Quiz 36 of 50 -- Barron words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 long life; long duration 1 log
2 seminary
3 tribulation
4 pessimism
5 longevity
2 saying farewell; expression of leave-taking 1 mirage
2 wring
3 valediction
4 apolitical
5 foppish
3 small waterfall 1 psyche
2 archetype
3 cascade
4 alimony
5 faculty
4 signify; indicate; be a sign of 1 cartilage
2 betoken
3 finite
4 aegis
5 harness
5 walk slowly and aimlessly; lose coherence of thought or expression 1 wander
2 cannibal
3 solemnity
4 postdate
5 ferocious
6 old age; feeble-mindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia 1 n
2 senility
3 argot
4 euphoria
5 soggy
7 indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable 1 irrefutable
2 pomposity
3 modish
4 gargoyle
5 beset
8 discomposed; confused 1 atheistic
2 wry
3 heyday
4 hubbub
5 discombobulated
9 grandiloquent, pompous speech 1 subservient
2 malady
3 boycott
4 reinstate
5 bombast
10 white substance which smells and tastes of mint 1 meteorology
2 expatiate
3 pulsate
4 menthol
5 detain
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior; outlandish 1 incinerate
2 psychiatrist
3 sedulous
4 genealogy
5 uncouth
12 shrill, trumpet-like sound; kind of trumpet used in former times 1 pushy
2 corollary
3 chicanery
4 clarion
5 insubordination
13 existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level) 1 hypochondriac
2 pedagogue
3 subsistence
4 nihilist
5 fiend
14 small weakness of character; slight fault; CF. feeble 1 clavicle
2 foible
3 adversary
4 manifold
5 unctuous
15 act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive 1 armada
2 stratified
3 phalanx
4 disjunction
5 rabid
16 accidental; casual; happening by chance 1 paucity
2 lowbrow
3 adventitious
4 clangor
5 plebiscite
17 taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats. 1 resumption
2 wade
3 Machiavellian
4 apogee
5 protagonist
18 scarcity; dearth 1 reverent
2 importune
3 paucity
4 jocund
5 clique
19 start a fire; ignite; inspire; arouse 1 parallelism
2 regale
3 increment
4 truism
5 kindle
20 (esp. of older people) vigorously active; nimble 1 skewer
2 obsolete
3 spry
4 commonplace
5 advection
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 union; coalition; V. fuse 1 moralistic
2 grotesque
3 fusion
4 hurl
5 sodden
22 specialist in classifying (animals, etc.); CF. taxonomy: science of classification 1 inimical
2 churlish
3 taxonomist
4 sidewalk
5 charisma
23 large three-masted sailing ship 1 galleon
2 delete
3 hew
4 allay
5 surveillance
24 recognize; admit 1 glare
2 archaic
3 bland
4 ramify
5 acknowledge
25 talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly 1 prate
2 reconnaissance
3 misconstrue
4 vivisection
5 pugnacity
26 put air into (a liquid) as by pressure; expose to fresh air for purification; oxygenate (blood) for respiration 1 aerate
2 lachrymose
3 rhinestone
4 facsimile
5 ludicrous
27 confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; make so confused as to be difficult to understand 1 effectual
2 arroyo
3 obfuscate
4 rousing
5 vertebrate
28 hot sweet dish 1 rectitude
2 retort
3 capricious
4 ursine
5 pudding
29 lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation 1 dapper
2 brocade
3 subservient
4 unimpeachable
5 console
30 long for; yearn; languish from longing or grief; decline 1 draught
2 brochure
3 fallow
4 pine
5 aghast
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 having the appearance of truth or reality; probable or likely to be true; plausible 1 magnitude
2 hubbub
3 instrumental
4 verisimilar
5 advocate
32 annoy; distress 1 sultry
2 insurgent
3 gradation
4 purveyor
5 vex
33 device for regulating the flow of a liquid as from pipe 1 optimist
2 bouillon
3 faucet
4 elegy
5 rainfall
34 pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate 1 disbar
2 rubric
3 harness
4 extrapolation
5 germane
35 ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness) 1 malapropism
2 carat(karat)
3 enervate
4 sonnet
5 palliate
36 witty saying; wisecrack(clever joking remark) 1 witticism
2 cessation
3 slouch
4 sinewy
5 expostulation
37 abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text 1 homeostasis
2 jug
3 pr\'ecis
4 inception
5 coalition
38 complain; fuss; grumble; grouch; N: plump chicken like game bird 1 collage
2 equivocal
3 grouse
4 imbecility
5 bacchanalian
39 sift; separate the chaff from grain by blowing; separate good parts from bad; CF. wind 1 winnow
2 unprepossessing
3 padre
4 apotheosis
5 apiculture
40 join together; unite; N: crossbar used to joining two draft animals 1 tenure
2 yoke
3 vitiate
4 compartment
5 petulant
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D 1 disillusioned
2 upshot
3 rickety
4 apocalyptic
5 postulate
42 decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury); ADJ. gangrenous 1 trifling
2 gangrene
3 ductile
4 manifesto
5 chaperon
43 breathe out; OP. inhale 1 exhale
2 ashen
3 fuse
4 usage
5 disjointed
44 ring as of flowers or leaves 1 wreath
2 gloss
3 sonorous
4 compatible
5 ligneous
45 garland 1 festoon
2 botch
3 agglomeration
4 advent
5 roil
46 associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler) 1 consort
2 insurgent
3 smug
4 dramatize
5 hazardous
47 without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute 1 abeyance
2 categorical
3 magnify
4 sinkhole
5 casualty
48 of a member of the cat family; N. 1 distinct
2 lambaste
3 unravel
4 feline
5 epaulet(epaulette)
49 indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive 1 bewitch
2 foppish
3 untenable
4 supplicate
5 mealymouthed
50 ADJ: having a purplish-blue color 1 distinctive
2 violet
3 swill
4 bruise
5 rabble
