VOCABULARY TEST 108
(1) congenital
1) dwell
2) hard to understand
3) spacious
4) existing at birth
(2) hardy
1) of hidden meaning and spiritual power
2) driving forward
3) beginning
4) (of people or animals) sturdy
(3) comity
1) in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude
2) courtesy
3) devastate
4) unjustified
(4) prefatory
1) introductory
2) having many forms
3) praise very highly
4) written command issued by a court (telling someone to do or not to do something)
(5) lineage
1) sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals
2) person who does things too quickly without thinking
3) thing that completes another
4) descent
(6) sinuous
1) twisting
2) (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed
3) prankish
4) annoyance and disappointment
(7) skulk
1) move furtively and secretly
2) size or volume (esp. when very large)
3) lure
4) number of points
(8) bearing
1) show clearly
2) absentminded
3) deportment
4) bog
(9) queue
1) n. money given to sb who has done one a service
2) ic) aggressive in verbal attack
3) line (of waiting people or vehicles)
4) rapture
(10) disputatious
1) decayed and foul-smelling
2) with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct)
3) argumentative
4) paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)
(11) prognosticate
1) border
2) predict (according to present indications)
3) terminology(system of specialized words)
4) violent
(12) hide
1) partial shadow (in an eclipse)
2) skin of an animal
3) clever in deceiving
4) praise
(13) fortuitous
1) not knowing
2) accidental
3) silently showing ill humor or resentment
4) not able to be pierced or entered
(14) troth
1) someone who bears the blame for others
2) attack or defense of an opinion
3) pledge of good faith especially in betrothal
4) filled with great surprise or fear
(15) psychic
1) support or base as for a pillar or statue
2) of psyche
3) take apart
4) frugality
(16) lament
1) grieve
2) burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection
3) object of general attention
4) attach
(17) actuarial
1) deriving
2) fitful
3) calculating
4) revive
(18) invoke
1) call and bring into use (a right or law)
2) rear
3) introduction
4) trembling
(19) generic
1) postponement or cancelation of a punishment
2) characteristic of an entire class or species
3) of different colors
4) hug
(20) jettison
1) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)
2) compelling immediate action
3) wild
4) swath
(21) pittance
1) delay (in development)
2) causing great fear
3) small amount (of money)
4) paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)
(22) verisimilar
1) having the appearance of truth or reality
2) trying to please
3) deadlock
4) one guilty of a crime
(23) heedless
1) examine and compare in order to verify authenticity
2) not noticing
3) undeveloped
4) (of a person) fat and round
(24) reprise
1) musical repetition
2) public declaration of principles
3) support on which a lever rests or pivots
4) give a slight degree of a color or quality to
(25) cerebral
1) insolent
2) stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision
3) legal delay of payment or action
4) pertaining to the brain or intellect
ANSWERS:
(1)4 (2)4 (3)2 (4)1 (5)4 (6)1 (7)1 (8)3 (9)3 (10)3 (11)2 (12)2 (13)2 (14)3 (15)2 (16)1 (17)3 (18)1 (19)2 (20)1 (21)3 (22)1 (23)2 (24)1 (25)4
