Quiz 15 of 50 -- Barron words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 die or kill from lack of air; suppress 1 unruly
2 suffocate
3 moralistic
4 emolument
5 ranger
2 conclusion; concluding part 1 finale
2 cohere
3 rabble
4 gulp
5 breadth
3 command; order; forbid 1 warp
2 malevolent
3 combustible
4 enjoin
5 choreography
4 ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.) 1 stroll
2 personable
3 epaulet(epaulette)
4 appellation
5 lope
5 not able to be corrected or repaired; impossible to repair 1 dormant
2 canine
3 irreparable
4 cramped
5 estimable
6 deserved punishment for wrongdoing; punishment for offenses; compensation; vengeance; CF. pay back 1 interstice
2 obtuse
3 compatriot
4 epitaph
5 retribution
7 imperceptible(not easily understood); intangible; OP. palpable: tangible; easily perceptible 1 ramble
2 spin
3 flourish
4 stupor
5 impalpable
8 change the appearance of (by marking with different colors) 1 pall
2 variegate
3 allure
4 gleam
5 bigotry
9 sociable; (of an animal) tending to form a group 1 solstice
2 pomposity
3 nautical
4 meticulous
5 gregarious
10 explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid 1 elucidate
2 gerrymander
3 empathy
4 wistful
5 corroborate
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 very bright; very clever 1 arraign
2 brilliant
3 behemoth
4 vitreous
5 myopic
12 extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels 1 exceptionable
2 grovel
3 cloister
4 lilliputian
5 cynosure
13 familiar with; having knowledge of 1 consternation
2 enfranchise
3 compulsory
4 conversant
5 medal
14 person of high rank or position 1 collected
2 dignitary
3 artisan
4 vituperative
5 courtyard
15 (of behavior) proper; appropriate 1 writhe
2 elope
3 purveyor
4 seemly
5 transgression
16 imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature); capricious liking; V: imagine; be fond of; ADJ. decorative; elaborate 1 graphic
2 fancy
3 stall
4 flagrant
5 illimitable
17 bench for the congregation in a church; 1 filch
2 impel
3 demeanor
4 toss
5 pew
18 watch over and direct; supervise; N. oversight: unintentional failure to notice or do something; supervision 1 oversee
2 static
3 potshot
4 corridor
5 furrow
19 premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear 1 conjugal
2 sonorous
3 chase
4 presentiment
5 militia
20 extremely hungry; voracious 1 pummel
2 overweening
3 stink
4 ravenous
5 compulsive
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 yielding to another; ceding 1 bask
2 indefatigable
3 censure
4 bungle
5 cession
22 pour off gently (wine or liquid) 1 minutiae
2 ejaculation
3 crease
4 decant
5 dwindle
23 sear; parched; dry 1 sere
2 rank
3 acknowledge
4 voodoo
5 torpedo
24 expert at; very skilled 1 amphitheater
2 misogynist
3 adept
4 fracas
5 aphorism
25 walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step 1 dispatch
2 ruse
3 pithy
4 combustible
5 tread
26 government under a single ruler 1 glean
2 parquet
3 enrapture
4 monarchy
5 physiological
27 pertaining to spring 1 neophyte
2 sidewalk
3 malady
4 vernal
5 faze
28 needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was visible to the eye''; N. tautology: needless repetition of the same sense; statement that is always true 1 hap
2 filing
3 baton
4 tautological
5 sleeper
29 territory enclosed within an alien land 1 enact
2 vaporize
3 energize
4 diversion
5 enclave
30 soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue; bring peace to 1 pacify
2 lineage
3 condescend
4 propriety
5 engulf
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy; ADJ. torpid: lethargic; lazy; inactive; (of an animal) dormant; hibernating 1 torpor
2 ewe
3 reportorial
4 embargo
5 upshot
32 mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; ADJ. euphemistic 1 euphemism
2 effectual
3 healthy
4 bestow
5 introspective
33 rejoice 1 allege
2 tangential
3 invulnerable
4 insensate
5 exult
34 improve 1 bluster
2 paternalism
3 contingent
4 morose
5 ameliorate
35 make the sound which horses make 1 abjure
2 ignominy
3 ruffian
4 canter
5 neigh
36 unmoved or unconcerned by; having no interest in; mediocre; neither good nor bad 1 viand
2 graphite
3 dynamic
4 indifferent
5 syllogism
37 newly engaged member of a military force or other organization; V: strengthen or raise (an armed force) by enlistment 1 irrevocable
2 variegated
3 recruit
4 disaffected
5 junta
38 refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant 1 defiance
2 sextant
3 episodic
4 pecuniary
5 sanitary
39 settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear up; eliminate; kill or abolish 1 ooze
2 dupe
3 stench
4 liquidate
5 negligence
40 severely critical 1 explicit
2 deducible
3 skewer
4 tiller
5 censorious
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks; body of persons having authority 1 converge
2 execute
3 denounce
4 hierarchy
5 scrutinize
42 apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature 1 forerunner
2 siren
3 peerless
4 thunderbolt
5 hilarity
43 person or animal of pursuit; victim; object of a hunt; prey 1 aboveboard
2 swindler
3 quarry
4 axiom
5 primate
44 cause of complaint; complaint 1 exodus
2 jingoist
3 fermentation
4 grievance
5 incubus
45 gloomy; depressed 1 pied
2 venial
3 erotic
4 ceremonious
5 blue
46 stop motion; curb or restrain 1 context
2 laggard
3 executor
4 check
5 equity
47 blessing 1 lunar
2 high-flown
3 transpose
4 canine
5 benison
48 forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence 1 verbiage
2 browse
3 gait
4 solicitor
5 vehement
49 very wicked 1 ascertain
2 nefarious
3 twirl
4 chapel
5 caption
50 wrong or improper name; incorrect designation 1 concur
