Quiz 16 of 50 -- Barron words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 enrage; infuriate(make furious); make extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor 1 incense
2 practicable
3 hereafter
4 incommodious
5 impugn
2 grasping device consisting of two arms 1 vendor
2 rubble
3 rent
4 squabble
5 tong
3 pause before taking an action; be unwilling to do something 1 obtuse
2 hesitate
3 meander
4 shipment
5 bully
4 imitate; rival; try to equal or excel (through imitation) 1 ravenous
2 incubate
3 artery
4 disinter
5 emulate
5 depression in a surface made by pressure or a blow 1 internecine
2 dent
3 premonition
4 well-bred
5 bustle
6 superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious 1 redundant
2 panoramic
3 exuberance
4 hermitage
5 plot
7 refer 1 rapture
2 prognosticate
3 usage
4 interstice
5 advert
8 trick to deceive; stratagem 1 ruse
2 gusty
3 archaeology
4 twirl
5 defiance
9 stupid person; clown 1 hatchet
2 fracas
3 clique
4 narrative
5 buffoon
10 sorrowful; N. dolor 1 dolorous
2 smelt
3 limn
4 forestall
5 restitution
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 firm dislike 1 aversion
2 maternal
3 filigree
4 sarcasm
5 parched
12 terrible; very bad 1 ebb
2 ethnic
3 circumlocution
4 automaton
5 awful
13 graceful and polite in manners 1 courtly
2 multilingual
3 recurrent
4 permeable
5 galley
14 self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; V: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument) 1 laxative
2 postulate
3 antigen
4 frieze
5 topple
15 link as in a chain 1 requiem
2 concatenate
3 boycott
4 rhapsody
5 slouch
16 force into a small space; stuff; fill too tightly or too full; gorge with food; study intensively just before an examination 1 embezzlement
2 impasse
3 cram
4 habituate
5 shrivel
17 drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently; N: alcoholic drink 1 palliate
2 tipple
3 planetary
4 magnify
5 contusion
18 fashionable; conforming to the current fashion 1 verbatim
2 modish
3 dispense
4 depict
5 illusory
19 beginning; origin 1 calamity
2 parsimony
3 correlation
4 bowdlerize
5 genesis
20 that can bend easily; that can be changed for new needs, changed conditions, etc. 1 garbled
2 liturgy
3 dent
4 flexible
5 xenophobia
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N. 1 effectual
2 irrevocable
3 vat
4 morose
5 grumble
22 calmness; placidity; ADJ. serene 1 serenity
2 scrutinize
3 odium
4 reinstate
5 methodical
23 object to be thrown or projected 1 illimitable
2 conglomerate
3 missile
4 perpetual
5 vacillate
24 natural depression in a land surface, usu. occurring in limestone regions 1 chary
2 sinkhole
3 kleptomaniac
4 lunar
5 abhor
25 plunder 1 elaborate
2 resolve
3 pillage
4 meddlesome
5 domineer
26 flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N. 1 insolvent
2 rug
3 congruent
4 dividend
5 dribble
27 hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV. 1 antithesis
2 denizen
3 eulogy
4 decadence
5 headlong
28 model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word 1 hew
2 strangle
3 paradigm
4 dolt
5 decimate
29 gallop slowly 1 lope
2 zenith
3 recapitulate
4 inveterate
5 circuitous
30 cause; urge; provoke; provide a cue (for an actor); ADJ: done without delay; done at the right time; punctual; on time; N: reminder or cue 1 haughtiness
2 prompt
3 cultivated
4 bohemian
5 statuary
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 beautiful writing; excellent penmanship 1 calligraphy
2 aftermath
3 jamb
4 pass\'e
5 replenish
32 common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; N: common people in ancient Rome; CF. patrician 1 homely
2 plebeian
3 ardor
4 fancier
5 detergent
33 chance; luck 1 irrefutable
2 gland
