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(1) tantamount


1) filled with great surprise or fear

2) equivalent in effect or value

3) set free

4) pamphlet

(2) mundane


1) roundabout

2) worldly as opposed to spiritual

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

4) recent convert

(3) ecosystem


1) property inherited from a father

2) ecological community together with its environment

3) long for

4) admit

(4) mulct


1) defraud a person of something

2) restrain

3) thwart

4) lizard that changes color in different situations

(5) historical


1) turn into a god

2) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

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

4) connected with history

(6) sportive


1) warlike

2) playful

3) deep

4) druggist

(7) parvenu


1) system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture

2) notoriously bad

3) upstart

4) a place where bees are kept

(8) swamp


1) wetland

2) increase in number by producing young

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

4) state of being undecided

(9) plutocracy


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

2) omission of words from a text

3) remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted

4) society ruled by the wealthy

(10) larceny


1) blacken

2) theft

3) throw forcefully

4) make unconscious or numb as by a blow

(11) sunder


1) poisonous

2) separate

3) unit of weight for precious stones

4) wrestle

(12) well-bred


1) satiate

2) plead

3) of good upbringing

4) written symbols

(13) adorn


1) decorate

2) conquer

3) me) gay

4) clear from blame

(14) gamut


1) extremely hungry

2) entire range

3) rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America

4) fantastic

(15) mace


1) state of violent agitation

2) ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority

3) knowledge

4) marked by inventive skill

(16) miscreant


1) run away secretly with the intention of getting married

2) make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle

3) wretch

4) put into a lower or worse place

(17) prohibitive


1) headland

2) so high as to prohibit purchase or use

3) distaste

4) unalterable

(18) camaraderie


1) put an end to forcibly

2) rhythmical throbbing of arteries

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

4) good-fellowship

(19) prance


1) move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)

2) speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

3) incapable of being pacified

4) period of ideal or peak condition

(20) frustrate


1) mixture as of metals

2) odd in an old-fashioned way

3) grand suggesting great expense

4) thwart

(21) impetus


1) moving force

2) comic

3) habitually intoxicated

4) sensual

(22) onus


1) envy

2) judgment that someone is guilty of a crime

3) burden

4) scorn

(23) devotee


1) run away secretly with the intention of getting married

2) enthusiastic follower

3) become unsteady and fall down

4) sky blue

(24) impart


1) confuse

2) grant a share of

3) mournful

4) produced by fire

(25) lurid


1) earliest form of an organism

2) tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively

3) ecclesiastical

4) wild

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(1) capacity


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

2) mental or physical ability

3) moderate

4) bad-tempered

(2) endorse


1) grisly

2) operate with one's hands

3) approve

4) decide

(3) rejoinder


1) feverish

2) plead

3) back country

4) reply

(4) fundamental


1) consider

2) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

3) basic

4) irritate

(5) apoplexy


1) sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories)

2) restrain

3) stroke

4) accidental

(6) collusion


1) deadlock

2) attack (as with missiles or bombs)

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

4) justified

(7) turncoat


1) dull

2) short-lived

3) traitor

4) pretense (of strength)

(8) impeccable


1) loop formed in a rope

2) faultless

3) room to move

4) mischievous child (usually a boy)

(9) obligatory


1) song of praise or joy

2) period of time

3) binding

4) imprison

(10) parry


1) ward off a blow

2) concerning alchemy or magic

3) prayer for help (used in invoking)

4) speech or writing with no meaning

(11) fledgling(fledg


1) middle class

2) kindly

3) eling) inexperienced

4) person celebrated for wisdom

(12) dialectical


1) soothe an angry person

2) bitter (to the taste or smell)

3) messenger

4) relating to the art of debate

(13) demolition


1) destruction

2) echo repeatedly

3) right and power to apply the law

4) very high

(14) stricture


1) waste matter

2) staff officer assisting the commander

3) wild drunken revelry

4) severe and adverse criticism

(15) sear


1) enclose

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

3) burn the surface of

4) urge on

(16) orator


1) having a dull edge

2) throb

3) public speaker

4) home

(17) urgent


1) clumsy person

2) compelling immediate action

3) long angry denunciatory speech

4) flexible

(18) eccentricity


1) exaggerated

2) reply

3) guardianship

4) oddity

(19) pendant(pendent


1) hard but easily broken

2) shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals)

