Quiz 35 of 50 -- Barron words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 precede 1 antecede
2 d\'eb\^acle
3 besiege
4 denigrate
5 pedant
2 flattery 1 apoplexy
2 stammer
3 conflagration
4 blandishment
5 migratory
3 weird; causing fear because strange 1 cinder
2 blandishment
3 eerie
4 brisk
5 meticulous
4 effort; expenditure of much physical work; V. exert oneself: make a great effort 1 exertion
2 pulsate
3 ruse
4 apiary
5 anatomy
5 mental or bodily powers; teaching staff 1 vibrant
2 garrulous
3 underlying
4 faculty
5 sovereignty
6 abundance; wealth 1 culinary
2 finish
3 pterodactyl
4 affluence
5 toga
7 adjacent to; touching upon 1 dowry
2 contiguous
3 petrify
4 expertise
5 genre
8 limit; confine; draw a line around 1 circumscribe
2 idolatry
3 cramped
4 factious
5 qualified
9 angle of a slope; V: slant from the perpendicular 1 overhaul
2 disillusion
3 pertinent
4 revoke
5 rake
10 many-legged worm-like creature; endless chain 1 gambit
2 embellish
3 caterpillar
4 unerringly
5 purgatory
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment 1 detached
2 flange
3 amphitheater
4 stalemate
5 doctrinaire
12 charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck 1 geriatrics
2 amulet
3 rabid
4 pertinacious
5 low
13 husk; dry outer covering of a seed; frame or body of a ship 1 lasso
2 efficacy
3 corroborate
4 potion
5 hull
14 animal that ruminates; ADJ. 1 submissive
2 insider
3 emulate
4 ruminant
5 endemic
15 examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V. 1 asymmetric
2 audit
3 infringe
4 cemetery
5 fulminate
16 unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead 1 stygian
2 doom
3 prot\'eg\'e
4 gill
5 myopic
17 any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer 1 excerpt
2 atavism
3 charlatan
4 metropolis
5 canker
18 turn aside; turn away from a straight course 1 deed
2 reminiscence
3 deflect
4 influx
5 gourmet
19 protruding knot on a tree; V. 1 stratified
2 monolithic
3 canker
4 censor
5 gnarl
20 take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes 1 aboriginal
2 commandeer
3 perigee
4 self-righteous
5 ravenous
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 scolding woman; very small mouse like animal 1 shrew
2 siren
3 incarcerate
4 pomposity
5 knowledgeable
22 hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done) 1 graphite
2 slapdash
3 botch
4 commandeer
5 choleric
23 miser; excessively frugal person 1 suture
2 amass
3 abusive
4 appall
5 tightwad
24 contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention 1 contravene
2 supple
3 explicit
4 obligatory
5 regicide
25 decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts 1 fundamental
2 gull
3 outlandish
4 decomposition
5 brewery
26 inconspicuous; not blatant 1 blandishment
2 fervent
3 unobtrusive
4 sage
5 hibernate
27 tending to call up (emotions, memories) 1 exiguous
2 evocative
3 breadth
4 prosody
5 stymie
28 formless; lacking shape or definition 1 mauve
2 teetotalism
3 amorphous
4 anecdote
5 authenticate
29 impossible to estimate; (apprec) invaluable; of immeasurable worth 1 omnipotent
2 luminary
3 inestimable
4 ingest
5 dissension
30 stubborn intolerance 1 nostrum
2 bigotry
3 daze
4 meager
5 scurry
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 commonplace; trite 1 d\'eb\^acle
2 jurisprudence
3 obloquy
4 gentle
5 hackneyed
32 desertion 1 herbaceous
2 cloture
3 defection
4 psychic
5 pilot
33 refer; attribute; assign 1 dispirited
2 suavity
3 ascribe
4 throes
5 append
34 bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent 1 abortive
2 nadir
3 acrid
4 execute
5 teetotalism
35 laugh quietly 1 respiration
2 reprobate
3 deft
4 chuckle
5 pendulous
36 gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death 1 clarion
2 studious
3 stygian
4 macabre
5 soothsayer
37 traditional; (of someone) conservative in belief; adhering to an established doctrine 1 quack
2 orthodox
3 inimitable
4 magnitude
5 soporific
38 deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg 1 exempt
2 scabbard
3 bespeak
4 hatch
5 patio
39 skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness 1 sear
2 stymie
3 contiguous
4 plasticity
5 cynical
40 uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage 1 malcontent
2 disengage
3 plutocracy
4 reportorial
5 mace
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 determine in advance; predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly 1 disapprobation
2 decipher
3 cadaverous
4 predetermine
5 nauseous
42 holding of an office or real estate; time during which such an office is held 1 euphony
2 erroneous
3 sportive
4 accommodate
5 tenure
43 comparable; similar 1 analogous
2 execrable
3 compartment
4 abrasive
5 posture
44 neigh like a horse 1 pithy
2 whinny
3 supposition
4 perdition
5 quiescent
45 premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant) 1 boycott
2 exorbitant
3 foreboding
4 ancillary
5 regime
46 acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate 1 ruminant
2 chase
3 appropriate
4 satyr
5 encipher
47 expressing strong opinions; showing a confident belief in one's own ability 1 timorous
2 squander
3 wrangle
4 assertive
5 inamorata
48 steal things of small value; filch; snitch 1 vicar
2 manifesto
3 pilfer
4 magnitude
5 minutiae
49 more concerned with the spirit or mind than with material things 1 pan
2 otherworldly
3 saccharine
4 soggy
5 bluff
50 extremely talkative person 1 underbid
