VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 94

(1) redolent


1) odorous

2) tear or be torn quickly and violently

3) free

4) person celebrated for wisdom

(2) compelling


1) miser

2) overpowering

3) hint

4) characterizing or affecting all

(3) innocuous


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

2) harmless

3) rule over tyrannically

4) loud or harsh roar or screech

(4) sybarite


1) incapable of being pacified

2) extinct flying reptile

3) lover of luxury

4) forerunners

(5) incriminate


1) defile

2) accuse of or implicate in a crime

3) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

4) mischance

(6) prevalent


1) deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery

2) widespread

3) trifle with

4) state of disorder

(7) irrepressible


1) unintelligible

2) showy

3) prudence

4) unable to be restrained or held back

(8) exodus


1) frozen rain drop

2) departure (of a large number of people)

3) self-important behavior

4) joking talk

(9) undermine


1) ash-colored

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

3) weaken gradually

4) detest

(10) azure


1) sky blue

2) pay attention to

3) not influenced by emotions

4) oppose with arguments

(11) underhand(under


1) handed) done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)

2) decode

3) morbid fear

4) conspicuous

(12) pander


1) related to monks or monasteries

2) terrible

3) swimming

4) cater to (the low desires of others)

(13) bravado


1) swagger

2) deck opening

3) (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality)

4) decorate with needlework

(14) exorcise


1) infection (by contact)

2) form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly

3) speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions

4) drive out evil spirits

(15) fortuitous


1) puzzle

2) gift for finding valuable things by accident

3) accidental

4) of a title

(16) ooze


1) (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly

2) destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)

3) mix

4) lasting

(17) eerie


1) start a fire

2) twisting force

3) weird

4) distasteful (because excessive)

(18) witless


1) lacking intelligence or wit

2) plot outline

3) prudent

4) equality

(19) shimmer


1) strategem to gain an advantage

2) loop formed in a rope

3) formal demand or request

4) shine with a flickering light

(20) trinket


1) slope

2) knickknack

3) portray

4) unintelligible

(21) sextant


1) catch sight of (something distant)

2) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

3) state of being stupefied

4) navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)

(22) warranty


1) sleep lightly

2) pertaining to the lungs

3) disobedience

4) guarantee

(23) execrable


1) made in an earlier period and usu. valuable

2) very bad

3) corruption

4) change or harden into bone

(24) brindled


1) honor the memory of

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

3) marked by formality

4) kill from lack of air

(25) inverse


1) obligatory

2) opposite

3) tranquil

4) hurl downward

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(1) traverse


1) official with power to administer the law

2) healthful

3) chaplain (in the armed forces)

4) go through or across

(2) satellite


1) extremely poor

2) tear made by rending

3) small body revolving around a larger one

4) (of a spirit) visit (a place)

(3) urchin


1) bloody

2) shade of slight difference in meaning or color

3) unconquerable

4) mischievous child (usually a boy)

(4) criteria


1) standards used in judging

2) speed

3) adjoining

4) people of standing(rank or position)

(5) curb


1) chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse

2) pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

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

4) emancipate

(6) chore


1) authoritative order

2) excessive zeal

3) scowl

4) daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)

(7) pensive


1) concerning alchemy or magic

2) aimless

3) dreamily or deeply thoughtful

4) persuade by praise or false promise

(8) grumble


1) (of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating)

2) change

3) prevent

4) complain

(9) vacuous


1) shabby and dirty

2) empty

3) be thankful for

4) addition of details

(10) tend


1) have a tendency

2) broad comedy

3) father

4) member of the working class

(11) empirical


1) based on experience

2) excessive indulgence of one's own desire

3) very harmful

4) assist usually in doing something wrong

(12) spurious


1) face (as showing the character and the mind)

2) courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties)

