Quiz 33 of 50 -- Barron words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke 1 bawdy
2 charm
3 comeuppance
4 vivisection
5 molding
2 accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating evidence 1 alluvial
2 novice
3 incriminate
4 braggart
5 lot
3 rich, figured(patterned) fabric 1 cadence
2 sleek
3 betoken
4 brocade
5 leery
4 return of part of a payment; discount; V. 1 rebate
2 malfeasance
3 sibling
4 mantle
5 veracious
5 reach or extend over or beyond; miss by attempting too much 1 overreach
2 knowledgeable
3 tenant
4 growl
5 bondage
6 back country; inner part of a country; OP. foreland 1 supersede
2 buffet
3 irretrievable
4 hinterlands
5 fancy
7 of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal 1 jettison
2 musty
3 contortions
4 fete(f\^ete)
5 airy
8 father; become the father of; produce; give rise to 1 obsessive
2 beget
3 arrears
4 aloof
5 fulminate
9 rebellious; N. 1 affidavit
2 insurgent
3 placard
4 desiccate
5 dormer
10 perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning 1 futile
2 carnage
3 subtlety
4 explicate
5 scrimmage
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down 1 breakthrough
2 barrister
3 premise
4 lewd
5 bolt
12 kindly; doing good 1 screech
2 beneficent
3 tenant
4 glare
5 mace
13 deep stupor or unconsciousness produced by a drug 1 narcosis
2 cornea
3 mar
4 tension
5 canker
14 direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue) 1 preposterous
2 penetrate
3 qualified
4 ramify
5 plebiscite
15 ransack; thoroughly search 1 detrimental
2 caret
3 recapitulate
4 conflagration
5 rummage
16 protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate 1 expostulation
2 dowdy
3 egotistical
4 migratory
5 cantata
17 paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls; V. 1 rife
2 diligence
3 pungent
4 red_herring
5 plaster
18 kinship; relationship by birth 1 proselytize
2 sherbet
3 valediction
4 consanguinity
5 qualify
19 (apprec.) worthy of esteem; admirable 1 den
2 compatriot
3 estimable
4 otherworldly
5 puny
20 free from or deprive of illusion 1 frond
2 sublimate
3 deflect
4 disillusion
5 swear
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 amendment or clause added to a legislative bill 1 insightful
2 rider
3 hovel
4 rooster
5 gaudy
22 expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth 1 virus
2 rafter
3 potential
4 inconsequential
5 deliberate
23 trinket; cheap jewel; trifle 1 garbled
2 bauble
3 sententious
4 solder
5 rabid
24 praising; eulogistic; N. encomium: very high praise; eulogy 1 imply
2 overreach
3 encomiastic
4 expatiate
5 degradation
25 clear beef (or meat) soup 1 apoplexy
2 bouillon
3 anomaly
4 antiquity
5 spat
26 large stately house 1 superannuated
2 absolve
3 stun
4 mansion
5 quack
27 provide with some quality; endow 1 stunt
2 endue
3 landlocked
4 trunk
5 trifling
28 walk unsteadily as if drunk; feel dizzy as with confusion; N: spool; bobbin; round object on which a length of thread can be wound 1 wield
2 reel
3 armada
4 garbled
5 seduce
29 fear of being locked in 1 rapture
2 claustrophobia
3 ejaculation
4 ego
5 gland
30 pertaining to fishing; CF. Pisces 1 spin
2 piscatorial
3 pauper
4 malfeasance
5 appurtenances
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency 1 mendacious
2 canvas
3 strident
4 sustenance
5 capsize
32 decorate with needlework; ornament (a story) with fancy or fictitious details; embellish 1 loft
2 fluke
3 rebuttal
4 embroider
5 repudiate
33 stockpile; accumulate for future use; N: supply stored for future use 1 manumit
2 onus
3 don
4 gory
5 hoard
34 seeming never to grow old; eternal 1 meek
2 squash
3 ageless
4 suppliant
5 recumbent
35 issue forth; come out 1 emanate
2 prodigy
3 cleave
4 transcribe
5 draw
36 collect (gradually, in a very large amount) 1 amass
2 iniquitous
3 knack
4 flotsam
5 falter
37 difficult to understand; impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious 1 porous
2 judicious
3 prattle
4 credulity
5 inscrutable
38 bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry 1 simper
2 covert
3 pedantic
4 seismic
5 shack
39 position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion 1 sylvan
2 faculty
3 pr\'ecis
4 championship
5 aromatic
40 plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse 1 caste
2 douse
3 cumulus
4 ragamuffin
5 parish
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly 1 bristle
2 veracious
3 tenancy
4 dinghy
5 adjourn
42 group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard 1 bump
2 protract
3 avantgarde
4 polemical(polemic)
5 dissimulate
43 restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote 1 abstinence
2 freebooter
3 rarefied
4 rotundity
5 subaltern
44 slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor 1 detraction
2 coiffure
3 belfry
4 decrepitude
5 potion
45 fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops 1 ursine
2 gill
3 drip
4 foreclose
5 eddy
46 flag on a ship (esp. to show what nation the ship belongs to); badge of office or power; emblem; CF. insignia 1 scapegoat
2 ensign
3 sight
4 plane
5 fictive
47 great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist 1 layman
2 clout
3 clique
4 desiccate
5 physiology
48 path of the sun and the planets 1 ecliptic
2 lot
3 incompatible
4 voluminous
5 dulcet
49 being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity 1 potable
2 doctrine
3 ubiquitous
4 metallurgical
5 embody
50 a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played 1 bluster
2 carillon
3 tout
4 fringe
5 consolidation
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies 1 sly
