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Stack #204106
Barron's h10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| exact | demand and obtain by force; Ex. exact a promise from him; N. exaction |
| emaciated | thin and wasted (from hunger or illness) |
| guileless | without deceit |
| centaur | mythical figure, half man and half horse |
| droop | bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N. |
| finished | properly made and complete; Ex. finished product/performance |
| imbibe | drink in |
| dissertation | formal essay; treatise |
| discursive | (of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan) |
| dappled | spotted |
| servitude | slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment |
| humor | indulge; comply with the wishes of; N. quality that makes something amusing; state of mind; mood; Ex. in a bad humor; Ex. out of humor |
| drudgery | hard unpleasant work; menial work |
| apex | tip; summit; climax; highest point |
| lancet | small surgical tool for making incisions |
| smart | intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain |
| foul | very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a foul |
| negate | cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation |
| comestible | something fit to be eaten |
| plump | pleasantly fat; nicely rounded |
| interdict | prohibit; forbid; N. |
| urgent | compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands |
| isotope | varying from of an element |
| gusto | eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm |
| nihilist | one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic; revolutionary terrorist; belief that nothing has meaning or value; belief that destruction of existing institutions is necessary for future improvement |
| obliterate | destroy completely; wipe out; Ex. obliterate the village |
| sleek | smooth and shining (as from good health); V. |
| relapse | return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N. |
| acetic | vinegary |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness; flippant; self-indulgently carefree; unworthy of serious attention; relatively unimportant; trivial |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| insouciant | without concern or care; unconcerned; indifferent |
| commodious | spacious and comfortable |
| prize | pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship) |
| rapture | great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturous |
| grotto | small cavern |
| macerate | soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper |
| incite | arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist; Ex. incite a riot/the crowd to rebellion |
| crass | very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior |
| yore | time long past; Ex. in the days of yore |
| calorific | heat-producing; N. calorie |
| rake | immoral or dissolute person |
| invective | abuse |
| judicious | sound on judgment; wise |
| categorical | without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute |
| chafe | warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N. |
| captious | faultfinding; too critical |
| expropriate | take possession of (often for public use and without payment) |
| palm | conceal in the palm of the hand; palm off: pass off; Ex. palm off some bad oranges onto the lady/the painting as a real Renoir |
| intermediary | intermediate; acting as a mediator; N: mediator; go-between |
| implode | burst inward; CF. vaccum tube |
| credo | creed |
| malapropism | comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop |
| pretension | pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist. |
| stint | set limits in amount or number; be thrifty; ADJ. stinting, unstinting; CF. stint:savings |
| lubricate | apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant: substance that reduces friction |
| advert | refer |
| comely | attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance |
| ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions |
| bereaved | deprived of (someone beloved through death) |
| glutton | someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much |
| lurk | stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived |
| profound | deep; not superficial; complete; Ex. profound thinker/remark/silence/deafness; N. profundity |
| stipend | pay for services |
| mountebank | charlatan; boastful pretender |
| parchment | writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat |
| cursory | casual; hastily done with little attention to detail |
| vilify | slander; speak evil of; N. vilification |
| doom | condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin; fate (esp. a tragic or ruinous one); V. |
| apposite | appropriate; fitting |
| hem | surround tightly so that movement is impossible; Ex. hem in; N. |
| venom | poison (of an animal); hatred; Ex. remarks full of venom; ADJ. venomous |
| retort | quick sharp reply; V. |
| saline | salty |
| plausible | conceivably true; having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious |
| gall | annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation |
| foster | rear; bring up (for a certain period only); encourage; promote the development of (feelings or ideas); Ex. help foster friendly relations; ADJ: giving parental care although not related by blood; Ex. foster parents |
| mortician | undertaker; CF. death |
| legerdemain | sleight(dexterity) of hand; CF. light of hand |
| obsessive | related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying; N. obsession: compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea; compulsive idea; V. obsess: preoccupy the mind of excessively |
| respiration | breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory |
| charisma | divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism |
| empirical | based on experience |
| causal | implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality |
| barterer | trader; V. barter: trade; exchange good for other goods rather than money |
| fundamental | basic; primary; essential |
| hostility | unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ. hostile |
| breed | produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant |
| gravity | seriousness; ADJ. grave |
| enact | make (a bill) into law |
| demur | object (because of doubts, scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday |
| manumit | emancipate; free from slavery or bondage |
| omnipresent | universally present; ubiquitous |
| condole | express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow |
| sour | having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V. |
| relic | surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X. |
| reckon | count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose |
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