Quiz 31 of 50 -- Barron words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 shining brightly; brilliant 1 conjecture
2 effulgent
3 pulsate
4 aerie
5 nourish
2 chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N. 1 babble
2 abysmal
3 disembark
4 hortatory
5 impeccable
3 lead away from proper conduct; entice; ADJ. seductive 1 arch-
2 amalgamate
3 seduce
4 circumvent
5 insolvent
4 direct quick route 1 selective
2 awful
3 extricate
4 beeline
5 crossbreed
5 security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters 1 timeless
2 lambaste
3 consort
4 consensus
5 collateral
6 believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N. 1 misanthrope
2 apprehend
3 determinate
4 lash
5 Epicurean
7 (of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition 1 erudite
2 egoism
3 euphoria
4 fortuitous
5 libretto
8 express disapproval of; deplore; protest against; belittle; ADJ. deprecatory 1 deprecate
2 paramount
3 seclusion
4 exult
5 knowledgeable
9 half asleep; drowsy; N. somnolence 1 abstain
2 somnolent
3 studious
4 climactic
5 capricious
10 connoisseur of food and drink; epicure 1 mace
2 gourmet
3 seminary
4 deleterious
5 precocious
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval 1 dart
2 animadversion
3 waylay
4 gerontocracy
5 cogitate
12 one's opinion of oneself; self-esteem 1 ego
2 morose
3 abscission
4 garbled
5 kleptomaniac
13 stroll slowly; N. 1 carillon
2 sentimental
3 simulate
4 lurk
5 saunter
14 pardon (an offense) 1 parochial
2 anticipate
3 pensive
4 absolve
5 lot
15 favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices 1 auspicious
2 indulgent
3 simper
4 rave
5 gangrene
16 deceive; delude 1 topography
2 epistemologist
3 hoodwink
4 accolade
5 apocalyptic
17 ability to be molded; ADJ. plastic: capable of being shaped or molded; Ex. plastic material such as clay 1 aureole
2 rationale
3 condign
4 plasticity
5 rebuke
18 sharp point of a tool for making holes; metal bar, part of a bridle, that is put in the mouth of a horse 1 gobble
2 blush
3 negate
4 mane
5 bit
19 unrepressed; free in behavior and feelings 1 strident
2 slight
3 peccadillo
4 uninhibited
5 tension
20 calmness; peace 1 caustic
2 stammer
3 tranquillity
4 insensate
5 capacious
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 range of radio wavelengths or frequencies 1 grade
2 band
3 appraise
4 faze
5 demographic
22 (of something bad) highly conspicuous; harshly bright; shining intensely and blindingly 1 amble
2 tarnish
3 euphoria
4 glaring
5 foolhardy
23 harmful; CF. obnoxious 1 chill
2 mirth
3 phylum
4 noxious
5 uninhibited
24 reading desk or stand for a public speaker 1 opportunist
2 equivocal
3 lectern
4 muddle
5 mellifluous
25 of religion; (of a person) pious; having reverence for a deity 1 quaff
2 religious
3 prognosis
4 taxing
5 chlorine
26 grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others 1 illusory
2 meager
3 killjoy
4 adage
5 vehement
27 malodorous; foul 1 coop
2 adorn
3 grunt
4 fetid(foetid)
5 stygian
28 pare; cut away thin bits (from wood); fashion in this way; reduce gradually; trim 1 reprisal
2 divine
3 whittle
4 indissoluble
5 cartographer
29 help bring about; make less difficult 1 buffet
2 mollify
3 facilitate
4 lounge
5 ferocious
30 limited; restricted; V. qualify: limit the meaning of; modify 1 qualified
2 scowl
3 celerity
4 bilk
5 appellation
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder 1 doddering
2 brusque
3 expatriate
4 patriarch
5 sear
32 scientific study of the bodies and body parts; body; dissection of body 1 anatomy
2 neologism
3 hedonist
4 shiver
5 vain
33 terminology(system of specialized words); system of names or naming things 1 lofty
