VOCABULARY TEST 155
(1) disband
1) soul
2) changeable (in affections or friendship)
3) dissolve
4) exactly vertical
(2) bask
1) superintendent
2) luxuriate
3) go down on one's knee(s)
4) stockpile
(3) veneer
1) ridicule
2) fleshly
3) thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material)
4) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
(4) miscellany
1) mixture of writings on various subjects
2) (of a word or remark) apt
3) madly excited
4) invioably sacred
(5) paragon
1) gain for the performance of service or labor
2) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
3) model of perfection
4) strategem to gain an advantage
(6) exempt
1) domineering
2) not subject to a duty or obligation
3) blame (not angrily but sadly)
4) renunciation
(7) insubordination
1) not harmonious
2) disobedience
3) exclamation
4) stormy
(8) auxiliary
1) explain in detail
2) put forth for consideration or analysis
3) offering or providing help
4) decorate
(9) tedium
1) puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.)
2) gloomy
3) formal systematic inquiry
4) boredom
(10) regime
1) like a glacier
2) study of insects
3) unnoticeable
4) method of system or government
(11) stygian
1) state without proof
2) undistinctive
3) an error involving time in a story
4) unpleasantly dark
(12) forensic
1) mutually agreed on
2) worn through till the threads show
3) preoccupation with physical comforts and things
4) suitable to debate or courts of law
(13) sedition
1) (of an experience) deeply shocking
2) language used by special group
3) conduct or language inciting rebellion
4) person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others
(14) purge
1) hateful
2) remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted
3) highly excited
4) neatly or smartly dressed
(15) practical
1) very important
2) harmony
3) great influence (especially political or social)
4) based on experience
(16) cogent
1) convincing
2) general agreement
3) protruding knot on a tree
4) transparent
(17) bleak
1) holding tenaciously to an action
2) study industriously
3) made of bone
4) cold or cheerless
(18) execrate
1) empty
2) drink with zest
3) curse
4) mischievous child (usually a boy)
(19) inter
1) bury
2) something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event
3) soothe an angry person
4) fear
(20) fulcrum
1) favorable
2) support on which a lever rests or pivots
3) ornate
4) autopsy
(21) clime
1) insolent
2) divide into parts
3) climate
4) poet
(22) fauna
1) animals of a period or region
2) unutterable
3) small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter
4) unfortunate accident
(23) accommodate
1) female fox
2) oblige or help someone
3) embarrass
4) dining hall
(24) enduring
1) lasting
2) size or volume (esp. when very large)
3) of glass
4) either of the correlated things
(25) fluster
1) make coins
2) bearlike
3) confuse
4) bitter scolding or denunciation
ANSWERS:
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