VOCABULARY TEST 5
(1) litany
1) copy
2) prove genuine
3) supplicatory prayer
4) cheat
(2) brindled
1) curved
2) secret recess or vault usually used for burial
3) tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)
4) shine intensely and blindingly
(3) loom
1) dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way)
2) appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form)
3) move heavily or clumsily
4) defraud a person of something
(4) dexterous
1) skillful
2) pertaining to the aurora borealis
3) unity of pitch (in musical performance)
4) detestable
(5) plummet
1) change (esp. from good to bad)
2) fall sharply
3) diplomatic etiquette
4) destroy leaves
(6) glacial
1) arrival
2) like a glacier
3) tendency to disbelief
4) complete independence and self-government (of a country)
(7) lurk
1) meaningless word
2) stealthily lie in waiting
3) take in food or drink with one's tongue
4) copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing
(8) tenacious
1) bankrupt
2) holding fast (as to a belief)
3) weightless
4) reply
(9) intuition
1) school for training future ministers
2) insult to one's dignity
3) charge in court
4) immediate insight
(10) vitriolic
1) hint
2) cule) extremely small
3) causing sharp pain to the mind
4) curse
(11) riddle
1) pierce with holes
2) sad and lonely
3) take pleasure in great comfort
4) face (as showing the character and the mind)
(12) amass
1) collect (gradually, in a very large amount)
2) breathing
3) fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage
4) brawl
(13) choice
1) delicate
2) in a coma
3) pointed tool used for piercing
4) mad with violent anger
(14) inductive
1) Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)
2) wriggle
3) pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general
4) separate
(15) sextant
1) strangle
2) remove (forcibly)
3) ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
4) navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)
(16) mawkish
1) something that nourishes
2) mushy(sentimental) and gushy
3) dig
4) renounce under oath
(17) copious
1) plentiful
2) sudden sharp feeling of pain
3) church dignitary
4) stick out
(18) indisputable
1) mysterious
2) wretch
3) producing offspring or fruit in abundance
4) too certain to be disputed
(19) incorporeal
1) deserving high respect
2) approve
3) introverted
4) without a material body
(20) feebleminded
1) deficient in intelligence
2) wet thoroughly
3) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant
4) irreverence
(21) mettle
1) acal) fiendish
2) courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties)
3) substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness
4) nonsense
(22) universal
1) mix together in close association
2) characterizing or affecting all
3) speak in favor of
4) cut into small parts
(23) gobble
1) active strength
2) main impact or shock (of an attack or blow)
3) honesty
4) eat very quickly
(24) misdemeanor
1) minor crime
2) related to telling a story
3) understood (without actually being expressed)
4) make necessary
(25) withdrawn
1) speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
2) menacing
3) stare foolishly
4) introverted
ANSWERS:
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