VOCABULARY TEST 74


(1) contravene
1) childish
2) serious speech, writing, or conversation
3) contradict
4) open widely



(2) ludicrous
1) deprived of (someone beloved through death)
2) laughable
3) Scandinavian myth
4) one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)



(3) circumscribe
1) destruction
2) crafty
3) limit
4) pertaining to the aurora borealis



(4) appreciate
1) wave around (a weapon)
2) harass
3) servile dependent
4) be thankful for



(5) incorrigible
1) uncorrectable
2) grandiloquent, pompous speech
3) word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
4) droop



(6) anneal
1) drive or force forward (by causing impulses)
2) admit
3) reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)
4) quick and active



(7) inveterate
1) sorcery
2) behavior
3) v. ask or beg earnestly
4) deep-rooted



(8) premonition
1) forewarning
2) (of a woman or child) grave
3) omen
4) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own



(9) peccadillo
1) complain or whine tearfully
2) slight offense or fault
3) crevice
4) annoy



(10) palette
1) mix together
2) moving force
3) lack of premeditation
4) board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)



(11) abscission
1) very generous in giving
2) binding
3) bend the knee as in worship
4) cutting off



(12) warranted
1) resentment
2) someone who eats too much
3) legal claim or right on a property
4) justified



(13) opiate
1) me) gay
2) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain
3) divided into two branches
4) soothe an angry person



(14) fetish(fetich)
1) similarly timed
2) entertain
3) window projecting upright from roof
4) object believed to have spiritual powers



(15) ambivalence
1) the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions
2) move about playfully
3) belief in one God
4) remainder



(16) perpetual
1) everlasting
2) anything discarded or rejected as worthless
3) made of bone
4) gather into wrinkles or folds



(17) desperado
1) malleable
2) reckless, desperate outlaw
3) ) hanging down from something
4) remaining



(18) doctrinaire
1) unable to compromise about points of doctrine
2) equivalent in effect or value
3) quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)
4) large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way



(19) query
1) reparable
2) irreverent
3) inquiry
4) (of a word or remark) apt



(20) sustain
1) suffer (harm or loss)
2) rankle
3) beautiful clothes for a special occasion
4) contending



(21) retroactive
1) pester
2) monumental tomb
3) speaking several languages
4) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)



(22) inhibited
1) support on which a lever rests or pivots
2) gift made by a will
3) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels
4) subordinate



(23) maelstrom
1) violent whirlpool
2) act of assuming a human body and human nature
3) stand up against
4) nook



(24) tantalize
1) tease
2) wakefulness
3) pitiless
4) mob



(25) berserk
1) refrain
2) mad with violent anger
3) decrease in size or strength (after being full)
4) untrustworthy person


ANSWERS:
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