2 institute
3 rebate
4 aberrant
5 nomenclature
34 article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly 1 ameliorate
2 horoscope
3 treatise
4 nadir
5 icon
35 suspend until a later time; move from one place to another 1 alloy
2 kneel
3 adjourn
4 humdrum
5 remit
36 honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness 1 blandishment
2 ruse
3 substantiate
4 frugality
5 integrity
37 study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology 1 adage
2 efficacy
3 adorn
4 desultory
5 ethnology
38 divided into classes; arranged into strata; V. stratify 1 stratified
2 septic
3 consanguinity
4 posture
5 imperil
39 deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner 1 acquittal
2 mutter
3 enthrall
4 indecision
5 assertive
40 loose freshness; droop 1 hierarchy
2 wilt
3 cerebral
4 carcass
5 swarm
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 unshakably calm; placid 1 avantgarde
2 buffoonery
3 trunk
4 imperturbable
5 gruel
42 striker (tongue) of a bell 1 autonomous
2 clapper
3 projectile
4 capsize
5 girdle
43 figure on the prow of a ship; nominal leader with no actual authority 1 flak
2 dour
3 figurehead
4 bud
5 innocuous
44 person of no importance; nonexistence 1 nonentity
2 waylay
3 malady
4 mirage
5 comprehend
45 necktie 1 galleon
2 reprehensible
3 degradation
4 cravat
5 tread
46 conducive to mental or physical health; healthful 1 cull
2 obsequious
3 wholesome
4 stipend
5 claustrophobia
47 incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory, crematorium 1 grandeur
2 aftermath
3 literati
4 cremate
5 log
48 trap used for capturing birds and small animals; V. 1 actuarial
2 subsequent
3 abjure
4 pharisaical
5 snare
49 ask strongly; claim as if by right; OP. supplicate 1 emollient
2 bespeak
3 demand
4 aperture
5 unguent
50 boredom; weariness; ADJ. tedious 1 atrocity
2 tedium
3 generate
4 loquacious
5 dappled
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 noisy confusion 1 corrosive
2 elaborate
3 prosecute
4 uproar
5 sequester
52 woman whom a man loves 1 disquietude
2 generate
3 apostate
4 inamorata
5 conviction
53 prescribed form for public worship 1 infallible
2 ferocious
3 subsume
4 confiscate
5 liturgy
54 dig; search deeply; investigate 1 premonitory
2 ruminant
3 lackadaisical
4 disinclination
5 delve
55 rustic; pastoral 1 innate
2 bucolic
3 pander
4 couple
5 taxonomist
56 writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs 1 amulet
2 disembark
3 vertebrate
4 context
5 patois
57 harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically 1 belabor
2 clamber
3 recline
4 provender
5 purveyor
58 whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause 1 objective
2 caprice
3 stalemate
4 provident
5 astral
59 essence; main point; substance 1 spectral
2 rotundity
3 paramount
4 gist
5 centaur
60 someone who bets 1 incrustation
2 bettor
3 terminology
4 supererogatory
5 constituency
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 lustful 1 ancillary
2 yokel
3 amok, amuck
4 libidinous
5 imply
62 plant or scatter seed 1 fathomless
2 tiller
3 ichthyology
4 sow
5 palliate
63 playful remark or act; V. act or speak playfully 1 jest
2 witticism
3 odium
4 validate
5 herbivorous
64 infallible; that cannot go wrong 1 foolproof
2 squelch
3 contaminate
4 attune
5 anemia
65 outsmart; defeat by behaving more cleverly 1 gory
2 comeuppance
3 primogeniture
4 compunction
5 outwit
66 taking pains; showing hard work; taking great care; very careful and through 1 dowse
2 replenish
3 painstaking
4 partisan
5 axle
67 seriousness; gravity 1 contagion
2 asunder
3 nomenclature
4 solemnity
5 nautical
