Week 3: Narayan's Ramayana (pp. 89-171)

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


Vocabulary

 

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 List B Practice Quiz
aeon
ambrosia
beget
belabor
castigate
churn
citadel
compunction
crag
crestfallen
defiled
dharma
dissipate
entourage
eradicate
imbibe
insinuation
intoxicant
kaliyuga
lull
maul
misdemeanor
muster
odious
parry
privation
prostrate
prowess
quaff
raja
rampant
ransack
reckless
recumbent
repast
resolute
resplendent
sadhu
sagacity
sanyasi
scintillating
slacken
stalwart
tarry
traverse
tresses
uncouth
verity
yuga
yuvaraja

accoutrements
adamant
antecedents
assail
asylum
begotten
cajole
commencement
cudgel
depredation
dissuade
donned
dross
emissary
extricate
facilitate
faggots
forebear
formidable
grotto
impervious
incoherent
indifferent
insensible
invincibility
inviolable
loll
ludicrous
mantra
meritorious
oddment
odium
ominous
piecemeal
primordial
pristine
pulverize
rampart
rend
rout
sari
spurn
staunch
stave
supplicant
tribulation
trice
unkempt
unmitigated
unrelenting


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