Quiz 29 of 50 -- Barron words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging) 1 prate
2 historical
3 nutritious
4 gallows
5 derelict
2 existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary 1 molar
2 lubricate
3 paternalism
4 peddle
5 primordial
3 cheerful promptness without reluctance 1 pith
2 interjection
3 horoscope
4 bluff
5 alacrity
4 good fortune and financial success; physical well-being 1 amnesty
2 prosperity
3 defame
4 gland
5 fade
5 explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition 1 expository
2 rumble
3 hibernate
4 wastrel
5 assimilate
6 official (who performs a particular function) 1 functionary
2 antler
3 pastry
4 indemnify
5 gadfly
7 hard unpleasant work; menial work 1 d\'eb\^acle
2 bespeak
3 coagulate
4 deplete
5 drudgery
8 without a material body; insubstantial 1 incorporeal
2 motto
3 crease
4 optimist
5 grade
9 desert; abandon; renounce 1 gravel
2 dally
3 apothegm(apophthegm)
4 forethought
5 forsake
10 weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power 1 impotent
2 squabble
3 myopic
4 shaving
5 unravel
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way) 1 importune
2 miasma
3 iconoclastic
4 eddy
5 Occident
12 short speech at conclusion of dramatic work 1 emissary
2 amazon
3 ceremonious
4 impending
5 epilogue
13 room or space under the roof; attic 1 cornucopia
2 harness
3 loft
4 executive
5 congeal
14 relieve (pain) 1 extrovert
2 alleviate
3 desiccate
4 caulk
5 archaism
15 oddity; idiosyncrasy 1 braggadocio
2 eccentricity
3 check
4 setback
5 philistine
16 chief; first; Ex. archbishop 1 idiosyncrasy
2 caricature
3 tenancy
4 flange
5 arch-
17 hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden 1 industrious
2 bifurcated
3 precipitate
4 descry
5 mawkish
18 a kind of early photograph; 1 gentle
2 daguerreotype
3 eerie
4 yeoman
5 mansion
19 please intensely; fill with rapture and delight 1 landlocked
2 flutter
3 cravat
4 advert
5 enrapture
20 neglect; failure to take reasonable care; ADJ. negligent: neglectful; lax; not taking enough care 1 hold
2 emasculate
3 canter
4 negligence
5 scrimmage
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 topple; N. 1 swindler
2 simian
3 transmute
4 mischance
5 overthrow
22 disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement 1 fit
2 recline
3 unprepossessing
4 thwart
5 clemency
23 going from one state of action to another 1 transition
2 remiss
3 vixen
4 bolt
5 munition
24 limp (as a result of damage to the legs); fasten together two legs of (a horse); impede the movement of; hamper; N. 1 hiatus
2 lope
3 hobble
4 pellucid
5 sprout
25 dry up 1 brood
2 indefatigable
3 caterpillar
4 piscatorial
5 desiccate
26 look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible 1 despise
2 offensive
3 nostrum
4 derelict
5 windfall
27 madly excited; N. frenzy: violent wild excitement 1 vertebrate
2 incarcerate
3 frenzied
4 debilitate
5 indentation
28 comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop 1 abet
2 malapropism
3 cleaver
4 pomposity
5 amoral
29 behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience 1 baffle
2 crave
3 nutritious
4 subservient
5 psychosis
30 contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots 1 guy
2 mature
3 lottery
4 jug
5 tong
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 very long pointed tooth (as in the elephant) 1 knowledgeable
2 obelisk
3 elixir
4 bifurcated
5 tusk
32 attack and harm; attack (a woman or a child) sexually 1 conciliatory
2 prepossessing
3 spat
4 molest
5 comeback
33 not conventional 1 offbeat
2 plausible
3 compliance
4 consonance
5 parquet
34 cancel; put an end to 1 abolish
2 paucity
3 panacea
4 dermatologist
5 hoodwink
35 reclining; lying down completely or in part 1 recumbent
2 odyssey
3 recession
4 festoon
5 cadaverous
36 spacious and comfortable 1 verve
2 list
3 unaccountable
4 commodious
5 veterinarian
37 leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest 1 bequeath
2 hackney
3 theocracy
4 antithesis
5 graphic
38 spotted; stained; CF. immaculate 1 porcelain
2 maculated
3 diffuse
4 scrappy
5 avalanche
39 controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant 1 regale
2 mirth
3 censorious
4 limber
5 ascendancy
40 lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect 1 abase
2 unsightly
3 embody
4 beeline
5 menace
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life 1 impregnate
2 impropriety
3 liaison
4 dissolution
5 blithe(blithesome)
42 outcome; final result 1 unfrock
2 knoll
3 arraign
4 upshot
5 hazardous
43 ponder at length; N: source of inspiration (esp. of a poet) 1 ewe
2 petulant
3 muse
4 incorporeal
5 stupor
44 front or face (of building); superficial or false appearance (wrong:fa\c{c}ade) 1 emanate
2 turgid
3 personify
4 facade
5 Machiavellian
45 take pleasure in great comfort 1 disabuse
2 kleptomaniac
3 comprehend
4 apprehensive
5 luxuriate
46 strong longing to travel 1 complementary
2 wanderlust
3 witless
4 overt
5 breakthrough
47 beg 1 implore
2 vulpine
3 maverick
4 retinue
5 elaborate
48 practical person; N. pragmatism: pragmatic way of dealing with things 1 pious
2 lowbrow
3 evangelist
4 pragmatist
5 corridor
49 small ornamental statuette(very small statue) 1 medium
2 acuity
3 figurine
4 suckle
5 sibylline
50 helpful; serving as a means; (of music) for instruments, not voices 1 numismatist
2 instrumental
3 scurry
4 planetary
5 inhibited
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware 1 cognizance
2 deleterious
3 scanty
4 vista
5 lope
52 steadfast; firm; not changing 1 august
