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barrons master words 333
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | subside,moderate |
| aberrant | abnormal;deviant |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abscond | depart secretly and hide |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking;temperate |
| admonish | warn;reprove |
| adulterate | make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
| aesthetic | artistic;dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful |
| aggregate | gather;accumulate |
| alacrity | cheerful promptness;eagerness |
| alleviate | relieve |
| amalgamate | combine;unite in one body |
| ambiguous | unclear or doubtful in meaning |
| ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes |
| ameliorate | improve |
| anachronism | someone or something misplaced in time |
| analogous | comparable |
| anarchy | absence of governing body;state of disorder |
| anomalous | abnormal;irregular |
| antipathy | aversion;dislike |
| apathy | lack of caring;indifference |
| appease | pacify or soothe;relieve |
| apprise | inform |
| approbation | approval |
| appropiate | acquire;take possession of for one's own use |
| arduous | hard;strenous |
| artless | open and honest;without guile(duplicacy) |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial;austere |
| assiduous | diligent;hardworking |
| assuage | ease or lessen;satisfy;soothe |
| attenuate | make thin or weaken |
| audacious | bold;daring |
| austere | forbiddingly stern;severely simple and unornamented |
| autonomous | self-governing |
| aver | state confidently |
| banal | hackneyed;trite;commonplace;lacking originality |
| belie | contradict;give false impression |
| beneficient | kindly;doing good |
| bolster | support;reinforce |
| bombastic | pompous;using inflated language |
| boorish | rude;insensitive |
| burgeon | grow forth;send out buds |
| burnish | make shiny by rubbing;polish |
| buttress | support;prop up |
| cacophonous | discordant;inharmonious |
| capricious | unpredictable;fickle |
| castigation | punishment;severe criticism |
| caustic | burning;sarcastically biting |
| catalyst | agent that brngs about a chemical change |
| chicanery | trickery;deception |
| coagulate | thicken;congeal;clot |
| coda | concluding section of literary or musical composition |
| cogent | convincing |
| commensurate | equal in extent |
| compendium | brief;comprehensive summary |
| complaisant | trying to please;obliging |
| compliant | yeilding;confirming to requirements |
| conciliatory | reconciling;soothing |
| condone | overlook;forgive;excuse |
| confound | confuse;puzzle |
| connoisseur | person competent to act as a judge of art |
| contention | claim;thesis |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| contrite | penitent;repentant |
| conundrum | riddle;difficult problem |
| converge | approach;tend to meet;come together |
| convoluted | coiled around;involved;intricate |
| craven | cowardly |
| daunt | intimidate;frighten |
| decorum | propriety(correct conduct);orderliness and good taste in manners |
| default | failure to act |
| deference | courteous regard for another's wish |
| delineate | portray;sketch;depict |
| denigrate | blacken;defame |
| deride | ridicule;make fun of |
| derivative | unoriginal;obtained from another source |
| desiccate | dry up |
| desultory | aimless;haphazard;lacking purpose |
| deterrent | something that discourages;hinderance |
| diatribe | bitter scolding;invective |
| dichotomy | split;branching into 2 parts(esp contradictory ones) |
| diffidence | shyness |
| diffuse | wordy;rambling;spread out |
| digression | wandering away from the subject |
| dirge | lament with music;song for the dead |
| disabuse | correct a false impression;undeceive |
| discerning | mentally quick and observant;having insight |
| discordant | not harmonious;conflicting |
| discredit | defame;destroy confidence in;disbelieve |
| discrepancy | lack of consistency;difference |
| discrete | separate;unconnected |
| disingenuous | not naive;sophisticated |
| disintrested | unprejudiced |
| disjointed | disconnected |
| disparate | basically different;unrelated |
| dissemble | disguise;pretend |
| disseminate | spread;scatter;distribute |
| dissolution | disintegration;looseness in morals |
| dissonance | discord;opposite of harmony |
| distend | expand or swell out |
| dismiss | reject |
| disparage | belittle |
| distill | purify;refine;concentrate |
| diverge | vary;go in diferent directions from the same point |
| divest | strip;deprive;denude |
| document | provide written evidence |
| dogmatic | opinionated;arbitrary;doctrinal;arrogant |
| dormant | sleeping;lethargic |
| dupe | someone easily fooled |
| ebullient | showing excitement |
