VOCABULARY TEST 120
(1) buffoon
1) take apart
2) stupid person
3) destroy leaves
4) the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions
(2) homage
1) unable to be doubted
2) honor
3) survey of enemy by soldiers
4) blunt
(3) phlegmatic
1) subordinating the individual to the state
2) shell or jewel carved in relief
3) oddity
4) calm and unexcitable
(4) imbecility
1) puzzle
2) story-teller
3) equipment
4) weakness of mind
(5) unravel
1) generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)
2) take possession of (often for public use and without payment)
3) disentangle
4) rubble
(6) parallelism
1) state of being parallel
2) seek to attain (position or status)
3) extremely poor
4) soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells
(7) appropriate
1) express condolences
2) great influence (especially political or social)
3) acquire
4) (of meat) tough
(8) ensconce
1) without hope and courage
2) impossible to reconcile
3) settle comfortably
4) story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)
(9) agrarian
1) illusive
2) pertaining to land or its cultivation
3) strike forcefully
4) unharmed
(10) zest
1) drunken revel
2) brief statement used to express a principle
3) enormous
4) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food
(11) bank
1) repetition
2) theme
3) something new
4) heap
(12) forswear
1) possessing good health
2) long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something
3) renounce under oath
4) giving off an odor
(13) soar
1) summit
2) equal in extent
3) disintegration
4) rise or fly high in the air
(14) linguistic
1) secret
2) causing nausea
3) explosion
4) pertaining to language
(15) concession
1) spoil the appearance of
2) painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)
3) grain-eating
4) an act of yielding
(16) morbid
1) tendency to disbelief
2) disguise
3) omen
4) given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought
(17) solder
1) repair or make whole by using a metal alloy
2) program as for trial
3) animal-biting fly
4) pertaining to the woods or the country
(18) throb
1) bring upon oneself
2) letdown in thought or emotion
3) (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently
4) compelling immediate action
(19) serpentine
1) sullen
2) winding
3) deep feeling of dislike
4) neglect of duty
(20) wreak
1) inflict
2) make poor
3) rise and float in the air (especially by magical means)
4) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds
(21) disdain
1) confuse
2) treat with scorn or contempt
3) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)
4) timely
(22) factotum
1) temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need)
2) expert at
3) handyman
4) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)
(23) cadet
1) making up for
2) extinct flying reptile
3) student at a military school
4) bind as servant or apprentice to master
(24) fulminate
1) rising above others
2) thunder
3) very carefully
4) sour
(25) bog
1) withdraw
2) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain
3) having womanly traits
4) soft wet land
ANSWERS:
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