3 whine
4 vampire
5 hap
34 broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical 1 cogitate
2 lexicographer
3 unguent
4 farce
5 recipe
35 metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore) 1 championship
2 dumbfound(dumbfound)
3 viand
4 lode
5 descry
36 Cl; 1 chlorine
2 undermine
3 grovel
4 inquisitive
5 d\'enouement
37 deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get 1 avantgarde
2 funereal
3 venerable
4 dishearten
5 proletarian
38 gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia 1 genealogy
2 raspy
3 procrastinate
4 melancholy
5 collusion
39 of or like an uncle 1 scrutinize
2 avuncular
3 alms
4 recurrent
5 centigrade
40 slander; speak evil of; N. vilification 1 rug
2 restraint
3 corpuscle
4 vilify
5 sparse
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 group of musicians who play together on various instruments 1 orchestra
2 prolong
3 sow
4 locus
5 caricature
42 gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance 1 sectarian
2 decapitate
3 inconsequential
4 gavel
5 colossus
43 form into grains or granules; N. granule: grain or particle 1 venison
2 doctrinaire
3 granulate
4 dehydrate
5 vortex
44 substance used in the treatment of colds and allergies 1 motif
2 claustrophobia
3 quaff
4 demoralize
5 antihistamine
45 dead; no longer in use or existence 1 prognosis
2 defunct
3 fumble
4 matriarch
5 proscenium
46 claw of bird 1 venial
2 inconsequential
3 talon
4 quip
5 overthrow
47 flat mass of floating ice 1 physiological
2 floe
3 insubstantial
4 abhor
5 quack
48 quarrelsome 1 exacerbate
2 aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry
3 scrappy
4 azure
5 demand
49 widespread; generally accepted 1 intermittent
2 satirical
3 flounder
4 deploy
5 prevalent
50 unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold 1 gorge
2 inanimate
3 debut
4 carat(karat)
5 uniformity
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 said or done in jest or playfully; marked by joking 1 patrimony
2 gerrymander
3 dutiful(duteous)
4 stipend
5 jocular
52 drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity 1 lethargic
2 degradation
3 atrophy
4 effervescence
5 canvas
53 life after death; later part of one's life 1 brooch
2 generate
3 afterlife
4 connivance
5 imbecility
54 tranquillity; calmness 1 grunt
2 cynosure
3 quietude
4 tempestuous
5 brooch
55 vow; promise; use profane oaths; use offensive words 1 otter
2 swear
3 surreptitious
4 unkempt
5 sadistic
56 funeral director; one whose business is to arrange burials 1 sate
2 knell
3 undertaker
4 jabber
5 purge
57 penetrating an obstacle or restriction; major success that permits further progress as in technology 1 accomplice
2 sect
3 blackball
4 breakthrough
5 brisk
58 climate 1 expatriate
2 clime
3 limn
4 discerning
5 nihilist
59 (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic 1 grandiloquent
2 blunder
3 panoramic
4 pulpit
5 reputable
60 twisted 1 moralistic
2 thesis
3 miniature
4 gnarled
5 girth
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 lecherous man 1 vegetate
2 outspoken
3 rou\'e
4 crochet
5 fluted
62 dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow 1 somber
2 flighty
3 sullen
4 invocation
5 rational
63 expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influenced 1 eloquence
2 disinclination
3 grandeur
4 pessimism
5 sporadic
64 make invalid; make null; invalidate 1 harbinger
2 abstract
3 nullify
4 expatiate
5 minion
65 feat displaying unusual skill or daring; 1 ascendancy
2 norm
3 ecliptic
4 dummy
5 stunt
66 small exclusive group of people 1 tolerate
2 sobriety
3 materialism
4 clique
5 circumspect
67 causing a feeling of pity or sympathy; pathetic; V. touch: cause to feel pity or sympathy; ADJ. touched 1 beseech
