Vocabulary Test 13

Find the Imposter

Find and circle the one word on each line that is not related to the other three.

 

1. equity, equine, equerry, equestrian

2. ephemeral, fleeting, feline, transient

3. shrew, vexing, virago, vixen

4. bullish, matador, terrain, taurine

5. angler, finny, piscine, angular

 

 

 

답: 1. equity, 2. feline, 3. vexing, 4. terrain, 5. angular

 

 

 

Which word comes to mind?

 

1. Carmen sings to her lover before he enters the arena

(bovine, saurian, taurine)

 

2. The sour-grapes fable

(equine, vulpine, leonine)

 

3. Little Bo Peep

(vixen, ovine, feline)

 

4. A lady-killer

(lupine, ophidian, porcine)

 

5. A costly error in a World Series game

(ursine, piscine, hircine)

 

 

 

답: 1. taurine, 2. vulpine, 3. ovine, 4.lupine, 5.hirsine

 

• bovine: an ox, cow, or related animal; having oxlike qualities; slow, stupid, or stolid
• equine: a horse; of, like, or characteristic of a horse
• feline: a member of the family which includes lions, tigers, jaguars, and wild and domestic cats; resembling or suggestive of a cat, as in suppleness, slyness, treachery, or stealthiness.
• hircine: of or characteristic of a goat, especially in strong odor or lustfulness. Pan, the god of woods, fields, and flocks, had a human torso with goat's legs, horns, and ears. He is often represented as frightening the nymphs in the forest.
• leonine: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion. Like Felix the cat and Bossie the cow, Leo the lion takes his name from the original Latin.
• lupine: wolflike; rapacious or ravenous.
• ophidian: snakelike; a snake or serpent.
• ovine: designating sheep or sheeplike; an ovine animal.
• piscine: of, pertaining to, or typical of a fish or fishes.
• porcine: of or pertaining to swine or pigs; piglike.
• saurian: of or having the characteristics of lizards.
• taurine: of or resembling a bull.
• ursine: of or characteristic of a bear.
• vixen: a female fox; a quarrelsome, shrewish, or malicious woman.
• vulpine: of, resembling, or characteristic of a fox; clever, devious, or cunning.

 

 

출처: 601 Words You need to know to pass your Exam by Murray Bromberg and Julius Liebb

 

1989, Barron's Educational Series