3) ) hanging down from something

4) fear of heights

(20) drone


1) capable of maintaining life

2) talk dully

3) having no equal

4) not knowing

(21) virtuoso


1) stealthily lie in waiting

2) highly skilled artist (esp. in music)

3) hammerlike tool

4) pretty good)''

(22) harbinger


1) conduct or language inciting rebellion

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

3) forerunners

4) forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)

(23) congenital


1) (of someone) unfriendly

2) e make into an institution

3) secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)

4) existing at birth

(24) abominable


1) speech or writing with no meaning

2) detestable

3) sleight(dexterity) of hand

4) providing nourishment

(25) dotage


1) senility

2) elastic

3) beautiful clothes for a special occasion

4) pertaining to a germ

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(1) fancy


1) unsuited

2) imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature)

3) abusive

4) drink with zest

(2) coterie


1) sermon

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

3) group that meets socially

4) clothing

(3) distill


1) rotate swiftly

2) refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation)

3) (of someone) having insight

4) state of depression or melancholy

(4) gambit


1) opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed

2) vicious assault

3) event

4) withdrawal

(5) dribble


1) flow or fall in drops

2) introductory

3) wakefulness

4) worship of idols

(6) fleet


1) capable of maintaining life

2) fast

3) soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells

4) excessive

(7) intransigence


1) sudden sharp feeling of pain

2) explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages

3) refusal of any compromise

4) tangible

(8) grouse


1) support or base as for a pillar or statue

2) complain

3) able to be touched

4) und) astonish (making dumb)

(9) paranoia


1) sink to a lower level

2) psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution

3) reading desk or stand for a public speaker

4) prudence

(10) scoff


1) poet

2) laugh (at)

3) unoriginal

4) constituting

(11) chaplain


1) enclose

2) announce

3) persuade

4) clergyman attached to a chapel

(12) terminus


1) (of music) played smoothly

2) prose or verse composition to be performed by actors

3) last stop of railroad

4) trembling

(13) dexterous


1) person who looks on the bright side

2) trembling

3) not easily satisfied

4) skillful

(14) inveigle


1) deceive

2) tired or uninterested by surfeit

3) narrow opening in a large mass

4) honor

(15) minute


1) only slightly connected

2) extremely small

3) complain or whine tearfully

4) theoretical

(16) detraction


1) slandering

2) hypnotize

3) pertaining to earthquakes

4) lacking proper seriousness

(17) corpus


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

2) untimely

3) assent

4) collection (of writings or information)

(18) nexus


1) connection

2) very fat

3) agreement

4) slander

(19) destitute


1) thunder

2) large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice

3) plant disease

4) extremely poor

(20) ramify


1) link as in a chain

2) cautious

3) sermon

4) branch out

(21) dismiss


1) something contrived

2) cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)

3) eliminate from consideration

4) unable to be restrained or held back

(22) encipher


1) outside edge especially of a round surface

2) solemn curse

3) encode

4) pretense (of strength)

(23) rationale


1) fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based)

2) mosaic

3) staff officer assisting the commander

4) going beyond common thought or ideas

(24) laborious


1) make necessary

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

3) entreat

4) demanding much work or care

(25) predicament


1) difficult situation

2) shove

3) expressing a meaning

4) suggestive of something (in the past)

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(1) malleable


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

2) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

3) venture

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

(2) steadfast


1) cower

2) agonizing

3) steadily loyal

4) waster

(3) retrench


1) daily

2) unrepressed

3) attractive

4) cut down

(4) tatter


1) slope

2) reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship)

3) powerlessness

4) torn piece of cloth

(5) snuffle


1) (of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through

2) cheap and gaudy

3) something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true)

