VOCABULARY TEST 176
(1) piscatorial
1) mak less severe
2) range of knowledge
3) play and jump about happily
4) pertaining to fishing
(2) swarthy
1) inconspicuous
2) (of a skin or complexion) dark
3) outward sign
4) leave to someone by means of a will
(3) vilify
1) slander
2) all-knowing
3) dry food for livestock
4) devout
(4) facade(fa\c{c}a
1) poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead)
2) de) front or face (of building)
3) poison (of an animal)
4) consanguine) having a common ancestor
(5) valediction
1) (appreciatively) cutting
2) elliptic
3) saying farewell
4) musical repetition
(6) myopic
1) stray or fall behind (a main group)
2) wasting away
3) beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw
4) nearsighted
(7) withhold
1) illicit lover
2) blessedness
3) solemn urging
4) refuse to give
(8) dissolution
1) thoroughly soaked
2) individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
3) disintegration
4) imitation
(9) bowdlerize
1) end
2) expurgate
3) practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks
4) person who has a compulsive desire to steal
(10) cosmic
1) relating to races
2) pommel
3) pertaining to the universe
4) ash-colored
(11) odious
1) arousing strong dislike
2) new or newly coined word or phrase
3) mutually destructive
4) science of law
(12) manifest
1) mismanage
2) evident
3) pierce with a lance
4) state of being immovable
(13) actuary
1) dexterity
2) notoriously bad
3) expressiveness
4) someone who advises insurance companies
(14) filch
1) unconquerable
2) person convicted of a grave crime
3) steal (things of small value)
4) prohibit
(15) embezzlement
1) leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)
2) taking for one's own use in violation of trust
3) attractive
4) (esp. of older people) vigorously active
(16) dingy
1) contend
2) (of things and place) dirty and dull
3) give up
4) bog
(17) drudgery
1) fearful
2) familiar with
3) hard unpleasant work
4) long shallow trench made by a plow
(18) septic
1) remorse
2) show by example
3) possession of land or building by rent
4) of or causing sepsis
(19) Spartan
1) drive or force onward
2) without attention to comfort
3) (of music) played smoothly
4) outward demonstration
(20) incendiary
1) hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)
2) having only one color
3) arsonist
4) cheerful promptness without reluctance
(21) strident
1) abusive
2) tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)
3) loud and harsh
4) unbecoming
(22) carnivorous
1) meat-eating
2) wild
3) temporary stay
4) arrogance
(23) antidote
1) white with age
2) inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract
3) one who supplicates
4) remedy to counteract a poison or disease
(24) profusion
1) half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)
2) extremely poor
3) great amount
4) exile
(25) pungent
1) huge
2) hanging
3) causing sharp pain to the mind
4) stinging
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)2 (3)1 (4)2 (5)3 (6)4 (7)4 (8)3 (9)2 (10)3 (11)1 (12)2 (13)4 (14)3 (15)2 (16)2 (17)3 (18)4 (19)2 (20)3 (21)3 (22)1 (23)4 (24)3 (25)4
