| Question |
Answer |
| entrance |
put under a spell(condition caused by magical power); carry away(fill with strong feeling) with emotion; put into a trance; fill with delight |
| heterogeneous |
dissimilar; mixed; not homogeneous; consisting of dissimilar elements or plants |
| temperate |
moderate; restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature; CF. temperance: moderation and self-restraint; abstinence of alcoholic drinks; Ex. temperance society |
| glamor |
compelling charm; ADJ. glamorous |
| disinterested |
unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective |
| mosaic |
picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles; ADJ. |
| arboreal |
of or living in trees |
| uninhibited |
unrepressed; free in behavior and feelings |
| amnesty |
pardon (allowed by government to political criminals) |
| stint |
supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint |
| spin |
rotate swiftly; make (thread) by twisting (cotton, wool, etc.); N. |
| grumble |
complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N. |
| recondite |
abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret |
| consonance |
harmony; agreement |
| enduring |
lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain or suffering) for a long time; remain alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive |
| concave |
hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex |
| forward |
presumptuous or bold |
| astigmatism |
eye defect which prevents proper focus; OP. stigmatism |
| singular |
being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular beauty/behavior |
| augury |
omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future) |
| tribulation |
suffering; ordeal; distress; trial |
| cater |
provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind) |
| sartorial |
pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor |
| slur |
slander; insult to one's character or reputation; V. |
| quarry |
person or animal of pursuit; victim; object of a hunt; prey |
| queue |
line (of waiting people or vehicles) |
| funereal |
sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral |
| genre |
particular variety of art or literature |
| amphibian |
able to live both on land and in water; N. |
| ineluctable |
irresistible; not to be escaped; unavoidable |
| appall |
dismay; shock deeply |
| analgesia |
condition of being unable to feel pain |
| resign |
give up (a position, right, or claim); submit (oneself) passively |
| pang |
sudden sharp feeling of pain |
| incontinent |
lacking self-restraint; not continent; licentious |
| stickler |
perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right |
| inclined |
tending or leaning toward; bent; V. incline: slant; dispose; be disposed; tend |
| episodic |
(of a story or play) loosely connected; made up of separate and loosely connected parts; N. episode: incident in the course of an experience |
| seasonable |
occurring at the proper time or season; opportune; Ex. seasonable intervention in the dispute |
| astringent |
binding; causing contraction (stopping bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent; Ex. astringent criticism |
| quotidian |
daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine |
| stanza |
division of a poem (composed of two or more lines) |
| sentinel |
sentry; lookout |
| saga |
Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative |
| aristocracy |
hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat |
| innuendo |
indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint; insinuation; Ex. sexual innuendo |
| rag |
scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance |
| conducive |
helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards |
| slight |
insult to one's dignity; snub; V: treat as if of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ. small in size; of small importance |
| tout |
promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise |
| repugnance |
disgust; strong dislike; loathing; ADJ. repugnant: arousing disgust; repulsive |
| cue |
word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance); reminder or hint; V: give a cue to |
| soliloquy |
talking to oneself (esp. in a play); CF. monologue: soliloquy; long speech by one person (often monopolizing a conversation) |
| fruition |
bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization; Ex. come to/be brought to fruition |
| termination |
end; V. terminate |
| intermittent |
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals |
| jocose |
given to(having a tendency of) joking |
| blasphemy |
irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege |
| consummate |
complete; V. |
| consequential |
self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent |
| gainsay |
deny |
| abolish |
cancel; put an end to |
| convivial |
pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial |
| gawk |
stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe |
| betray |
be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety. |
| cession |
yielding to another; ceding |
| cogent |
convincing |
| flaunt |
display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey, if you've got it, flaunt it !'' |
| chaperon |
older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman |
| conspire |
take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties. |
| clemency |
disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement |
| nostrum |
questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy) |
| scrutinize |
examine closely and critically; N. scrutiny |
| archetype |
prototype; primitive pattern |
| trite |
hackneyed; commonplace |
| codify |
arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs |
| conflagration |
great fire |
| subliminal |
below the threshold of conscious perception; Ex. subliminal advertisement |
| duplicity |
double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous |
| epithet |
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous) |
| peon |
landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage |
| thematic |
of a theme; relating to a unifying motif or idea |
| plight |
difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament |
| cohorts |
group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome) |
| labile |
likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability |
| panegyric |
formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics. |
| apothecary |
druggist; pharmacist |
| requisition |
formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V. |
| ample |
enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space |
| unassuaged |
unsatisfied; not soothed |
| exigency |
urgent situation; ADJ. exigent |
| voodoo |
religion practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| furrow |
long shallow trench made by a plow; deep wrinkle in the skin; V. |
| gerontocracy |
government ruled by old people |
| rarefied |
made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction |
| madrigal |
pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments |
| multilingual |
having many languages; fluent in several languages |
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