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Question 1

frivolous

Answer 1

D. trvial

Question 2

froward

Answer 2

D. obstinate

Question 3

fructify

\ˈfräk-tə-ˌfī\

Answer 3

D. to bear fruit

E. no partnership can fructify without candor on both sides

Question 4

frugal

Answer 4

D. thrifty

E. His meals are the frugal fare of the poor: tea, bread, yogurt, a bit of cheese, vegetables.

Question 5

fruition

\frü-ˈi-shən\

Answer 5

D. (pleasurable) use or realization; enjoyment

E. when she landed the lead in a Broadway play, a lifelong dream was brought to fruition

Question 6

frustrate

Answer 6

D. to counteract; to prevent from achieving sth

E. The lack of investors has frustrated them in their efforts to expand the company.

Question 7

fulminate

\fo-mə-ˌnāt\

Answer 7

D. to explode suddenly; to thunder forth verbally

E. The editorial fulminated against the proposed tax increase. / She was fulminating about the dangers of smoking.

Question 8

fulsome

\ˈfu̇l-səm\

Answer 8

D. offensive particularly because of insincerity (full)

E. fulsome lies and nauseous flattery / describes in fulsome detail

Question 9

funereal

fyu̇-ˈnir-ē-əl\

Answer 9

D. appropriate to funeral

E. shivered with cold in the dark and funereal Victorian mansion

Question 10

furor

\ˈfyu̇r-ˌȯr\

Answer 10

D. a frenzy; rage

E. Amid a public furor, the senator continues to deny the allegations. / The book caused a furor across the country.

Question 11

furtive

Answer 11

D. stealthy

Question 12

fusion

Answer 12

D. union

Question 13

futile

\ˈfyü-təl\

Answer 13

D. useless

E. All our efforts proved futile.

Question 14

gadfly

\ˈgad-ˌflī\

Answer 14

D. flies that bite or annoy livestock; a person who stimulates or annoys especially by persistent criticism

E. a loud sports commentator who was a tactless gadfly during post-game interviews with the losing team

Question 15

gainsay

\ˌgān-ˈsā\

Answer 15

D. to deny

E. it can’t be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money

Question 16

gambol

\ˈgam-bəl\

Answer 16

D. to skip and frolic

E. dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park’s great lawn

Question 17

gamut

\ˈga-mət\

Answer 17

D. the whole range

E. the actress’s work runs the gamut from goofy comedies to serious historical dramas / She experienced the full gamut of human emotions.

Question 18

gape

\ˈgāp\

Answer 18

D. to open (mouth) wild

E. she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order

Question 19

gargantuan

\gär-‘gān-chew-ən\

Answer 19

D. gigantic

E. people seem to be buying ever more gargantuan SUVs these days

Question 20

garish

\ˈger-ish\

Answer 20

D. gaudy, excessively or disturbingly vivid

E. the wedding guest’s thick makeup was garish and unnecessary

Question 21

garner

Answer 21

D. to gather or store

E. She garnered more evidence to support her theory.

Question 22

garnish

Answer 22

D. to decorate

E. Chocolate curls garnished the cake.

Question 23

garrulous

\ˈger-ə-ləs\

Answer 23

D. talkative

E. He became more garrulous after drinking a couple of beers.

Question 24

gasconade

\ˌgas-kə-ˈnād\

Answer 24

D. boastful talk

E. if you believe the gasconade of his memoirs, he pretty much won World War II on his own

Question 25

gelid

\ˈje-ləd\

Answer 25

D. icy; frozen

E. the judge listened with the gelid detachment of someone who had heard it all before

Question 26

generality

Answer 26

D. a broad, vague statement

E. He spoke in generalities as he discussed his plans for the future.

Question 27

generic

\jə-ˈner-ik\

Answer 27

D. pertaining to a whole class, kind, or group

E. “Flu” is sometimes used as a generic term for any illness caused by a virus.

Question 28

genial

Answer 28

D. favorable to growth; kindly

E. genial sunshine

Question 29

gentility

\jen-ˈti-lə-tē\

Answer 29

D. of the upper classes; having taste and refinement

E. Education was considered a mark of gentility.

Question 30

genre

Answer 30

D. a kind or category

Question 31

gentry

Answer 31

D. people of education and good birth

E. the landed gentry (= those who own a lot of land)

Question 32

germane

(ˌ)jər-ˈmān\

Answer 32

D. relevant and pertinent to the case at hand

E. my personal opinion isn’t germane to our discussion of the facts of the case

Question 33

germinal

\ˈjər-mə-nəl\

Answer 33

D. in the first stage of growth

E. germinal ideas.

Question 34

gesticulation

\je-ˌsti-kyə-ˈlā-shən\

Answer 34

D. gesture

E. as the argument grew more heated, his gesticulations got bigger and wilder

Question 35

ghastly

Answer 35

D. horrible

E. such a life seems ghastly in its emptiness and sterility

Question 36

gibbet

\ˈji-bət\

Answer 36

D. gallows, a vertical wooden structure on which criminals used to be hanged

Question 37

gibe

\ˈjīb\

Answer 37

D. to scoff at; to deride

E. teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play

Question 38

gist

\ˈjist\

Answer 38

D. the main point in a debate or a question

E. didn’t catch every word between them, but heard enough to get the gist of the conversation

Question 39

glaucous

\ˈglä-kəs\

Answer 39

D. light bluish- grey or pale yellowish- green

Question 40

glean

\ˈglēn\

Answer 40

D. to gather what was left in a field after reaping; to pick up, little by little

E. She gleaned her data from various studies.

Question 41

glib

\ˈglib\

Answer 41

D. fluent

E. glib solutions to knotty problems / a glib politician / the actor’s glib portrayal of a drug addict

Question 42

gloaming

\ˈglō-miŋ\

Answer 42

D. dusk

E. lovers would often retreat to the gloaming of the park’s many secluded recesses to steal a kiss

Question 43

gloat

\ˈglōt\

Answer 43

D. to look at with evil satisfaction or greed

E. gloat over an enemy’s misfortune

Question 44

glut

Answer 44

D. to overfill

E. a glut of cheap DVDs on the market

Question 45

glutinous

\ˈglüt-nəs\

Answer 45

D. gluey

E. a bad horror movie from the 1950s about a glutinous blob that devoured Manhattan

Question 46

gluttony

Answer 46

D. excess in eating

E. the view that gluttony is a serious failure in self-discipline