Week 7: Buck's Ramayana (pp. 325-432)

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

ascetic
asura
auspicious
banish
boon
breaker
carrion
citadel
conjure
deodar
desolate
dharma
disconsolate
duel
embellish
footfall
gait
gandharva
havoc
jaya
keen
lore
luminous
mace
mantra

om
ominous
ornate
patchouli
peal
preceptor
rakshasa
ravages
rend
revel
saffron
salutation
sandalwood
sapphire
sentinel
sever
shastra
snare
solstice
spurn
sputter
supple
talon
trident
wisp

adamant
amiss
amulet
ascetic
astir
betide
bough
boundless
bower
brahmin
camphor
chasm
chowry
coarse
conjuration
crevice
crock
curds
desolate
dharma
drought
ether
forsake
gandharva
gleam
glen
guise
hermit
hermitage
league
lute
mace
maharaja
mendicant
minstrel
naga
nave
overreach
peal
pennon
pomp
pretext
raja
recluse
reproach
revels
saffron
sandalwood
savory
unfurl

 


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