VOCABULARY TEST 24
(1) sanctuary
1) mongrel
2) include
3) forewarning
4) place of refuge
(2) gossamer
1) urging
2) revive
3) sheer
4) operatic singer
(3) onus
1) make or become dull or discolored
2) mix together in close association
3) burden
4) manly
(4) reciprocal
1) excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
2) eating away by chemicals or disease
3) mutual
4) acute pain
(5) fake
1) not genuine
2) empty
3) person who enjoys his own pain
4) candid
(6) provenance
1) free from worries
2) moo
3) place of origin
4) shining (esp. in the dark)
(7) spoilsport
1) excessive interest in one's self
2) one who spoils the pleasure of others
3) relating to cooking or kitchen
4) watchful
(8) complement
1) cowardly
2) doctor who treats ailments of the feet
3) bad-tempered
4) complete
(9) modish
1) courting favor by cringing and flattering
2) noxious(harmful) smell
3) fashionable
4) thing that completes another
(10) betray
1) outwit
2) stop or check flow of blood
3) be unfaithful
4) edge (at the top of a cliff)
(11) beleaguer
1) without guile
2) search thoroughly
3) besiege or attack (with an army)
4) morbid fear
(12) amity
1) man who is not a cleric
2) one who is habitually cruel to weaker people
3) light-hearted
4) friendship
(13) warren
1) plan of a trip
2) tunnels in which rabbits live
3) having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
4) yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war)
(14) floe
1) be a sign of
2) (of a bird) sing
3) written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)
4) flat mass of floating ice
(15) concise
1) not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
2) wandering
3) brief and compact
4) prevent in advance
(16) harbor
1) violent
2) gather leavings
3) irreverence
4) give protection (by giving food and shelter)
(17) facilitate
1) exceeding ordinary limits
2) (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat
3) human muscle
4) help bring about
(18) promote
1) amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
2) untidy (of a woman or clothes)
3) advance in rank
4) serving to warn
(19) oratorio
1) dramatic poem set to music
2) frighten
3) turn to stone
4) substance causing vomiting
(20) languish
1) power to produce desired effect
2) unprejudiced
3) tending to improve
4) lose animation or strength
(21) rendezvous
1) motherly
2) empty
3) idealistic but impractical
4) meeting place
(22) contentious
1) abnormal
2) detached plant shoot used in grafting
3) doctor specializing in ailments of the heart
4) quarrelsome
(23) inkling
1) hint
2) worthless products of an endeavor
3) pertaining to money
4) esoteric
(24) redoubtable
1) work against
2) formidable
3) vibrate pendulumlike
4) (of weather) hot or scorching
(25) patronize
1) heap
2) support
3) continued loud noise
4) clearly different
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)3 (3)3 (4)3 (5)1 (6)3 (7)2 (8)4 (9)3 (10)3 (11)3 (12)4 (13)2 (14)4 (15)3 (16)4 (17)4 (18)3 (19)1 (20)4 (21)4 (22)4 (23)1 (24)2 (25)2
