Barron's 9 Flashcards
elicit
to provoke; draw out
tremulous
trembling, frugal, timid
bacchanalian
pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry
diffuse
to spread out
rescind
to cancel
commensurate
proportional
reprise
repetition, especially of a piece of music
complement
something that completes or makes up a whole
harangue
long, pompous speech; tirade
expatiate
to speak or write at length
conscript
a person compulsorily enrolled for military service
relegate
to consign to an inferior position
extant
in existence; not lost
travesty
parody, exaggerated imitation, caricature
opprobium
public disgrace; contempt
prohibitive
so high as to prevent the purchase or use of, forbidding
defunct
no longer existing
sextant
navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude
valedictory
pertaining to a farewell
consecrate
to declare sacred
itinerary
route of a traveler’s journey
necromancy
black magic
metamorphosis
change; transformation
idolatry
idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
felicitous
suitable expressed; wee-chose; appropiate
reproach
to find fault with, blame
gerrymander
to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party
grandiloquent
pompous; bombastic
compliant
yielding
desuetude
state of disuse