2 controvert
3 piscatorial
4 interloper
5 misnomer
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 beg; plead with 1 tussle
2 extricate
3 flutter
4 overwrought
5 beseech
52 flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together 1 stink
2 confluence
3 peerless
4 throes
5 instrumentation
53 pack down tightly by a succession of blows or taps 1 tamp
2 table
3 censorious
4 lectern
5 beware
54 condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin; fate (esp. a tragic or ruinous one); V. 1 deprecate
2 substantiate
3 toupee
4 galaxy
5 doom
55 withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity 1 purgatory
2 ashen
3 miserly
4 recession
5 faction
56 free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle 1 glib
2 repudiate
3 ceremonious
4 extricate
5 circumscribe
57 nervous giggle; nervous laugh; V. 1 prelude
2 titter
3 precipitous
4 redundant
5 chivalrous
58 fluent (with insincerity or superficiality); facile; slick 1 meteorology
2 glib
3 climactic
4 kernel
5 tartar
59 treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people) 1 knoll
2 outcast
3 tolerate
4 betoken
5 conspiracy
60 authority on a subject; expert; learned person 1 ablution
2 deft
3 pundit
4 hypocritical
5 monogram
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 expose to slander 1 pew
2 abortive
3 recession
4 traduce
5 purveyor
62 sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter 1 asperity
2 invocation
3 summary
4 asteroid
5 saunter
63 maker and seller of eyeglasses 1 dribble
2 optician
3 integrity
4 imply
5 anomalous
64 sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose) 1 desecrate
2 snuffle
3 nurture
4 convulsion
5 boost
65 song of praise 1 hymn
2 auroral
3 probity
4 garage
5 squash
66 kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of 1 decimate
2 unfeigned
3 requiem
4 monastic
5 vortex
67 repetition of beginning sound in poetry 1 coercion
2 alliteration
3 planetary
4 artistry
5 chapel
68 sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time 1 tactful
2 meteorite
3 lumen
4 brood
5 mane
69 give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly 1 knocker
2 overreach
3 balm
4 luggage
5 burlesque
70 driving forward; N. propulsion 1 commonwealth
2 despise
3 garish
4 sorority
5 propulsive
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 thrive; wave in hand and draw attention; N: showy movement or gesture that draws people's attention; embellishment or decorative curve in handwriting 1 intangible
2 revile
3 flourish
4 pandemonium
5 tryst
72 uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious 1 carcinogenic
2 disquietude
3 respite
4 apolitical
5 sole
73 unfairness; ADJ. inequitable 1 hierarchy
2 floe
3 inequity
4 mint
5 luminary
74 something preceding in time which may be used as an authority or guide for future action; V. precede; CF. unprecedented 1 annul
2 stygian
3 collusion
4 precedent
5 modish
75 saturated with moisture; soaked; completely wet 1 component
2 effervescence
3 soggy
4 perfidious
5 pundit
76 current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time 1 projectile
2 benevolent
3 draught
4 bland
5 amphitheater
77 that can be tolerated; fairly good 1 ostentatious
2 ursine
3 halfhearted
4 tolerable
5 breadth
78 growing by addition; accumulative 1 homeostasis
2 abate
3 deplete
4 cumulative
5 institute
79 gather leavings; gather grain left behind by reapers; gather bit by bit (facts or information) often with difficulty 1 serendipity
2 glean
3 seasoned
4 impute
5 maxim
80 take (food or medicine) into the stomach; CF. digest 1 ingest
2 overpower
3 finish
4 erudite
5 wade
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 tentative; temporary 1 wax
2 analogy
3 exuberance
4 provisional
5 artless
82 insult to one's dignity; snub; V: treat as if of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ. small in size; of small importance 1 humdrum
2 slight
3 knowledgeable
4 monotheism
5 jug
83 formal essay; treatise 1 indelible
2 ape
3 genus
4 dissertation
5 desiccate
84 preserve (meat) as salting, smoking, or aging; () 1 excise
2 d\'ecollet\'e
3 beatific
4 cure
5 addiction
85 an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic 1 decadence
2 demean
3 anachronism
4 reprisal
5 cursory
86 circular building or hall covered with a dome 1 equivocal
2 facet
3 rotunda
4 barterer
5 disillusioned
87 decorate 1 deducible
2 adroit
3 adorn
4 hibernal
5 extrapolation
88 untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman 1 crevice
2 antiquity
3 forthright
4 dowdy
5 mock
89 glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat 1 fervor
2 offbeat
3 surmount
4 rational
5 prevaricate
90 poverty 1 tremulous
2 archaism
3 indigence
4 incense
5 equivocate
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 creed 1 natation
2 credo
3 ensue
4 choreography
5 smirk
92 restore to a previous condition or position 1 reinstate
2 impinge
3 disjunction
4 nebula
5 optician
93 besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset 1 omnivorous
2 beleaguer
3 chaperon
4 outspoken
5 instrument
94 lively 1 sprightly
2 phobia
3 irrevocable
4 inquisitor
5 dissident
95 enclosed by land; 1 lithe
2 decadence
3 stifle
4 acorn
5 landlocked
96 very cautious; watchful 1 illusion
2 consummate
3 wary
4 tolerable
5 inkling
97 dejected; dispirited 1 neigh
2 stern
3 abstain
4 diction
5 crestfallen
98 gentle breeze; west wind 1 garish
2 locus
3 zephyr
4 postulate
5 pedigree
99 limited 1 finite
2 pushy
3 thrifty
4 indigence
5 unfeigned
100 not repentant 1 impenitent
2 residence
3 proof
4 kleptomaniac
5 pucker
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