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Revision List 1
31-10-2007
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 402 expedite | Speed up the progress, Do it efficiently "Handle this correspondence expeditiously" edit delete dispute |
| 404 recalcitrant | resisting authority or control; hard to deal with, manage, or operate. "Donkeys are reputed to be the most recalcitrant of animals." edit delete dispute |
| 405 histrionic | of or pertaining to actors or acting edit delete dispute |
| 406 parched | To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat "The midsummer sun parched the earth." edit delete dispute |
| 407 anhydrous | Without water, especially water of crystallization. edit delete dispute |
| 408 tempestuous | tumultuous; turbulent edit delete dispute |
| 409 pedestrian | lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull edit delete dispute |
| 410 perjure | To make (oneself) guilty of perjury by deliberately testifying falsely under oath. edit delete dispute |
| 411 portent | An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen; also a prodigy edit delete dispute |
| 412 glower | to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger. edit delete dispute |
| 413 arboreal | living in trees edit delete dispute |
| 414 veal | meat from calf edit delete dispute |
| 415 olfactory | of or pertaining to the sense of smell edit delete dispute |
| 416 effusive | Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; also Profuse; overflowing edit delete dispute |
| 417 traduce | malign, slander edit delete dispute |
| 418 incandescent | intensely bright; brilliant. Also masterly; extraordinarily lucid edit delete dispute |
| 419 venison | meat from deer edit delete dispute |
| 420 ribald | vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous. edit delete dispute |
| 421 turgid | swollen; distended; tumid edit delete dispute |
| 422 iridescent | displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow. edit delete dispute |
| 423 sidereal | related to stars edit delete dispute |
| 424 millinery | women's hats and other articles made or sold by milliners. edit delete dispute |
| 425 preamble | introduction to the constitute, statute edit delete dispute |
| 426 wanderlust | strong desire to travel. edit delete dispute |
| 427 stratus | a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base edit delete dispute |
| 428 wane | grow small edit delete dispute |
| 429 wax | grow big edit delete dispute |
| 430 hone | whetstone used for sharpening tools. To sharpen (a skill) edit delete dispute |
| 431 gavel | a small mallet used by the presiding officer of a meeting, a judge, etc., usually to signal for attention or order. edit delete dispute |
| 432 shoat | young pig edit delete dispute |
| 433 drone | to say in a dull, monotonous tone. edit delete dispute |
| 434 taunt | to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock. edit delete dispute |
| 435 prune | to cut or lop superfluous or undesired twigs, branches, or roots from; trim. Also a dried plum edit delete dispute |
| 436 flurry | light snow shower edit delete dispute |
| 437 lull | to soothe or quiet; a temporary calm, quiet, or stillness edit delete dispute |
| 438 doughty | Marked by fearless resolution; valiant; brave. edit delete dispute |
| 439 sapid | Having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant flavor; agreeable, to one's liking edit delete dispute |
| 440 ruse | a trick, stratagem, or artifice. edit delete dispute |
| 441 prig | A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner. edit delete dispute |
| 442 abrade | to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing. edit delete dispute |
| 443 dyslexia | reading disorder edit delete dispute |
| 444 heckler | to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions edit delete dispute |
| 445 bluster | to be loud, noisy, or swaggering; utter loud, empty menaces or protests edit delete dispute |
| 446 fallow | (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated. edit delete dispute |
| 447 bunglar | to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch edit delete dispute |
| 448 reprimand | to reprove or rebuke severely, esp. in a formal way. edit delete dispute |
| 449 itinerary | a detailed plan for a journey, esp. a list of places to visit; plan of travel. edit delete dispute |
| 450 supplicate | to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition. edit delete dispute |
| 451 hobble | to walk lamely; limp. edit delete dispute |
| 452 troupe | a company, band, or group performers, esp. one that travels about. edit delete dispute |
| 453 jeer | to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely; taunt "Don't jeer unless you can do better." edit delete dispute |
| 454 underscore | to stress; emphasize edit delete dispute |
| 455 inadvertent | unintentional edit delete dispute |
| 456 shirk | avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" edit delete dispute |
| 457 abstemious | sparing or moderate in eating and drinking "an abstemious diet." edit delete dispute |
| 458 ossify | to convert into or cause to harden like bone. edit delete dispute |
| 459 inordinate | not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive "He drank an inordinate amount of wine." edit delete dispute |
| 460 conundrum | a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper. edit delete dispute |
