VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 40

(1) rasp


1) (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves)

2) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)

3) make or become dull or discolored

4) movable

(2) circlet


1) sharp-cornered

2) disloyal

3) rustic

4) small ring

(3) saturnine


1) morose

2) resonant

3) separate

4) decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury)

(4) forensic


1) widespread

2) suitable to debate or courts of law

3) inconspicuous

4) sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories)

(5) omnivorous


1) eating both plant and animal food

2) unworthy

3) expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.

4) self-governing

(6) resurge


1) rise again

2) direct vote by all the people

3) fall or let fall in drops

4) change voting district lines in order to favor a political party

(7) equity


1) plot outline

2) fairness

3) pertaining to a province

4) repulsive to the sight

(8) centaur


1) mythical figure, half man and half horse

2) having no equal

3) ability to change in form

4) portray

(9) pathological


1) pertaining to disease

2) of the law and its administration

3) conduct or language inciting rebellion

4) falling to pieces

(10) propriety


1) short stiff hair

2) stinginess

3) act or state of separation

4) fitness

(11) discordant


1) sear

2) agree

3) not harmonious

4) subordinate possessions

(12) incredulous


1) withholding belief

2) carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood

3) risk

4) going against

(13) pliable


1) permitting light to pass through freely

2) unable to be restrained or held back

3) related

4) flexible

(14) idiom


1) piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest

2) braid

3) expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words

4) based on assumptions or hypotheses

(15) mural


1) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

2) wall painting

3) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth

4) nearness

(16) cohesion


1) language used by special group

2) tendency to keep together

3) beginner

4) blessedness

(17) cue


1) disprove

2) (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently

3) separate

4) word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance)

(18) artery


1) impose (a fine)

2) aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously)

3) blood-vessel

4) waste

(19) pilfer


1) clowning

2) move or swing back and forth

3) hackneyed

4) steal things of small value

(20) vitriolic


1) protruding knot on a tree

2) in essence

3) causing sharp pain to the mind

4) shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.)

(21) eugenic


1) pertaining to the improvement of race

2) place into a case

3) lurch

4) testimony under oath

(22) pauper


1) very poor person

2) changing its habitat

3) group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)

4) chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds

(23) cognizance


1) roundabout

2) mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

3) third in order or rank

4) knowledge

(24) fractious


1) hybridize

2) grow well

3) Christian religious ceremony

4) unruly

(25) hindsight


1) pale purple

2) understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened

3) poor verse

4) given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought

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(1) resort


1) turn to for help

2) pertaining to marriage

3) study industriously

4) quarrel

(2) memorial


1) marked by vulgar lewd humor

2) something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event

3) slanderous remark

4) acquire

(3) clime


1) hackneyed

2) collection of wild animals on exhibition

3) decorate with needlework

4) climate

(4) coup


1) highly successful action or sudden attack

2) crushed oats used for making porridge

3) sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body

4) give up something (with reluctance)

(5) abscond


1) make (a liquid) less concentrated

2) depart secretly and hide

3) uncorrectable

4) short simple story teaching a moral

(6) sanguine


1) traditional

2) optimistic

3) restraint

4) make unconscious or numb as by a blow

(7) clientele


1) question severely

2) body of customers

3) slight degree of color

4) being only one

(8) delve


1) decrease in size or strength (after being full)

2) discerning

3) dig

4) spur

(9) minuscule(minis


1) cule) extremely small

2) bear one's self

3) lament

4) wild

(10) morgue


1) mortuary

2) first rough form

3) without definite purpose, plan, or aim

4) expressing sorrow

(11) compute


1) assumption

2) move or throw suddenly and quickly

3) reckon

4) direct vote by all the people

(12) skittish


1) physician specializing in children's diseases

2) tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)

3) inconstant

4) very bad or disagreeable

(13) chafe


1) remedy to counteract a poison or disease

2) warm by rubbing

3) animal or plant living on another

4) psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity

(14) profane


1) violate

2) inclined to cruelty

3) weird

4) slow gallop

(15) axiom


1) self-evident truth requiring no proof

2) make greater

3) face

4) relating to the art of debate

(16) calumny


1) deriving

2) malicious misrepresentation

3) people of standing(rank or position)

4) inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract

(17) unseemly


1) unbecoming

2) divide into parts

3) commotion of a great crowd

4) thick-skinned animal

(18) matrix


1) point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth

2) partial shadow (in an eclipse)

