Barron's - 1

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

Subside or moderate

The storm suddenly abated

Question 2

Abeyance

Answer 2

Suspension

Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries

Question 3

Abstemious

Answer 3

Sparing in eating and drinking. temperate

“We only had a bottle.” “Very abstemious of you “

Question 4

Alacrity

Answer 4

Willingness, cheerful promptness, eagerness

She accepted the invitation with alacrity

Question 5

Anachronism

Answer 5

Something or someone misplaced in time.

The town is throwback to medieval times, an anachronism that has survived the passing years

Question 6

Analogous

Answer 6

Comparable

Question 7

Alleviate

Answer 7

Relieve

He couldn’t prevent her pain, only alleviate it.

Question 8

Ameliorate

Answer 8

Improve

The reform did much to ameliorate living conditions

Question 9

Anarchy

Answer 9

Absence of governing body, state of disorder

Question 10

Apprise

Answer 10

Inform, notify, tell

I thought it right to apprise Chris of what had happened

Question 11

Approbation

Answer 11

Approval, praise.

Question 12

Appropriate

Answer 12

Verb
Acquire, take possession of for ones own use.

The accused that appropriated the property

Question 13

Artless

Answer 13

Without guile. Open or honest

Question 14

Assiduous

Answer 14

Meticulous, diligent

Question 15

Assuage

Answer 15

Lessen

Question 16

Attenuated

Answer 16

Make thinner, reduced

The filter must severely attenuate frequencies above 10hz

Question 17

Aver

Answer 17

Assertv confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact.

He avered that he was innocent of the allegations

Question 18

Burnish

Answer 18

Make shiny by rubbing, polish

Highly burnished armour

Question 19

Caustic

Answer 19

Corrosive, burning, sarcastically biting

He made a caustic comment about me

Question 20

Chicanery

Answer 20

Trickery , deception

Story lines packed with political chicanery

Question 21

Coda

Answer 21

Concluding section of a musical it literary composition; summarises or concludes

His word is a kind of coda to his previous books

Question 22

Compendium

Answer 22

Briefe, comprehensive summary, collection, compilation

Question 23

Complaisant

Answer 23

Trying to please, overly polite, obliging

Too many complaisant doctors

Question 24

Conciliatory

Answer 24

Reconciling, soothing, appeasing, placatory

Question 25

Condone

Answer 25

Ignore, overlook ,forgive,give tacit approval, excuse

The college cannot condone any behavior that involves drugs

Question 26

Contention

Answer 26

Claim, thesis, heated disagreement

Question 27

Contentious

Answer 27

Controversial, quarrelsome

Question 28

Contrite

Answer 28

Regretful, remorseful

Question 29

Daunt

Answer 29

Intimidate, frighten

Some people are daunted by technology

Question 30

Default

Answer 30

Failure to act, especially to repay a loan or appear in a law court

The company must avoid default

Question 31

Deride

Answer 31

Ridicule, make fun of

The decision was derided by environmentalists

Question 32

Desiccate

Answer 32

Dry up

New vegetation was desiccated

Question 33

Transgression

Answer 33

an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence.

“I’ll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions”

Similar:

offence

crime

sin

Question 34

Truculence

Answer 34

Aggressiveness ferocity