3) watchful

4) false

(13) jargon


1) language used by special group

2) miserable person

3) portray

4) very unrefined

(14) manifesto


1) contrast

2) physically strong

3) scatter

4) public declaration of principles

(15) temperament


1) characteristic frame of mind

2) determined

3) stick fast

4) wooden

(16) horoscope


1) tropical hurricane or cyclone

2) diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers

3) deep dish for serving soup

4) spying

(17) gastronomy


1) dig

2) change in direction

3) (particular form of) political organization

4) art and science of preparing and serving good food

(18) outlandish


1) introduction (to a poem or play)

2) let down

3) refusal to yield

4) bizzare

(19) indulgent


1) violent anguish

2) humoring

3) disgrace

4) providing a general overview

(20) impassioned


1) varying from of an element

2) (of speech) filled with passion

3) operatic solo

4) climate

(21) reproach


1) blame (not angrily but sadly)

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

3) ing\'enue

4) higher mental powers

(22) abeyance


1) beautiful clothes for a special occasion

2) informal discussion

3) suspended action

4) excessive

(23) polarize


1) surrender

2) split into opposite extremes or camps

3) imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)

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

(24) defoliate


1) smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive)

2) make amends for (a sin)

3) particular variety of art or literature

4) destroy leaves

(25) complacency


1) one that achieves unexpected success

2) self-satisfaction

3) draftee

4) weaken gradually

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(1) rabies


1) exceed

2) disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death)

3) text of an opera or oratorio

4) trifle with

(2) extricate


1) antiquated

2) having a fixed order of procedure

3) release or discharge through a vent

4) free from an entanglement or difficulty

(3) shirk


1) avoid (responsibility, work, etc.)

2) freedom from punishment or harm

3) deceptive

4) sameness leading to boredom

(4) beset


1) marriageable

2) using satire

3) harass or trouble from all directions

4) make necessary

(5) solemnity


1) collection (of writings or information)

2) seriousness

3) weaken

4) soothe an angry person

(6) extradition


1) pure

2) weaken gradually

3) fantastic

4) surrender of prisoner by one state to another

(7) draconian


1) something new

2) extremely severe

3) hiding place

4) inclined to form factions

(8) connubial


1) name (of a book, film, etc.)

2) ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)

3) supposed

4) pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

(9) constituent


1) supporter

2) unruly

3) separate religious body

4) commonplace

(10) conveyance


1) condescend

2) vehicle

3) direct a speech to

4) plait

(11) fiasco


1) (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality)

2) storehouse for grain

3) total failure

4) multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester)

(12) muted


1) silent

2) poison (of an animal)

3) well-bred

4) generosity

(13) acrid


1) bitter (to the taste or smell)

2) partly transparent

3) of the law and its administration

4) imaginary

(14) liaison


1) contact that keeps parties in communication

2) blues

3) impending

4) inform

(15) sluggard


1) lazy person

2) spot

3) dry food for livestock

4) pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)

(16) masticate


1) deep

2) agree

3) chew

4) (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place

(17) analgesia


1) condition of being unable to feel pain

2) complain (in a sad voice)

3) calamity

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

(18) expatiate


1) talk at length

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

3) uncorrectable

4) separate

(19) vernacular


1) living language (as compared to the official language)

2) faultfinding

3) ill will

4) claw of bird

(20) wade


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

2) negligent

3) cause to appear by magic

4) unintelligible

(21) comely


1) offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)

2) green crust on old bronze works or copper

3) attractive

4) thin

(22) induce


1) place formally in office

2) persuade

3) lead away from proper conduct

4) respectful

(23) bode


1) foreshadow

2) give or take milk at the breast or udder

3) wrong or improper name

4) hard

(24) inroad


1) hostile invasion

2) dig

3) social outcast

4) read or glance through quickly

(25) inter


1) courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties)

2) bury

3) messenger

4) seize

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(1) self-righteous


1) not thick

2) turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)

3) specialized knowledge (in a particular field)