3) tending to include all

4) point of origin

(19) sonic


1) continue in existence

2) nearness (in space or relationship)

3) of sound or its speed in air

4) very cautious

(20) macabre


1) characteristic frame of mind

2) gruesome

3) estimate value of

4) postpone

(21) gloss


1) predict (according to present indications)

2) brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression

3) false

4) explore with a probe or tools

(22) lunar


1) pertaining to the moon

2) move (a railway train) from one track to another

3) express evil satisfaction

4) attacking

(23) dirge


1) written symbols

2) funeral song

3) vested power to reject a bill

4) half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning

(24) rabid


1) staff officer assisting the commander

2) ordinary

3) of or suffering rabies

4) inactive

(25) iota


1) embezzle

2) very small quantity

3) blood feud (esp. between two families)

4) heavy substance used to add stability or weight

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(1) projectile


1) (of the senses) sharp

2) propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group)

3) missile

4) monumental tomb

(2) parameter


1) deliberately planned

2) limit

3) place side by side

4) gather into wrinkles or folds

(3) clich\'e


1) elementary

2) clumsy

3) phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

4) shining brightly

(4) stockade


1) physical features of a region (such as the shape and height)

2) wooden enclosure or pen

3) honor at a festival

4) harmful

(5) weather


1) drifting wreckage

2) showy

3) sad

4) pass safely through (a storm or difficult period)

(6) gratuitous


1) church dignitary

2) indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint

3) given freely

4) object of general attention

(7) libidinous


1) lustful

2) narrate or tell (a story)

3) hang about/around

4) lack of seriousness or steadiness

(8) diva


1) operatic singer

2) insult to one's dignity

3) shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match)

4) not requited

(9) remit


1) in confusion

2) transmit (money) in payment

3) opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments

4) beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw

(10) speck


1) small piece or mark

2) complicated situation (as in a play)

3) put at a loss

4) preceding events that influence what comes later

(11) suppliant


1) angelic

2) entreating

3) belittle

4) shriveled

(12) compassion


1) agent (sent on a mission to represent another)

2) sympathy for the suffering of others

3) cancel

4) division of a city for election or police purposes

(13) quiver


1) become unsteady and fall down

2) pompous

3) tremble

4) soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)

(14) mantle


1) standards used in judging

2) insurmountable

3) (of the tide) recede

4) loose sleeveless outer garment

(15) testator


1) maker of a will

2) title or heading (in red print)

3) a manually skilled worker

4) descendants

(16) chaste


1) carefully contrived

2) pertaining to the moon

3) place under water

4) morally pure

(17) commodious


1) think up

2) connoisseur of food and drink

3) spacious and comfortable

4) dangerous

(18) merit


1) absence of contradictions

2) deserve

3) snip off

4) questionable medicine

(19) taint


1) flexible

2) contaminate

3) obstruct

4) fluent

(20) hubbub


1) tone down in intensity

2) being everywhere

3) confused uproar

4) experiencing nausea

(21) tumid


1) capable of using either hand with equal ease

2) mischievous child (usually a boy)

3) (of a part of the body) swollen

4) aimless

(22) prerogative


1) driving forward

2) frown angrily

3) weak

4) privilege

(23) apiarist


1) rise and float in the air (especially by magical means)

2) person who keeps bees

3) linger

4) (of a place) dilapidated

(24) disarray


1) make or become black by burning

2) transmit (money) in payment

3) fear or hatred of foreigners

4) state of disorder

(25) befuddle


1) striker (tongue) of a bell

2) nearing

3) confuse thoroughly

4) supplying nourishment

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(1) comatose


1) charlatan

2) following

3) in a coma

4) edge (at the top of a cliff)

(2) bigot


1) chain

2) divided into two branches

3) seize another's power or rank (without legal authority)

4) one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)

(3) flotsam


1) drifting wreckage

2) warlike

3) pay attention to

4) man or farmer owning small estate

(4) unrequited


1) squabble

2) begin to grow

3) not requited

4) abstain from

(5) sever


1) separate

2) skillful (in using mind or hand)

