Sandlier E 1-7 Review

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open to or marked by bribery or corruption

venal

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coming at a bad time; not appropriate

inopportune

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suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic

ironic

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comfort, relief; to comfort, console

solace

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to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

brandish

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skillfull; nimble

deft

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definite, clearly stated

explicit

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to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value. (contaminate, pollute)

adulterate

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considered beforehand, deliberately planned

premeditated

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unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

ominous

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meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

officious

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to reguard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

abhor

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roomy, spacious

commodious

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eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic

corrosive

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to involve in; to connect with or be related to

implicate

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to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

inter

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a strict disciplinary; a stickler for the rules

martinet

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deserving blame or punishment

reprehensible

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loud and noisy; compelling attention

vociferous

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to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer

waive

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a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickerysyn: ruse, stratagem, contrivance

artifice

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cowardly; a cowardsyn: fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous

craven

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an enemy, opponent (antagonist, rival, foe )

adversary

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associated, connected

Affiliated

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to give or pass as an inheritance

bequeath

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to move toward one point, approach nearer together

converge

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spiteful, showing ill will

manevolent

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knowing everything, having unlimited awareness or understanding

Omniscient

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a remedy for all ills, cure all, an answer to all problems

panacea

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proud and contempuous, showing scorn because of a feeling or superiority

supercilious

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strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

uncanny

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unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others

alturistic

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marked by honor, courtesy, and courage, knightly

chivalrous

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mercy, humaneness, mildness, moderateness

clemency

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a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply, a famine

dearth

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shy, lacking self confidence, modest, reserved

diffident

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a difference, lack of agreement

discrepancy

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unconquerable, refusing to yeild

indomitable

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free from error, absolutely dependable

infallible

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extremely poisonous, full of malice, spiteful

virulent

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fierce and cruel, agressive, deadly, destructive, scathingly harsh

truculent

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(v) to slap or cuff, to strike repeatedly; to drive of force with blows; to force ones way with difficulty (n) slap, blow

buffet

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(n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position, decease, passing away

demise

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(adj) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude blustery, tempestuous, implacable

inclement

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(adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded trivial, inconsequential, insignificant

negligible

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(v) to make long lasting, permanent continue, preserve

perpetuate

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(n) an example that serves as a basis for later action guide, tradition, model

precedent

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(adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment penalizing, retaliatory

punitive

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(adj) refined in manner or style elegant, suave

urbane

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(v) to make larger enlarge, supplement, amplify

augment

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(adj, participle) deprived of, made unhappy through a loss, bereaved

bereft

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(v) to position or arrange station, organize

deploy

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(n) an external appearance, cover, mask costume, semblance, pretense

guise

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(adj) intended to deiceve or enrap, sly, treacherous cunning, underhanded,

insidious

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(n) a hint, indirect suggestion clue, indication, inkling

intimation

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(v) to say again restate, rehash, recapitulate

reiterate

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(adj) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant provisional

tentative

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(adj) skillful in the use of hands or mind clever, deft, dexterous, slick

adroit

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(adj) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling dislinclined, loath

averse

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(adj) hasty, not thorough quick, superficial, perfunctory

cursory

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(n) treachery, deceitfulness fraud, chicanery

duplicity

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(adj) possible to be done workable, practicable, viable

feasible

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(adj) not affected or hurt by; admitting no passage or entrance impenetrable, resistant

impervious

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(n) a longing for something past homesickness

nostalgia

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(n) the purest form of something; the most typical example paragon, exemplar

quintessence

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danger

jeopardy

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a moving force, impulse, stimulus

impetus

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