4) sniffle

(6) glossary


1) large volume

2) brief explanation of words used in the text

3) (of costs or demands) excessive

4) standards used in judging

(7) heed


1) inappropriate

2) remainder

3) pay attention to

4) meal

(8) seclusion


1) spread throughout

2) forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

3) isolation

4) having to do with citizens

(9) rococo


1) loose freshness

2) ornate

3) (esp. of older people) vigorously active

4) in feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord

(10) vision


1) worship of idols

2) eyesight

3) causing a feeling of pity or sympathy

4) having minute hairs

(11) harrowing


1) point of view

2) be annoyed or vexed

3) agonizing

4) not open to attack

(12) egotistical


1) lounge about

2) become popular with

3) egotistic

4) throb

(13) stamp


1) step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish)

2) religious image

3) chief

4) withholding belief

(14) homogeneous


1) insignificant

2) crafty

3) place into a case

4) of the same kind

(15) sentient


1) noxious(harmful) smell

2) capable of sensation and conscious

3) closed circular line around an area

4) hard and unbending

(16) anecdote


1) short story of an amusing or interesting event

2) summarize

3) manlike

4) praising

(17) frolicsome


1) window projecting upright from roof

2) harshness

3) study of insects

4) prankish

(18) pusillanimous


1) solemn promise

2) exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm

3) elementary

4) cowardly

(19) prelude


1) wintry

2) excessively fat

3) introduction

4) lascivious

(20) libido


1) expressing sorrow

2) psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity

3) stare foolishly

4) link as in a chain

(21) craft


1) conquer

2) skill (esp. with one's hands)

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

4) eling) inexperienced

(22) accessible


1) (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value

2) speak equivocally about an issue

3) (of a person or book) learned

4) easy to approach

(23) equine


1) encode

2) resembling a horse

3) quality of being deeply moving

4) state of being self-contradictory

(24) chuckle


1) laugh quietly

2) fall or let fall in drops

3) person who cheats people

4) with reference to

(25) diverge


1) vary

2) unable to be doubted

3) affected

4) having a common origin

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(1) sedate


1) nervous or excited

2) composed (with no excitement)

3) not subject to a duty or obligation

4) color

(2) mute


1) place of refuge or shelter

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

3) silent

4) small body revolving around a larger one

(3) impunity


1) anger

2) freedom from punishment or harm

3) pertaining to the lungs

4) tired or uninterested by surfeit

(4) desiccate


1) insult to one's dignity

2) decorate

3) dry up

4) entangle

(5) salvage


1) sure of one's own righteousness

2) grow rapidly (in numbers)

3) rescue (goods or property) from loss

4) large wave of water

(6) pang


1) person who collects coins

2) sudden sharp feeling of pain

3) deserve

4) having only one color

(7) submissive


1) frenzy

2) willing to obey orders

3) satisfy (thirst)

4) enormous

(8) slight


1) point directly overhead in the sky

2) insult to one's dignity

3) maim

4) line (of waiting people or vehicles)

(9) lap


1) disturb greatly

2) separate

3) mutually agreed on

4) take in food or drink with one's tongue

(10) catastrophe


1) beat with a whip or flail

2) calamity

3) mutual relationship

4) science of sound

(11) dazzle


1) shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders

2) copy

3) state of being numerous or multiple

4) make blind with a sudden intense light

(12) intellect


1) of substance

2) yield (to something overwhelming)

3) higher mental powers

4) stimulate or shock by an electric current

(13) severity


1) related to monks or monasteries

2) kindly

3) harshness

4) state of violent agitation

(14) monotony


1) sameness leading to boredom

2) ideal place, state, or society

3) wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)

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

(15) chase


1) braid

2) v. ask or beg earnestly

3) representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols

4) ornament a metal surface by indenting

(16) anomaly


1) irritate

2) hypnotic state

3) irreverence

4) irregularity

(17) foment


1) slander

2) stir up

3) returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner

4) sleep lightly

(18) compliant


1) breaking of contract or duty

2) chain

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

4) make return for

(19) congeal


1) assertion

2) freeze

3) life after death

4) enclose

(20) circumlocution


1) impose (a fine)