3) informal discussion

4) express evil satisfaction

(6) postmortem


1) society ruled by the wealthy

2) mistaken

3) autopsy

4) infallibility

(7) callous


1) unchangeable

2) creed

3) hardened

4) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law

(8) expurgate


1) hard and unbending

2) illegal

3) refutation

4) clean

(9) fluster


1) push forward

2) confuse

3) base of a tree trunk left after the rest has been cut down

4) baffle or confuse by a difficult problem

(10) nugatory


1) noisy quarrel

2) broad

3) worthless

4) adjacent to

(11) invective


1) contending

2) accidental transposition of sounds in successive words

3) thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

4) abuse

(12) brawny


1) muscular

2) strong longing to travel

3) mar

4) warmly friendly

(13) nutrition


1) infallibility

2) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant

3) process of nourishing or being nourished

4) many in number or kind

(14) bilious


1) lean and angular

2) incomplete

3) inharmonious

4) suffering from indigestion

(15) raconteur


1) story-teller

2) projection

3) sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people)

4) person who verbally harasses others

(16) artifice


1) admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote)

2) deception

3) inappropriate

4) extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress

(17) wince


1) quack

2) cautious

3) move back suddenly

4) (of speech) filled with passion

(18) tarry


1) pertaining to land or its cultivation

2) linger

3) correct spelling

4) wasteful (of money)

(19) spat


1) (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline

2) squabble

3) assemble

4) friendship

(20) ward


1) metal pin used for fastening metal plates together

2) puzzle

3) sleeping

4) administrative division of a city

(21) maculated


1) persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)

2) man who is courting a woman

3) group of attendants

4) spotted

(22) tremor


1) trembling

2) mismanage

3)

4) swelling out in waves

(23) peripheral


1) person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected)

2) cry out suddenly

3) scarcity

4) of a periphery

(24) impuissance


1) pronounce indistinctly

2) egotistic

3) powerlessness

4) decree

(25) infernal


1) pertaining to hell

2) agreeable

3) soft food made by boiling oatmeal

4) weakness of mind

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(1) incumbent


1) person designated to execute the terms of a will

2) storage place for military equipment

3) obligatory

4) chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically)

(2) catholic


1) long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero)

2) (of likings and interests) universal

3) shortcoming

4) smoothness of speech

(3) indignity


1) sweet sounding

2) treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect

3) person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands

4) careful about money

(4) leash


1) deputize

2) restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it)

3) wishing evil

4) border

(5) touchy


1) hairy

2) three-pronged spear

3) move heavily or clumsily

4) oversensitive

(6) livid


1) study industriously

2) burst inward

3) unable to be restrained or held back

4) lead-colored

(7) crotchety


1) taking for one's own use in violation of trust

2) (of someone old) eccentric

3) renounce upon oath

4) seriousness

(8) oblique


1) study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation

2) free from worries

3) make friendly again (after quarrel)

4) indirect

(9) queue


1) quality of being true

2) pertaining to a province

3) line (of waiting people or vehicles)

4) aimless

(10) pandemic


1) widespread

2) ravenous

3) ruler in a monarchy

4) give shape to

(11) reputable


1) become boring

2) practicing self-denial

3) satisfy to the full

4) respectable

(12) burnish


1) deserving blame

2) make shiny by rubbing

3) outcry

4) crude dwelling

(13) vindictive


1) disposed to revenge

2) knickknack

3) ambush

4) change or harden into bone

(14) ordain


1) pass slowly through small openings

2) make invalid

3) decree or command

4) unconventional (in an artistic way)

(15) convene


1) authoritative order

2) throw lightly

3) come together

4) metal block used for shaping metal or plastic

(16) complaisant


1) (of things and place) dirty and dull

2) formal praise

3) lustful

4) trying to please

(17) speechless


1) propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group)

2) unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)

3) state of depression or melancholy

4) fast

(18) assay


1) self-assurance

2) neat and trim (in appearance)

3) salty

4) analyze (to discover what materials are present)

(19) beneficent


1) of a periphery

2) young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family)

3) full of self-admiration

4) kindly

(20) crabbed


1) sour

2) (of behavior) proper

3) hint

4) Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy)

(21) forward


1) infallibly

2) presumptuous or bold

3) wring from

4) restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author

(22) indomitable


1) (particular form of) political organization

2) place over something else

3) unconquerable

4) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law

(23) labile


1) rebellious

2) scholarly article

3) fastidious

4) likely to change

(24) flip


1) small stream

2) send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow

3) restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs

4) cast a spell over

(25) phylum


1) major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals

2) word considered offensive

3) diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas

4) impending

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(1) enamored


1) blessedness

2) condescend

3) act or manner of using

4) in love

(2) humble


1) beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw

2) unjustified

3) of low rank or position

4) dependent on something uncertain or in the future

(3) abominate


1) give up temporarily

2) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)

