VOCABULARY TEST 175
(1) satyr
1) half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning
2) dispute
3) rub out
4) stinginess
(2) aggrandize
1) winding
2) make greater
3) copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing
4) object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
(3) psychosomatic
1) word blindness
2) of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)
3) appropriate
4) extraordinary ability
(4) euthanasia
1) article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
2) mercy killing
3) of or living in trees
4) likely to change
(5) vagabond
1) lazy
2) wanderer (without a permanent home)
3) feeling of kinship
4) prosper
(6) impartial
1) property inherited from a father
2) let down
3) achieve by cleverness or trick
4) not biased
(7) sentient
1) capable of sensation and conscious
2) wise
3) pertaining to tailors or tailoring
4) highly gifted child
(8) impassable
1) having an odor
2) willing to obey orders
3) diligent attention
4) not able to be traveled or crossed
(9) outmoded
1) make greater
2) no longer in fashion or use
3) help bring about
4) hypnotic state
(10) explicit
1) totally clear
2) wicked
3) tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)
4) situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options
(11) melancholy
1) gloomy
2) rush wildly
3) abusive
4) shyness
(12) trappings
1) outward decorations
2) delayed
3) (cause to) join the armed forces
4) join together
(13) suppress
1) put an end to forcibly
2) silly
3) separate
4) joking (often inappropriately)
(14) monetary
1) harmony
2) pertaining to money
3) gather leavings
4) close relationship
(15) venerate
1) obligatory
2) revere
3) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)
4) evident
(16) humdrum
1) vague statement
2) dull
3) heavy and awkward to carry or wear
4) lawyer in the lower court of law
(17) gouge
1) metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)
2) substitute
3) overcharge (with high price)
4) irreverence
(18) flicker
1) treat (a person) as a celebrity
2) extremely severe
3) environment
4) burn unsteadily or fitfully
(19) condone
1) run-down
2) overlook
3) old age
4) group of closely located islands
(20) gleam
1) denounce
2) brief flash of light
3) lie
4) distasteful (because excessive)
(21) heckler
1) person who verbally harasses others
2) cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe)
3) large quantity or number
4) dramatic poem set to music
(22) guise
1) list (of names)
2) approve
3) outward appearance
4) make (a liquid) less concentrated
(23) inamorata
1) woman whom a man loves
2) move furtively
3) raised platform for speech-making
4) not working
(24) lumen
1) fenced enclosure for animals
2) unit of light energy (one candle's worth)
3) of a member of the cat family
4) explosion
(25) gradation
1) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory
2) dormant
3) firmness
4) series of gradual stages
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