2 avuncular
3 chatterbox
4 outcast
5 brewery
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor 1 conundrum
2 verve
3 surreptitious
4 pastoral
5 incredulous
52 hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive 1 wistful
2 recluse
3 connotation
4 duration
5 emulate
53 into parts; apart; V. sunder 1 asunder
2 gentry
3 effusion
4 silversmith
5 dwindle
54 piebald; variegated(many-colored); multicolored 1 filing
2 factious
3 slough
4 dote
5 pied
55 trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous 1 clique
2 supposititious
3 newel
4 posit
5 platitude
56 supporter; backer; opposite of opponent 1 proponent
2 advert
3 impute
4 unravel
5 band
57 not planned; impromptu; extempore 1 extemporaneous
2 vagabond
3 crabbed
4 embryonic
5 burnish
58 impertinence; insolence 1 impudence
2 deference
3 consternation
4 rave
5 pastiche
59 (of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous 1 adept
2 somatic
3 impassioned
4 sultry
5 boorish
60 pavement; paved walkway along the side of a street 1 elaboration
2 assuage
3 rabble
4 adumbrate
5 sidewalk
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 bid lower than 1 smug
2 besmirch
3 peregrination
4 underbid
5 lionize
62 desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred 1 mortician
2 circumspect
3 berserk
4 sacrilegious
5 acorn
63 crowd (of people or things); V. 1 drudgery
2 throng
3 incentive
4 muddle
5 impuissance
64 understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened 1 palimpsest
2 prance
3 engaging
4 veneer
5 hindsight
65 embarrass 1 queue
2 cupidity
3 loft
4 ordination
5 abash
66 uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility 1 extrude
2 plutocracy
3 probity
4 tugboat
5 secular
67 sustaining; means of livelihood, support, food, nourishment; something that maintains life; food 1 gawk
2 nave
3 chaffing
4 hackneyed
5 sustenance
68 resonant; producing a full deep sound; producing sound 1 vehement
2 sonorous
3 norm
4 sinister
5 siren
69 one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure 1 hedonist
2 embed
3 farce
4 solace
5 tourniquet
70 home of a hermit 1 gait
2 buccaneer
3 hermitage
4 euthanasia
5 firearm
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 agreement 1 astronomical
2 beleaguer
3 dominant
4 accord
5 concur
72 something that discourages action 1 disincentive
2 dossier
3 courtly
4 parry
5 trigger
73 cancel; revoke (an order) 1 capsize
2 vulture
3 countermand
4 commonwealth
5 rung
74 predecessor; one that comes before and indicates the approach of another 1 forerunner
2 exploit
3 credulity
4 renegade
5 expeditious
75 small speck (esp. of dust) 1 muddle
2 silversmith
3 mote
4 centurion
5 clime
76 move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently) 1 foist
2 covetous
3 prance
4 surge
5 demotic
77 cage for hens or poultry 1 coop
2 analogue
3 clown
4 contention
5 narcotic
78 with identity concealed; using an assumed name; ADJ. 1 incognito
2 fervor
3 pugnacity
4 jaunt
5 extemporaneous
79 rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse 1 deserts
2 gruff
3 geniality
4 exorbitant
5 canter
80 waves of the sea as they break upon a shore 1 cavil
2 execrable
3 surf
4 pusillanimous
5 cabal
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain 1 chalice
2 hermitage
3 complement
4 canopy
5 curb
82 (of societies or groups) combine; unite in one body 1 unravel
2 polygamist
3 bloated
4 callow
5 amalgamate
83 in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude 1 surly
2 loll
3 breach
4 garnishment
5 nirvana
84 special talent; art 1 unlettered
2 knack
3 spawn
4 allegory
5 clipper
85 direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech 1 frenetic
2 granted_that
3 address
4 lust
5 alliteration
86 ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision 1 atheistic
2 abortive
3 surmise
4 mock
5 summary
87 heat transferring gas or liquid by the circulation of currents; 1 shaving
2 masticate
3 decrepitude
4 exegesis
5 convection
88 gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater 1 balk
2 foray
3 arroyo
4 putrefy
5 thunderbolt
89 shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall 1 parable
2 tarry
3 ruthless
4 totter
5 boon
90 element; ingredient 1 component
2 intrepid
3 detain
4 swagger
5 queue
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking 1 methodical
2 pedagogy
3 potential
4 ruddy
5 scuttle
92 bruise 1 remiss
2 feint
3 contusion
4 climactic
5 gesticulation
93 eager for knowledge; unduly curious 1 inquisitive
2 emboss
3 tactful
4 aboveboard
5 cadge
94 vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote 1 rou\'e
2 propensity
3 ecologist
4 palatial
5 blackball
95 informal discussion; conversation 1 colloquy
2 agog
3 overhaul
4 abbreviate
5 hygiene
96 intellectuals; members of the educated elite (often used derogatorily) 1 cumulative
2 festoon
3 intelligentsia
4 gape
5 consanguineous(consanguine)
97 imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon 1 agglomeration
2 calipers
3 Shangri-la
4 dramatize
5 tong
98 suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food 1 dyspeptic
2 chicanery
3 bland
4 expostulation
5 haughtiness
99 slow; sluggish; N: one who lags; straggler 1 apotheosis
2 laggard
3 malapropism
4 heed
5 graphite
100 agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly 1 disdain
2 sway
3 sequel
4 amiable
5 noisome
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