Quiz 21 of 50 -- Barron words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 confer 1 shrew
2 blurt
3 herald
4 bestow
5 disputatious
2 look at amorously; make eyes at; Ex. old men ogling young girls 1 barrister
2 ogle
3 wisp
4 accord
5 pandemonium
3 block or hinder; baffle; frustrate 1 servitude
2 thwart
3 inanimate
4 coiffure
5 finery
4 overstock; fill beyond capacity (with food); fill to excess; N: oversupply 1 dirge
2 glut
3 typify
4 pacify
5 herald
5 group of performers (singers, actors, dancers for playing dramas); CF. troop 1 ossify
2 adhere
3 troupe
4 incur
5 silversmith
6 inexperienced; N: young bird that has acquired wing feathers and is learning to fly; inexperienced person 1 shamble
2 languor
3 run-down
4 amputate
5 fledgling(fledgeling)
7 arrangement of music for instruments; application or use of instruments 1 parvenu
2 residence
3 travail
4 placard
5 instrumentation
8 matchless; not able to be imitated 1 crest
2 candor
3 bolt
4 inimitable
5 forerunner
9 increase gradually (as the moon); grow 1 repudiate
2 alloy
3 wax
4 picker
5 preposterous
10 club; heavy-headed weapon; V. 1 insolvent
2 bludgeon
3 cloture
4 caricature
5 hamper
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 rhythmical throbbing of arteries; brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity; V: pulsate 1 dexterous
2 bauble
3 statuary
4 pulse
5 postulate
12 be busily active with much noise; ; N: skirt hold frame 1 plight
2 rousing
3 bustle
4 cordon
5 forlorn
13 steadiness of effort; persistent hard work 1 generate
2 condescend
3 musket
4 diligence
5 behemoth
14 front part of a ship 1 extemporaneous
2 stygian
3 suavity
4 rabies
5 bow
15 turn to stone; cause to become stone like; stun or paralyze 1 obstetrician
2 unfaltering
3 petrify
4 imply
5 strangle
16 deride or provoke; challenge in derision; N. 1 paternalism
2 earn
3 flutter
4 depravity
5 taunt
17 bring upon oneself 1 incur
2 lectern
3 dividend
4 sprightly
5 pan
18 causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.; exalted; noble and uplifting; utter 1 sedition
2 sublime
3 exigency
4 temper
5 doddering
19 feign; imitate 1 circuitous
2 brindled
3 imposture
4 simulate
5 empathy
20 assault 1 grandiloquent
2 havoc
3 unequivocal
4 gangway
5 assail
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 think up; invent; plan; bequeath; N: bequest 1 indemnify
2 devise
3 decrepitude
4 apprise
5 opalescent
22 minor fight; minor battle in war; V. 1 rogue
2 skirmish
3 implode
4 frivolous
5 lot
23 black volcanic rock 1 trite
2 palate
3 obsidian
4 sluggish
5 linoleum
24 dull; monotonous 1 fatalism
2 humdrum
3 retrospective
4 insolvent
5 compatriot
25 idle person who lives on other people's work; male bee 1 drone
2 surge
3 saunter
4 seduce
5 refectory
26 lending money at illegal high rates of interest 1 visionary
2 axle
3 stifle
4 amphitheater
5 usury
27 make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession 1 disbar
2 lyric
3 sleet
4 afterlife
5 amble
28 survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information) 1 engaging
2 ensign
3 reconnaissance
4 appreciate
5 misogynist
29 share of profits received by a stockholder 1 abstract
2 synoptic
3 inept
4 dividend
5 solidarity
30 combination (of two business corporations); act of merging 1 merger
2 candor
3 pitfall
4 fuse
5 fuss:
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 large boat for transporting freight 1 requite
2 barge
3 romp
4 assuage
5 whinny
32 harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill 1 stricture
2 balmy
3 placebo
4 feint
5 mauve
33 physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place 1 bacchanal
2 incantation
3 mantle
4 topography
5 junta
34 (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. heartthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart 1 draught
2 throb
3 corridor
4 sullen
5 fickle
35 steep; overhasty; precipitate 1 ironic
2 murmur
3 stammer
4 neigh
5 precipitous
36 soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body 1 roster
2 meek
3 poultice
4 bluff
5 affidavit
37 struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc.); proceed in confusion 1 draught
2 flounder
3 addendum
4 flay
5 cohere
38 nearness; ADJ. proximate 1 pauper
2 menthol
3 pathological
4 malevolent
5 proximity
39 of a prophet or prophecy; having to do with predicting the future; N. prophecy; V. prophesy; N. prophet 1 decrepitude
2 clamber
3 criteria
4 prophetic
5 apprehensive
40 beg; get by begging; bum; CF. earn 1 determinate
2 palette
3 assuage
4 cadge
5 hygiene
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus 1 mercenary
2 hatch
3 coagulate
4 Bacchanalia
5 march
42 not thorough; lacking details 1 egotistical
2 demented
3 sketchy
4 debonair
5 mace
43 outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule 1 sleigh
2 abscond
3 dominant
4 validate
5 hue_and_cry
44 mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious 1 ravenous
2 delirium
3 violet
4 choral
5 plaster
45 incapable of producing young; free from microorganism; V. sterilize 1 seethe
2 Elysium
3 termination
4 garner
5 sterile
46 oily; bland; insincerely suave 1 unctuous
2 regicide
3 anticlimax
4 warren
5 tumid
47 heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent 1 impermeable
2 barrister
3 contortions
4 ardor
5 impassioned
48 of or coming from the side 1 belabor
2 sill
3 impenitent
4 lateral
5 paucity
49 offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire) 1 pigment
2 desperado
3 pacify
4 immolate
5 chameleon
50 genuine; real 1 venture
2 unfeigned
3 anemia
4 impromptu
5 sole