2 throes
3 truism
4 seduce
5 touching
68 deviation from the normal; mental disorder 1 apprehensive
2 memorial
3 amputate
4 aberration
5 amorphous
69 prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking 1 invocation
2 allay
3 taut
4 contentious
5 geniality
70 sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation 1 tapestry
2 gratis
3 hydrophobia
4 hibernate
5 brevity
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 projection on a piece of wood for insertion into a mortise 1 solicitor
2 totter
3 askew
4 tenon
5 centrifuge
72 evil spirit; devil 1 emetic
2 apparition
3 fiend
4 irreverence
5 boisterous
73 prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse 1 bombast
2 condone
3 fritter
4 culpable
5 apocalyptic
74 (of the voice) extremely loud; CF. Stentor: a loud herald in the Iliad 1 stentorian
2 gambit
3 luster
4 coy
5 infantile
75 beat; moisten (meat) periodically with a liquid while cooking 1 wanderlust
2 caricature
3 baste
4 malevolent
5 august
76 (of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture; lose freshness; shrivel; decay 1 superfluous
2 nave
3 wither
4 embroider
5 thresh
77 letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting 1 colloquy
2 petrify
3 attest
4 acrimonious
5 anticlimax
78 spying 1 facet
2 espionage
3 granted_that
4 browbeat
5 agronomy
79 great mass of falling snow and ice 1 compendium
2 avalanche
3 minatory
4 foreshadow
5 frieze
80 condescend; stoop 1 communal
2 upholster
3 fetid(foetid)
4 commandeer
5 deign
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity 1 indefatigable
2 pedestal
3 mountebank
4 odyssey
5 millennium
82 very small quantity 1 listless
2 byline
3 vitriolic
4 polygamist
5 iota
83 inviolably sacred; most sacred; inviolable 1 sacrosanct
2 expiate
3 uproar
4 contortions
5 embryonic
84 twist (to extract liquid); extract by twisting; wrench painfully (necks or hands) 1 rotunda
2 insomnia
3 elope
4 nutrient
5 wring
85 (apprec.) artistic skill 1 recipient
2 waggish
3 visceral
4 artistry
5 diorama
86 (of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical 1 pulchritude
2 congeal
3 rational
4 acoustics
5 zenith
87 nest of a large bird of prey 1 aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry
2 predecessor
3 antibiotic
4 deface
5 tangential
88 dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence 1 repugnance
2 quiescent
3 philology
4 lucrative
5 admonish
89 spotless; flawless; absolutely clean 1 immaculate
2 brawny
3 precipitate
4 belittle
5 pervasive
90 casual; done without prior thought or preparation 1 downcast
2 offhand
3 polarize
4 theoretical
5 besmirch
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 narrow canyon; steep rocky cleft; ravine (made by a stream which runs through it) 1 squalor
2 fray
3 typify
4 approbation
5 gorge
92 distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess 1 gravity
2 flamboyant
3 sedition
4 bode
5 cloying
93 musical key 1 acme
2 tonality
3 manifesto
4 distinctive
5 mendicant
94 wakefulness; inability to sleep 1 tonic
2 insomnia
3 delta
4 grotto
5 faze
95 successful; rich; affluent; well-to-do; well-off 1 seclusion
2 rubric
3 cumulative
4 prosperous
5 torso
96 arrogant; presumptuous 1 tine
2 overweening
3 betroth
4 aboveboard
5 immure
97 powerless against; - ; Ex. They were lost at sea, at the mercy of weather. 1 at_the_mercy_of
2 setback
3 outgoing
4 tipple
5 forward
98 state of being first in position or importance 1 jurisdiction
2 inception
3 straggle
4 lyric
5 primacy
99 beat; scold severely; berate 1 rummage
2 trifling
3 lambaste
4 venue
5 vat
100 sound on judgment; wise 1 eulogistic
2 knoll
3 judicious
4 bedizen
5 vagabond
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