as of a dog)
2) particle removed by a file
3) decay
4) sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)



(5) abscond
1) depart secretly and hide
2) well-bred
3) assist usually in doing something wrong
4) one who builds or works with stone or brick



(6) indeterminate
1) slow gallop
2) uncertain
3) tending to improve
4) wretch



(7) drama
1) prose or verse composition to be performed by actors
2) without attention to comfort
3) dante) trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)
4) extraordinary ability



(8) mendacious
1) moral correctness
2) brother or sister
3) lying
4) put into effect



(9) spectral
1) hide
2) ghostly
3) small weakness of character
4) slope



(10) slacken
1) slow up
2) change position or place
3) promoting a particular point of view
4) plants of a region or era



(11) bastion
1) stronghold
2) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)
3) highly successful action or sudden attack
4) prevent in advance



(12) anesthetic
1) substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness
2) kindly
3) one who feigns illness to escape duty
4) regret



(13) rightful
1) diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers
2) person who has a compulsive desire to steal
3) legally correct
4) causing great fear



(14) adapt
1) act of extreme violence or viciousness
2) make or become suitable for a specific use
3) teasing conversation
4) sudden sharp turn or twist



(15) imponderable
1) large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice
2) weightless
3) push forward
4) worldly wise and urbane



(16) spoonerism
1) widespread damage
2) projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars)
3) accidental transposition of sounds in successive words
4) lustful



(17) felicity
1) place into a case
2) given to complaining
3) rosy
4) happiness



(18) colossus
1) repeat
2) new or newly coined word or phrase
3) repentant
4) gigantic statue



(19) coup
1) theoretical
2) overbright in color
3) curse
4) highly successful action or sudden attack



(20) transparent
1) permitting light to pass through freely
2) expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words
3) minor fight
4) join together end to end to make one continuous length



(21) debacle
1) surmise
2) rejoice
3) sad
4) sudden disastrous downfall or defeat



(22) finite
1) hidden sarcasm or satire
2) envy
3) enigmatic
4) limited



(23) vapid
1) lacking liveliness
2) combativeness
3) bad-tempered
4) pouring forth



(24) affiliation
1) joining
2) basic
3) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds
4) slave



(25) toll
1) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party
2) curved
3) group of closely located islands
4) sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals


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