4) sure of one's own righteousness

(2) quandary


1) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture

2) dilemma

3) conspicuous

4) clearly different from others of the same kind

(3) theocracy


1) active strength

2) government run by religious leaders

3) religion practiced chiefly in Haiti

4) long, eventful, adventurous journey

(4) bereavement


1) into parts

2) profane

3) state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved

4) shallow body of water or lake near a sea

(5) negate


1) person celebrated for wisdom

2) riddle

3) cancel out

4) mixture

(6) squander


1) start

2) act of finding oneself in society

3) yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war)

4) waste

(7) obstinate


1) shy and reserved (of a person)

2) charge in court

3) unspoiled

4) stubborn

(8) repartee


1) refusal of any compromise

2) beginning

3) quick clever reply

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

(9) grandiloquent


1) going beyond what is right

2) (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language

3) withdraw

4) green

(10) antediluvian


1) profane

2) standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces

3) pamper

4) antiquated

(11) unsavory


1) layer of earth's surface

2) distasteful

3) decide

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

(12) wiggle


1) wriggle

2) ambush

3) touchy

4) warm by rubbing

(13) institution


1) causing great fear

2) violent anguish

3) mutilate

4) instituting

(14) conspiracy


1) small planet

2) preference

3) treacherous plot

4) turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)

(15) entrepreneur


1) twisting

2) cause

3) businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture)

4) one who builds or works with stone or brick

(16) equivocal


1) small weakness of character

2) banish to the country

3) gather

4) (of words or statements) ambiguous

(17) dowry


1) basically different

2) money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

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

4) lively or animated

(18) compress


1) denounce

2) outside edge especially of a round surface

3) having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

4) force into less space

(19) pedestrian


1) ordinary

2) daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)

3) hang about/around

4) stealthily lie in waiting

(20) sedulous


1) word considered offensive

2) swayed by sentiment

3) slow

4) diligent

(21) wane


1) pertaining to spring

2) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant

3) immoral or dissolute person

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

(22) distend


1) expand

2) quick clever reply

3) waste matter

4) earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding

(23) uproar


1) calmness of temperament

2) consanguine) having a common ancestor

3) noisy confusion

4) complicated situation (as in a play)

(24) cadaverous


1) protective

2) like a corpse

3) hatch

4) fitful

(25) scenario


1) pass into or through

2) firm statement that something is certainly true

3) quarrelsome

4) plot outline

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(1) rectify


1) set right

2) remainder

3) gaiety

4) native

(2) espouse


1) marked by kindness or consideration

2) assume a particular posture

3) petty criticism

4) adopt

(3) deface


1) repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)

2) mar

3) sociable

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

(4) gratuity


1) prudent

2) into parts

3) rescue (goods or property) from loss

4) n. money given to sb who has done one a service

(5) overturn


1) any ulcerous sore

2) turn over

3) perfect example or embodiment

4) of time

(6) covetous


1) arrange into categories or grades

2) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

3) pertaining to conversational or common speech

4) avaricious

(7) ignite


1) wriggle

2) too particular

3) lazy person

4) kindle

(8) rendezvous


1) dexterity

2) said or done in jest or playfully

3) meeting place

4) public declaration of principles

(9) ecologist


1) person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

2) outrun

3) all-knowing

4) system of religious or ethical belief

(10) contrived


1) make amends for

2) huge

3) brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression

4) unnatural and forced

(11) aviary


1) give a bodily form to

2) person who establishes (an organization or business)

3) enclosure for birds

4) reading desk or stand for a public speaker

(12) glitter


1) sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)

2) frustrate

3) suitable for drinking

4) shine brightly with flashing points of light

(13) waver


1) opponent

2) move or swing back and forth

3) talent

4) servile dependent

(14) consonant


1) made for practical use only (without decoration)

2) refusal to yield

3) courage

4) harmonious

(15) premeditate


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

2) exaggerated

3) plan in advance

4) motivate

(16) cantata


1) amount produced

2) substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness

3) story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)

4) giving off an odor

(17) ravage


1) 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern

2) deficient in intelligence

3) devastate

4) sceptic

(18) thesis


1) prose or verse composition to be performed by actors

2) ridicule

3) song of praise or patriotism

4) opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments

(19) tightwad


1) overwhelmingly favorable review

2) causing sadness, compassion, pity

3) prank

4) miser

(20) bifurcated


1) one who hates mankind

2) violate (a law)