2) below the threshold of conscious perception

3) confuse

4) indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)

(21) turgid


1) swollen

2) assume an affected pose

3) dig out of the ground

4) maker and seller of eyeglasses

(22) sophistry


1) diabolic

2) harmful

3) temporary stay

4) seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning

(23) symmetry


1) woman who rules a family or larger social group

2) arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained

3) swindle

4) religion practiced chiefly in Haiti

(24) transmute


1) undertaker

2) remaining

3) transform

4) (of people or animals) sturdy

(25) precinct


1) causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.

2) division of a city for election or police purposes

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

4) act of reciting publicly

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(1) savant


1) scholar

2) (of something bad) widespread

3) capable of being bribed

4) moving slowly

(2) tout


1) destruction

2) promote or publicize (one's goods or service)

3) deadly

4) expert at

(3) puissant


1) powerful

2) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

3) ruddy

4) little round hill

(4) pittance


1) small amount (of money)

2) (of something) plainly expressed

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

4) inquiry

(5) memorialize


1) meddlesome

2) causing sadness, compassion, pity

3) wetland

4) commemorate

(6) adversity


1) indirect

2) irregularity

3) great hardship or affliction

4) group of mammals including humans

(7) bellicose


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

2) downward slope

3) warlike

4) filled (with something unpleasant)

(8) slaughter


1) decay

2) killing of animals for food

3) courting favor by cringing and flattering

4) outer boundary

(9) pillory


1) miserable person

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

3) former occupant of a post

4) punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory

(10) galley


1) casual

2) restore to good condition

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

4) cock

(11) prot\'eg\'e


1) exclamation

2) wild tumult(commotion)

3) having a very fine bore

4) person receiving protection and support from a patron

(12) ribald


1) willingness to take new ventures

2) marked by vulgar lewd humor

3) border

4) shield

(13) sublime


1) causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.

2) flashy

3) humbleness of spirit

4) having lost one's original power

(14) career


1) rush wildly

2) attractive (in personality or appearance)

3) drunken revel

4) related to dogs

(15) trunk


1) make a harsh noise

2) imagined

3) main wooden stem of a tree

4) parish priest

(16) incidental


1) not essential

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

3) (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent

4) thwart

(17) forum


1) public square of an ancient Roman city

2) struggle

3) block

4) fit of bad temper

(18) canker


1) calamity

2) last demand

3) weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)

4) any ulcerous sore

(19) impugn


1) dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way)

2) wrinkle

3) laypersons

4) watch over and direct

(20) preternatural


1) beyond what is normal in nature

2) condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles

3) underwater explosive apparatus

4) held in common

(21) swindler


1) cheater

2) blow in heavy gusts

3) produced by fire

4) measure

(22) foreboding


1) incurable

2) drive or force forward (by causing impulses)

3) premonition of evil

4) thwart

(23) fussy


1) give or take milk at the breast or udder

2) frankness

3) sullen

4) fastidious

(24) malediction


1) (of power) complete

2) inconspicuous

3) cover with a thin and shiny surface

4) curse

(25) prosody


1) increase

2) art of versification

3) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

4) yielding to another

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(1) procurement


1) erase

2) study of prehistoric life or fossils

3) obtaining

4) correct a false impression

(2) pernicious


1) (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed

2) very carefully

3) lowest point

4) very harmful

(3) pore


1) tendency to disbelief

2) study industriously

3) waver

4) make (a bill) into law

(4) funereal


1) unselfishly generous

2) sad

3) hold back (the natural expression of)

4) agitation

(5) rostrum


1) raised platform for speech-making

2) tending to overthrow or ruin

3) make or become black by burning

4) clear from blame

(6) document


1) provide written evidence (for a claim)

2) excessively or elaborately decorated

3) twist (to extract liquid)

4) strong

(7) comport


1) support

2) bear one's self

3) build

4) seriousness

(8) amiss


1) wrong

2) defamation

3) cancel

4) sentry

(9) equable


1) advanced in development

2) tranquil

3) feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded

4) disgust

(10) vanguard


1) fit for growing crops

2) forerunners

3) follow (as a result)

