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English may 4th test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| significant, conspicuous, standing out from the rest | Salient |
| to withdraw or disavow a statement of opinion | tecant |
| humorous, lighthearted | jocular |
| to ease, to lessen, to soothe | palliate |
| capable of being changed, easily shaped | malleable |
| a coward, a traitor | recteant |
| an attraction to | affinity |
| unable to be felt, intagible | impalpable |
| pertaining to finances | fiscal |
| to delight with someting pleasing or amusing | regale |
| a vicious person | miscreant |
| to whip, to lash | flagellate |
| lustful or lewd | lascivious |
| to ridicule, to show contempt for | flout |
| obscene, lustful | salacious |
| to scold, to blame | rebuke |
| a person or thing of little importance | nonentity |
| calmness, composure or cool self-possession | sang-froid |
| wandering from subject to subject | desultory |
| to bully, to pester | hector |
| general, widespread | pandemic |
| to blend, to merge | coalesce |
| to deceive, to charm, to enchant | beguile |
| boredom, a weariness resulting from a lack of interest | ennui |
| a pause or gap | hiatus |
| softly bright or radiant, moving lightly over a surface | lambent |
| therefore | ergo |
| excessive pride or self-confidence | hubris |
| pertaining to money, financial | pecuniary |
| a hissing sound | sibilant |
| causing to excite or inflame | incendiary |
| the finest example | apotheosis |
| making contact or touchng at some point. side by side | contiguous |
| signaling favorable or promising results | auspicious |
| markied by noise. loud | vociferous |
| similar to an uncle | avuncular |
| working class or lower class | proletariat |
| strongly held, not easy to seperate | tenacious |
| deceptive or misleading | specious |
| unmanageable or difficult to control | refractory |
| cannot be imitated | inimitable |
| poor conduct or wrongdoing especially on the part of a public official | malfeasance |
| marked by to=he absence of ramance or physical attraction | platonic |
| speak in a pretentiously dignified or dogmatic way | pontificate |
| given to lustful orf lewd thoughts | prurient |