VOCABULART TEST 137
(1) entrance
1) slavish
2) put under a spell(condition caused by magical power)
3) being everywhere
4) sudden outburst of an illness or feeling
(2) concordat
1) formal agreement
2) cause of complaint
3) tending or leaning toward
4) conceivably true
(3) acrophobia
1) fear of heights
2) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)
3) (of an experience) deeply shocking
4) payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce
(4) vigil
1) keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)
2) hard but easily broken
3) work together
4) seeker after position or status
(5) teetotalism
1) watch over and direct
2) not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
3) lustful
4) practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks
(6) epithet
1) ordinary
2) being the first of its kind in a region
3) word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
4) pertaining to the stars
(7) engaging
1) loud continous noise
2) lowest point
3) premonition of evil
4) charming
(8) benediction
1) blessing
2) crown
3) discerning
4) study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation
(9) reduce
1) diminish
2) turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)
3) affecting or relating to the sense of taste
4) (of a sound) echoing
(10) codicil
1) correct
2) unoriginal
3) charlatan
4) supplement to the body of a will
(11) advocate
1) irreverence
2) speak in favor of
3) spotless
4) man or farmer owning small estate
(12) domineer
1) hatred of marriage
2) admit
3) rule over tyrannically
4) strikingly bright
(13) farce
1) practical person
2) broad comedy
3) person of high rank or position
4) split into opposite extremes or camps
(14) encomiastic
1) (of a person) worthy of esteem
2) praising
3) (of a person) having reason
4) equivalent in effect or value
(15) holster
1) similar
2) leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)
3) varying from of an element
4) sentry
(16) climactic
1) decorate
2) relating to the highest point
3) lacking substance
4) supporter
(17) thematic
1) greediness for wealth
2) stamp out(put an end to)
3) thwart
4) of a theme
(18) incredulous
1) unreal reflection
2) pertaining to conversational or common speech
3) withholding belief
4) small round piece of medicine
(19) acclivity
1) sharp upslope of a hill
2) shabby and dirty
3) animal, plant, or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family
4) conducive to good health
(20) hovel
1) equip
2) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)
3) shack
4) reconciling
(21) stump
1) base of a tree trunk left after the rest has been cut down
2) meeting arranged by lovers
3) encode
4) (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed
(22) fetter
1) emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke)
2) too improbable to be believed
3) shackle
4) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own
(23) ferocious
1) fierce
2) indulge
3) behaving like a slave
4) minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points
(24) inundate
1) hold back (the natural expression of)
2) flood
3) induced sleeping state
4) move or swing back and forth
(25) tenacity
1) speak violently or excitedly
2) (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed
3) firmness
4) swindle or cheat
ANSWERS:
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