Comprehensive Prac test 1

Question 1

confection

Answer 1

a dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients.

Question 2

Condiment

Answer 2

a substance such as salt or ketchup that is used to add flavor to food.

Question 3

interloping

Answer 3

involved in a place or situation where one is not wanted or is considered not to belong.

Question 4

forage

Answer 4

(of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions.

Question 5

meandering

Answer 5

following a winding course.

Question 6

meadow

Answer 6

a piece of grassland, especially one used for hay.

Question 7

quaff

Answer 7

drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily.

Question 8

incognito

Answer 8

(of a person) having one’s true identity concealed.

Question 9

alleviate

Answer 9

make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.

Question 10

precarious

Answer 10

not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

Question 11

intractable

Answer 11

hard to control or deal with.

Question 12

emulate

Answer 12

match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.

Question 13

Milieu

Answer 13

a person’s social environment.

Question 14

neophyte

Answer 14

beginner

Question 15

umbrage

Answer 15

offense or annoyance.

Question 16

foreboding

Answer 16

fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen.

Question 17

obsolete

Answer 17

no longer produced or used; out of date.

Question 18

haggard

Answer 18

looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.

Question 19

tractable

Answer 19

(of a person) easy to control or influence.

Question 20

incongruous

Answer 20

not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something. “out of place”

Question 21

dogmatic

Answer 21

inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

Question 22

bibliophile

Answer 22

a person who collects or has a great love of books.

Question 23

Passè

Answer 23

no longer fashionable; out of date.

Question 24

hiatus

Answer 24

a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.

Question 25

terse

Answer 25

sparing in the use of words

Question 26

Lassitude

Answer 26

a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.

Question 27

expiate

Answer 27

atone(보상) for (guilt or sin).

Question 28

ephemeral

Answer 28

lasting for a very short time.