3) divided into two branches

4) authoritative

(21) dolt


1) forerunners

2) one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause

3) thwart

4) slow-thinking stupid person

(22) malfeasance


1) wrongdoing

2) minor fight

3) lacking in seriousness

4) scold harshly

(23) dissonance


1) discord

2) the act of anointing with oil

3) army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

4) comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as

(24) intimidate


1) damp

2) behavior

3) limited quantity

4) frighten

(25) meretricious


1) punish as by beating

2) flashy

3) help bring about

4) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

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(1) repast


1) lethargy

2) meal

3) shorten

4) lessen in value

(2) brevity


1) lawsuit

2) devoted to the pleasures of the sense

3) solemn urging

4) conciseness

(3) venison


1) absence of contradictions

2) iron block used in hammering out metals

3) sympathy for the suffering of others

4) meat of a deer

(4) torpedo


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

2) disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death)

3) underwater explosive apparatus

4) liable to err

(5) figurine


1) sceptic

2) small ornamental statuette(very small statue)

3) ) any gain above stipulated salary

4) sustaining

(6) motto


1) move furtively

2) act of dissecting living animals

3) brief statement used to express a principle

4) evident

(7) antagonism


1) hostility

2) inner excitement or exuberance

3) waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building

4) one regarded as embodying a set image or type

(8) politic


1) prudent

2) fault

3) living at the same time as

4) person who keeps bees

(9) enthrall


1) hug

2) capture

3) law enacted by the legislature

4) dark

(10) bereft


1) belief

2) eliminate from consideration

3) four-footed animal

4) deprived of (something valuable)

(11) crescendo


1) storage place for military equipment

2) courtesy

3) state of being undecided

4) increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage

(12) unwonted


1) great influence (especially political or social)

2) unaccustomed

3) threat

4) wasteful (of money)

(13) stalwart


1) bookish

2) physically strong

3) hug

4) eat away

(14) debauch


1) crash

2) opening

3) corrupt morally

4) one guilty of a crime

(15) shed


1) distinguish

2) Scandinavian myth

3) having human form or characteristics

4) small roofed structure for storage and shelter

(16) chide


1) earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding

2) scold

3) willingness to take new ventures

4) large group

(17) loiter


1) causing great fear

2) chances

3) taking up again

4) hang about/around

(18) ingenious


1) imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)

2) pamper

3) deep feeling of dislike

4) marked by inventive skill

(19) hygiene


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

2) disclaim or disavow

3) pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)

4) improperness

(20) anthology


1) book of literary selections by various authors

2) sky blue

3) strenuous work

4) leave helpless on a deserted island or coast

(21) giddy


1) tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium

2) shove

3) light-hearted

4) denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

(22) demean


1) joyous

2) disgrace

3) lessening

4) significance

(23) ulcer


1) roundabout

2) deduce

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

4) list (of names)

(24) wring


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

2) twist (to extract liquid)

3) sink to a lower level

4) be a sign of

(25) unconscionable


1) unscrupulous

2) tyrant

3) person who seeks to overturn the established government

4) steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own

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(1) accretion


1) madly excited

2) growth or increase in size by gradual addition

3) place where a river can be crossed on foot

4) vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle

(2) diminution


1) believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided

2) cheat

3) lessening

4) redden

(3) acme


1) peak

2) raised platform for speakers or other important people

3) quality of being provident

4) person who does things too quickly without thinking

(4) sparse


1) not thick

2) candid

3) treasury

4) make (a liquid) less concentrated

(5) practical


1) fitful

2) based on experience

3) object (because of doubts, scruples)

4) lead-colored

(6) incapacitate


1) underline

2) authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court)

3) excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling

4) disable

(7) confine


1) lying on back

2) shut in an enclosed space

3) prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

4) debark

(8) progenitor


1) ancestor

2) confused uproar

3) protest

4) moderate

(9) conflagration


1) not shiny

2) great fire

3) underlying character of a culture, group, etc.