4) pamphlet

(11) unilateral


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

2) move with body close to the ground

3) saying farewell

4) one-sided

(12) refraction


1) ordinary

2) hard but easily broken

3) bending of a ray of light

4) having lost one's original power

(13) urge


1) laugh quietly

2) burdensome

3) drive or force forward (by causing impulses)

4) begin

(14) cynosure


1) wise saying

2) object of general attention

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

4) bad-tempered complaint

(15) clandestine


1) combine

2) profane

3) small body revolving around a larger one

4) secret

(16) provenance


1) place of origin

2) egg-shaped

3) insane

4) not fully worked out or developed

(17) delusion


1) deep disgrace

2) outwit

3) false belief

4) speak violently or excitedly

(18) immobility


1) state of being immovable

2) ) (of people or their behavior) respectful

3) tease

4) cause to stop for a period

(19) pert


1) grisly

2) (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent

3) feverish

4) approach and speak first to a person

(20) spectrum


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

2) (of someone old) eccentric

3) Roman outer robe

4) torn piece of cloth

(21) hindrance


1) ornamental horizontal band on a wall

2) blood-vessel

3) block

4) intellectuals

(22) buxom


1) full-bosomed

2) wind or turn in its course

3) pertaining to the lungs

4) without feeling

(23) brocade


1) lying

2) rich, figured(patterned) fabric

3) not able to be perceived by touch

4) daydream

(24) tranquillity


1) rude, insensitive person

2) calmness

3) overwhelmingly favorable review

4) drug that relieves pain or trouble

(25) fraught


1) unprejudiced

2) error

3) filled (with something unpleasant)

4) fully filled

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(1) timorous


1) enough

2) fearful

3) determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

4) frustrate

(2) concession


1) marked by vulgar lewd humor

2) tiresome dwelling on a subject

3) meaningless word

4) an act of yielding

(3) coincidence


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

2) shrill, trumpetlike sound

3) catch sight of (something distant)

4) flexible

(4) verbiage


1) pompous array of words

2) dejected

3) part that forms the end

4) bookish

(5) promulgate


1) announce

2) person who turns animal hides into leather

3) talent

4) relieve (pain)

(6) mangy


1) tending to include all

2) shabby

3) highly successful action or sudden attack

4) pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms

(7) herald


1) thing that completes another

2) messenger

3) deserve

4) damp

(8) partial


1) anxious

2) unruly

3) crawl or creep on ground

4) incomplete

(9) juncture


1) person with power to decide a matter in dispute

2) great sorrow

3) crisis

4) violent

(10) avantgarde


1) group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods

2) free

3) pertaining to money

4) related to monks or monasteries

(11) ellipsis


1) metal block used for shaping metal or plastic

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

3) omission of words from a text

4) mercury

(12) levitate


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

2) first rough form

3) gather

4) direct financial aid by government, etc.

(13) maniacal


1) represent (an inanimate object) as a person

2) shining

3) person who enjoys his own pain

4) raging mad

(14) hoodwink


1) ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant

2) deceive

3) difficult condition

4) lacking in imagination

(15) buffoon


1) not noticing

2) stupid person

3) feather, esp. large or showy one

4) spread throughout

(16) troth


1) explosion

2) disgrace

3) pledge of good faith especially in betrothal

4) small church (in a prison, college, or hospital)

(17) atrophy


1) acute pain

2) pointed tool used for piercing

3) bordering on(adjacent to) the sea

4) wasting away

(18) assert


1) state strongly or positively

2) laugh (at)

3) hugeness (in a bad sense)

4) utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones

(19) lament


1) deceit

2) slip or slide

3) grieve

4) bored with pleasure or dissipation

(20) gawk


1) local or provincial dialect

2) work at in a nonserious fashion

3) stare foolishly

4) disturb greatly

(21) inasmuch_as


1) deserving blame

2) since

3) relating to stars

4) cutting off

(22) proselytize


1) overstock

2) something that discourages or deters

3) helpful

4) (induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief

(23) amulet


1) charm

2) suitable to debate or courts of law

3) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)

