Quiz 26 of 50 -- Barron words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 horizontal member that bears the upright potion of a frame; ; CF. windowsill 1 laity
2 inadvertently
3 effluvium
4 apogee
5 sill
2 possession of land or building by rent; period of a tenant's occupancy 1 diversion
2 alienate
3 compliance
4 tenancy
5 convulsion
3 complete; consummate; make perfect; N. 1 pugilist
2 complement
3 wrinkle
4 attenuate
5 mischance
4 exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one's country 1 discomfit
2 defect
3 annuity
4 declivity
5 expatriate
5 scholar; learned person; CF. savior: know 1 planetary
2 harangue
3 nutritious
4 savant
5 sequester
6 tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance 1 gong
2 knack
3 incubate
4 swelter
5 egotism
7 full of pores; like a sieve 1 bifurcated
2 aversion
3 porous
4 incriminate
5 aria
8 periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals 1 intermittent
2 capricious
3 sidetrack
4 pander
5 euphony
9 study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish 1 psychic
2 eavesdrop
3 anachronism
4 ichthyology
5 mauve
10 noisy quarrel 1 brawl
2 dysentery
3 resplendent
4 ominous
5 quarry
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 burn to ashes 1 incinerate
2 toss
3 serendipity
4 gentle
5 graphite
12 remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted; eliminate; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of sin, guilt, or defilement); N. 1 personable
2 purge
3 dawdle
4 premonitory
5 slake
13 portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation 1 contiguous
2 aptitude
3 coop
4 sect
5 delineate
14 of good upbringing; well-mannered and refined 1 well-bred
2 jingoism
3 lackadaisical
4 incorrigible
5 delude
15 skin of an animal 1 alluvial
2 emboss
3 ruminate
4 exiguous
5 hide
16 low, indistinct, continuous sound; V. CF. mumble 1 frugality
2 disenfranchise
3 backslide
4 murmur
5 primacy
17 meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation 1 agility
2 trigger
3 libertine
4 missive
5 denotation
18 rejoicing; great joy 1 sly
2 jubilation
3 manifest
4 stroll
5 inveterate
19 CF. pollination 1 pollen
2 pathogen
3 pertinacious
4 adage
5 belated
20 faultless 1 impeccable
2 assail
3 bolt
4 barterer
5 mercenary
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 wanderer; rover; ; warden employed to protect a forest 1 literacy
2 philanderer
3 antecedents
4 frame
5 ranger
22 mass for the dead; dirge 1 auroral
2 requiem
3 tact
4 recurrent
5 protean
23 having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted 1 odorous
2 effete
3 dilatory
4 unfaltering
5 hemophilia
24 pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble 1 epaulet(epaulette)
2 slur
3 gadfly
4 range
5 methodical
25 spacious 1 capacious
2 baffle
3 verisimilar
4 refraction
5 inebriate
26 fully grown or developed; having a fully developed mind; sensible and reasonable; (of a bill) ready to be paid; payable; V. 1 ignite
2 rusticate
3 mature
4 annals
5 lineage
27 pertaining to passionate love or sexual love 1 pertinacious
2 liturgy
3 erotic
4 suckle
5 merger
28 beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw 1 thresh
2 weird
3 servitude
4 hoof
5 annuity
29 pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow passage or gorge through mountains 1 cringe
2 unobtrusive
3 flourish
4 defile
5 impotent
30 gigantic; N. titan 1 titanic
2 quack
3 criteria
4 vulture
5 madrigal
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 flack; anti-aircraft artillery; bursting shells fired from such artillery; severe disapproval or opposition 1 pestilential(pestilent)
2 omnipotent
3 forethought
4 footlight
5 flak
32 rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America 1 aversion
2 tundra
3 scrappy
4 suitcase
5 rapids
33 throw forcefully; shout out violently 1 recession
2 irremediable
3 hurl
4 fluctuate
5 cardiologist
34 a load of goods sent together by sea, road, or air; shipping; sending and delivery of goods 1 addiction
2 soothsayer
3 jewel
4 atheistic
5 shipment
35 lowest point; point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith 1 nadir
2 pachyderm
3 natation
4 casualty
5 trickle
36 not well educated; illiterate 1 unlettered
2 invalid
3 dispassionate
4 pugnacity
5 ordination
37 rough struggle or fight; ; V. 1 opportune
2 tussle
3 reportorial
4 armada
5 incapacitate
38 partly transparent 1 translucent
2 reckon
3 shove
4 obloquy
5 effete
39 feathers of a bird; 1 amazon
2 fledgling(fledgeling)
3 plumage
4 bestow
5 hemorrhage
40 trip; short journey 1 captious
2 jaunt
3 ambivalence
4 awful
5 monolithic
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word 1 reverend
2 expletive
3 surge
4 lassitude
5 macabre
42 casual; hastily done with little attention to detail 1 monolithic
2 obsidian
3 cursory
4 unprecedented
5 iniquitous
43 writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat 1 indifferent
2 corporeal
3 fidelity
4 panoramic
5 parchment
44 rebellion; uprising 1 calorific
2 taut
3 apex
4 insurrection
5 inequity
45 particular variety of art or literature 1 genre
2 fodder
3 retentive
4 clot
5 quibble
46 subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing 1 interrogate
2 sadistic
3 appurtenances
4 ornate
5 lettered
47 holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory 1 impropriety
2 intransigence
3 retentive
4 fertile
5 compatible
48 cowboy or cowgirl; 1 vision
2 equanimity
3 tedium
4 physiology
5 cowhand
49 bugbear; object of baseless terror 1 bugaboo
