Barron's 333_1

Question 1

Alleviate

Answer 1

v. to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe.
Alleviate global poverty.

Question 2

Aggregate

Answer 2

v. to gather or accumulate.

Aggregate all the people in front of the gate.

Question 3

Saturate

Answer 3

to fulfill

Saturated Solution.

Question 4

Abscond

Answer 4

v.
depart secretly and hide.

They claimed to be searching for a lost person who had absconded from court.

Question 5

Absconder

Answer 5

n.

the person who absconds.

Question 6

Abeyance

Answer 6

n.
suspended action.

Only the actual construction of the power plant had been held in abeyance with out further order from the White House.

Question 7

Approbation

Answer 7

n.
similar to Approval.

The video app also picked up approbation from parents, making it more of an accepted staple on kids’ mobile.

Question 8

Apprise

Answer 8

v.
to inform

President’s national security team has apprised him of the unfolding situation in Turkey.

Question 9

Reprise

Answer 9

n.

A repeat of some thing or a part of something, especially a piece of music.

Question 10

Aver

Answer 10

v.
assert confidently or declare.

He averred that he was innocent of the allegations.

Question 11

Avert

Answer 11

v. 
turn away (one's eyes or thoughts)

• She averted her eyes while we made stilted conversation.

prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence).

• Talks failed to avert a rail strike.

Question 12

Avid

Answer 12

adj.
extremely eager or interested.

• She was avid for information about the murder inquiry.
• An avid reader of science fiction

Question 13

Irk

Answer 13

v.

to irritate/vex

Question 14

Irksome

Answer 14

adj. of Irk

Question 15

Pungent

Answer 15

adj.
having a sharply strong taste or smell.
“the pungent smell of frying onions”
“Pungent taste”

(of comment, criticism, or humour) having a sharp and caustic quality.
“he has expressed some fairly pungent criticisms”

Question 16

Coagulate

Answer 16

v.
thicken; congeal; clot

“Coagulated blood”
“blood had coagulated round the edges of the gash”
“adrenaline coagulates the blood”

Question 17

Converse

Answer 17

v.
engage in conversation.

“she was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother”

Question 18

Converge

Answer 18

v.
approach; tend to meet; come together

“A pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles”
“Half a million sports fans will converge on the capital for the London Marathon”
“The aims of the two developments can and should converge”

Question 19

Divergent

Answer 19

adj.
tending to be different or develop in different directions.

“Divergent interpretations”

Question 20

Deterrent

Answer 20

n.
a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.

adj.
able or intended to deter

Question 21

Daunt

Answer 21

v.
intimidate; frighten

“Some people are daunted by technology:”

nothing daunted — without having been made fearful or apprehensive.

Question 22

Defernce

Answer 22

n.
polite submission and respect
courteous regard for another’s wishes

“He addressed her with the deference due to age”

Question 23

Impede

Answer 23

v.
delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.

“The sap causes swelling which can impede breathing”

Block passage through

“Impede the path”