VOCABULARY TEST 117


(1) trenchant
1) cutting
2) expressing a meaning
3) composed (with no excitement)
4) created by statute or legislative action



(2) diva
1) complete
2) strikingly bright
3) operatic singer
4) state of depression or melancholy



(3) institutionaliz
1) burdensome
2) suspended action
3) e make into an institution
4) object to be thrown or projected



(4) earthy
1) express evil satisfaction
2) brief flash of light
3) unrefined
4) existence



(5) omniscient
1) tip
2) pertaining to country people
3) all-knowing
4) cut the top off



(6) brusque
1) blunt
2) one who has adopted a different religion or opinion
3) good judgment with composure
4) poisonous snake



(7) misnomer
1) reluctant
2) take (one's attention) off something
3) wrong or improper name
4) malodorous



(8) extemporaneous
1) agreeable
2) infallibility
3) crude cabin
4) not planned



(9) impregnate
1) maker of a will
2) weaken
3) produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud)
4) make pregnant



(10) sully
1) state of having two opposite qualities
2) lawyer in the lower court of law
3) pertaining to marriage
4) defile



(11) ingenuous
1) naive and trusting
2) doubts
3) range of knowledge
4) lack of consistency or agreement as between facts



(12) betroth
1) become engaged to marry
2) poise
3) come or bring together
4) slanderous remark



(13) tutelary
1) ornamental clasp
2) cutting ironic remark
3) protective
4) noisy quarrel



(14) motility
1) hollow
2) not easily satisfied
3) ability to move spontaneously
4) made for practical use only (without decoration)



(15) omnivorous
1) violent
2) impossible to recover or regain
3) cut away
4) eating both plant and animal food



(16) ecologist
1) person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment
2) crawl or creep on ground
3) small amount
4) without an equal



(17) disburse
1) illegal trade
2) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood
3) unfortunate accident
4) pay out (as from a fund)



(18) debauch
1) corrupt morally
2) cheerfulness
3) disclaim or disavow
4) intentionally hidden



(19) ossify
1) transparent
2) false
3) patience
4) change or harden into bone



(20) humor
1) quibble
2)
3) indulge
4) ruler in a monarchy



(21) static
1) having no motion
2) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion
3) hostility
4) border



(22) abridge
1) somewhat saline
2) recollection
3) condense or shorten
4) refrain



(23) canard
1) bravery
2) bind as servant or apprentice to master
3) entirely acceptable
4) unfounded false rumor



(24) stratagem
1) not being a person
2) deceptive scheme
3) clever in deceiving
4) move hastily



(25) chicanery
1) trickery
2) transient
3) replace
4) unit of light energy (one candle's worth)


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