Barron's Word List 3 Flashcards
esoteric
hard to understand; known only to a few
estimable
admirable; possible to estimate
ethnocentric
based on the attitude that one’s group is superior
etiology
causes or origins
eulogy
high praise to a dead person
euphoria
feeling of extreme happiness
euthanasia
mercy killing
evince
to show plainly; be an indication of
exacerbate
to aggravate; make worse
excuplate
to clear of blame; vindicate
exhort
to urge by strong appeals
exigency
crisis; urgent requirements
expatiate
to speak or write at length
expatriate
to send into exile
expiate
to atone for
explicate
to explain; interpret; clarify
expository
explanatory
extant
in existence; not lost
extirpate
to root up; to destroy
extraneous
not essencial
extrinsic
not inherent or essential
facetious
treating serious issues with inappropriate humor
facilitate
to make less difficult
factotum
a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman
fallacious
based on a false idea or fact; misleading
fallow
plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
fatuous
foolishly self-satisfied
fauna
animals of a period or region
felicitous
suitable expressed; appropriate
feral
existing in a wild or untamed state
fervor
warmth and intensity of emotion
fetid
having a bad smell
fetter
to bind; confine
fiat
arbitrary order; authorization
fledging
beginner; novice
flora
plants of a region or era
fidelity
loyalty; exact correspondence
fissure
crevice
flag
to droop; grow weak
flout
to treat scornfully
flux
flowing; a continuous moving
foment
to incite; arouse
forbearance
patience
forestall
to prevent; delay
formidable
menacing; threatening
forswear
renounce; repudiate
founder
to sink; fail; collapse
fracas
a loud quarrel; brawl
fractious
quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious
fresco
a painting done on plaster
frieze
ornamental band on a wall
froward
stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
frugality
thrift
fulminate
to attack loudly; denounce
fulsome
so excessive as to be disgusting
fusion
union; synthesis
futile
ineffective; useless; fruitless
florid
ruddy; reddish; flowery
gainsay
to deny; dispute; oppose
gambol
to frolic; leap playfully
garrulous
very talkative; wordy
gauche
coarse and uncouth; clumsy
geniality
cheerfulness; kindliness; socialbility
glib
fluent in an insincere way; offhand
goad
to prod; urge on
gossamer
sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs
gouge
to tear out; scoop out; overcharge
grandiloquent
pompous; bombastic
gregarious
outgoing; sociable
grouse
to complain
guileless
free of cunning or deceit; artless
guise
outward appearance; false appearance
gullible
easily decieved
gustatory
affecting the sense of taste
halcyon
calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous
hallowed
holy; sacred
harangue
long, pompous speech
harrowing
extremely distressing; terrifying
hermetic
tightly sealed
heterodox
not widely accepted
hirsute
covered with hair
homily
sermon
hyperbole
purposeful exaggeration for effect
iconoclastic
attacking cherished traditions
idolatry
idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
igneous
produced by fire; volcanic
imbroglio
complicated situation; an entanglement
immutable
inchangeable
impair
to damage; injure
impassive
showing no emotion
impecunious
poor; having no money
impede
to hinder; block
impermeable
impossible to pass through
imperturbable
not easily disturbed
impervious
incapable of being affecting; impossible to penetrate
impringe
to strike; encroach
implacable
inflexible; incapable of being pleased or calmed down
implausible
unlikely; unbelievable
implicit
implied; understood but not stated
implode
collapse inward violently
imprecation
curse; damnation
impute
to attribute the fault to; relate to a particular cause or srouce
inadvertenly
carelessly; unintentionally
incarnate
having bodily form
inchoate
imperfectly formed or formulated
incongruity
state of not fitting
inconsequencial
insignificant; unimportant
incursion
sudden invasion
indeterminate
uncertain; indefinite
indigence
poverty
indolent
habitually lazy; idle
ineluctable
not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable
inert
unable to move; sluggish
inherent
firmly established by nature or habit
innocuous
harmless
insensible
unconscious; unresponsive
insinuate
to suggest; say indirectly; imply
insipid
lacking in flavor; dull
insouciant
indifferent; lacing concern or care
insularity
narrow-mindedness; isolation
insuperable
insurmountable; unconquerable
intangible
not material
interdict
to forbid; prohibit
internecine
deadly to both sides
interpolate
to insert; change by adding new words or material
interregnum
interval between reigns; gap in continuity
intimate
marked by close acquaintance
intractable
not easily managed
intransigence
stubbornness; refusal to compromise
inundate
flood; overwhelm someone
inured
hardened; accustomed; used to
inveticve
verbal abuse
inveigh
to disapprove; protest vehemently
inveigle
to win over by flattering or coazing
inveterate
confirmed; long standing
invidious
likely to provoke ill will
irascible
easily angered
irresolute
unsure of how to act; weak
itinerant
wandering from place to place; unsettled
itinerary
route of a traveler’s journey