4) low, indistinct, continuous sound

(10) palliate


1) (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place

2) lead away from proper conduct

3) ease pain (without curing)

4) inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract

(11) raiment


1) disguise

2) public declaration of principles

3) remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person)

4) clothing

(12) terminology


1) purgative

2) terms used in a science or art

3) make impossible

4) existing at the beginning (of time)

(13) inimitable


1) withholding belief

2) division into factions (esp. within a religious body)

3) matchless

4) indifference

(14) tribunal


1) inappropriate

2) court of justice

3) explanatory list of symbols on a map

4) authorized agent

(15) stink


1) effect

2) scornfully mocking

3) combativeness

4) stench

(16) vacillate


1) waver (in opinion)

2) tending to call up (emotions, memories)

3) repetition of beginning sound in poetry

4) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

(17) bard


1) redden

2) small boat

3) poet

4) assent

(18) dawdle


1) slip or slide

2) fallen fruit

3) in a state of rage

4) loiter

(19) brusque


1) blunt

2) praising

3) resonant

4) turn away from (a principle, norm)

(20) coiffure


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

2) deduce

3) reclining

4) hairstyle

(21) impotent


1) boredom

2) weak

3) commonplace

4) small surgical tool for making incisions

(22) sanguinary


1) bloody

2) machine that separates substances by whirling them

3) taking up again

4) willingness to take new ventures

(23) badger


1) pester

2) very carefully

3) not to be taken away

4) belittle

(24) garrulous


1) disease communicator

2) silent

3) loquacious

4) strike forcefully

(25) incredulity


1) tendency to disbelief

2) object of general attention

3) make discontented

4) connection

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(1) mortar


1) vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle

2) bodily (rather than spiritual)

3) help bring about

4) be excessively fond of

(2) acrophobia


1) stick fast

2) pretentiousness

3) fear of heights

4) composed

(3) lofty


1) very high

2) mysterious

3) mental disorder

4) third in order or rank

(4) ancillary


1) serving as an aid or accessory

2) prepare by mixing or combining

3) move suddenly or involuntarily

4) (of a person) bold

(5) putrescent


1) bad-tempered

2) becoming putrid

3) humiliate by embarassing excessively

4) weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use

(6) coma


1) opposite

2) of a periphery

3) deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow

4) ridicule

(7) acknowledge


1) state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved

2) deep dish for serving soup

3) brighten

4) recognize

(8) efficacy


1) exaggerated

2) mortuary

3) sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories)

4) power to produce desired effect

(9) vigilant


1) tendency to keep together

2) use sparingly

3) surround

4) watchful

(10) clip


1) that can be permeated

2) cut off with shears

3) using satire

4) cock

(11) alimentary


1) instituting

2) supplying nourishment

3) turn to stone

4) arrange into categories or grades

(12) wistful


1) laypersons

2) tease

3) sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories)

4) secret

(13) coagulate


1) pride

2) congeal

3) violation of a law

4) compelling

(14) casualty


1) serious or fatal accident

2) (of beliefs) against accepted opinion

3) insane

4) producing results

(15) magnitude


1) prohibit

2) wordy

3) unable to be doubted

4) greatness (in size or extent)

(16) anarchy


1) growing by addition

2) whim

3) express evil satisfaction

4) absence of governing body

(17) allocate


1) soft food made by boiling oatmeal

2) assign

3) thin liquid porridge

4) root up

(18) numismatist


1) person who collects coins

2) stale (in odor or taste)

3) (of an experience) deeply shocking

4) windy

(19) unimpeachable


1) scold with biting harshness

2) luxuriate

3) sniffle

4) that cannot be impeached

(20) outspoken


1) entangle

2) candid

3) medical treatment and care of old age

4) salty

(21) finery


1) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)

