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English2Exam
English 2 Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hearth | the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room. |
| Salamander | a mythical being, especially a lizard or other reptile, thought to be able to live in fire. |
| Kerosene | a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc. |
| Luxuriously | characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel. |
| Prior | preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this. |
| Compress | to press together; force into less space. |
| Hypnotize | to put in the hypnotic state. |
| Marionette | a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs. |
| Thimble | a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing. |
| Distill | to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration. |
| Gush | to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe. |
| Exotic | of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized: exotic foods; exotic plants. |
| Phoenix | a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years. |
| Capillary | pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore. |
| Proclivity | natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness. |
| Cellophane | a transparent, paperlike product of viscose, impervious to moisture, germs, etc., used to wrap and package food, tobacco, etc. |
| Asylum | an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance. |
| Odious | deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable. |
| Flourish | to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished. |
| Cacophony | harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails. |
| Pantomime | the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech. |
| Centrifuge | an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream. |
| Incinerator | a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes. |
| Sieve | an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations. |
| Rationalize | to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes. |
| Ventilator | a person or thing that ventilates. |
| Suffuse | to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc. |
| Dentifrice | a paste, powder, liquid, or other preparation for cleaning the teeth. |
| Garment | any article of clothing: dresses, suits, and other garments. |
| Arsonist | a person who commits arson. |
| Devour | to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously. |
| Gimmick | an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal. |
| Praetor | one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul. |
| Insidious | intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan. |
| Contemptible | deserving of or held in contempt; despicable. |
| Linguist | a specialist in linguistics. |
| Trifle | an article or thing of very little value. |
| Disperse | to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd. |
| Simmer | to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point. |
| Reel | a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something. |
| Fumble | to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys. |
| Writhe | to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc. |
| Manikin | a little man; dwarf; pygmy. |
| Instinctive | of, pertaining to, or of the nature of instinct. |
| Plummet | Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line. |
| Flail | an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar. |
| Phantom | an apparition or specter. |
| Exhalation | the act of exhaling. |
| Contaminate | to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage. |
| Hover | to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building. |
| Meteor | a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere. |
| Musk | a substance secreted in a glandular sac under the skin of the abdomen of the male musk deer, having a strong odor, and used in perfumery. |
| Wary | watchful; being on one's guard against danger. |
| Simultaneous | existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation. |
| Convolution | a rolled up or coiled condition. |
| Desolation | an act or instance of desolating. |
| Ecclesiastes | a book of the Bible. Abbreviation: Eccl., Eccles. |
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