Barrons 03

Question 1

Affected

Answer 1

Artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress

Question 2

Affinity

Answer 2

Kinship

Noun

Question 3

Affirmation

Answer 3

Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refused to take an oath

Question 4

Affliction

Answer 4

State of distress; cause of suffering

Question 5

Afford

Answer 5

To provide

Question 6

Agent

Answer 6

Means or instrument; personal representative

Question 7

Aggrandize

Answer 7

To increase or intensify

Question 8

Aggregate

Answer 8

To gather or accumulate

Question 9

Agnostic

Answer 9

One who is skeptical of the existence or know ability of a god or any ultimate reality

Question 10

Alacrity

Answer 10

Cheerful promptness

Question 11

Alimentary

Answer 11

Supplying nourishment

Adj

Question 12

Alimony

Answer 12

Payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce

Question 13

Allay

Answer 13

To calm; to pacify

Question 14

Allure

Answer 14

To entice; to attract

Question 15

Allusion

Answer 15

Indirect reference

Question 16

Aloft

Answer 16

Upward

Question 17

Altruistic

Answer 17

Unselfishly generous; concerned for others

Question 18

Amalgamate

Answer 18

To combine; unite in one body

Question 19

Amass

Answer 19

To collect

Question 20

Ameliorate

Answer 20

To improve

Question 21

Amenable

Answer 21

Readily managed; willing to be led

Question 22

Ambivalence

Answer 22

The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes