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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | v. subside or moderate. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate. abatement |
| aberrant | ADJ. abnormal or deviant. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment |
| abrasive | ADJ. rubbing away; tending to grind down. Just as abrasive cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish, abrasive remarks can wear away a listener’s patience. abrade, V |
| absolute | ADJ. complete; totally unlimited; certain. Although the King of Siam was an absolute monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity |
| abstemious | ADJ. sparing in eating and drinking; temperate. Concerned whether her vegetarian son’s abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him |
| abstract | ADJ. theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational. To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal. |
| abstruse | ADJ. obscure; profound; difficult to understand. She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does |
| acclaim | V. a p p l a u d ; a n n o u n c e w i t h g r e a t approval. The NBC sportscasters acclaimed every American victory in the Olympics and lamented every American defeat. acclamation, acclaim, N. |
| accolade | N. award of merit. In the world of public relations, a “Clio” is the highest accolade an advertising campaign can receive |
| acquiesce | V. assent; agree without protesting. When we asked her to participate in the play, she immediately acquiesced. acquiescence, N.; acquiescent, ADJ. |
| acrimonious | ADJ. bitter in words or manner. The candidate attacked his opponent in highly acrimonious terms. acrimony, N. |
| adherent | N. supporter; follower. In the wake of the scandal, the senator’s one-time adherents quietly deserted him. |
| adulation | N. flattery; admiration. The rock star relished the adulation she received from her groupies and yes-men. |
| virtuoso | N. highly skilled artist. The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a virtuoso whose violin performances thrilled millions. virtuosity, N |
| virulent | ADJ. extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter. virulence, N |
| volatile | ADJ. changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly. The political climate today is extremely volatile: no one can predict what the electorate will do next. |
| voluble | ADJ. fluent; glib; talkative. An excessively voluble speaker suffers from logorrhea: he runs off at the mouth a lot! |
| voluminous | ADJ. bulky; large. Despite her family burdens, she kept up a voluminous correspondence with her friends. |
| willful | ADJ. intentional; headstrong; stubbornly set on getting one’s way. |
| withhold | V. r e f u s e t o g i v e ; h o l d b a c k . T h e NCAA may withhold permission for academically underprepared athletes to participate in intercollegiate sports as freshmen |
| zealot | N. fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal. Though Glenn was devout, he was no zealot; he never tried to force his beliefs on his friends. |
| vacillate | V. waver; fluctuate. Uncertain which suitor she ought to marry, the princess vacillated, saying now one, now the other. vacillation, N. |
| veracity | N. truthfulness. Trying to prove Anita Hill a liar, Senator Specter repeatedly questioned her veracity. |
| viable | ADJ. practical or workable; capable of maintaining life. The plan to build a new baseball stadium, though missing a few details, is viable and stands a good chance of winning popular support. |
| vigor | N. active strength. Although he was over seventy years old, Jack had the vigor of a man in his prime. vigorous, ADJ. |
| vilify | V. slander. Waging a highly negative campaign, the candidate attempted to vilify his opponent’s reputation. |
| vindicate | V. clear from blame; exonerate; justify or support. |
| vindictive | A D J. o u t f o r r e v e n g e ; ma l i c i o u s . Divorce sometimes brings out a vindictive streak in people; when Tony told Tina he was getting a divorce, she poured green Jello into his aquarium and turned his tropical fish into dessert. |
| turbulence | N. state of violent agitation. Warned of approaching turbulence in the atmosphere, the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts. |
| turmoil | N. gr e a t commot ion and confus ion. Lydia running off with a soldier! Mother fainting at the news! The Bennet household was in turmoil. |
| tyranny | N. o p p r e s s i o n ; c r u e l g o v e r n m e n t . Frederick Douglass fought against the tyranny of slavery throughout his entire life. |
