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Sandlier E 1-7 revie
Sandlier E 1-7 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| open to or marked by bribery or corruption | venal |
| coming at a bad time; not appropriate | inopportune |
| suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic | ironic |
| comfort, relief; to comfort, console | solace |
| to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion | brandish |
| skillfull; nimble | deft |
| definite, clearly stated | explicit |
| to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value. (contaminate, pollute) | adulterate |
| considered beforehand, deliberately planned | premeditated |
| unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen | ominous |
| meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority | officious |
| to reguard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply | abhor |
| roomy, spacious | commodious |
| eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic | corrosive |
| to involve in; to connect with or be related to | implicate |
| to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion | inter |
| a strict disciplinary; a stickler for the rules | martinet |
| deserving blame or punishment | reprehensible |
| loud and noisy; compelling attention | vociferous |
| to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer | waive |
| a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickerysyn: ruse, stratagem, contrivance | artifice |
| cowardly; a cowardsyn: fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous | craven |
| an enemy, opponent (antagonist, rival, foe ) | adversary |
| associated, connected | Affiliated |
| to give or pass as an inheritance | bequeath |
| to move toward one point, approach nearer together | converge |
| spiteful, showing ill will | manevolent |
| knowing everything, having unlimited awareness or understanding | Omniscient |
| a remedy for all ills, cure all, an answer to all problems | panacea |
| proud and contempuous, showing scorn because of a feeling or superiority | supercilious |
| strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation | uncanny |
| unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others | alturistic |
| marked by honor, courtesy, and courage, knightly | chivalrous |
| mercy, humaneness, mildness, moderateness | clemency |
| a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply, a famine | dearth |
| shy, lacking self confidence, modest, reserved | diffident |
| a difference, lack of agreement | discrepancy |
| unconquerable, refusing to yeild | indomitable |
| free from error, absolutely dependable | infallible |
| extremely poisonous, full of malice, spiteful | virulent |
| fierce and cruel, agressive, deadly, destructive, scathingly harsh | truculent |
| (v) to slap or cuff, to strike repeatedly; to drive of force with blows; to force ones way with difficulty (n) slap, blow | buffet |
| (n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position, decease, passing away | demise |
| (adj) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude blustery, tempestuous, implacable | inclement |
| (adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded trivial, inconsequential, insignificant | negligible |
| (v) to make long lasting, permanent continue, preserve | perpetuate |
| (n) an example that serves as a basis for later action guide, tradition, model | precedent |
| (adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment penalizing, retaliatory | punitive |
| (adj) refined in manner or style elegant, suave | urbane |
| (v) to make larger enlarge, supplement, amplify | augment |
| (adj, participle) deprived of, made unhappy through a loss, bereaved | bereft |
| (v) to position or arrange station, organize | deploy |
| (n) an external appearance, cover, mask costume, semblance, pretense | guise |
| (adj) intended to deiceve or enrap, sly, treacherous cunning, underhanded, | insidious |
| (n) a hint, indirect suggestion clue, indication, inkling | intimation |
| (v) to say again restate, rehash, recapitulate | reiterate |
| (adj) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant provisional | tentative |
| (adj) skillful in the use of hands or mind clever, deft, dexterous, slick | adroit |
| (adj) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling dislinclined, loath | averse |
| (adj) hasty, not thorough quick, superficial, perfunctory | cursory |
| (n) treachery, deceitfulness fraud, chicanery | duplicity |
| (adj) possible to be done workable, practicable, viable | feasible |
| (adj) not affected or hurt by; admitting no passage or entrance impenetrable, resistant | impervious |
| (n) a longing for something past homesickness | nostalgia |
| (n) the purest form of something; the most typical example paragon, exemplar | quintessence |
| danger | jeopardy |
| a moving force, impulse, stimulus | impetus |
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