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 prudent; judicious; well judged; expedient; well devised 1 whinny
2 rent
3 politic
4 genre
5 apiary
52 (of land) dry; barren; unproductive 1 arid
2 voluble
3 guffaw
4 gauche
5 nepotism
53 hairy; having a lot of hair 1 inclined
2 collate
3 hover
4 carol
5 hirsute
54 put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles; sort or examine carefully 1 antecedents
2 gruesome
3 sift
4 daguerreotype
5 inverse
55 supply (furniture or a seat) with comfortable coverings, filling, springs, and cushion 1 matriarch
2 upholster
3 rubble
4 decipher
5 confidant(confidante)
56 tiny; weak; insignificant 1 commensurate
2 winsome
3 egregious
4 archaic
5 puny
57 selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V. 1 excerpt
2 proletarian
3 ossify
4 explicit
5 aloof
58 draw; outline; describe; CF. line ? 1 demolition
2 epilogue
3 limn
4 indicative
5 consanguineous(consanguine)
59 ancestry; lineage 1 cognitive
2 ancestry
3 pedigree
4 fanaticism
5 munition
60 harmonious; in agreement; N. 1 seemly
2 consonant
3 provisional
4 espionage
5 babble
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 injure; hurt; damage 1 coiffure
2 tranquillity
3 analogous
4 meager
5 impair
62 fairness; justice; OP. inequity 1 defame
2 vista
3 teetotalism
4 equity
5 solder
63 self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent 1 continence
2 deserts
3 lubricate
4 abstain
5 outstrip
64 supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will 1 captious
2 derision
3 gamut
4 dyslexia
5 codicil
65 female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew 1 empirical
2 bolster
3 vixen
4 reagent
5 wrongheaded
66 honor; glory; acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement 1 kudos
2 juggernaut
3 quagmire
4 cower
5 whimsical
67 elastic; having the power of springing back; able to recover quickly (as from misfortune) 1 resilient
2 clown
3 provident
4 renovate
5 therapeutic
68 tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals) 1 reminiscent
2 spry
3 dolorous
4 touchstone
5 brindled
69 support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something 1 dumbfound(dumbfound)
2 advocacy
3 gargoyle
4 repudiate
5 teetotalism
70 reckon; calculate 1 impugn
2 coop
3 compute
4 unobtrusive
5 overwrought
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 fierce; violent; N. ferocity 1 scuttle
2 perspicuity
3 pander
4 ferocious
5 acidulous
72 so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded 1 regime
2 bustle
3 bluster
4 chastise
5 negligible
73 disaster; misery 1 quack
2 improvident
3 calamity
4 effectual
5 spatial
74 make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg) 1 addle
2 stunt
3 statuary
4 galvanize
5 shamble
75 cow like; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm 1 misconstrue
2 ascribe
3 bovine
4 enclave
5 tempo
76 varying from of an element 1 homely
2 macabre
3 predecessor
4 nepotism
5 isotope
77 deceive 1 crestfallen
2 munition
3 delude
4 analogous
5 elliptical
78 done slyly and secretly (being dishonest) 1 convivial
2 underhand(underhanded)
3 codify
4 rife
5 pastiche
79 trifles; unimportant matters 1 expertise
2 lope
3 trivia
4 imperceptible
5 temporize
80 talent 1 battalion
2 carping
3 bloated
4 flair
5 exonerate
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 group of musicians who play music; CF. ensemble 1 ruffian
2 poignancy
3 orchestra
4 uphold
5 fetid(foetid)
82 third in order or rank 1 stolid
2 codify
3 ejaculation
4 brevity
5 tertiary
83 allow (something one does not agree with); bear; recognize and respect (the beliefs of others) 1 tonsure
2 tolerate
3 list
4 cavil
5 garish
84 shield; protection; defense 1 partiality
2 homely
3 aegis
4 collusion
5 stockade
85 pertaining to money 1 flamboyant
2 abstinence
3 pecuniary
4 animadversion
5 harping
86 comprehend; investigate; determine the depth of; N. unit of measurement for the depth of water 1 proscribe
2 fathom
3 ingest
4 commensurate
5 compress
87 a light meal; collating 1 collation
2 feebleminded
3 willful
4 amorphous
5 gong
88 wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp 1 optometrist
2 vagabond
3 adage
4 archetype
5 arsenal
89 old-fashioned; past the prime 1 pass\'e
2 masticate
3 hardy
4 stickler
5 convoluted
90 complete independence and self-government (of a country); supremacy of authority; power to govern 1 amoral
2 doddering
3 disputatious
4 talisman
5 sovereignty
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 summit; highest point; PL. vertices 1 doggerel
2 vertex
3 insurmountable
4 ventilate
5 residence
92 hasten; make go faster 1 apprise
2 avuncular
3 bicameral
4 crossfire
5 expedite
93 twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist violently out of shape; CF. contortionist 1 recipe
2 rife
3 caulk
4 metaphor
5 contortions
94 area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church 1 dolorous
2 parish
3 laggard
4 decelerate
5 anvil
95 happen later than; put a date on (eg. a check) that is later than the actual date 1 postdate
2 impudence
3 diction
4 disconsolate
5 imperturbable
96 fault; bad quality 1 irresolute
2 well-bred
3 unfaltering
4 demerit
5 recreant
97 give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure 1 plasticity
2 killjoy
3 rudimentary
4 foreshadow
5 catalyst
98 faultfinding; too critical 1 pharisaical
2 excoriate
3 cunning
4 rebate
5 captious
99 cylindrical structure where fodder is stored 1 static
2 silo
3 tyro
4 incontinent
5 verisimilar
100 too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable 1 rejuvenate
2 eccentricity
3 factotum
4 fathomless
5 congeal
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