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Question 1

retrospect

Answer 1

D. looking backward

E. in retrospect, we should have saved more money for college

Question 2

revelry

\ˈre-vəl-rē\

Answer 2

D. noisy fun, usually involving a lot of eating and drinking

E. We could hear sounds of revelry from next door.

Question 3

reverberate

\ri-‘vir-bə-ˌrāt\

Answer 3

D. to echo

E. the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other

Question 4

revert

Answer 4

D. to go back to a earlier state

E. Try not to revert to your old eating habits. / For a while the children behaved well but they soon reverted to type(= returned to their usual ways).

Question 5

reverie

\ˈre-və-rē\

Answer 5

D. a daydream

E. I was lost in reverie and didn’t realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.

Question 6

revile

Answer 6

D. to abuse; to scold

E. Many people reviled him for his callous behavior.

Question 7

revoke

Answer 7

D. to officially cancel something so that it is no longer valid

E. The judge revoked her driver’s license.

Question 8

revulsion

Answer 8

D. a sudden change in feelings; disgust

E. I started to feel a revulsion against their decadent lifestyle. / Most people viewed the bombings with revulsion.

Question 9

rheumy

\ˈrümē\

Answer 9

D. containing a lot of water

Question 10

ribald

\ˈri-bəld\

Answer 10

D. characterized by or using coarse indecent humor (sexually)

E. a ribald sense of humour / ribald comments/jokes/laughter

Question 11

rife

Answer 11

D. full of something bad or unpleasant

E. The school was rife with rumors.

Question 12

rigor

\ˈri-gər\

Answer 12

D. strickness; exactness

E. They underwent the rigors of military training. / They conducted the experiments with scientific rigor.

Question 13

risible

\ˈri-zə-bəl\

Answer 13

D. laughable

E. a risible comment that made the whole class laugh

Question 14

risqué

\ri-ˈskā\

Answer 14

D. daring, a risqué performance, comment, joke, etc. is a little shocking, usually because it is about sex

E. a song with risqué lyrics

Question 15

robust

Answer 15

D. heathy and strong

Question 16

rococo

Answer 16

D. having a lot of detail and decoration

Question 17

roseate

\ˈrō-zē-ət\

Answer 17

D. rosy; cheerful; pink in colour

E. the roseate glow of dawn

Question 18

rote

Answer 18

D. routine: the process of learning something by repeating it until you remember it rather than by understanding the meaning of it

E. to learn by rote / rote learning

Question 19

rotund

\rō-ˈtänd\

Answer 19

D. marked by roundness; marked by fullness of sound or cadence: stout

E. a master of rotund diction / a rotund little man who, predictably, was asked to play Santa every year

Question 20

rubicund

\ˈrü-bi-(ˌ)kənd\

Answer 20

D. reddish (like ruby)

E. the rubicund face of a man who clearly got a lot of fresh air and exercise

Question 21

rudiment

\ˈrü-də-mənt\

Answer 21

D. a basic principle

E. You’ll only have time to learn the rudiments of windsurfing in a week.

Question 22

rueful

\ˈrü-fəl\

Answer 22

D. feeling or showing that you are sad or sorry

E. He gave me a rueful smile and apologized.

Question 23

ruminate

Answer 23

D. to ponder

E. The question got us ruminating on the real value of wealth. / He ruminated over the implications of their decision.

Question 24

rummage

\ˈrə-mij\

Answer 24

D. to search through

E. I heard you rummaging around in the refrigerator.

Question 25

ruse \ˈrü-(ˌ)sā\

Answer 25

D. a trick E. His act was just a clever ruse to get me to go out with him.

Question 26

ruthless

Answer 26

D. cruel

Question 27

sable \ˈsā-bəl\

Answer 27

D. black; a small animal from northern Asia with dark yellowish-brown fur

Question 28

saccharine \ˈsa-k(ə-)rən\

Answer 28

D. pertaining to sugar E. the movie was funny, but it had a saccharine ending in which everyone lives happily ever after

Question 29

sacerdotal \ˌsa-sər-ˈdō-təl\

Answer 29

D. priestly

Question 30

sacrilegious \sa-crə-'li-jəs\

Answer 30

D. in violation of sth sacred E. The cult of the Roman emperor was sacrilegious to Jews and Christians.

Question 31

sacrosanct \ˈsa-krō-ˌsaŋ(k)t\

Answer 31

D. holy; not to be violated E. I'll work till late in the evening, but my weekends are sacrosanct.

Question 32

sadist \ˈsā-ˌdist\

Answer 32

D. one who gets pleasure from hurting sb E. masochist

Question 33

sagacious \sə-ˈgā-shəs\

Answer 33

D. perceptive; shrewd E. the winner is praised for his sagacious grasp of the hopes and anxieties of the public, the loser is excoriated for the many and obvious blunders that derailed his candidacy

Question 34

sage

Answer 34

D. wise

Question 35

salacious \sə-ˈlā-shəs\

Answer 35

D. encouraging sexual desire or containing too much sexual detail; lecherous E. The salacious Greek god Pan is generally portrayed as having the legs, horns, and ears of a goat

Question 36

salient \ˈsā-lyənt\

Answer 36

D. most important or noticeable E. She pointed out the salient features of the new design.

Question 37

saline \ˈsā-ˌlēn\

Answer 37

D. salty E. a saline solution / a saline taste

Question 38

sallow \ˈsa-(ˌ)lō\

Answer 38

D. having a sticky, yellowish coloring E. he was still a bit sallow after a week spent in bed with the flu

Question 39

salubrious \sə-ˈlü-brē-əs\

Answer 39

D. healthy and clean (salus health) E. We had to move to a house in a less salubrious area.

Question 40

salutary \ˈsal-yə-ˌter-ē\

Answer 40

D. conducive to good health (salus health) E. The accident should be a salutary lesson to be more careful.

Question 41

sanctity \ˈsaŋ(k)-tə-tē\

Answer 41

D. holiness E. the sanctity of the elderly nun shone through in her every word and gesture

Question 42

sangfroid \ˈsäⁿ-ˈf(r)wä\

Answer 42

D. calmness E. He displayed remarkable sangfroid when everyone else was panicking during the crisis.

Question 43

sanguine \ˈsaŋ-gwən\

Answer 43

D. blood-colored; cheerful and optimistic E. He is sanguine about the company's future.

Question 44

sapient

Answer 44

D. wise, expressing great sagacity, sagacious (like a sage) E. an uncle who is always good for valuable insights and some sapient advice

Question 45

sardonic \sär-ˈdä-nik\

Answer 45

D. sarcastic E. The movie is a sardonic look at modern life.

Question 46

sartorial \sär-ˈtȯr-ē-əl\

Answer 46

D. pertaining to tailor or clothing E. poor sartorial taste / The wedding party arrived in sartorial splendor.