Week 9: Narayan's Mahabharata (pp. 1-83)

Assignments - Reading Guide A - Reading Guide B - Mahabharata 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

abdicate
assay
assuage
astra
aswamedha
august
belabor
bhiksha = alms
brahmin
celibacy
conflagration
dalliance
debar
elysium
expiation
forbearing
gandharva
guru
hirsuteness
issue
jocular
kshatriya
lineage
lull
mantra

ministrations
misgiving
mitigate
nape
obsequies
pallid
progeny
prostrate
rajasuya
regent
rishi
sanction
sandalwood
savant
shastra
suta
swayamvara
sylvan
travail
truss
vasu
Vedas
venerable
versed
wry

ablution
aghast
astra
auspicious
austere
bard
boon
conjure
cupidity
derisively
dispel
effigy
ephemeral
felicitate
fledgling
guru
impute
instigation
intercession
inveigle
kshatriya
lop
mace
magnanimity
maharaja
mendicant
ostensibly
pauper
perforce
portent
preen
proxy
quaff
rajasuya
raucous
reel
repast
repentant
rishi
salve
sanction
satellite
scintillating
tapas
tresses
trice
vagrant
vassal
waft
wrest

 




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