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Stack #204046
Barron's h9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| demented | insane |
| subsume | include (as a member of a group); encompass |
| shun | keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex. She has been shunned by her neighbors. |
| unimpeachable | that cannot be impeached; beyond doubt or question; blameless and exemplary |
| retard | delay (in development); ADJ. retarded: (as of a child) slower in development |
| toga | Roman outer robe |
| decree | authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree |
| conversant | familiar with; having knowledge of |
| douse | plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse |
| brooch | ornamental clasp; pin |
| indict | charge; N. indictment |
| gossamer | sheer; very light; like cobwebs; N: soft and sheer fabric; cobweb |
| pyromaniac | person with an insane desire to set things on fire |
| husband | use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex. husband one's energy; CF. house holder |
| ovoid | egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate |
| desecrate | profane; violate the sanctity of |
| relinquish | give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm |
| pervasive | spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells, ideas, feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate |
| ineffable | unutterable; not to be uttered; taboo; that cannot be expressed in speech; indescribable; unspeakable; inexpressible; Ex. ineffable name/joy |
| abstract | theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational |
| disproportion | lack of proportion (between the parts); ADJ. disproportionate |
| crevice | crack; fissure |
| extenuate | weaken; mitigate; lessen the seriousness of (bad behavior) |
| apathy | lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic |
| secrete | conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism; CF. secretive |
| meteoric | like a meteor; swift; momentarily brilliant; Ex. meteoric rise to fame; N. meteor |
| vertex | summit; highest point; PL. vertices |
| raspy | making a harsh noise; grating; harsh |
| authoritative | having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive |
| tatter | torn piece of cloth; ADJ. tattered: (of clothes) old and torn; (of a person) dressed in old torn clothes |
| discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |
| recidivism | habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist |
| commonplace | ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark |
| pandemic | widespread; affecting the majority of people; N: pandemic disease; CF. all people |
| prodigious | enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory |
| glib | fluent (with insincerity or superficiality); facile; slick |
| effusion | pouring forth; unrestrained outpouring of feeling; V. effuse: pour out; ADJ. effusive: pouring forth; gushing |
| imprecation | curse; swearword |
| replicate | reproduce; duplicate |
| hibernal | wintry; wintery; of or like winter |
| unsullied | untarnished; CF. sully |
| figure | written symbols;amount represented in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human body; person(well-known); group in a dance;Ex.figure of speech;V.calculate with numbers;adorn with figures; appear;consider;Ex.My name did not figure in the list |
| goad | urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually |
| sow | plant or scatter seed |
| requite | make return for; repay; reciprocate; revenge; N. requittal |
| flicker | burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement |
| reciprocal | mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable; interacting; Ex. reciprocal trade agreement |
| laud | praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise |
| expunge | cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase |
| notch | V-shaped cut in a surface; V. |
| translucent | partly transparent |
| repellent | driving away; disgusting; offensive; repulsive; unattractive; N. |
| institution | instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom, practice, or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage |
| obstinate | stubborn; hard to control or treat; Ex. obstinate cough; N. obstinacy |
| riveting | holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing |
| formality | ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality |
| hinterlands | back country; inner part of a country; OP. foreland |
| satyr | half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man |
| throttle | strangle; regulate the speed of with a throttle; N: valve that regulates the flow; CF. throat ? |
| faction | party; clique (within a large group); dissension |
| pinion | restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs; N: bird's wing |
| filch | steal (things of small value) |
| sportive | playful; frolicsome; merry; CF. sport: play or frolic; CF. sportsmanlike |
| spontaneity | lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint; ADJ. spontaneous: self-generated; unpremeditated; happening without being planned |
| concede | admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal |
| galleon | large three-masted sailing ship |
| dissemble | disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend |
| missive | letter; written statement; CF. sent |
| temporize | gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself |
| veracity | truthfulness; adherence to the truth |
| valedictory | pertaining to farewell; N: farewell address (esp. at graduation exercises) |
| tithe | tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church); V: pay a tithe |
| lexicographer | compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary |
| plumage | feathers of a bird; |
| molecule | the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance |
| turmoil | extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion; Ex. throw the country into turmoil |
| endue | provide with some quality; endow |
| parsimony | stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious |
| gouge | tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in wood |
| homely | not good-looking; unattractive |
| trajectory | path taken by a projectile; Ex. trajectory of a bullet |
| gallows | framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging) |
| censorious | severely critical |
| aggregate | sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars |
| gnarled | twisted |
| beeline | direct quick route |
| baroque | highly ornate |
| anecdote | short story of an amusing or interesting event |
| serendipity | gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip |
| lackluster | lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull |
| flag | droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging |
| egoism | excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others; selfishness; ADJ. egoistic, egoistical |
| gazette | official periodical publication; newspaper |
| scurvy | contemptible; despicable; N: disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C |
| stringent | (of rules) binding; rigid; marked by scarcity of money; Ex. stringent economic conditions |
| unwitting | not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know |
| patois | local or provincial dialect |
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