VOCABULARY TEST 159


(1) comport
1) (of a sound) echoing
2) bear one's self
3) accustom a baby not to nurse
4) arrival



(2) mandatory
1) impending
2) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)
3) obligatory
4) stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly



(3) fitful
1) pry
2) urgent situation
3) spasmodic
4) begin to grow



(4) generate
1) tending to call up (emotions, memories)
2) dark and gloomy
3) varied
4) cause



(5) postmortem
1) taking up again
2) autopsy
3) set off
4) deserving high respect



(6) colander
1) clever
2) utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
3) waster
4) pertaining to earthquakes



(7) brawl
1) noisy quarrel
2) unshakably calm
3) iridescent
4) shortcoming



(8) sanctimonious
1) phrase repeated throughout a song or poem
2) one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)
3) displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
4) of a pole



(9) lavish
1) liberal
2) (of something written or painted) still in existence
3) work (esp. musical composition)
4) every two years



(10) delineate
1) speak in favor of
2) portray
3) without guile
4) inappropriate



(11) limber
1) flexible
2) flexible
3) drink in
4) lift by pushing up from below



(12) presage
1) pick out from others (to kill the weakest members)
2) state of being partial
3) foretell
4) lure or bait



(13) pluck
1) domestic
2) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
3) courage
4) killing of animals for food



(14) shard
1) faultfinding
2) fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)
3) plunder
4) dirty matter



(15) burlesque
1) give an imitation that ridicules
2) having foresight
3) make thin
4) luxuriate



(16) cohere
1) stick together
2) loiter or dawdle
3) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly
4) slow moving tree-dwelling mammal



(17) impotent
1) weak
2) move about playfully
3) fret
4) urging



(18) prerogative
1) holding fast (as to a belief)
2) privilege
3) arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained
4) familiar with



(19) inscrutable
1) pretense (of strength)
2) sensual
3) lottery
4) difficult to understand



(20) admonish
1) apparatus for making sounds
2) warn or speak to with gentle disapproval
3) characterizing or affecting all
4) outcry



(21) ribald
1) elevated position
2) blunt
3) avaricious
4) marked by vulgar lewd humor



(22) vitreous
1) related to seed or semen
2) of glass
3) sparing in eating and drinking
4) be a sign of



(23) pare
1) copy
2) cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)
3) foul-smelling
4) freedom from narrow limitations



(24) adage
1) order
2) producing many young, fruits, or seeds
3) wise saying
4) quality of being true



(25) truculence
1) aggressiveness
2) scorn
3) commemorate
4) muscular


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