VOCABULARY TEST 156
(1) consolidation
1) be thankful for
2) unification
3) thousand-year period (as in the New Testament)
4) cancel
(2) assimilate
1) evolve as in prenatal growth
2) trader
3) person of high rank or position
4) absorb
(3) retrieve
1) tic) frenzied
2) rude, insensitive person
3) restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it)
4) recover
(4) nomenclature
1) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful
2) rather fat
3) terminology(system of specialized words)
4) habitually intoxicated
(5) benefit
1) advantage
2) die or kill from lack of air
3) chief
4) good fortune and financial success
(6) canto
1) division of a long poem
2) condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
3) dummy
4) vibrate pendulumlike
(7) resilient
1) time for rest
2) oval building with tiers of seats
3) damaged
4) elastic
(8) ebb
1) twisting
2) rider on horseback
3) (of the tide) recede
4) court of justice
(9) kneel
1) beyond reasonable limits
2) go down on one's knee(s)
3) put into a lower or worse place
4) star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness
(10) negligible
1) so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded
2) slight offense or fault
3) concerning trade or merchants
4) either of the correlated things
(11) finish
1) long-lasting hatred
2) slow
3) clearly different
4) surface texture
(12) obsequy
1) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history
2) speaking several languages
3) deficient in intelligence
4) funeral ceremony
(13) plaudit
1) pertaining to the brain or intellect
2) praise
3) money
4) decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury)
(14) ascetic
1) practicing self-denial
2) point of view
3) government ruled by old people
4) slope
(15) microcosm
1) reckless, desperate outlaw
2) assist usually in doing something wrong
3) small representative world
4) turn to for help
(16) occlude
1) move back suddenly
2) faultfinding
3) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
4) shut
(17) besiege
1) ruler in a monarchy
2) person who has a compulsive desire to steal
3) surround with armed forces
4) very small object or insect-like creature
(18) throttle
1) ) any gain above stipulated salary
2) strangle
3) feeling of sickness and desire to vomit
4) linger
(19) titillate
1) tickle
2) decorative edge of hanging threads
3) torn ragged wound
4) plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed
(20) swamp
1) done or active at night
2) of air
3) wetland
4) melted
(21) symmetry
1) small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
2) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast
3) arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained
4) last stop of railroad
(22) obstreperous
1) having great weight
2) waste
3) boisterous
4) exercising the most influence
(23) compunction
1) remorse
2) immediate insight
3) wasted away
4) respectable
(24) temerity
1) be violently disturbed
2) boldness
3) beginning
4) disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished
(25) egotistical
1) egotistic
2) gather leavings
3) uncertain
4) of the common people
ANSWERS:
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