Barron's 1k1 Flashcards
Throng
A great number of people
Gesticulate
To use lively gesture
Accost
To greet first
Vigilant
Alert
Jostle
To push, elbow esp in a crowd
Tremulous
Trembling
Stipulate
Make a specific demand
Incipient
Just starting/ at the initial stage
Bristle
To have one’s hair stand up by anger :v
Wrest
To by force/ seize
Feint
Make a distractive/deceptive movement, esp in a fight
Alacrity
Briskness, lively action
Promulgate
Make known officially
Brash
Self- assertive, arrogant, ostentatious in a tasteless sense
Scoff
To sneer at
Laceration
A deep cut in skin or flesh
Sordid
Dirty, base, ignoble, detestable
Solace
Comfort or consolation
Dregs
The most worthless parts of something
Aspirant
Candidates for higher position
Rampant
Going unchecked , wide spread
Concur
Agree
Duress
Compulsion, force
Culprit
Guilty person
Flagrant
Outrageously bad
Egregious
Remarkably bad
Distraught
Deeply upset and agitated
Construe
Interpret a word/ action in a particular way
Impunity
Exemption from punishment
Sally
To rush forth
Precocious
Reaching maturity early
Chagrin
Felling of disappointment, humiliation
Masticate
To chew up
Quell
Put an end to
Voluble
Speaking incessantly
Paroxysm
Sudden attack
Jurisdiction
Power, range of authority
Skirmish
Small fight, brief encounter
Fray
A fight
Monolithic
Massively solid
Cognizant
Aware
Flout
Mock, scoff
Forthwith
Immediately
Oust
To drive out, reject
Emaciated
Abnormally thin, wasted away
Besiege
Beleaguer, surround
Privation
Lack of necessities
Afflict
To trouble greatly, to distress
Respite
An interval of relief, delay
Fretful
Worrisome
Impresario
One who presents cultural series, organizer
Bigot
Narrow-minded, prejudiced person
Extortion
Getting money by threats
Hapless
Unlucky
Spew
Throw up, vomit, eject
Expel large quantities of sth rapidly
Malady
Disease
Peruse
Read carefully
Desist
Cease/ abstain
Recoil
Cease
Wan
Sickly pale
Doleful
Melancholy
Interject
Say sth abruptly, interrupt
Salient
Outstanding, prominent
Engrossed
Absorbed
Inundate
To flood
Garbled
Confused, mixed up
Phlegmatic
Clam, hard to rouse to action
Lax
Careless, negligent
Obviate
Eliminate
Quip
Witty remark
Ilk
Kind, type, sort
Expunge
Erase
Schism
Split
Truncated
Shorten sth by cutting the top or end
Jaunty
Lively, cheerful manner
Importune
Ask s1 persistently to do sth
Haven
Place of safety
Subjugate
Conquer
Premise
Base an argument/theory/undertaking on
Scurry
Move hurrily in short quick steps
Stentorian
Loud n powerful
Valor
Great courage in battle
Preclude
Prevent from happening
Make impossible
Liquidation
Killing
Epithet
Descriptive name
Fetter
Restrain s1 from doing sth
Declaim
Utter a word in a impassioned way
Virtuosity
Great artistic skills
Temerity
Excessive Confidence, boldness, audacity
Progeny
Descendants
Amorous
Showing, relating to sexual deiste
Cache
Hidden, inaccessible storage for valuable things
Manifold
Many/ various
Fraught
Filled with
Perpetrate
Commit illegal acts
Subterfuge
Deceit used in order to achieve goals
Exult
Show/ feel elation or jubilation due to success
Deploy
To position forces according to a plan
Hoax
Deception
Abortive
Failing to produce intended aims / useless, fruitless
Veneer
To cover sth with thin layer of wood
Itinerant
Traveling from place to place
Conjugal
Relating to marriage
Deem
Regard, consider in a specific way
Romp
Move in lively manner
Strife
Conflict
Legion
A large number
Expatriate
Person who lives outside his/her country
Mendacious
Lying, untrue
Balk
To hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
Rife
Widespread
Repose
Resting
Pesky
Annoying
Revile
To criticize in an abusive or angry manner
Vicissitude
A change of unwelcome/ unpleasant circumstances/fortunes
Sultry
Extremely hot and moist, torrid
Trenchant
Vigorous or incisive in tone and style
Puissant
Having great power/ influence
Scion
a person who was born into a rich, famous, or important family
Indoctrinate
To teach certain principles