2 unfaltering
3 protagonist
4 gainsay
5 cinder
53 have and use (power or influence); hold and use (a weapon); CF. ? 1 chatterbox
2 lash
3 antique
4 odious
5 wield
54 unconquerable; unyielding 1 indomitable
2 tranquillity
3 dispatch
4 eddy
5 representational
55 make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of 1 at_the_mercy_of
2 megalomania
3 alienate
4 amazon
5 debutante
56 irresolution; inability to make up one's mind 1 vernal
2 extemporaneous
3 foment
4 indecision
5 anticipate
57 capable of being repaired 1 veritable
2 strangle
3 fermentation
4 reparable
5 mortar
58 teacher; CF. child leader 1 forbearance
2 pedagogue
3 granulate
4 outlandish
5 cantankerous
59 ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose 1 florid
2 garrulous
3 unwieldy
4 debut
5 twirl
60 stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate 1 skewer
2 preponderance
3 philanthropist
4 overtake
5 balk
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional 1 delve
2 pride
3 bizarre
4 decimate
5 variegate
62 divide into parts 1 partition
2 coercion
3 twirl
4 credence
5 concise
63 time for rest; interval of relief; delay in punishment; reprieve 1 braggadocio
2 impuissance
3 parody
4 respite
5 wring
64 false testimony while under oath; V. perjure oneself: testify falsely under oath 1 crone
2 stifle
3 humility
4 smelt
5 perjury
65 article made or sold by a milliner; N. milliner: person who makes or sells women's hats; CF. Milan 1 boon
2 jingoist
3 exclaim
4 sluice
5 millinery
66 morally disapproved person; person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency; CF. disapproved by God ? 1 mute
2 conspiracy
3 reprobate
4 covetous
5 penumbra
67 one of eh vertical posts of a door or window frame; 1 shudder
2 jamb
3 opiate
4 coy
5 ensemble
68 pass slowly through a material that has small holes in it 1 awl
2 renegade
3 percolate
4 enlist
5 aberrant
69 surmise; guess; V. 1 sustenance
2 vitiate
3 conjecture
4 swamp
5 cramp
70 lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry 1 miscellany
2 enfranchise
3 livid
4 taut
5 slither
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 sizing; gluey substance used as a glaze for paper, cloth, or wall surfaces 1 filler
2 winnow
3 size
4 collage
5 championship
72 speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill 1 imbalance
2 piscatorial
3 dispatch
4 nonplus
5 bustle
73 throw lightly; move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion; flip (a coin) to decide something 1 sash
2 supplicate
3 libertine
4 toss
5 protean
74 inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone) 1 epitaph
2 dilatory
3 orator
4 suspense
5 vendor
75 cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase 1 expunge
2 agitate
3 muggy
4 molest
5 catechism
76 lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an ancient Greek city in Italy 1 sybarite
2 wrangle
3 pine
4 trunk
5 sash
77 seasonings; spices 1 abrogate
2 condiments
3 unobtrusive
4 mingle
5 mute
78 one who hates mankind; misanthropist 1 canopy
2 misanthrope
3 heyday
4 menace
5 coincidence
79 book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus 1 counterpoint
2 cloture
3 expeditious
4 bore
5 anthology
80 omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses 1 disheveled
2 extrude
3 unlettered
4 ellipsis
5 zealot
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from public life 1 sequester
2 evict
3 seasoned
4 genus
5 surveillance
82 colorless artificial gem 1 suede
2 aerie
3 rhinestone
4 saunter
5 debutante
83 (derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior 1 condescend
2 flange
3 erotic
4 tribunal
5 concatenate
84 positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination 1 overreach
2 affirmation
3 abeyance
4 cog
5 stammer
85 hopelessly sad (at the loss of something) 1 predilection
2 euthanasia
3 disquietude
4 upright
5 disconsolate
86 powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power 1 puissant
2 vendetta
3 waggish
4 cinder
5 odyssey
87 without feeling; lacking sense; foolish 1 rustle
2 hurtle
3 grudging
4 insensate
5 residual
88 unalterable; irreversible; impossible to revoke 1 ebb
2 holism
3 desultory
4 rainfall
5 irrevocable
89 teach (ideas or principles); instill 1 emissary
2 inculcate
3 antihistamine
4 rankle
5 apiarist
90 maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part 1 inconsequential
2 reminiscence
3 mutilate
4 braggart
5 maneuver(maneuver)
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 bending of a ray of light 1 ooze
2 refraction
3 bifurcated
4 behoove(behove)
5 musky
92 line made on cloth or paper by folding, crushing, or pressing; V. 1 crease
2 audit
3 repeal
4 trickster
5 replica
93 illusive; deceptive; not real 1 emissary
2 sturdy
3 derision
4 truism
5 illusory
94 song of praise or joy 1 seclusion
2 scrappy
3 optician
4 pensive
5 carol
95 artificial waterway; tube or duct 1 solder
2 tribulation
3 resignation
4 fetter
5 canal
96 pertaining to the organs or sense of touch 1 tactile
2 flexible
3 juncture
4 sere
5 weird
97 skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair 1 precipitant
2 peddle
3 shove
4 impolitic
5 mange
98 divided into two branches; forked 1 synthesis
2 bifurcated
3 enamel
4 abase
5 remediable
99 assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V. suppose 1 acknowledge
2 supposition
3 dank
4 subsume
5 canal
100 hard outer covering (as of earth or snow) 1 geriatrics
2 jovial
3 militia
4 crust
5 palimpsest
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