VOCABULART TEST 145
(1) disavowal
1) denial
2) attack with abusive language
3) clash or conflict in opinion
4) inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract
(2) thrall
1) short simple story teaching a moral
2) unwilling
3) slave
4) easily understood
(3) friction
1) climate
2) limited
3) clash or conflict in opinion
4) foul smelling
(4) embrace
1) withholding belief
2) hug
3) evolve as in prenatal growth
4) dock
(5) discrete
1) unwillingness
2) separate
3) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion
4) explosion
(6) high-flown
1) joyous
2) sticky
3) bruise
4) highly pretentious or inflated
(7) verity
1) plan in advance
2) quality of being true
3) strike forcefully
4) manner of walking or running
(8) granulate
1) object of general attention
2) person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected)
3) tax levied by a ruler
4) form into grains or granules
(9) providence
1) dominance especially of one nation over others
2) shove
3) someone seeking revenge
4) quality of being provident
(10) amnesty
1) moderate
2) poor verse
3) skeptical or distrustful of human motives
4) pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)
(11) kindred
1) add leaven to
2) change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)
3) small round piece of medicine
4) related
(12) dainty
1) loud continous noise
2) V-shaped cut in a surface
3) amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
4) delicate
(13) gullible
1) tunnels in which rabbits live
2) scold strongly
3) easily deceived
4) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)
(14) remission
1) (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value
2) temporary moderation (of disease symptoms)
3) outer boundary
4) untidy (of hair or clothing)
(15) dissection
1) gross lewdness
2) beginning
3) analysis
4) related to telling a story
(16) incontinent
1) lacking self-restraint
2) changing its habitat
3) condition or period of flowering
4) government run by religious leaders
(17) seep
1) something fit to be eaten
2) charge
3) pass slowly through small openings
4) one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
(18) incontrovertibl
1) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
2) person with power to decide a matter in dispute
3) e indisputable
4) comfort in sorrow or trouble
(19) hazy
1) person of high rank or position
2) resistant to
3) slightly obscure
4) clean
(20) immobility
1) make thin
2) truthfulness
3) in a state of rage
4) state of being immovable
(21) founder
1) und) astonish (making dumb)
2) predict (according to present indications)
3) quack
4) person who establishes (an organization or business)
(22) nascent
1) strong desire
2) incipient
3) distribute
4) meanly stingy
(23) psychosis
1) deep dish for serving soup
2) mental disorder
3) preoccupation with physical comforts and things
4) maze
(24) conscientious
1) scrupulous
2) opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments
3) humorous imitation
4) like a lion
(25) emollient
1) change of form
2) persuade by flattery
3) condition of no movement or activity
4) soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)
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