4) revert (to bad habits)

(24) dais


1) raised platform for speakers or other important people

2) producing results

3) deep disgrace

4) prevailing style

(25) trance


1) violent anguish

2) lacking intelligence or wit

3) hypnotic state

4) marked by vulgar lewd humor

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(1) jostle


1) chew

2) shove

3) hypnotize

4) (of societies or groups) combine

(2) recourse


1) periodic

2) brief and to the point

3) resorting to help when in trouble

4) resulting from compulsion

(3) headstrong


1) lack of seriousness or steadiness

2) gaiety

3) person interested mostly in external objects and actions

4) willful

(4) delineate


1) courage

2) struggle

3) portray

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

(5) unguent


1) change of form

2) cause to sprout

3) ointment

4) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

(6) interrogate


1) slow gallop

2) pertaining to the universe

3) question closely

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

(7) prudent


1) cautious

2) powerful person

3) prevent by taking action in advance

4) make smooth or glossy

(8) osseous


1) shut

2) drunken revel

3) made of bone

4) story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols

(9) cross


1) illicit lover

2) childish

3) bad-tempered

4) long and thin

(10) dubious


1) word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing

2) shield

3) questionable

4) compulsive habitual need

(11) sway


1) extinct flying reptile

2) combativeness

3) severe and adverse criticism

4) swing from side to side

(12) lubricate


1) oval building with tiers of seats

2) apply a lubricant to

3) lash

4) moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol)

(13) prey


1) enigmatic

2) target of a hunt

3) equip

4) (appreciatively) cutting

(14) palimpsest


1) parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased

2) disentangle

3) cause

4) act of turning aside

(15) residual


1) too certain to be disputed

2) isolate

3) remaining

4) varied

(16) implicit


1) pretentiousness

2) have a tendency

3) understood but not stated

4) limit

(17) forsake


1) correct spelling

2) desert

3) dull

4) irregularity

(18) plaster


1) cautious

2) rapture

3) squander

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

(19) scintilla


1) trace

2) worldly as opposed to spiritual

3) not shiny

4) break (a law)

(20) cipher


1) plant disease

2) individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances

3) unsatisfied

4) nonentity

(21) mammal


1) childish

2) vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young

3) feathers of a bird

4) weird

(22) peevish


1) deceptive scheme

2) cut the top off

3) society ruled by the wealthy

4) bad-tempered

(23) studious


1) wasteful

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

3) ability to move spontaneously

4) given to diligent study

(24) filth


1) dirty matter

2) (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed

3) harass or trouble from all directions

4) plead

(25) culinary


1) talent

2) relating to cooking or kitchen

3) having a pale or sickly color

4) steering wheel of a ship

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(1) matrimony


1) state of being married

2) quick in movement

3) clergyman attached to a chapel

4) deep dish for serving soup

(2) tact


1) present but not yet noticeable or active

2) crafty

3) skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence

4) me) gay

(3) relevant


1) wrinkle

2) not subject to a duty or obligation

3) (of costs or demands) excessive

4) having importance

(4) paleontology


1) handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)

2) study of prehistoric life or fossils

3) tell in confidence (to a person one trusts)

4) harmony

(5) irreconcilable


1) impossible to reconcile

2) a covered passageway usually lined with shops

3) slight degree of color

4) messenger

(6) supernumerary


1) totally clear

2) person or thing excess of what is necessary

3) arise from

4) sign or warning (of coming danger)

(7) shear


1) remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

2) immature

3) artistic

4) pleasant in taste

(8) petrify


1) rapture

2) interfering

3) throw lightly

4) turn to stone

(9) lavish


1) pierce with holes

2) liberal

3) confuse thoroughly

4) bugbear

(10) grunt


1) utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)

