Week 2: Narayan's Ramayana (pp. 1-89)

Assignments - Reading Guide A - Reading Guide B - Ramayana Resources


Vocabulary Lists

Vocabulary Quiz. This is a list of vocabulary items from this week's reading, one for Reading A and one for Reading B. Each list has 50 items. When you take the quiz, you will have 20 of these items, chosen at random. For each item, you will be given four possible definitions to choose from, only one of which is correct. You may take the quiz up to 5 times and the system will record your average score. Here are some Vocabulary Study Tips!

The links in bold are links to the Encyclopedia area of this website; the links that are not in bold are links to dictionary.com.

List A Practice Quiz
ablution
adept
ascetic
ashram
asthra (astra)
asura
auspicious
austerity
benediction
benefactress
bolus
boon
brahmin
caparisoned
conch
demigod
entrails
esoteric
festoon
foreboding
gossamer
guru
hermitage
immolate
iridescent
lineage
moonstone
musth
netherworld
obeisance
oblation
offal
palanquin
palmyra
paraphernalia
penance
premonition
relent
rishi
sage
sandalwood
savant
secular
seer
suzerainty
veena
yagna
yaksha
yoga
yojana
List B Practice Quiz
abate
acerbity
austere
brood
camphor
carcass
caste
comely
complement
dally
durbar
ebb
effulgence
ensign
equivocate
forlorn
forswear
gandharva
idyllic
imprecation
incensed
infernal
levity
misgiving
mitigate
monsoon
pang
penitent
perfidy
plaintive
propitious
pyre
rakshasa
regent
retribution
saffron
salutation
scimitar
scrutiny
sojourn
soothsayer
stentorian
strew
supplication
swoon
sylvan
tocsin
vanquish
vassal
vedas

 

 


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