| undermine | V. weaken; sap. The recent corruption scandals have undermined many people’s faith in the city government. |
| unkempt | A D J. d i s h e v e l e d ; u n c a r e d f o r i n a p p e a r a n c e . J e r e m y h a t e d h i s n e i g h b o r ’s unkempt lawn: he thought its neglected appearance had a detrimental effect on neighborhood property values. |
| unprecedented | ADJ. novel; unparalleled. For a first novel, Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone with the Wind was an unprecedented success. |
| unwarranted | A D J. u n j u s t i f i e d ; g r o u n d l e s s ; undeserved. We could not understand Martin’s unwarranted rudeness to his mother’s guests. |
| adverse | ADJ. unfavorable; hostile. The recession had a highly adverse effect on Father’s investment portfolio: he lost so much money that he c o u l d n o l o n g e r a f f o r d t h e b u t l e r a n d t h e upstairs maid. adversity, N |
| advocate | V. urge; plead for. Noted abolitionists such a s Fr ede r i ck Dougl a s s and Sojourne r Tr u t h a d v o c a t e d t h e e r a d i c a t i o n o f t h e Southern institution of slavery. also N. |
| aesthetic | ADJ. artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful. The beauty of Tiffany’s stained glass appealed to Esther’s aesthetic sense. aesthete, N. |
| affable | ADJ. easily approachable; warmly friendly. Ac cus tomed to cold, a loof supe rvi sor s , Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was. |
| affinity | N. natural liking; kinship; similarity. Octavia felt an immediate affinity for the folk dancers she met; their love of dance was hers as well. |
| aggressor | N. attacker. Before you punish both boys for fighting, see whether you can determine which one was the aggressor. |
| alienate | V. make hostile; separate. Heather’s attempts to alienate Amy from Ellen failed because the two friends had complete faith in one another. |
| alleviate | V. r e l i eve . The doc tor ’s r e a s sur ing remarks alleviated June’s fears for the baby; though he’d been born prematurely, he was rapidly gaining weight and could go home in a couple of weeks. |
| altruistic | ADJ. unselfishly generous; concerned for others. In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships for hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths, Eugene Lang performed a truly altruistic deed. altruism, N. |
| ambivalence | N. the state of having contradictory or conf l i c t ing emot iona l a t t i tude s . Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings. ambivalent, ADJ |
| ameliorate | V. improve; make more satisfactory. Ca r l be c ame a union organi z e r be c aus e he wa n t e d t o j o i n t h e f i g h t t o ame l i o r a t e t h e working conditions in the factory. |
| ample | ADJ. abundant. Bond had ample opportunity to escape. Why did he let us catch him? |
| analogy | N. similarity; parallelism. A well-known analogy compares the body’s immune system to an army whose defending troops are the lymphocytes or white blood cells. analogous, ADJ |
| anarchist | N. person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority. Denying she was an anarchist, Katya maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it entirely. anarchy, N. |
| animosity | N. active enmity. By advocating cuts in campaign spending and limits on congressional powers, the reform candidate seemed almost to invite the animosity of the party’s leaders. |
| antidote | N. medicine to counteract a poison or disease. When Marge’s child accidentally swallowed some cleaning fluid, the local poison control hotline told Marge how to administer the antidote. |
| antiquated | ADJ. old-fashioned; obsolete. Philip had grown so accustomed to editing his articles on word processors that he thought typewriters were too antiquated for him to use. antiquity, N. |
| apathy | N. lack of caring; indifference. A firm believer in democratic government, she could not understand the apathy of people who never bothered to vote. apathetic, ADJ. |
| apocryphal | ADJ. untrue; made up. To impress his friends, Ted invented apocryphal tales of his adventures in the big city. |
| appease | V. pacify or soothe; relieve. Tom and Jody tried to appease their crying baby by offering him one toy after another. However, t h e y c o u l d n ’ t c a l m h i m d o w n u n t i l t h e y appeased his hunger by giving him a bottle. |
| apprehension | N. fear; discernment; capture. |
| arable | ADJ. fit for growing crops. The first settlers wrote home glowing reports of the New World, praising its vast acres of arable land ready for the plow. |