2) dead

3) properly made and complete

4) very cautious

(11) pied


1) piebald

2) money

3) make (a bill) into law

4) lifeless

(12) recreant


1) mental calmness

2) blessing

3) unharmed

4) disloyal

(13) forebears(forbe


1) renounce

2) servile flatterer

3) hermit

4) ars) ancestors

(14) bloated


1) (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air

2) sharply painful to the body or mind

3) incapable of being pacified

4) kill from lack of air

(15) pithy


1) movable

2) bodily (rather than spiritual)

3) ancestor

4) concise and meaningful

(16) unkempt


1) changing its habitat

2) disheveled

3) increase

4) remove (forcibly)

(17) sully


1) motherly

2) defile

3) mercy killing

4) system of religious or ethical belief

(18) admonish


1) warn or speak to with gentle disapproval

2) disease communicator

3) quantity of motion of a moving body

4) long life

(19) acidulous


1) hairy

2) take possession of (often for public use and without payment)

3) slightly sour (in taste or manner)

4) attractive

(20) regicide


1) person of high rank or position

2) generous

3) official periodical publication

4) murder of a king or queen

(21) shade


1) full of learning

2) made less dense (of a gas)

3) slight difference in degree

4) similarity

(22) anoint


1) insightful

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

3) consecrate

4) long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking

(23) diadem


1) very cautious

2) crown

3) (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible

4) loyalty

(24) definitive


1) most reliable

2) waver

3) of a periphery

4) skin of an animal

(25) intrepid


1) present falsely

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

3) posion

4) fearless

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(1) groove


1) disturb greatly

2) long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something

3) pollute

4) queer and amusing

(2) requite


1) demanding and leaving no choice

2) make return for

3) holding

4) omission of words from a text

(3) parquet


1) trinket

2) floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter

3) ancestry

4) lack of premeditation

(4) bedraggle


1) wet thoroughly

2) great mass of falling snow and ice

3) (of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole

4) in good condition

(5) ewe


1) place or condition of bliss

2) female sheep

3) list (of names)

4) skillful (in using mind or hand)

(6) exertion


1) good-fellowship

2) sharp-cornered

3) ornamental clasp

4) effort

(7) allege


1) ugly

2) unscrupulous

3) state without proof

4) low, guttural, menacing sound (as of a dog)

(8) tedium


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

2) chatter idly or foolishly

3) lending money at illegal high rates of interest

4) boredom

(9) metaphysical


1) pertaining to speculative philosophy

2) deportment

3) have a tendency

4) psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution

(10) glacial


1) binding

2) narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land

3) imitation

4) like a glacier

(11) stump


1) throw overboard (from a ship or plane)

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

3) of a member of the cat family

4) inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful

(12) reprobation


1) border

2) concise

3) scold strongly

4) severe disapproval

(13) pen


1) open widely

2) joking talk

3) fenced enclosure for animals

4) being everywhere

(14) expatriate


1) exile

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

3) of a sect

4) separate

(15) circumscribe


1) rise or fly high in the air

2) become worse in quality

3) limit

4) jaunty

(16) viscid


1) anger

2) adhesive

3) charming

4) whim

(17) novice


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

2) beginner

3) stipulation

4) lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life

(18) practicable


1) feasible

2) inner excitement or exuberance

3) happening at the same time

4) mechanism that imitates actions of humans

(19) ambulatory


1) remainder

2) small bit or fragment

3) able to walk

4) lessen in value

(20) decollete


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

2) shell or jewel carved in relief

3) terrible

4) dwell

(21) amenities


1) become less severe

2) pleasing to taste or smell

3) convenient features that helps to make life pleasant

4) (of a person) unable to express what one really feels

(22) seduce


1) unnoticeable

2) lead away from proper conduct

3) feeling of kinship

4) throw forcefully

(23) perturb


1) disturb greatly

2) pedestal

3) in name only

4) person interested mostly in external objects and actions

(24) reparation


1) pertaining to the lungs

2) approve formally

3) compensation (for loss or wrong)

4) pretentiousness

(25) compound


1) overflowing abundance

2) desecrating

3) steadiness of effort

4) combine