3) start a fire

4) loathe

(4) adjacent


1) payment or expense

2) death

3) adjoining

4) bearing of fruit

(5) Philistine


1) foretell

2) please

3) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

4) system of religious or ethical belief

(6) mosaic


1) not requited

2) area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church

3) picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles

4) food

(7) discernible


1) distinguishable

2) ornamental clasp

3) tropical hurricane or cyclone

4) thwart

(8) bromide


1) platitude

2) outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food

3) story-teller

4) wise saying

(9) inebriated


1) funeral ceremony

2) romp

3) habitually intoxicated

4) cutting off

(10) requisite


1) necessary requirement

2) dull

3) lowest point

4) unable to compromise about points of doctrine

(11) vendetta


1) downward slope

2) blood feud (esp. between two families)

3) text of an opera or oratorio

4) lending money at illegal high rates of interest

(12) euphoria


1) feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded

2) renunciation

3) uncouple

4) mad with violent anger

(13) fusion


1) whirlwind

2) winding

3) not biased

4) union

(14) effective


1) tending to cause death

2) extreme wealth

3) effectual

4) path taken by a projectile

(15) prevaricate


1) science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health

2) lie

3) walk lamely

4) lacking interest or effort

(16) codify


1) glass water bottle

2) slavish

3) arrange (laws or rules) as a code

4) judgment that someone is guilty of a crime

(17) monochrome


1) varied

2) tunnels in which rabbits live

3) painting in only one color

4) one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless

(18) reiterate


1) repeat

2) lifeless

3) begin and continue (a war)

4) morally disapproved person

(19) whim


1) person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

2) renounce

3) sudden capricious idea

4) fantastic

(20) augury


1) waste

2) iridescent

3) omen

4) decree or command

(21) concave


1) obligatory

2) hollow

3) metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)

4) (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous

(22) fabricate


1) arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained

2) build

3) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history

4) (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline

(23) polygamist


1) becoming putrid

2) defamation

3) poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead)

4) one who has more than one spouse at a time

(24) cardinal


1) large volume

2) chief

3) providing nourishment

4) dull

(25) retard


1) thriftless

2) delay (in development)

3) state with less truth than seems warranted by the facts

4) peaceful

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(1) pervert


1) put into a lower or worse place

2) impudent disrespect

3) thunder

4) corrupt

(2) exhume


1) ability

2) metal pin used for fastening metal plates together

3) dig out of the ground

4) chaplain (in the armed forces)

(3) bacchanalian


1) drunken

2) become unsteady and fall down

3) overbright in color

4) vicious assault

(4) oscillate


1) isolation

2) special talent

3) having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar)

4) vibrate pendulumlike

(5) bourgeois


1) middle class

2) free from an entanglement or difficulty

3) gaiety

4) disfranchise

(6) jingoist


1) extremely aggressive and militant patriot

2) partial shadow (in an eclipse)

3) (of people or animals) sturdy

4) top (as of a hill or wave)

(7) reverie


1) steadiness of effort

2) skin disease (on the face)

3) sign or warning (of coming danger)

4) daydream

(8) fracas


1) brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a number of people take part

2) bizzare

3) unfortunate

4) lying on back

(9) taxonomist


1) specialist in classifying (animals, etc.)

2) pertaining to money

3) protruding knot on a tree

4) cloying sweet

(10) coalition


1) waver (in opinion)

2) sleeping

3) traitor

4) partnership

(11) talisman


1) act of using one's will

2) people of standing(rank or position)

3) desire

4) charm

(12) trek


1) collect (gradually, in a very large amount)

2) travel

3) positive assertion

4) spoil the appearance of

(13) galvanic


1) wordy

2) call by bugles or trumpets

3) of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal

4) coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)

(14) credulity


1) study of language or words

2) having womanly traits

3) withdrawal

4) belief on slight evidence

(15) deleterious


1) repair or make whole by using a metal alloy

2) harmful

3) stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

4) easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things

(16) monotheism


1) chaplain (in the armed forces)

2) husk

3) state of being stupefied

4) belief in one God

(17) gobble


1) eat very quickly

2) wandering

3) pretend

4) things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)

