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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Vocabulary Quiz - 74

1. Stigmatize
[A]Critical Point
[B]Talk At Length
[C]Pertaining To Cultivation Of Gardens
[D]Brand; Mark As Wicked



2. Striated
[A]Cut Away; Cut Out
[B]Marked With Parallel Bands; Grooved
[C]Tireless
[D]Glance Coquettishly At; Make Eyes At



3. Strut
[A]Act As Judge
[B]Supporting Bar
[C]Rub Out
[D]Quench; Sate



4. Stymie
[A]Pardon(An Offense)
[B]Rising Like Bristles; Showing Irritation
[C]Present An Obstacle; Stump
[D]A Vertebrate Animal Whose Female Suckles Its Young



5. Subservient
[A]Fortuneteller
[B]Sleep Throughout The Winter
[C]Begin; Originate; Receive Into A Group
[D]Behaving Like A Slave; Servile; Obsequious



6. Substantiate
[A]Boisterous; Noisy
[B]Verify; Support
[C]Self-Imposed Punishment For Sin
[D]Produced By Imagination; Fanciful; Mystical



7. Sully
[A]Harsh And Shrill
[B]Tarnish; Soil
[C]Seriousness; Gravity
[D]Specialized Knowledge; Expert Skill



8. Sundry
[A]Person With An Insane Desire To Set Things On Fire
[B]Various; Several
[C]Blindly Devoted Patriot
[D]Region; Climate



9. Superimpose
[A]Prudent; Cautious
[B]Place Over Something Else
[C]Exempt
[D]Lustful



10. Suppress
[A]Boredom
[B]Dictionary
[C]Crush; Subdue; Inhibit
[D]Period Of Equal Days And Nights



11. Surmount
[A]Amendment Or Clause Added To A Legislative Bill
[B]Causing Plague; Baneful
[C]Overcome
[D]Solemn Curse



12. Swathe
[A]Wild Tumult
[B]Peculiarity; Eccentricity
[C]Extreme Poverty
[D]Wrap Around; Bandage



13. Sycophant
[A]Young Wolf, Dog, Tiger, Etc.
[B]Pertaining To A Son Or Daughter
[C]Servile Flatterer
[D]Tending Or Leaning Toward; Bent



14. Synoptic
[A]Crash; Rush
[B]Scolding Woman
[C]Providing A General Overview; Summary
[D]Resonant



15. Tangible
[A]Bitterness; Hatred
[B]Infection
[C]Able To Be Touched; Real; Palpable
[D]Soothing Or Softening Remedy



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