03 Vocabulary - Set C (122 of 700) Flashcards
Make a short sentence with the verb
to brandish
as in to wave
1408
Brandishing a wad of bills, he ordered everyone drinks.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to canvass
as in
1409
The candidate visited local homes to canvass support in the election.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to slump
as in
1414
Following a rise in the value of currency, exports slumped immediately.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to blanch
as in
1416
The woman’s face blanched when she heard the news.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to purvey
as in to supply
1422
The information had been purveyed to them by a concerned worker.
synonyms: to provide
Make a short sentence with the verb
to jostle
as in
1424
The fans jostled each other as they tried to get nearer to the stage.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to eschew
as in
1428
The man did not eschew even blackmail to achieve his ends.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to eulogize
as in
1439
After his death, many people eulogized him at the funeral.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to annoint
as in
1442
In a traditional ritual, the new king was annointed by a priest.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to waylay
as in to ambush
1451
The fan managed to waylay the pop star in the corridor of his hotel.
synonyms: to surprise
Make a short sentence with the verb
to rankle
as in to infuriate
1457
The fact that he had not been promoted rankled him.
synonyms: to anger, to enrage
Make a short sentence with the verb
to niggle
as in
1461
She felt niggled by the fact he had forgotten her birthday.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to pare
as in
1466
The couple did their best to pare their expenses to a minimum.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to equivocate
as in
1471
When asked if he would resign, the minister equivocated on the issue.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to embroil
as in
1477
Through no fault of his own, he became embroiled in a scandal.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to preclude
as in
1481
His intransigent attitude does not completely preclude a final reconciliation.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to prevaricate
as in
1483
The police officer told him to stop prevaricating and to answer the question.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to expiate
as in
1486
He did his best to expiate his original mistake.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to debar
as in
1490
After the fight, he was debarred from the club permanently.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to harry
as in
1491
The soldiers’ job was to harry the advancing army.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to assail
as in
1493
He was about to sign the contract when he was suddenly assailed by doubts.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to stymie
as in
1501
Their boss did his best to stymie their project but he failed.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to foist
as in
1506
Local people resented and attempt to foist foreign customs on them.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to revile
as in
1510
The man was reviled for cooperating with the enemy.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to snatch
as in
1518
A thief suddenly snatched her purse and ran out of the restaurant.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to relinquish
as in
1513
Although he had lived abroad for years, he never relinquished his citizenship.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to pilfer
as in
1520
It seemed that someone was pilferring small change from students’ purses.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to dissemble
as in
1529
The spy said that he had grown tired of dissembling his true identity over the years.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to molt
as in
1532
Some creatures molt at regular intervals.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to expunge
as in
1537
People could not expunge the shocking incident from their memories.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to scour
as in
1548
They scoured the apartment looking for the missing earring but were unable to find it.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to scrabble
as in
1549
The old man scrabbled on the floor for his spectacles.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to wrangle
as in
1551
He paid up because he hated wrangling with people over money.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to drawl
as in
1552
Ex-President Jimmy Carter drawled in typical Georgian dialect when he spoke.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to percolate
as in
1554
They cleaned the water by percolating it through a layer of sand.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to pervade
as in
1555
Rumors of the illness pervaded a large section of the city.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to upend
as in
1557
The woman upended her bag and spilled the contents on the table.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to dribble
as in
1558
Because he was teething, the baby dribbled saliva constantly.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to swill
as in
1561
The students set swilling tea and munching the homemade cookies.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to faze
as in
1563
It seemed that nothing could faze his sense of self-confidence.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to strut
as in
1566
The coach strutted up and down, shouting at his team.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to glean
as in
1572
He gleaned from his boss’s expression that she did not agree with him.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to hobble
as in
1573
To stop the prisoner escaping, his legs were hobbled with chains.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to jilt
as in
1577
Just before the wedding, she was suddenly jilted by her fiance.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to snub
as in
1579
She deliberately snubbed him at the party by refusing to dance with him.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to sojourn
as in
1580
During his trip, he sojourned for a few days on the tropical island.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to beguile
as in
1587
He was beguiled by the attractive saleswoman into buying a complete set of the encyclopedia.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to clobber
as in
1588
He picked up the ball and ran, but was immediately clobbered by the opposing team.
