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Stack #198614
Barron's h2
| 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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