2 inflated
3 opportune
4 betroth
5 discombobulated
50 following; attendants 1 topple
2 weary
3 nourish
4 explicate
5 retinue
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 liable to err 1 orthodox
2 carrion
3 fritter
4 slither
5 fallible
52 choosing at random; confused; not based on careful distinctions 1 archaeology
2 indiscriminate
3 sanitary
4 chronic
5 graphic
53 advance deliberation 1 invert
2 forethought
3 forlorn
4 blunder
5 mirage
54 one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers 1 bellicose
2 irretrievable
3 valedictory
4 vigilante
5 stun
55 outstanding; superior 1 facsimile
2 elicit
3 preeminent
4 vanquish
5 fulcrum
56 flow of blood; bleeding 1 hemorrhage
2 primate
3 chaotic
4 venerable
5 chipmunk
57 cook by direct heat; N. 1 modish
2 innovation
3 decipher
4 untenable
5 broil
58 the West 1 encumber
2 Occident
3 unassuaged
4 contiguous
5 monochrome
59 beginner; novice 1 tyro
2 restitution
3 sophisticated
4 biennial
5 discombobulated
60 skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence 1 tact
2 adhere
3 pious
4 sluggish
5 paternalism
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 damaged; disfigured; V. mar: spoil; disfigure 1 marred
2 animated
3 residence
4 inaugurate
5 explicit
62 recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; CF. plant 1 retrench
2 emulate
3 adverse
4 fluency
5 neophyte
63 overcome 1 fickle
2 surmount
3 colon
4 enjoin
5 default
64 fond of books and reading 1 baffle
2 bookish
3 expound
4 accessory
5 dart
65 remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person) 1 newel
2 substantiate
3 centrifuge
4 castrate
5 onus
66 money or goods given to the poor 1 presentiment
2 dupe
3 alms
4 airy
5 secular
67 sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river) 1 silt
2 acquittal
3 wrath
4 cogitate
5 terminus
68 clever in deceiving; secretive; not telling one's intentions 1 chastise
2 macabre
3 aperture
4 sly
5 distrait
69 given to(having a tendency of) joking 1 precipitant
2 jocose
3 archaeology
4 adore
5 vulture
70 treat (a person) as a celebrity 1 magnitude
2 lionize
3 defame
4 execute
5 maroon
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer 1 magnanimity
2 cache
3 yeoman
4 broil
5 squash
72 connected with history; based on events in history (whether regarded as important or not) 1 historical
2 affable
3 tempo
4 defame
5 amorphous
73 express polite refusal; (as land) slope downward; deteriorate gradually; N: period or process of declining; CF. turn down 1 murmur
2 vestibule
3 indolent
4 decline
5 conflate
74 seeker after position or status 1 amok, amuck
2 aspirant
3 sectarian
4 inclement
5 reprieve
75 (of animals and humans) pass out (waste matter) from the body 1 excrete
2 strut
3 devoid
4 septic
5 tassel
76 capable of using either hand with equal ease 1 ambidextrous
2 corpuscle
3 thespian
4 circuitous
5 dais
77 harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense 1 diva
2 severity
3 compatible
4 wry
5 embark
78 having no inhibitions; free in behavior and feelings 1 fit
2 run-down
3 standstill
4 sibylline
5 uninhibited
79 short story of an amusing or interesting event 1 indefatigable
2 imply
3 anecdote
4 tonsure
5 nutrient
80 egotistic; excessively self-centered(egocentric); self-important; conceited 1 beatitude
2 unprepossessing
3 vista
4 egotistical
5 glut
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 highly ornate 1 niche
2 axle
3 baroque
4 malodorous
5 dowry
82 sudden outburst of an illness or feeling; convulsion caused by epilepsy 1 preposterous
2 pucker
3 fit
4 suede
5 foliage
83 pertaining to ships or navigation 1 stem_from
2 nautical
3 concentric
4 hypothetical
5 lethal
84 real being 1 poignancy
2 podium
3 layman
4 impudence
5 entity
85 person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise 1 exertion
2 voluminous
3 sage
4 olfactory
5 incredulous
86 withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership 1 adverse
2 killjoy
3 exigency
4 secession
5 unintimating
87 agent (sent on a mission to represent another); messenger 1 emissary
2 forestall
3 authenticate
4 acrid
5 remit
88 deny 1 pedant
2 stupor
3 concordat
4 gainsay
5 perigee
89 simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, etc.) 1 facsimile
2 fusillade
3 cessation
4 shudder
5 inestimable
90 severe disapproval; CF. approbation 1 nominal
2 incompatible
3 corrugated
4 contention
5 reprobation
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 sheer; transparent 1 harbinger
2 arroyo
3 diaphanous
4 fluke
5 novice
92 providing nourishment 1 notch
2 feign
3 zealot
4 nutritious
5 pathological
93 conclusion of an oration; perorating; V. perorate: conclude a speech; speak at great length 1 censure
2 tread
3 peroration
4 culture
5 iota
94 overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic 1 emolument
2 adherent
3 battalion
4 abstemious
5 bureaucracy
95 someone who advises insurance companies 1 dissonance
2 recast
3 basin
4 actuary
5 pad
96 process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive 1 subjugate
2 abode
3 miserly
4 sensitization
5 defect
97 long poem addressed to a person or thing 1 solstice
2 discerning
3 allege
4 ode
5 vociferous
98 hinged fixture used for knocking on a door 1 harrowing
2 knocker
3 guy
4 unfrock
5 asunder
99 relating to races 1 sovereign
2 ethnic
3 saline
4 phlegmatic
5 litotes
100 soul; mind 1 forgo(forego)
2 psyche
3 awful
4 casualty
5 frame
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