2) religious image

3) prudent

4) beautiful clothes for a special occasion

(22) exquisite


1) delicate

2) slow down

3) plants of a region or era

4) mysterious

(23) veracity


1) delusion

2) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful

3) truthfulness

4) related to marriage or the wedding ceremony

(24) draw


1) animal that ruminates

2) decree (especially one issued by a sovereign)

3) become worse in quality

4) choosing of a lot or card

(25) monarchy


1) government under a single ruler

2) tender sorrow

3) substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness

4) scarcity

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(1) perjury


1) approach and speak first to a person

2) something hinted at or suggested

3) false testimony while under oath

4) conducive to good health

(2) incendiary


1) abandon

2) twisting force

3) arsonist

4) thoroughly soaked

(3) perpetrate


1) relating to stars

2) give protection (by giving food and shelter)

3) mental disorder

4) commit an offense

(4) moribund


1) possessing good health

2) support militantly

3) dying

4) wring from

(5) fiat


1) full of learning

2) command

3) delay (in development)

4) blessing

(6) propitiate


1) hateful

2) distinct

3) appease

4) conspicuous

(7) mottled


1) blotched in coloring

2) talkative boaster

3) feverish

4) strangle

(8) bitter


1) unpleasantly dark

2) having a sharp biting taste

3) having a backbone or spinal column

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

(9) accelerate


1) (of writing) flowing

2) move faster

3) de) front or face (of building)

4) wandering away from the subject

(10) enact


1) lurch

2) venture

3) make (a bill) into law

4) cause

(11) gambol


1) romp

2) make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)

3) felt in one's inner organs

4) flexible

(12) idle


1) open to view

2) home of a hermit

3) not working

4) metal block used for shaping metal or plastic

(13) minutiae


1) healthful

2) tight

3) petty or trivial details

4) taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)

(14) panegyric


1) open widely

2) process of nourishing or being nourished

3) rotate swiftly

4) formal praise

(15) vouchsafe


1) loyalty

2) approve

3) highly pretentious or inflated

4) grant condescendingly

(16) dislodge


1) poor

2) remove (forcibly)

3) cause to sprout

4) assist usually in doing something wrong

(17) obfuscate


1) be next to

2) worship of idols

3) first in rank or importance

4) confuse

(18) scholarly


1) spur

2) lifeless

3) defensive mound of earth

4) full of learning

(19) bountiful


1)

2) generous

3) mutual relationship

4) unreasonable or capricious

(20) masquerade


1) swollen

2) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied

3) wear a mask or disguise

4) harmonious

(21) vertex


1) monkeylike

2) pretense (of strength)

3) summit

4) so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded

(22) economy


1) rustic

2) something contrived

3) efficiency or conciseness in using something

4) disaster

(23) yoke


1) join together

2) accidental

3) very bad or disagreeable

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

(24) homily


1) docile

2) sermon

3) lose a small piece from the surface or edge

4) state of depression or melancholy

(25) zephyr


1) gentle breeze

2) take the place of unfairly

3) clamorous

4) arrogance

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(1) aversion


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

2) plead

3) one who foretells the future

4) firm dislike

(2) dereliction


1) notoriously bad

2) taunt

3) trick to deceive

4) neglect of duty

(3) acne


1) stench

2) obedient

3) skin disease (on the face)

4) determined

(4) bureaucracy


1) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

2) resting

3) happening by chance

4) chances

(5) prosaic


1) ceremony conferring holy orders

2) obtain by pulling violently

3) (of someone) suspicious

4) lacking in imagination

(6) corollary


1) twisting force

2) natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)

3) practical person

4) order

(7) martial


1) winding

2) warlike

3) in name only

4) loose sleeveless outer garment

(8) fetish(fetich)


1) pierce with a lance

2) rhythmical throbbing of arteries

3) sudden sharp feeling of pain

4) object believed to have spiritual powers

(9) inalienable


1) limited

2) demand and obtain by force

3) funeral ceremony

4) not to be taken away

(10) indefatigable


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

2) trick

3) become engaged to marry

4) tireless

(11) indulge


1) yield to

2) place side by side

3) engrossed in matters of this earth

4) warning of disaster

(12) sere


1) rise again

2) surrender of prisoner by one state to another

3) sear

4) cut the top off

(13) equanimity


1) conceal in the palm of the hand

2) calmness of temperament

3) witty saying

4) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

(14) deliberate


1) consider

2) predecessor

3) (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin)