| 461 indigence | seriously impoverished condition; poverty. edit delete dispute |
| 462 agrarian | relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property edit delete dispute |
| 463 incentive | something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity. edit delete dispute |
| 464 apellation | a name, title, or designation. edit delete dispute |
| 465 apparition | a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. a ghost "a ghostly apparition at midnight." edit delete dispute |
| 466 undermine | to weaken or cause to collapse by removing underlying support; to injure edit delete dispute |
| 467 pry | to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something "to pry into the personal affairs of others." edit delete dispute |
| 468 roster | a list of persons or groups with their turns or periods of duty. As in military edit delete dispute |
| 469 fearsome | causing fear, awe or respect edit delete dispute |
| 470 inundate | to flood; cover or overspread with water edit delete dispute |
| 471 veneer | a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood. edit delete dispute |
| 472 gild | to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance. edit delete dispute |
| 473 emigrate | to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate edit delete dispute |
| 474 decamp | to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously edit delete dispute |
| 475 artery | A major route of transportation into which local routes; highway edit delete dispute |
| 476 burgeon | to grow or develop quickly; flourish "The town burgeoned into a city." edit delete dispute |
| 477 plumb | a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. edit delete dispute |
| 478 chestnut | overused anecdote edit delete dispute |
| 479 seine | A large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top. edit delete dispute |
| 480 totter | to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness. Or childishly edit delete dispute |
| 481 badger | to harass or urge persistently; pester; nag edit delete dispute |
| 482 besiege | to assail or ply, as with requests or demands; plead persistantly edit delete dispute |
| 483 gall | impudence; effrontery. edit delete dispute |
| 484 confound | to perplex or amaze, esp. by a sudden disturbance or surprise "The complicated directions confounded him." edit delete dispute |
| 485 yearn | to have an earnest or strong desire; long; to feel moves "to yearn for a quiet vacation.They yearned over their delicate child." edit delete dispute |
| 486 stark | sheer, utter, downright, or complete; also extremely simple or severe "stark madness." "a stark interior." edit delete dispute |
| 487 digerati | people skilled with or knowledgeable about digital technologies, esp. computers and the Internet. edit delete dispute |
| 488 vainglory | excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity. edit delete dispute |
| 489 fleece | to deprive of money or belongings by fraud, hoax, or the like; swindle He fleeced the stranger of several dollars. edit delete dispute |
| 490 dissimulate | to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival. edit delete dispute |
| 491 castigated | to criticize or reprimand severely; to punish in order to correct. edit delete dispute |
| 492 inculpate | to charge with fault; blame; accuse. edit delete dispute |
| 493 drub | to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash. edit delete dispute |
| 494 adulate | to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely. edit delete dispute |
| 495 redound | to have a good/bad effect or result, as to the (dis)advantage of a person Glory redounds upon the brave. edit delete dispute |
| 496 lionize | to treat (a person) as a celebrity to lionize the visiting poet. edit delete dispute |
| 497 confound | to perplex or amaze, esp. by surprise; bewilder; confuse The complicated directions confounded him. edit delete dispute |
| 498 adumbrate | to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch. edit delete dispute |
| 499 dissuade | to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something She dissuaded him from leaving home. edit delete dispute |
| 500 conviction | an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence edit delete dispute |
| 501 exacerbate | to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate. edit delete dispute |
| 502 fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion His constant criticism flustered me. edit delete dispute |
| 503 pepper | to pelt with or as if with shot or missiles They peppered the speaker with hard questions. edit delete dispute |
| 504 disseminate | to scatter or spread widely; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse to disseminate information about preventive medicine. edit delete dispute |
| 505 leer | to look with a sideways or oblique glance; a lascivious or sly look. I can't concentrate with you leering at me. edit delete dispute |
| 506 dither | a state of flustered excitement or fear; to act irresolutely; vacillate. edit delete dispute |
| 507 malinger | to pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc. edit delete dispute |
| 508 ail | to be unwell; feel pain; be ill He's been ailing for some time. edit delete dispute |
| 509 lien | The right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt or duty. edit delete dispute |