(18) umbrage


1) causing a feeling of pity or sympathy

2) large wave of water

3) belief that life is basically bad or evil

4) resentment

(19) deterrent


1) long established as a disease

2) something that discourages or deters

3) blunt

4) bad-tempered

(20) reciprocal


1) low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)

2) agreement between two groups or people

3) mutual

4) obvious

(21) shuffle


1) bind as servant or apprentice to master

2) ars) ancestors

3) surround

4) mix together

(22) cant


1) meantime

2) inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract

3) prohibit

4) insincere speech or expression of piety

(23) adjoin


1) be next to

2) worldly

3) correspondence of parts

4) explain in detail

(24) disinter


1) provide or use scantily

2) one who hates mankind

3) dig up

4) not essential

(25) insuperable


1) having the odor of stale or decomposing fat

2) brief flash of light

3) insurmountable

4) lessen in value

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(1) swagger


1) walk or behave with an over-confident manner

2) dummy

3) funeral director

4) radiating

(2) insolence


1) word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance)

2) reluctant

3) impudent disrespect

4) slanderous remark

(3) clap


1) contaminate

2) consanguine) having a common ancestor

3) strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound

4) controlling influence

(4) vicarious


1) group of closely located islands

2) experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another

3) commemorate

4) peaceful

(5) flick


1) plait

2) noisy quarrel

3) light stroke as with a whip

4) besiege or attack (with an army)

(6) worldly


1) consider

2) drink of the gods

3) engrossed in matters of this earth

4) philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

(7) ebb


1) waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily)

2) (of the tide) recede

3) stretching

4) come together

(8) woeful


1) partnership

2) showy

3) sad

4) living at the same time as

(9) sate


1) evil schemes or plots

2) satisfy to the full

3) the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events

4) short poem idealizing rural life

(10) outwit


1) outsmart

2) sudden sharp feeling of pain

3) changeable

4) agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

(11) polemical(polem


1) of a periphery

2) unattractive

3) ic) aggressive in verbal attack

4) excessively fat

(12) diorama


1) freedom from punishment or harm

2) frenzy

3) infinite

4) life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history

(13) linguistic


1) look on with scorn

2) pertaining to language

3) trifle with

4) boisterous

(14) renegade


1) overlook

2) mouthlike opening

3) uneasiness

4) deserter

(15) savory


1) arrest (a criminal)

2) extreme corruption

3) pleasant in taste

4) stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

(16) momentous


1) very important

2) enhance the flavor of by adding a spice, etc.

3) sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals

4) crystal clear

(17) insightful


1) discerning

2) breathe out

3) not genuine

4) ars) ancestors

(18) partition


1) persuade by flattery

2) strong emotion

3) bad-tempered complaint

4) divide into parts

(19) venial


1) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture

2) (of a fault or sin) forgivable

3) command

4) contemptible

(20) throttle


1) strong emotion

2) evil schemes or plots

3) strangle

4) abstain from

(21) whimsical


1) beginning

2) incinerate (a corpse)

3) walk through a substance, such as water, that impedes movement

4) capricious

(22) buccaneer


1) perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic)

2) untimely

3) pirate

4) (of weather) warm and damp

(23) feign


1) small planet

2) plead

3) unification

4) pretend

(24) outlook


1) model

2) point of view

3) depravity

4) pertaining to cultivation of gardens

(25) adherent


1) supporter

2) self-imposed punishment for sin

3) exceed

4) frankness

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(1) evocative


1) disparage

2) operate with one's hands

3) harmony

4) tending to call up (emotions, memories)

(2) epitome


1) force into less space

2) husk

3) prudence

4) perfect example or embodiment

(3) miniature


1) person who collects coins

2) small model

3) unsuited

4) last demand

(4) jaundiced


1) yellowed

2) weaken gradually

3) morose

4) conclusion

(5) opalescent


1) assemble

2) ward off a blow

3) particular variety of art or literature

4) iridescent

(6) caricature


1) pronounce indistinctly

2) distortion

3) animal that ruminates

4) deprived of (someone beloved through death)

(7) bluff


1) major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals

2) small ornamental statuette(very small statue)

3) pretense (of strength)

