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.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to frazzle
as in
1592
She felt completely frazzled after looking after her grandchildren all day.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to parry
as in
1598
He cleverly parried the criticism by turning it back on his opponent.
Make a short sentence with the verb
to malign
as in
1617
He complained that he was being maligned for no reason.
Make a short sentence with the noun
spur
as in
1625
The coach predicted that the loss would act as a spur to the team.
Make a short sentence with the noun
array
as in
1628
The shop displayed an array of different kinds of cloth.
Make a short sentence with the noun
dictum
as in
1630
Socrates, like Confucius, is famous for his pithy dictums.
Make a short sentence with the noun
propriety
as in
1636
Rules of propriety have changed a great deal over the past century.
Make a short sentence with the noun
consortium
as in
1646
I once worked for the Midwest University Consortium of international Affairs.
Make a short sentence with the noun
indictment
as in
1663
The articles led to the detective’s indictment for corruption.
Make a short sentence with the noun
larceny
as in
1681
Eventually, the thief was found guilty of larceny and imprisoned.
Make a short sentence with the noun
felony
as in
1683
Anyone convicted of a felony in the United States may lose some of his rights as a citizen.
Make a short sentence with the noun
abstention
as in
1690
In the vote on the appointment, there were three abstentions.
Make a short sentence with the noun
preclusion
as in
1713
The aim of the system was the preclusion of strangers from the campus.
Make a short sentence with the noun
prevarication
as in
1715
After some prevarication, the clerk finally admitted losing the application.
Make a short sentence with the noun
onrush
as in
1739
The sudden onrush by the enemy took them by surprise.
Make a short sentence with the noun
rapprochement
as in
1752
The recent rapprochement between India and the United States augurs well for peace in the region.
Make a short sentence with the noun
divulgence
as in
1775
The divulgence of the secret agreement was a blow to the minister.
Make a short sentence with the noun
entreaty
as in
1801
Despite his colleagues’ entreaties, he insisted on resigning.
Make a short sentence with the noun
savvy
as in
1816
Everyone admire the savvy with which the foreman solved problems.
Make a short sentence with the noun
arrears
as in
1826
The tenant still had not paid the arrears on his rent.
Make a short sentence with the noun
clamor
as in
1829
There was a huge public clamor over the recent political scandals.
Make a short sentence with the noun
contrivance
as in
1830
Although she tried by every contrivance to fool me, I didn’t believe her.
Make a short sentence with the noun
subsidence
as in
1853
The earthquake had led to widespread subsidence in the area.
Make a short sentence with the noun
upshot
as in
1858
The upshot of his confession was that he was responsible for the crime he had been accused of.
Make a short sentence with the noun
diatribe
as in
1861
The doctor delivered the diatribe against the evils of smoking.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
aboveboard
as in
1864
He insisted that the negotiations had been fair and aboveboard.
Make a short sentence with the adverb
fatally
as in
1865
His answer in the interview fatally ruined his chances of getting the job.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
hefty
as in
1875
After eating a hefty lunch, he began to feel sleepy at his desk.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
idiosyncratic
as in
1883
His idiosyncratic approach to teaching annoyed some of his colleagues.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
profane
as in
1905
It seemed unlikely that the priest would be interested in such a profane matter.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
probationary
as in
1907
Eventually, they agreed to employ the girl on a probationary basis.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
despondent
as in
1928
Despondent and sullen, she finally realized she needed psychiatric help.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
imperious
as in
1939
The chief nurse spoke in an imperious way to her subordinates.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
stalwart
as in
1945
He had been a stalwart supporter of the labor union for many years.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
stolid
as in
1947
She was a stolid, hard-working girl, who showed little emotion.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
intrepid
as in
1957
The intrepid exploits of Superman exemplify a classic American hero.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
wanton
as in
1960
The critics said the action showed a wanton disregard for human rights.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
precipitous
as in
1972
The White cliffs of Dover are precipitous rock formations above the sea.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
cagey
as in
1976
His cagey response immediately made the police suspicious of him.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
truculent
as in
1982
As he spoke, the crowd began to grow increasingly truculent.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
statutory
as in
1988
There were statutory penalties for breaking the regulations.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
pernicious
as in
1993
Certain kinds of pernicious viruses thrive even in sanitary conditions.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
haggard
as in
2000
Many people were shocked at the haggard faces of the survivors.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
glib
as in
2002
Critics condemned the book as glib and insubstantial.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
loquacious
as in
2004
Many traditional cultures claim that girls are more loquacious than boys.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
languid
as in
2013
The boy seem so languid we wondered if he was healthy.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
sullen
as in
2014
The little girl stood with a sullen expression on her face.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
morose
as in
2016
sHis Superior was a morose, pessimistic person with a bad temper.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
fastidious
as in
2017
Joe’s fastidious attention to detail is often a waste of time.
Make a short sentence with the adverb
askew
as in
2026
Despite their careful planning, the concert went askew from the beginning.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
burnished
as in
2033
The burnished metal statue shown brightly in the sunlight.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
bungling
as in
2034
He’s bungling attempts to fix the car had only made the problem worse.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
inveterate
as in
2036
Few believed his story because he was known to be an inveterate liar.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
fiendish
as in
2038
Many people were horrified by the use of such fiendish weapons.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
fortuitously
as in
2039
He was beginning to feel lost when for fortuitously he spotted a friend.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
ignominious
as in
2041
His resignation was an ignominious and to an once promising career.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
onerous
as in
2052
He found dealing with students parents an especially onerous duty.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
pallid
as in
2053
After months of severe dieting, her face looks drawn and pallid.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
upscale
as in
2058
On their wedding anniversary, he took his wife to an upscale restaurant.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
bent
as in
2061
He found a bent official and bribed him to give him a passport.
Make a short sentence with the adverb
berserk
as in
2062
The man lost his temper and went berserk, attacking anyone in sight.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
demure
as in
2066
It was hard to believe that the demure young woman before them was on trial for murder.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
droll
as in
2067
His droll sense of humor made him popular with everyone.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
gaunt
as in
2069
I was concerned at his gaunt appearance after hearing of his long illness.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
gluttonous
as in
2070
They spent a gluttonous week in Paris sampling local restaurants.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
munificent
as in
2072
We were astonished by the munificent gifts he had given us.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
obtrusive
as in
2076
An obtrusive poster warned students not to smoke on campus.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
sleek
as in
2085
She brushed the cat’s fur until it looked sleek and tidy.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
snide
as in
2086
When the man promoted his own son, there were many snide comments.
Make a short sentence with the adverb
sturdily
as in
2087
The little boy answered the teacher’s questions sturdily.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
sumptuous
as in
2088
We sat down to a sumptuous dinner with our guests.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
taut
as in
2089
A taut rope above the river allowed us to cross without getting wet.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
terse
as in
2091
Proverbs are typically terse but wise expressions of traditional values.
Make a short sentence with the adjective
upstage
as in
2091
He moved into an upstage position in order to deliver his speech.