| 510 florid | flowery; excessively ornate; showy florid writing. edit delete dispute |
| 511 embellish | to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn edit delete dispute |
| 512 decry | to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country. edit delete dispute |
| 513 engender | to produce, cause, or give rise to Hatred engenders violence. edit delete dispute |
| 514 excoriate | remove skin, flay; also to denounce or berate severely, flay verbally edit delete dispute |
| 515 vitiate | to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil edit delete dispute |
| 516 salutary | favorable to or promoting health; healthful. edit delete dispute |
| 517 presage | An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen. edit delete dispute |
| 518 blindside | to attack critically where a person is vulnerable, uninformed edit delete dispute |
| 519 efficacy | capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness a remedy of great efficacy. edit delete dispute |
| 520 dissipation | to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel. edit delete dispute |
| 521 repudiate | to reject as having no authority or binding force to repudiate a claim. edit delete dispute |
| 522 inchoate | not yet completed; rudimentary; also just begun, incipient edit delete dispute |
| 523 rescind | to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal. edit delete dispute |
| 524 occlude | To cause to become closed; obstruct occlude an artery. occlude light; occlude the flow of blood. edit delete dispute |
| 525 vile | wretchedly vile; menial; of no value edit delete dispute |
| 526 comportment | personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior. edit delete dispute |
| 527 supercede | To take the place of; replace; To cause to be set aside edit delete dispute |
| 528 contravene | to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to violate, infringe, or transgress edit delete dispute |
| 529 supplanted | To displace and substitute for (another) The word processor has largely supplanted electric typewriters. edit delete dispute |
| 530 ominous | portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious an ominous bank of dark clouds. edit delete dispute |
| 531 contumacious | stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient. edit delete dispute |
| 532 rue | sorrow; repentance; regret. edit delete dispute |
| 533 allay | to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet; to lessen or relieve; mitigate; alleviate edit delete dispute |
| 534 wield | To exercise (authority or influence, for example) effectively. edit delete dispute |
| 535 scathe | to attack with severe criticism. edit delete dispute |
| 536 beguile | to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude. edit delete dispute |
| 537 augur | to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate. edit delete dispute |
| 538 asseverate | to declare earnestly or solemnly; affirm positively; aver. edit delete dispute |
| 539 baleful | full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious. edit delete dispute |
| 540 assay | to examine or analyze to assay a situation edit delete dispute |
| 541 bilge | to bulge or swell out edit delete dispute |
| 542 blandish | to coax or influence by gentle flattery; cajole They blandished the guard into letting them through the gate. edit delete dispute |
| 543 bedizen | to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner. edit delete dispute |
| 544 burnish | to make smooth and bright. edit delete dispute |
| 545 revel | to take great pleasure or delight (usually fol. by in) to revel in luxury. edit delete dispute |
| 546 upheaval | strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society edit delete dispute |
| 547 percolate | to pass through a porous substance; filter; ooze; seep; trickle. edit delete dispute |
| 548 parlance | a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom legal parlance. |
| mendicate | to beg |
| cauterize | to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, esp. for curative purposes; treat with a cautery. |
| transgress | to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.) to transgress bounds of prudence. |
| exhorbitant | exceeding bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount to charge an exorbitant price |
| despoil | to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage. |
| proclivity | natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition a proclivity to meticulousness. |
| luminosity | the quality of being intellectually brilliant, enlightened, inspired, etc. The luminosity of his poetry is unequaled. |
| vitriol | Bitterly abusive feeling or expression. |
| virtuosity | the character, ability, or skill of a virtuoso;a fondness for or interest in virtu. |
| cavil | to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily He finds something to cavil at in everything I say. |
| cabal | a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority. the plots and schemes of such a group. |
| cachinnate | to laugh loudly or immoderately. |
| cadge | to beg or obtain by begging. |
| calumniate | to make false and malicious statements about; slander. |
| aspersion | a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander casting aspersions on a campaign rival. |
| caparison | rich and sumptuous clothing or equipment. to dress richly; deck. |
