Vocabulary Test 8

(36) v. stop from happening or developing ; block

(a) anele

(b) kibosh

(c) accost

(d) encompass

(37) n. shrewdness shown by keen insight

(a) pyromaniac

(b) coprolith

(c) acumen

(d) barterer

(38) n. sediment; particles which settle at the bottom of wine or other liquor

(a) foliage

(b) ecologist

(c) dregs

(d) physiognomy

(39) n. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come ; foretoken; preindication

(a) terminology

(b) augury

(c) vigilance

(d) machiavellian

(40) n. a sudden uncontrollable attack; convulsion

(a) paroxysm

(b) intellect

(c) paranoia

(d) infraction