4) oddity

(15) sonorous


1) general agreement

2) physically strong

3) resonant

4) older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

(16) throb


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

2) daily

3) ability to move spontaneously

4) one who foretells the future

(17) voyeur


1) lustful

2) of a member of the cat family

3) Peeping Tom

4) separate

(18) tractable


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

2) having a backbone or spinal column

3) docile

4) logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

(19) steep


1) tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church)

2) (of a person) worthy of esteem

3) rejoicing

4) soak

(20) ingrained


1) deeply established

2) endanger

3) supporter

4) related to telling a story

(21) broil


1) compose on the spur of the moment

2) cook by direct heat

3) call together

4) be excessively fond of

(22) annul


1) make void

2) talking to oneself (esp. in a play)

3) wild

4) turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)

(23) outrage


1) injury to body

2) hasten

3) act of extreme violence or viciousness

4) serving to complete something

(24) odoriferous


1) made up of a variety of parts

2) plan of a trip

3) llduggery) dishonest behavior or action

4) giving off an odor

(25) onerous


1) (of things and place) dirty and dull

2) counterfeit

3) burdensome

4) ability to foretell the future

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(1) mandatory


1) chuckle with delight

2) nearness (in space or relationship)

3) obligatory

4) piece of burning wood

(2) cleave


1) calm

2) split or sever

3) having absolute unchecked power

4) predict (according to present indications)

(3) introvert


1) eager for knowledge

2) not spacious

3) impartial

4) one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself

(4) annals


1) hybridize

2) give an imitation that ridicules

3) records arranged in yearly parts

4) conceal

(5) lode


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

2) equipment

3) forewarning

4) contaminate

(6) willful


1) deceive

2) small ornamental statuette(very small statue)

3) state of being partial

4) wilful

(7) recipient


1) receiver

2) condition of being unable to feel pain

3) reflection

4) mental calmness

(8) buffoonery


1) produce young

2) clowning

3) make greater

4) ugly

(9) aromatic


1) mournful

2) (of light or color) bright and distinct

3) fragrant

4) adorn

(10) collected


1) composed

2) straightforward

3) theme

4) extraordinary ability

(11) detrimental


1) harmful

2) flexible

3) unaccustomed

4) demand and obtain by force

(12) luminous


1) impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)

2) shining (esp. in the dark)

3) formal demand or request

4) (of a person) truthful

(13) verge


1) irresistible

2) without feeling

3) disparage

4) border

(14) constituency


1) ravenous

2) voters represented by an elected official

3) dissimilar

4) turn over

(15) eulogy


1) expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death

2) sorcery

3) (of a person) truthful

4) daily

(16) log


1) delayed

2) record of a voyage or flight

3) legal official of high rank

4) prescribed course of diet or exercise

(17) notable


1) pertaining to ships or navigation

2) person who enjoys his own pain

3) conspicuous

4) conceivably true

(18) pinnace


1) ostentatious

2) nservatoire) school of the fine arts (especially music or drama)

3) small boat

4) illness

(19) nostrum


1) neat and trim in appearance

2) questionable medicine

3) refusal to yield

4) readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others

(20) converse


1) one guilty of a crime

2) opposite

3) cold or cheerless

4) prank

(21) demotic


1) annoying

2) positive assertion

3) of or pertaining to the people

4) chatter rapidly or unintelligibly

(22) mingle


1) banish from a group

2) mix together in close association

3) mix

4) vehicle

(23) unwieldy


1) drowsy

2) awkward (to carry or move)

3) abstaining from sexual intercourse

4) abnormal or deviant

(24) precise


1) secure grasp or hold

2) small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth)

3) exact

4) avaricious

(25) curtail


1) shorten

2) conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others

3) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)

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