VOCABULARY TEST 15


(1) rent
1) add leaven to
2) tear made by rending
3) liberate
4) act stupidly



(2) mnemonic
1) pertaining to memory
2) artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)
3) generosity
4) having importance



(3) overthrow
1) topple
2) (of a person) outgoing and sociable
3) irreverence
4) inquiry



(4) strew
1) signs
2) rapture
3) maker of a will
4) spread randomly



(5) foresight
1) ability to foresee future happenings
2) effusively sentimental
3) member of the working class
4) become unsteady and fall down



(6) effete
1) urbanity
2) having lost one's original power
3) find out for certain
4) treat with scorn or contempt



(7) bluff
1) something hinted at or suggested
2) pretense (of strength)
3) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly
4) provide for the payment of



(8) uxorious
1) of good upbringing
2) excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife
3) scold
4) anger



(9) vigilant
1) lacking in spirit or energy
2) sparing in eating and drinking
3) watchful
4) place of safety



(10) pretentious
1) pirate
2) small planet
3) spot
4) ostentatious



(11) conscript
1) state of being nameless
2) draftee
3) physician specializing in children's diseases
4) handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)



(12) stratum
1) tear or be torn quickly and violently
2) period of time
3) layer of earth's surface
4) showy



(13) nebula
1) agent (sent on a mission to represent another)
2) simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, etc.)
3) diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas
4) thin liquid porridge



(14) paste
1) military unit
2) (of water) cover completely
3) smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive)
4) waster



(15) headlong
1) correct (usually a text)
2) helpful
3) hasty
4) coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.



(16) partial
1) analyze (to discover what materials are present)
2) object (because of doubts, scruples)
3) one who supplicates
4) incomplete



(17) blunt
1) skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair
2) three-pronged spear
3) having a dull edge
4) given freely



(18) erudite
1) unexpected and adverse
2) light stroke as with a whip
3) (of a person or book) learned
4) stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision



(19) libertine
1) quality of pleasing
2) capable of being repaired
3) debauched person
4) position giving an advantage (such as a strategic point)



(20) reprobate
1) morally disapproved person
2) avaricious
3) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
4) pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter



(21) interstice
1) absence of contradictions
2) narrow space between things
3) tiny
4) vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young



(22) indenture
1) leader or noticeable supporter of an idea
2) bind as servant or apprentice to master
3) weak
4) careful about money



(23) ward
1) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
2) argumentative
3) room to move
4) administrative division of a city



(24) provocative
1) formal praise
2) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
3) arousing anger or sexual interest
4) in love



(25) pestilential(pe
1) stilent) causing plague
2) stop or check flow of blood
3) unconquerable
4) agreeable


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