| eclectic | selective;composed of elements drwan from disparate sources |
| efficacy | power to produce desired effect |
| effrontery | shameless boldness |
| elegy | poem or song expressing lamentation |
| elicit | drawn out by discusson |
| embellish | adorn;ornament;enhance,as a story |
| emperical | based on experience |
| emulate | imitate with effort to equal or surpass;rival with some degree of success |
| endemic | prevailing among a specific group of ppl or specific area or country |
| enervate | weaken |
| engender | cause;produce |
| enhance | increase;improve |
| ephemeral | short-lived;fleeting |
| equanimity | calmness of temperament;composure |
| equivocate | mislead;attempt to conceal the truth |
| erudite | learned;scholarly |
| esoteric | hard to understand;known to the chosen few |
| eulogy | expression of praise,often on occasion of someone's death |
| euphemism | mild expression in stead of an unpleasant one |
| exacerbate | worsen;embitter |
| exculpate | clear from blame |
| exigeny | urgent situation |
| extrapolation | projection;conjecture |
| facetious | joking(often inappropiately);humorous |
| facilitate | mak less ifficult ;help bring about |
| fallacious | false;misleading |
| fatuous | foolish;inane |
| fawning | courting favor by cringing and flattering |
| felicitious | apt;suitably expresses;well chosen |
| fervor | glowing ardor;intensity of feeling |
| flag | droop;grow feeble |
| fledgling | inexperienced |
| flout | reject;mock |
| foment | stir up;instigate |
| forestall | prevent by taking action in advance |
| frugality | economy;thrifty |
| futile | useless;hopeless;ineffectual |
| gainsay | deny |
| garrulous | loquacious;talkative;wordy |
| goad | urge on |
| gouge | overcharge |
| grandiloquent | pompous;bombastic;using high sounding language |
| gregarious | sociable |
| guileless | without deceit |
| gullible | easily decived |
| harangue | long,pompous,passionate & vehement speech |
| homogenous | of the same kind |
| hyperbole | exaggeration;overstatement |
| iconoclastic | attacking cherished traditions or sacred beliefs |
| idolatry | worship of idols,excessive admiration |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| impair | injure;hurt |
| impassive | without feeling;imperturbable;stoic |
| impede | hinder;block |
| impermeable | impervious;not permitting passage through the substance |
| imperturbable | calm;placid |
| impervious | impenetrable |
| implacable | incapable of being pacified |
| implicit | understood but not stated |
| implode | burst inward |
| inadvertently | unintentionally |
| inchoate | recently begun;rudimentary;elimentary |
| incongruity | lack of harmony;absurdity |
| inconsequential | insignificant;unimportant |
| incorporate | introduce something into a larger whole;combine;unite |
| indeterminate | uncertain;not clearly fixed;indefinite |
| indigence | poverty |
| indolent | lazy |
| inert | inactive;lacking power to move |
| ingenuous | naive & trusting;young;unsophisticated |
| inherent | firmly estd. by nature or habit |
| innocuous | harmless |
| insensible | unconcious;unresponsive |
| insinuate | hint;imply;creep in |
| insipid | lacking in flavor;dull |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness;isolation |
| intractable | unruly;stubborn;unyielding |
| intransigence | refuse of any compromise;stubborness |
| inundate | overwhelm;flood;submerge |
| inured | accustomed;hardened |
| invective | abuse |
| irascible | irritable;easily angered |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act;weak |
| itinerary | plan of a trip |
| laconic | brief & to the point |
| lassitude | languor;weariness;fatigue |
| latent | dormant;potential but undeveloped |
| laud | praise |
| lethargic | drowsy;dull |
| levee | earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding |
| levity | lack of seriousness or steadiness;frivolity |
| log | record of voyage or flight;record of day to day activities |
| loquacious | talkative |
| lucid | easily understood;clear;intelligible |
| luminous | shining;issuing light |
| magnanimity | liberal & generosity |
| malingerer | one who feigns(pretends) illness to escape duty |
| malleable | capable of being shaped by pounding |
| maverick | rebel;nonconfirmist |
| mendacious | lying;habitually dishonest |
| meticulous | excessively careful;painstaking;scrupulous |
| metamorphosis | change of form |
| misanthrope | 1 who hates mankind |
| mitigate | appease;moderate |
| mollify | soothe |
| morose | ill-humored;sullen;melancholy |
| mundane | ordinary;wordly as opposed to spiritual;everyday |
| negate | cancel out;nullify;deny |
| neophyte | recent convert;beginner |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obsequious | slaishly attentive;servile;sycophantic;compliant |