| arbitrary | ADJ. unreasonable or capricious; randomly selected without any reason; based solely on one’s unrestricted will or judgment. The c o a c h c l a i m e d t h e t e a m l o s t b e c a u s e t h e umpire made some arbitrary calls |
| ardor | N. heat; passion; zeal. Katya’s ardor was catching; soon all her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out f l y e r s , i n s p i r e d b y h e r e n t h u s i a sm f o r t h e cause. ardent, ADJ. |
| arid | dry, barren |
| articulate | ADJ. effective; distinct. Her articulate p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e a d v e r t i s i n g c a m p a i g n impressed her employers so much that they put her in charge of the project. also V |
| artifact | N. object made by human beings, either handmade or mass-produced. Archaeologists debated the significance of the artifacts discovered in the ruins of Asia Minor but came to no conclusion about the culture they represented. |
| artisan | N. manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist. Elderly artisans from Italy trained Harlem teenagers to carve the stone figures that would decorate the new wing of the cathedral. |
| founder | V. fail completely; sink. After hitting the submerged iceberg, the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon foundered. |
| frail | ADJ. weak. The sickly child seemed too frail to lift the heavy carton. |
| frivolous | ADJ. lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant. |
| furtive | ADJ. stealthy; sneaky. Noticing the furtive glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter, the jeweler wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter on his hands. |
| futile | ADJ. ineffective; fruitless. Why waste your time on futile pursuits? |
| galvinize | V. stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize. News that the prince was almost at their door galvanized the ugly stepsisters into a frenzy of combing and primping. |
| garbled | ADJ. mixed up; jumbled; distorted. A favorite party game involves passing a whispered message from one person to another, till, by the time it reaches the last player, the message is totally garbled. |
| germane | ADJ. pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand. The judge would not allow the testimony to be heard by the jury because it was not germane to the case. |
| glib | A D J. f luent ; f a c i l e ; s l i ck. Ke eping up a steady patter to entertain his customers, the kitchen gadget salesman was a glib speaker, never at a loss for a word. |
| glutton | N. someone who eats too much; greedy person. Who is the glutton who ate up all the chocolate chip cookies I made for dessert? gluttonous, ADJ. |
| gorge | N. small, steep-walled canyon. The whitewater rafting guide warned us about the rapids f a r t h e r d o w n s t r e a m , w h e r e t h e r i v e r c u t through a narrow gorge. |
| grandiose | ADJ. pretentious; high-flown; ridicul o u s l y e x a g g e r a t e d ; imp r e s s i v e . T h e a g e d matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world. |
| gratify | V. please. Amy’s success in her new job gratified her parents. |
| gratuitous | A D J. g i v e n f r e e l y ; u nwa r r a n t e d ; unprovoked. Who asked you to comment? We don’t need any gratuitous criticism from someone who has no business dissing us. |
| gravity | N. seriousness. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the gravity of the principal’s expression. (secondary meaning) grave, ADJ. |
| gregarious | ADJ. sociable. Typically, partygoers are gregarious; hermits are not. |
| grievance | N. c aus e of compl a int . When he r supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union. |
| grudging | ADJ. unwilling; reluctant; stingy. We r e c e i v e d o n l y g r u d g i n g s u p p o r t f r o m t h e mayor despite his earlier promises of aid |
| guile | N. deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning. Iago uses considerable guile to trick Othello i n t o b e l i e v i n g t h a t D e s d e m o n a h a s b e e n unfaithful. |
| hackneyed | commonplace |
| hallowed | ADJ. blessed; consecrated. Although the dead girl’s parents had never been active churchgoers, they insisted that their daughter be buried in hallowed ground. |
| hamper | V. obstruct. The new mother didn’t realize how much the effort of caring for an infant would hamper her ability to keep an immaculate house. |
| harrass | annoy by repeated attacks; torment. |
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