4) docile

(8) subjugate


1) experiencing nausea

2) discerning

3) conquer

4) quick clever reply

(9) venturesome


1) humorous

2) morally upright

3) pertaining to ships or navigation

4) (of a person) bold

(10) rustic


1) wring from

2) pertaining to country people

3) evidence concerning one's authority

4) nonstandard grammatical construction

(11) corpuscle


1) small (often rural) community whose members share work and income

2) red or white cell in the blood

3) without feeling

4) bad-tempered

(12) din


1) assemble

2) continued loud noise

3) equal in extent

4) parish priest

(13) encircle


1) one who is habitually cruel to weaker people

2) surround

3) inquiry

4) examination of a dead body

(14) soporific


1) sleep-causing

2) strong point or special talent in a person's character

3) corrupt

4) inclined to form factions

(15) hurl


1) radiating

2) having absolute unchecked power

3) attacking cherished traditions

4) throw forcefully

(16) buffet


1) strike forcefully

2) deck opening

3) having many languages

4) pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

(17) behoove(behove)


1) trace

2) be suited to

3) moved by sexual love

4) strikingly bright

(18) mortify


1) crookedly

2) humiliate by embarassing excessively

3) flowing

4) te) ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)

(19) menace


1) cheating

2) threat

3) distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth)

4) lack of balance or symmetry

(20) estimable


1) noisy quarrel

2) cold or cheerless

3) (of a person) worthy of esteem

4) paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls

(21) pedagogue


1) teacher

2) pleasantly fat

3) shortcoming

4) having a pale or sickly color

(22) gait


1) give

2) morose

3) manner of walking or running

4) kinship

(23) correlation


1) combination (of two business corporations)

2) having no equal

3) burlesque

4) mutual relationship

(24) falsify


1) clothing

2) make (something written) false by changing

3) penitent

4) frustrate

(25) psychopathic


1) supporter

2) advantage

3) pertaining to mental dearrangement

4) dwell

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(1) distinction


1) refutation

2) theft

3) severity

4) honor

(2) effulgent


1) fight

2) shining brightly

3) fault

4) secret

(3) mammoth


1) active enmity

2) system of religious or ethical belief

3) suspended action

4) gigantic

(4) prong


1) obstruct

2) part that forms the end

3) pointed projecting part

4) decorate

(5) mediocre


1) deceive

2) start a fire

3) ordinary

4) expressing a meaning

(6) lionize


1) flat mass of floating ice

2) treat (a person) as a celebrity

3) strong wall built for defense

4) make unnecessary

(7) stentorian


1) rash

2) (of the voice) extremely loud

3) agitation

4) echo repeatedly

(8) inured


1) accustomed

2) pretty good)''

3) (of something written or painted) still in existence

4) informal discussion

(9) convention


1) social or moral custom

2) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)

3) loose sleeveless outer garment

4) eling) inexperienced

(10) quotidian


1) filled (with something unpleasant)

2) exceed

3) spotted

4) daily

(11) lank


1) pertaining to memory

2) iron block used in hammering out metals

3) (of weather) hot or scorching

4) long and thin

(12) prominent


1) bend the knee as in worship

2) protruding(sticking out)

3) meaning

4) questionable medicine

(13) noncommittal


1) gloomy

2) lethargy

3) move about playfully

4) neutral

(14) prefigure


1) complicated situation (as in a play)

2) wrong

3) be a sign of

4) peaceful

(15) submerge


1) not subject to a duty or obligation

2) place under water

3) (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census)

4) ceremonious quality

(16) fell


1) many in number or kind

2) skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair

3) cut or knock down (a tree or a person)

4) plant or scatter seed

(17) xenophobia


1) bar

2) lengthen

3) unintelligible

4) fear or hatred of foreigners

(18) recidivism


1) colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism

2) pronounce indistinctly

3) habitual return to crime (even after being punished)

4) smugly and unconsciously foolish

(19) unbridled


1) violent

2) guardianship

3) social or moral custom

4) one who harvests grain

(20) quell


1) form into grains or granules

2) blessed

3) suppress

4) revere

(21) extort


1) widespread

2) wring from

3) offering or providing help

4) swindle or cheat

(22) amalgamate


1) hard coating or crust

2) close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion)

3) queer and amusing

4) (of societies or groups) combine

(23) rapacious


1) consanguine) having a common ancestor

2) voracious

3) keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)

4) kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)

(24) mason


1) pleasantly tart-tasting

2) invigorating and refreshing

3) situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options

4) one who builds or works with stone or brick

(25) turmoil


1) grieve

2) physically strong

3) extreme confusion

4) falling to pieces