68 irregular; odd; unconventional; whimsical; bizarre; not concentric 1 chromosome
2 sovereignty
3 creed
4 eccentric
5 precocious
69 layer of earth's surface; layer of society; PL. strata 1 obstreperous
2 tome
3 stratum
4 isthmus
5 orator
70 churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person 1 curmudgeon
2 norm
3 motility
4 eulogy
5 hermetic
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.) 1 commiserate
2 appraise
3 resignation
4 graduated
5 politic
72 participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime) 1 catcall
2 delve
3 demise
4 complicity
5 analgesic
73 noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian 1 cabal
2 patrician
3 importunate
4 carnivorous
5 impair
74 negligent; careless about a duty 1 courtyard
2 iniquitous
3 remiss
4 rou\'e
5 adjoin
75 account book recording the money taken in and given out 1 assertive
2 engaged
3 legible
4 ledger
5 ebullient
76 throw into confusion; involve in strife, dispute, or quarrel; entangle; CF. imbroglio 1 embroil
2 gall
3 blue
4 insightful
5 dossier
77 similarly timed; simultaneous with; occurring at the same time; V. synchronize 1 contaminate
2 replenish
3 synchronous
4 negligence
5 mortar
78 long angry denunciatory speech; diatribe; harangue; extended scolding; denunciation 1 genre
2 coroner
3 parish
4 tirade
5 truculence
79 total failure; CF. bottle 1 righteous
2 epaulet(epaulette)
3 bulwark
4 fiasco
5 consummate
80 small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone)); a side 1 facet
2 emollient
3 dune
4 refrain
5 baroque
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 death notice (esp. in a newspaper); ADJ. 1 hydrophobia
2 dividend
3 liturgy
4 basin
5 obituary
82 motherly; N. maternity: motherhood 1 emulate
2 tryst
3 heedless
4 maternal
5 bicker
83 washing 1 contravene
2 ablution
3 charm
4 collaborate
5 gravity
84 change in direction; swerve 1 veer
2 gulp
3 lancet
4 confound
5 slovenly
85 delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory 1 nexus
2 ape
3 undermine
4 purveyor
5 hallucination
86 live together 1 delirium
2 ascendancy
3 alms
4 list
5 cohabit
87 healthy 1 artifice
2 plot
3 hale
4 rustle
5 disengage
88 drive out evil spirits 1 nepotism
2 centaur
3 sportive
4 exorcise
5 carapace
89 rescue (goods or property) from loss; N: saving; property saved 1 ethnic
2 recondite
3 colonial
4 graphic
5 salvage
90 central part of a church between two aisles; 1 jamb
2 contagion
3 murmur
4 deducible
5 nave
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 related to dogs; dog like 1 precipitous
2 ecosystem
3 perdition
4 canine
5 bolt
92 introduce a serum, vaccine, or antigenic substance into (to produce immunity to a specific disease) 1 aria
2 entomology
3 table
4 inception
5 inoculate
93 abdominal 1 malleable
2 ventral
3 criteria
4 veer
5 ramshackle
94 weaken; destroy; make invalid; nullify 1 hygiene
2 decline
3 killjoy
4 invalidate
5 guy
95 restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison 1 benevolent
2 constraint
3 stygian
4 concordat
5 append
96 former occupant of a post 1 hide
2 fanfare
3 chapel
4 predecessor
5 disjunction
97 evident; visible; obvious; V: show plainly 1 unaccountable
2 placebo
3 enjoin
4 manifest
5 sluggish
98 one that makes articles of silver 1 elope
2 resumption
3 silversmith
4 requisite
5 hull
99 pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; narrow; unsophisticated 1 doctrinaire
2 incongruity
3 provincial
4 gnome
5 bureaucracy
100 dramatic poem set to music; long musical work with singing but without acting; CF. cantata 1 unguent
2 pilot
3 trudge
4 oratorio
5 spoilsport
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