VOCABULARY TEST 170
(1) proclivity
1) hard coating or crust
2) humbleness of spirit
3) inclination
4) proverb
(2) abstruse
1) slavery
2) obscure
3) watch over and direct
4) final
(3) befuddle
1) nation governed by the people
2) confuse thoroughly
3) become less severe
4) bony growth on the head of a deer
(4) cuisine
1) talk dully
2) corpse
3) style of cooking
4) cutting ironic remark
(5) officious
1) person celebrated for wisdom
2) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
3) meddlesome
4) fall or let fall in drops
(6) scuffle
1) stir up
2) since
3) struggle confusedly
4) binding
(7) venerable
1) based on experience
2) overcome
3) deserving high respect
4) (of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating)
(8) tribunal
1) court of justice
2) slightly obscure
3) messenger
4) absolutely necessary
(9) disbar
1) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied
2) make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession
3) very unrefined
4) petty or trivial details
(10) besmirch
1) soil
2) indirect
3) familiar with
4) sear
(11) foil
1) arousing anger or sexual interest
2) search thoroughly
3) defeat
4) stun as with a blow or shock
(12) elliptical
1) loyalty
2) elliptic
3) harshness
4) diabolic
(13) dislodge
1) posion
2) remove (forcibly)
3) overwhelming
4) sympathy for the suffering of others
(14) flush
1) person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs
2) violent whirlpool
3) redden
4) plan in advance
(15) malodorous
1) foul-smelling
2) obedient
3) unintentionally
4) dig up
(16) imminent
1) impending
2) lover of mankind
3) bleach
4) open widely
(17) pantomime
1) irresistible
2) given to complaining
3) acting without dialogue
4) moving force
(18) bluster
1) put to rout
2) blow in heavy gusts
3) of or suffering rabies
4) swimming
(19) plenitude
1) person who looks on the bright side
2) name (of a book, film, etc.)
3) deride or provoke
4) abundance
(20) rou\'e
1) lecherous man
2) (of a liquid) thick and sticky
3) (of rules) binding
4) small representative world
(21) apothecary
1) express condolences
2) shell or jewel carved in relief
3) charm
4) druggist
(22) substantive
1) remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person)
2) substantial
3) without feeling
4) unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)
(23) revert
1) V-shaped cut in a surface
2) relapse
3) clever and imaginative (in dealing with difficult situations)
4) of or suffering rabies
(24) recourse
1) resorting to help when in trouble
2)
3) possessing good health
4) imitation of a real object used as a substitute
(25) swelter
1) (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat
2) black magic
3) small bit or fragment
4) process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance
ANSWERS:
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