Barron's 800-900 Flashcards
Winning elections through chicanery
Use of deception to achieve one’s purpose
A connoisseur of music/fine wines
An expert judge in matters of taste
He quickly disabused me of my fanciful notions
To undeceive; to set right; to persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken
The movie captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960’s
The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history
He no longer felt any animosity towards her
Strong hostility
After 50 years as an apostate, he returned to the faith
A person who renounces a religious/political belief or principle
The heat would be insufferable by july
Too extreme to bear; intolerable
It was the nadir of his career
The lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation; opposite to zenith
They were treated as social pariahs
An outcast; a person who has been rejected by their society or social group
He gave her a lascivious wink
Feeling or revealing an overt sexual interest or desire; lustful
She ignored his lecherous gaze
Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustful
Both tried to behave as if nothing untoward happened
Unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient
He delivered a light-hearted speech which belied his deep disappointments
Fail to give a true impression of something
Epiphany
A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization
Stars produce a beautiful luminescence
Emission of light by a substance that has not been heated
Freedom and solitude
The state or situation of being alone
The planets were aligned in syzygy
A conjunction or opposition, especially with the moon and the sun
They drank thesmelves into oblivion
The State of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one
He intended to stupefy her by making her smoke weed
Make someone unable to think or feel properly
Incandescence
Emitting light aa a result of being heated; full of strong emotion; passionate
Her face was aquiver with pleasure
Quivering; trembling; The romantic sensations when your partner touches you
Hiraeth
Homesickness for a home you can never return to or never existed in the first place; The Japanese guy from the movie Queen
Somnambulist
Sleepwalks
The ineffable beauty of the Himalayas
Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
His lectures were always soporific
Inducing sleep
Auspicious time
Favourable
Magnanimous
Big-hearted; generous
He inculpated his friend
Accuse or blame
He is highly amenable
Open and responsive to sugggestion; easily persuaded or controlled
Food which is compliant with safety regulations
Meeting or in accordance with the rules or standards
Amorphous
Shapeless
It looked like he wanted to conciliate with his opponents
To make peace with; appease
The manager was extremely churlish
Lacking manners; rude and unpleasant
A contentious topic/issue
Involving heated argument; controversial
She had been chary of telling the whole truth
Cautiously reluctant to do something
Lethargic
Slow and sluggish in manner
Malleable
Capable of being shaped or formed
Gandhi was venerated as the Father of the nation
Regard with great respect; revere
I vacillated between teaching and journalism
Waver between different opinions or actions; being indecisive
Waver
To oscillate or fluctuate
It is a gambit to skip all hard questions in GRE
A move or action in which you risk something initially in the hope of future gain
Vinod took umbrage at the prank that his friends played on him
Offense or annoyance
It is not easy to get his dander up
To lose one’s temper; a feeling of anger
He was finding it harder and harder to live with such a tempestuous woman; a tempestuous wind
Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion; very stormy
He was trying to goad her into a fight
Provoke or annoy someone so as to stimulate an action or reaction;
He looked very contrite
Feeling remorse or affected by guilt
The river water was so pellucid
Translucently clear
The mercurial teacher was tough to handle
Highly Moody; temperamental;
Redundant
No longer needed or useful; unnecessary; superfluous
Avoid asking superfluous information
Unnecessary; especially theough being more than enough
Cacophony
A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
One of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be the first in class
A mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual
Whatever he speaks, it is always pithy
Brief, to the point; brevity
He drove his new sports car ostentatiously and got a ticket for speeding
Pretentious act intended to impress; show off
Vociferous
Loud and vehement
Today’s sportsmen are well lionized
Give a lot of public attention and treat as a celebrity
Rohan’s friends considered his coin collecting hobby as a frivolous activity
Trivial; silly
Benign
Gentle or kindly
Trained lions appear docile in the circus acts
Compliant; submissive
The police suspected chicanery
Deception; trickery
Providential
Occuring at a favourable time
His argument may now seem obvious and trite
Lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse
Succinct
Brief, to the point; brevity; pithy
Tumultuous
Confused or disorderly
Recalcitrant
Disobedient; uncontrollable
Profound idea
Very great or intense; thoughtful
Everything was a sham
False; bogus
Prodigy
Young person with exceptional qualities and abilities
Ascribed to
Regard something as being due to(a cause)
He is from the same milieu as his friend
A person’s social environment
Tenuous links between; a tenuous argument
Very weak; slight; insubstantial
Inordinate wealth; he spends inordinate time on the tv
Something that’s excessive or goes way beyond the normal limits
She cloaked her embarrassment
Hide, cover or disguise(something)
Preceded
Come before something in time
Antedated
Come before sonething in date; precede
A terse statement
Abrupt;
Quixotic
Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
We were a very demonstrative family
Unrestrained in showing feelings; especially those of affection
They accepted the conditions without demur
Raise objections or show reluctance;
2 members dissented from the majority
Disagreement; holdibg or expression of opinions at variance with others in common
The stigma of bankruptcy
A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person
Marginalize
Treat as insignificant or perpheral
Transcend
Go beyond the range or limits of
An apposite quotation
Apt; appropriate
His variegated talents
Marked by variety
The queen regent of Portugal
Acting monarch; person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor or is absent etc
A felicitous feature; a felicitous phrase
Pleasing and fortunate; apt
The efforts were unavailing
Achieving little or nothing; ineffective
I admire his tenacity
Determination and persistence
Hackneyed old sayings
Overused; unoriginal and trite
Perennial
Lasting for a long or apparently infinite time
Intermittent rain
Occuring at irregular intervals; sporadic
Sprawl
Spread out over a large area in an irregular way
Impecunious family
Having little or no money
Besieged
Surround and harass; be innundated by a large number of requests or complaints
The country faces international censure for its alleged involvement
Formal expression of severe disapproval
