Week 10: Narayan's Mahabharata (pp. 83-179)

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
admonish
akshauni: battalion
astra
asura
avarice
avocation
avuncular
banyan
boon
coffer
conch
ensign
equanimity
expound
faggots
fatuous
forbearing
fulminate
gandharva
hermitage
homage
incensed
kine
kshatriya
mace
madcap
maul
nuptial
obtrusive
omniscient
perennial
preceptor
precipitately
redress
sanction
scimitar
sear
serried
slake
soothsayer
stanch
tonic
transient
truculent
undue
unpalatable
venison
wield
yaksha
yogi
acolyte
akshauni: battalion
animosity
arraign
assuage
astra
boon
brahmin
breach
chastise
conch
conflagration
consecrated
danda: scepter
din
elucidation
enmity
expiate
filial
fray
guru
heinous
immolate
karma
kshatriya


mantra
mendicant
mire
mitigate
muster
obsequies
onslaught
pennant
pertinacity
propagate
propitious
rakshasa
retinue
revel
rishi
smolder
sojourn
suta
tarry
toll
treacle
trice
unabating
yoga
yuvaraja

 

 

 

 


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