| arrant | inpudent; downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious |
| celerity | alacrity; swiftness; speed. |
| felicity | the state of being happy, esp. in a high degree; bliss; pleasing manner marital felicity. |
| denigrate | to speak damagingly of; sully; defame; also to make black rain clouds denigrating the sky. |
| contemn | to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt. |
| defalcate | To misuse funds; embezzle. |
| quotidian | usual or customary; everyday; also ordinary; commonplace paintings of no more than quotidian artistry. |
| deposition | removal from an office or position. |
| expunge | to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate; to efface; wipe out or destroy. |
| denouement | The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result. |
| phlegmatic | not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish. Also calm, or composed |
| decorous | characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. |
| acarpous | not producing fruit; sterile; barren. |
| descant | to comment or discourse at great length. |
| infelicitous | inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos an infelicitous remark. |
| deprecate | to depreciate; belittle. to express earnest disapproval of. |
| continence | self-restraint or abstinence, esp. in regard to sexual activity; temperance; moderation. |
| dissemble | to put on the appearance of; feign to dissemble innocence. |
| cozen | to cheat, deceive, or trick. |
| sanctimonious | making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc |
| decrepit | weakened by old age; feeble; infirm a decrepit man who can hardly walk. |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor. |
| descry | to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy The lookout descried land. |
| wry | twisted; humorous twist |
| gumption | common sense; shrewdness. Also courage; guts. also initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness |
| eschew | to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid |
| concomitant | existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way an event and its concomitant circumstances. |
| demure | characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved. Usually false/affected She was not the whore who lurks under the demure exterior of even the most respectable wife and mother. |
| desuetude | the state of being no longer used or practiced. |
| dilatory | tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy. Your dilatory tactics may compel me to cancel the contract. |
| discomfit | To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert.To thwart the plans of; frustrate. To be discomfited by a question. |
| distrait | inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded. |
| dulcet | pleasant to the ear; melodious. pleasant to the eye or the feelings; the dulcet tones of the cello. |
| dissemble | to put on the appearance of |
| welter | to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea. or tumble about; wallow pigs weltering about happily in the mud. |
| insinuate | to suggest or hint slyly He insinuated that they were lying. |
| provenance | place or source of origin The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined. |
| implore | to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat They implored him to go. |
| affront | deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult an affront to the king. |
| cornucopia | an abundant, overflowing supply. |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible ineffable joy |
| grotesque | odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. |
| fusillade | a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms. |
| motile | moving or capable of moving spontaneously motile cells |
| canvass | to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions etc. Also to examine carefully; investigate by inquiry; discuss; debate. |
| amok | In a frenzy to do violence or kill rioters running amok in the streets. |
| consequential | self-important; pompous. |
| chafe | to wear or abrade by rubbing; to irritate; annoy The dripping of the faucet chafed her nerves. |
| finicky | excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy. |
| entreat | to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg to entreat the judge for mercy. |
| pert | lively; sprightly; in good health. Also boldly forward in speech or behavior; impertinent; saucy. |
| flaccid | soft and limp; not firm; flabby flaccid biceps. |
| penumbra | a shadowy, indefinite, or marginal area. |
| abominate | to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor. |
| pall | to make dull, distasteful, or unpleasant. |
| coy | artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant |
| extrude | to thrust out; force or press out; expel |
| diadem | a cloth headband, sometimes adorned with jewels, formerly worn by Oriental kings. |
| avid | enthusiastic; ardent; dedicated; keen an avid moviegoer. |
| subterfuge | something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity |
| mirth | amusement or laughter He was unable to conceal his mirth. |
| dock | to deduct from (wages) |
| philistine | smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values |
| onus | a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc. |
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