| obviate | make unnecessary;get rid of |
| occlude | shut;close |
| officious | meddlesome;excessively pushy in offering one's services |
| onerous | burdensome |
| opprobium | infamy;spoil repuatation;vilification |
| oscillate | vibrate pendulumlike;waver |
| ostentacious | showy;pretentious;trying to attract attention |
| paragon | model of perfection |
| partisan | one-sided;prejudiced;committed to a party |
| pathological | pertaining to disease |
| paucity | scarcity |
| pedantic | showing off learning;bookish |
| penchant | strong inclination;liking |
| penury | severe poverty;stinginess |
| perennial | long-lasting |
| perfidious | treacherous;disloyal |
| perfunctory | superficial;not thorough;lacking intrest or enthusiasm |
| permeable | penetrable;porous |
| pervasive | spread throughout |
| phlegmatic | calm;not easily disturbed |
| piety | devoutness;reverence for God |
| placate | pacify;concilliate |
| plasticity | ability to be molded |
| platitude | trite remark;commonplace statement |
| plethora | excess;overabundance |
| plummet | fall sharply |
| porous | full of pores;like a sieve |
| pragmatic | practical |
| preamble | introductory statement |
| precarious | uncertain;risky |
| precipitate | rash;hasten;premature |
| precursor | forerunner |
| presumptuous | arrogant;taking liberties |
| prevaricate | lie |
| pristine | charcteristic of earlier times;primitive |
| probity | uprightness;incorruptibilty |
| problematic | doubtful;unsettled;questionable |
| profound | deep;not superficial;complete |
| prohibitive | tending to prevent the purchase or use of something |
| proliferate | grow rapidly;spread;multiply |
| propensity | natural inclination |
| propitiate | appease |
| propriety | fitness;correct conduct |
| proscribe | ostracize;banish;outlaw |
| pungent | stinging;sharp in taste or smell;caustic |
| qualified | limited;restricted |
| quibble | minor objection or complaint |
| quiescent | at rest;dormant;temporarily inactive |
| rarefied | made less dense(of gas) |
| recalcitrant | obstinately stubborn;unruly;determined to resist authority |
| recant | disclaim or disavow;retract a previous statement;openly confess error |
| recluse | hermit;loner |
| recondite | abstruse(difficult to understand);profound;secret |
| refractory | stubborn;unmanageable |
| refute | disprove |
| relegate | banish to an inferior position;delegate |
| reproach | express disapproval;disappointment |
| reprobate | person hardened in sin;deviod of sense of decency |
| repudiate | disown;diavow(reject the validity or authority) |
| rescind | cancel |
| resolution | determination |
| resolve | determination;firmnes of purpose |
| reticent | reserved;uncommunicative;inclined to silence |
| reverent | respectful;worshipful |
| sage | person celebrated for wisdom |
| salubrious | healthful |
| sanction | approve;ratify |
| satiate | satisfy fully |
| saturate | soak throughly |
| savor | enjoy;have a distinct flaor;smell or quality |
| secrete | hide away or cache;produce and release a substance into an organism |
| shard | fragment generally of pottery |
| skeptic | doubter;person who suspends judgement until having examined the evidence supporting a point of view |
| solicitous | worried;concerned |
| soporific | sleep-causing;marked by sleepiness |
| specious | seemingly resonable but incorrect;misleading(often intentionally) |
| spectrum | colored band when a beam of light passes through prism |
| stigma | token of disgrace;brand |
| stint | be thrifty;set limits |
| stipulate | specify;express conditions |
| stolid | dull;impasive |
| striated | marked with parallel bands;grooved |
| strut | pompous walk//supporting bar |
| subpoena | rit summonig a witness to appear |
| subside | settle down;descend;grow quiet |
| substantiate | estabilish by evidence;verify;support |
| supersede | replace;cause to be set aside;make obsolete |
| supposition | hypothesis;surmise |
| tacit | understood;not put into words |
| tangential | preipheral;only slightly connected |
| tenuous | thin;rare;slim |
| tirade | extended scolding;denunciation;harangue |
| torpor | lethargy |
| tortuous | winding;full of curves |
| tractable | docile;easily managed |
| transgression | violation of law;sin |
| truculence | aggresiveness;ferocity |
| vacillate | waver;fluctuate |
| venerate | revere |
| veracious | truthful |
| verbose | wordy |
| viable | practical;workable;capable of maintaining life |
| viscous | sticky;gluey |
| vituperative | scolding;abusive |
| volatile | changeable;explosive;evporating rapidly |
| warranted | justified;authorized |
| wary | very cautious |
| welter | turmoil;bewildering jumble |
| whimsical | capricious;fanciful |
| zealot | fanatic;person who shows excessive zeal |
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