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 addictive drug that reduces pain and induces sleep or stupor 1 euphemism
2 docile
3 omniscient
4 narcotic
5 irreverence
52 flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river 1 abut
2 delta
3 browbeat
4 infantile
5 withstand
53 mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other metals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness 1 dilettante
2 lyric
3 alloy
4 representational
5 grandiloquent
54 (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored 1 gusto
2 edifice
3 variegated
4 antagonism
5 luster
55 any gain above stipulated salary; Ex. perquisites such as free meals and a car 1 gnarl
2 perquisite(perk)
3 juncture
4 warren
5 impropriety
56 self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent 1 proof
2 crinkle
3 dysentery
4 shipment
5 complacency
57 unpredictable; fickle 1 centigrade
2 capricious
3 cultivated
4 undulating
5 rococo
58 sorcery; magic 1 dull
2 ichthyology
3 wizardry
4 acrid
5 prevaricate
59 foretell; be a warning or sign of; N: presentiment; foreboding; omen 1 genesis
2 surreptitious
3 parsimony
4 presage
5 vulnerable
60 stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain; strained relationship between groups or people 1 sip
2 seclusion
3 tension
4 institutionalize
5 slaughter
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 deprived of (something valuable); lacking 1 favoritism
2 cog
3 bereft
4 magnify
5 denounce
62 related to dogs; doglike 1 foray
2 heyday
3 carapace
4 funereal
5 canine
63 move faster 1 colonial
2 medley
3 persevere
4 accelerate
5 underwrite
64 balance of opposing forces; balance of the mind; equanimity 1 gregarious
2 embed
3 ordination
4 engross
5 equilibrium
65 incapable of injury; impossible to damage or injure 1 mischance
2 squalor
3 falsify
4 invulnerable
5 omnipotent
66 opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments 1 thesis
2 psychic
3 coagulate
4 cynical
5 dissonance
67 rustic; country bumpkin; 1 lassitude
2 amortize
3 yokel
4 imply
5 pigment
68 agreement of interests or principles among a group 1 erotic
2 solidarity
3 beget
4 gradation
5 gnarl
69 like wood 1 protract
2 ligneous
3 summary
4 d\'ecollet\'e
5 fanaticism
70 lack of self-confidence or courage 1 verisimilar
2 stratagem
3 repository
4 gong
5 timidity
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 boisterous laughter; V. 1 nullify
2 dawdle
3 audacious
4 guffaw
5 bat
72 full-bosomed; plump; jolly 1 pontifical
2 wastrel
3 depose
4 buxom
5 gainsay
73 vex; annoy or make angry (by testing the patience) 1 feckless
2 exasperate
3 apex
4 connivance
5 retrospective
74 false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument 1 gestate
2 acne
3 crypt
4 fallacious
5 gnarled
75 recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the past 1 traumatic
2 reminiscence
3 lampoon
4 percolate
5 discerning
76 poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac 1 geyser
2 jab
3 elegy
4 masochist
5 queue
77 science of law 1 commandeer
2 desultory
3 sedition
4 grovel
5 jurisprudence
78 unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent 1 bookish
2 sedulous
3 ideology
4 acne
5 incoherent
79 pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments 1 centaur
2 madrigal
3 welt
4 demise
5 demoralize
80 nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment 1 usage
2 entomology
3 nutrient
4 omnivorous
5 revelry
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 a kind of squirrel 1 fanaticism
2 alacrity
3 garish
4 stride
5 chipmunk
82 debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload cargo from a ship; CF. embark 1 acme
2 belfry
3 disembark
4 hoof
5 solemnity
83 middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions 1 interregnum
2 prognosis
3 tassel
4 mortar
5 bourgeois
84 thin; slim; rare 1 listless
2 irremediable
3 mucus
4 adjoin
5 tenuous
85 agree 1 amenities
2 acne
3 accede
4 florid
5 usage
86 employed; busy; betrothed; involved in conflict 1 reinstate
2 verbatim
3 engaged
4 bowdlerize
5 insightful
87 predict (according to present indications) 1 prognosticate
2 spar
3 emissary
4 aorta
5 aseptic
88 one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable 1 descry
2 whittle
3 girder
4 ursine
5 sleeper
89 plant of the bean family with its seeds in a pod 1 legume
2 extemporaneous
3 restraint
4 mosaic
5 tremulous
90 force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die 1 extol
2 cherubic
3 incredulous
4 credo
5 extrude
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 mercy killing 1 ranger
2 omniscient
3 pollen
4 euthanasia
5 glide
92 unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly 1 inadvertently
2 rankle
3 acolyte
4 maladroit
5 superimpose
93 gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor 1 irrefutable
2 derogatory
3 pitfall
4 legacy
5 expiate
94 period of time 1 dyspeptic
2 retrospective
3 tusk
4 epoch
5 overwrought
95 scanty; inadequate 1 glow
2 eddy
3 altruistic
4 potable
5 meager
96 social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement 1 swill
2 convention
3 tartar
4 recline
5 flier
97 support; act superior toward; treat in a condescending manner; be a customer of; N. patron: one that supports; regular customer; N. patronage; CF. boycott 1 wander
2 patronize
3 indiscriminate
4 hardy
5 gambol
98 deception; trickery 1 inhibited
2 allegiance
3 malapropism
4 gossamer
5 artifice
99 the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions 1 quay
2 raconteur
3 qualify
4 ambivalence
5 eccentric
100 surrender; give up all resistance 1 dune
2 capitulate
3 inarticulate
4 gnarl
5 academic
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