VOCABULARY TEST 118
(1) probe
1) suspended action
2) explore with a probe or tools
3) detestable
4) vow
(2) plait
1) braid
2) tomb
3) plant disease
4) bookish
(3) incur
1) tell in confidence (to a person one trusts)
2) bring upon oneself
3) able to float
4) showy
(4) zenith
1) oblige or help someone
2) point directly overhead in the sky
3) fluent (with insincerity or superficiality)
4) agreement
(5) clapper
1) good fortune and financial success
2) striker (tongue) of a bell
3) expose to slander
4) small planet
(6) edict
1) capable of being stretched
2) study of humankind
3) decree (especially one issued by a sovereign)
4) attempt to gain
(7) mesmerize
1) able to be touched
2) hypnotize
3) avoid habitually
4) read or glance through quickly
(8) soothsayer
1) wealthy and powerful businessperson
2) state of violent agitation
3) looking within oneself
4) one who foretells the future
(9) dissemble
1) deportment
2) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful
3) distortion
4) disguise
(10) arsenal
1) storage place for military equipment
2) firmness
3) stormy
4) experienced
(11) garbled
1) turn over
2) forecasted course of a disease
3) mixed up
4) given to diligent study
(12) eschew
1) having foresight
2) avoid habitually
3) something contrived
4) insert improperly
(13) avenge
1) ignore or behave coldly toward
2) minor quarrel
3) clergyman attached to a chapel
4) take vengence for something or on behalf of someone
(14) vignette
1) small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter
2) sad
3) framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)
4) somewhat saline
(15) encompass
1) ancestry
2) surround
3) petition humbly
4) kill by choking or suffocating
(16) intrepid
1) deceive
2) fearless
3) exaggeration
4) applaud
(17) antithesis
1) word for word
2) contrast
3) kindly
4) stop or check flow of blood
(18) sinewy
1) turn to for help
2) (of meat) tough
3) immediate insight
4) careful no to cause offence
(19) shoot
1) feign
2) fully filled
3) shackle
4) new growth from a plant
(20) chancellor
1) legal official of high rank
2) opinion contrary to popular belief
3) exceeding ordinary limits
4) mildness
(21) subsume
1) authority on a subject
2) capable of being bribed
3) include (as a member of a group)
4) (of a fault or sin) forgivable
(22) collaborate
1) work together
2) wasteful (of money)
3) suggestive
4) lack of premeditation
(23) wrath
1) laugh quietly
2) anger
3) pierce with a lance
4) the West
(24) bristle
1) short stiff hair
2) aggressiveness
3) moved by sexual love
4) inborn
(25) indifferent
1) unmoved or unconcerned by
2) permitting light to pass through freely
3) burdensome
4) rich, figured(patterned) fabric
ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)1 (3)2 (4)2 (5)2 (6)3 (7)2 (8)4 (9)4 (10)1 (11)3 (12)2 (13)4 (14)1 (15)2 (16)2 (17)2 (18)2 (19)4 (20)1 (21)3 (22)1 (23)2 (24)1 (25)1