2 merger
3 lackadaisical
4 ooze
5 amenities
52 pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease 1 rung
2 placate
3 boulder
4 ruminate
5 blas\'e
53 shelve; postpone consideration of 1 tantalize
2 table
3 porridge
4 dissolution
5 run-down
54 mutually destructive 1 extrinsic
2 internecine
3 bluff
4 impious
5 pollen
55 piece of burning wood; hothead; troublemaker; person who stirs up trouble 1 scenario
2 firebrand
3 prurient
4 converge
5 deride
56 family descent; ADJ. ancestral 1 convulsion
2 ancestry
3 pander
4 maniacal
5 capacious
57 burned substance (not reduced to ashes but not burned further) 1 indolent
2 militant
3 personable
4 cinder
5 prodigy
58 petition humbly; pray to grant a favor 1 compulsion
2 supplicate
3 affidavit
4 touching
5 apogee
59 (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion 1 insolvent
2 scorch
3 crotchety
4 preamble
5 fringe
60 related to a school; not practical or directly useful 1 granted_that
2 red_herring
3 bluster
4 academic
5 amity
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 put under a spell(condition caused by magical power); carry away(fill with strong feeling) with emotion; put into a trance; fill with delight 1 demeanor
2 literacy
3 inimical
4 entrance
5 niche
62 club of women students; CF. fraternity; CF. Sororities 1 bestow
2 nostrum
3 chlorine
4 sorority
5 intolerant
63 (of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan) 1 provincial
2 concord
3 leaflet
4 adjacent
5 discursive
64 act of finding oneself in society; orienting 1 flamboyant
2 application
3 foolproof
4 ambrosia
5 orientation
65 since; owing to the fact that 1 sublime
2 innate
3 inasmuch_as
4 prune
5 chronic
66 lying below; fundamental 1 omniscient
2 fetid(foetid)
3 overhaul
4 replicate
5 underlying
67 lose brightness, color, strength, freshness, etc. 1 rite
2 sonnet
3 fade
4 jingoism
5 impenitent
68 listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling 1 compilation
2 trample
3 venal
4 contraband
5 amputate
69 smooth and shining; N. gloss: shiny brightness on a surface; superficially attractive appearance; Ex. gloss of good manners 1 bettor
2 cloudburst
3 glossy
4 maladroit
5 subsistence
70 small device 1 unequivocal
2 spar
3 gadget
4 recreant
5 tiller
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 analysis; cutting apart in order to examine 1 d\'ecollet\'e
2 dissection
3 hierarchy
4 prologue
5 commandeer
72 highly excited; intensely curious 1 agog
2 august
3 supposition
4 airy
5 range
73 forerunner; predecessor 1 commodious
2 precursor
3 proofread
4 gravity
5 pastoral
74 animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant; CF. para-: beside 1 gavel
2 bromide
3 at_the_mercy_of
4 foil
5 parasite
75 proceeding whereby property belonging to a debtor but in the possession of another is turned over to the creditor 1 discountenance
2 garnishment
3 d\'ecollet\'e
4 bigot
5 strut
76 utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does); N. 1 convert
2 transmute
3 grunt
4 fallacious
5 rooster
77 eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce 1 effete
2 comprehensive
3 cure
4 corrosive
5 magnanimity
78 religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic 1 paradox
2 occult
3 denomination
4 postdate
5 quarry
79 goblet; consecrated cup 1 d\'ecollet\'e
2 denounce
3 cauterize
4 philanthropist
5 chalice
80 original work used as a model by others 1 choice
2 ageless
3 dapper
4 prototype
5 credence
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 make thin; weaken 1 attenuate
2 gory
3 grovel
4 virulent
5 garret
82 wriggle; move from side to side with irregular twisting motions 1 enjoin
2 demented
3 scanty
4 wiggle
5 fetid(foetid)
83 standard (of behavior or ability) 1 forthright
2 epitaph
3 simile
4 bacchanal
5 norm
84 plentiful 1 maculated
2 snare
3 luggage
4 solicitor
5 copious
85 moving at an easy pace; V. 1 juggernaut
2 mausoleum
3 proscribe
4 volley
5 amble
86 raised platform for speech-making; pulpit 1 blues
2 rostrum
3 lyric
4 illuminate
5 preposterous
87 disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity 1 diabolical
2 incapacitate
3 astral
4 obfuscate
5 mote
88 food; provisions; V. victual: provide with food 1 nonchalance
2 victuals
3 impede
4 agape
5 sturdy
89 flowing into 1 bivouac
2 odyssey
3 desolate
4 ingenious
5 influx
90 place where something happens; () 1 vitreous
2 animosity
3 squall
4 rumble
5 locus
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 (of weather) warm and damp 1 pedestal
2 muggy
3 disgorge
4 nexus
5 insider
92 physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies; N. obstetrics; CF. midwife 1 byline
2 replenish
3 chorale
4 deify
5 obstetrician
93 those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel 1 list
2 sojourn
3 bleak
4 gentility
5 disbar
94 gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man 1 traumatic
2 anemia
3 cure
4 lechery
5 brooch
95 concise and meaningful; substantial; meaty 1 pithy
2 chaffing
3 glossary
4 tiptoe
5 fade
96 paste of flour and water (eaten when baked) 1 pastry
2 indulgent
3 voluminous
4 rococo
5 genuflect
97 one who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief 1 defray
2 convert
3 hibernate
4 deliberate
5 grotto
98 beast-like; brutal; inhuman; very cruel 1 malapropism
2 bestial
3 probity
4 molecule
5 antithesis
99 hint; slight indication 1 riveting
2 analogy
3 browbeat
4 nauseous
5 inkling
100 soil; defile; make dirty 1 besmirch
2 siren
3 surreptitious
4 impropriety
5 plumage
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