| Question |
Answer |
| belie |
contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure. |
| rehabilitate |
restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of |
| bland |
soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence |
| compulsion |
compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse |
| venison |
meat of a deer; CF. cow: beef; CF. pig: pork, ham, bacon; CF. calf: veal; CF. sheep: mutton; CF. lamb: lamb |
| euphoria |
feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded; baseless) well-being; feeling of great happiness or well-being (when unreasonable); ADJ. euphoriaric |
| tumid |
(of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous |
| tempo |
speed of music |
| scapegoat |
someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat |
| shove |
push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing and shoving to get on the bus; N. |
| tensile |
capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber |
| bound |
leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; CF. bounce, rebound |
| tutelary |
protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities |
| odyssey |
long, eventful, adventurous journey |
| abstemious |
sparing in eating and drinking; temperate |
| gale |
windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughters, tears); Ex. gale of laughter |
| sentimental |
swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments |
| barb |
sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark |
| beneficial |
helpful; useful; advantageous |
| billow |
large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows |
| verisimilar |
having the appearance of truth or reality; probable or likely to be true; plausible |
| ravage |
devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms |
| disconsolate |
hopelessly sad (at the loss of something) |
| outmoded |
no longer in fashion or use; no longer stylish; old-fashioned |
| ruminate |
chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over(ponder) |
| epigram |
witty thought or saying, usually short |
| mealymouthed |
indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive |
| unerringly |
infallibly; ADJ. unerring: making no mistakes |
| arcane |
esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener |
| founder |
person who establishes (an organization or business) |
| disgruntle |
make discontented |
| monastic |
related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns |
| unfaltering |
steadfast; firm; not changing |
| porous |
full of pores; like a sieve |
| snip |
short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with scissors |
| canto |
division of a long poem |
| elliptical |
elliptic; oval; of an ellipse; containing an ellipsis; ambiguous either purposely or because key words have been left out |
| tractable |
docile; easily managed; (of something) easily changed or molded; N. tractability |
| tantamount |
equivalent in effect or value; Ex. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war; CF. amount |
| abbreviate |
shorten |
| superfluous |
excessive; overabundant; unnecessary; N. superfluity |
| unassuming |
modest; Ex. the champion's unassuming manner |
| mannerism |
distinctive behavioral trait; affected style in art (according to a set of styles) |
| inalienable |
not to be taken away; nontransferable; Ex. inalienable rights |
| ephemeral |
short-lived; fleeting |
| trough |
long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.); long narrow depression as between waves |
| morbid |
given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N. morbidity; CF. disease |
| grandiose |
affectedly grand; pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive; great in size or scope; grand; Ex. grandiose ideas |
| itinerant |
wandering; traveling from place to place (to perform work); Ex. itinerant preacher |
| onslaught |
vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy |
| executor |
person designated to execute the terms of a will; ¿¹Œú ÀÛÇ°ÀÇ ÁŠÀÛÀÚ |
| verbalize |
put into words; ADJ. verbal: of words; spoken rather than written; oral; of a verb |
| exemplify |
show by example; furnish an example; serve as an example of; Ex. His pictures exemplify that sort of painting. |
| expostulation |
protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate |
| temerity |
boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day's work |
| misanthrope |
one who hates mankind; misanthropist |
| manipulate |
operate with one's hands; control or play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully; maneuver; Ex. how to manipulate publicity and men; ADJ. manipulative |
| gall |
bitterness of feeling; nerve; effrontery; ŽãÁó(bile); CF. gall bladder |
| obloquy |
slander; disgrace; infamy |
| tint |
slight degree of color; V: give a tint to |
| avarice |
greediness for wealth |
| flutter |
(of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N. |
| transpire |
(of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores |
| gracious |
kind in a generous way (to someone less important) |
| console |
lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation |
| bravado |
swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery |
| unsavory |
distasteful; disagreeable; morally offensive; Ex. unsavory activity/reputation |
| claustrophobia |
fear of being locked in |
| dispirited |
lacking in spirit |
| historical |
connected with history; based on events in history (whether regarded as important or not) |
| circuit |
closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place |
| elaborate |
work out carefully; add more detail or information; ADJ. |
| censure |
blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval |
| vampire |
ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living |
| obnoxious |
offensive; disagreeable; Ex. obnoxious smell |
| cubicle |
small chamber used for sleeping or work |
| residual |
remaining; left over; of a residue; N: residue |
| vogue |
popular fashion; Ex. Jeans became the vogue. |
| cardiologist |
doctor specializing in ailments of the heart |
| purveyor |
furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide |
| spatial |
relating to space |
| trance |
hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition |
| frail |
weak; N. frailty |
| incorporeal |
without a material body; insubstantial |
| sear |
burn the surface of; char or burn; brand; parch; cause (a plant) to wither |
| chimerical |
fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature |
| megalomania |
mania for doing grandiose things; mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth, power, or importance |
| caliber |
ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber |
| discord |
conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance (when musical notes are played) |
| insubordination |
disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate |
| granary |
storehouse for grain |
| moratorium |
legal delay of payment or action; Ex. declare moratorium on the building of new houses |
| intolerant |
not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate |
| contest |
dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N. |
| natty |
neatly or smartly dressed; dapper; smart; Ex. natty dresser |
| uxorious |
excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife |
| reproach |
blame (not angrily but sadly); express disapproval or disappointment; N. ADJ. reproachful |
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