Barrons 1 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Fractious

adj. quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious

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Fresco

n. a painting done on plaster

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Froward

adj. stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

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Fulminate

v. to attack loudly; denounce

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Fulsome

adj. so excessive as to be disgusting

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Gainsay

v. to deny; dispute; oppose

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Gambol

v. to frolic; leap playfully

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Gauche

adj. coarse and uncouth; clumsy

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Glib

adj. fluent in an insincere way; offhand

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Gossamer

adj. sheer; light and delicate, like cobwebs

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Gradiloquent

adj. pompous; bombastic

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Gregarious

adj. sociable

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Grouse

v. to complain; n. complaints

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Guileless

adj. free of cunning or deceit; artless

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Halcyon

adj. calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous

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Harrowing

adj. extremely distressing; terrifying

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Hermetic

adj. tightly seald; magical

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Homeostasis

n. automatic maintenance by an organism of normal temperature

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Idolatry

n. idol worship; blind or excessive devotion

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Igneous

adj. produced by fire; volcanic

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Imbroglio

n. complicated situation; an entanglement

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Immutable

adj. unchangeable

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Impecunious

adj. poor; having no money

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Impervious

adj. impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

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# Define: Impinge

v. to strike; encroach

# Define: Implacable

adj. inflexible; incapable of being pleased

# Define: Imprecation

n. curse

# Define: Impute

v. to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the failt to; assign as a characteristic

# Define: Incursion

n. sudden invasion

# Define: Indigence

n. poverty

# Define: Indolent

adj. habitually lazy; idle

# Define: Ineluctable

adj. unavoidable; inevitable

# Define: Ingenous

adj. naïve and trusting; ;acking sophistication

# Define: Insensible

adj. unconscious; unresponsive

# Define: Insouciant

adj. indifferent; lacking concern or care

# Define: Insularity

n. narrow-mindedness; isolation

# Define: Insuperable

adj. insurmountable; unconquerable

# Define: Interdict

v. to forbid; prohibit; to confront and halt the activities

# Define: Internecine

adj. deadly to both sides

# Define: Interpolate

v. to insert; change by adding new words or material

# Define: Interregnum

n. interval between reigns; gap in continuity

# Define: Inveigh

v. to disapprove; protest vehemently

# Define: Inveterate

adj. confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted

# Define: Invidious

adj. likely to provoke ill-will; offensive

# Define: Irascible

adj. easily angered

# Define: Jaundiced

adj. having a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy, resentment, or hostility

# Define: Jibe

v. to be in agreement

# Define: Labile

adj. likely to change

# Define: Lascivious

adj. lustful

# Define: Lassitude

n. lethargy; sluggishness

# Define: Levity

adj. light manner or attitude

# Define: Liberal

adj. tolerant; broad-minded; generous; lavish

# Define: Lilliputian

adj. extremely small

# Define: Limn

v. to draw; describe

# Define: Limpid

adj. clear; transparent

# Define: Litany

n. lengthy recitation; repetitive chant

# Define: Lucid

adj. bright; clear; intelligble

# Define: Lucre

n. money or profits

# Define: Machiavellian

adj. crafty; double-dealing

# Define: Magnanimity

n. generosity; nobility

# Define: Malign

v. to speak evil of

# Define: Malleable

adj. impressionable

# Define: Megalomania

n. delusions of power or importance

# Define: Menagerie

n. a variety of animals kept together

# Define: Mendacious

adj. dishonest

# Define: Mendicant

n. beggar

# Define: Meretricious

adj. gaudy; plausible but false; specious

# Define: Metaphysics

n. branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality

# Define: Meteorological

adj. concerned with the weather

# Define: Mettle

n. courage; endurance

# Define: Militate

v. to work against

# Define: Minutia

n. petty details

# Define: Mitigate

v. to cause to become less harsh, severe, or painful; alleviate

# Define: Mnemonic

adj. related to mempory; assisting memory

# Define: Modium

n. limited quantity

# Define: Mollify

v. to soothe

# Define: Monolithic

adj. solid and uniform; constituting a single, unified whole

# Define: Motley

adj. many colored; made up of many parts

# Define: Multifarious

adj. diverse

# Define: Necromancy

n. black magic

# Define: Neophyte

n. novice; beginner

# Define: Nonplussed

adj. bewildered

# Define: Nostrum

n. medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure

# Define: Nugatory

adj. triffling; invalid

# Define: Obsequy

n. funeral ceremony

# Define: Officious

adj. too helpful; meddlesome

# Define: Ornithologist

n. scientist who studies birds

# Define: Overweening

adj. presumptuous; arrogant; overbearing

# Define: Paleontology

n. study of past geological eras through fossil remains

# Define: Pallid

adj. lacking color or liveliness

# Define: Pathological

adj. departing from normal condition

# Define: Pellucid

adj. transparent; translucent; easily understood

# Define: Penury

n. extreme poverty

# Define: Peregrination

n. a wandering from place to place

# Define: Peremptory

adj. imperative; leaving no choice

# Define: Perfidious

adj. faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy

# Define: Perigee

n. point in orbit that is closest to Earth

# Define: Piety

n. devoutness

# Define: Piquant

adj. appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attractive

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious

Fractious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a painting done on plaster

Fresco

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

Froward

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to attack loudly; denounce

Fulminate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. so excessive as to be disgusting

Fulsome

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to deny; dispute; oppose

Gainsay

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to frolic; leap playfully

Gambol

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. coarse and uncouth; clumsy

Gauche

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. fluent in an insincere way; offhand

Glib

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. sheer; light and delicate, like cobwebs

Gossamer

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. pompous; bombastic

Gradiloquent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. sociable

Gregarious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to complain; n. complaints

Grouse

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. free of cunning or deceit; artless

Guileless

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous

Halcyon

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. extremely distressing; terrifying

Harrowing

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tightly seald; magical

Hermetic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. automatic maintenance by an organism of normal temperature

Homeostasis

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. idol worship; blind or excessive devotion

Idolatry

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. produced by fire; volcanic

Igneous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. complicated situation; an entanglement

Imbroglio

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. unchangeable

Immutable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. poor; having no money

Impecunious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

Impervious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to strike; encroach

Impinge

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. inflexible; incapable of being pleased

Implacable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. curse

Imprecation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the failt to; assign as a characteristic

Impute

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. sudden invasion

Incursion

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. poverty

Indigence

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. habitually lazy; idle

Indolent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. unavoidable; inevitable

Ineluctable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. naïve and trusting; ;acking sophistication

Ingenous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. unconscious; unresponsive

Insensible

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. indifferent; lacking concern or care

Insouciant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. narrow-mindedness; isolation

Insularity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. insurmountable; unconquerable

Insuperable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to forbid; prohibit; to confront and halt the activities

Interdict

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. deadly to both sides

Internecine

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to insert; change by adding new words or material

Interpolate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. interval between reigns; gap in continuity

Interregnum

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to disapprove; protest vehemently

Inveigh

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted

Inveterate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. likely to provoke ill-will; offensive

Invidious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. easily angered

Irascible

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy, resentment, or hostility

Jaundiced

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to be in agreement

Jibe

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. likely to change

Labile

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lustful

Lascivious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. lethargy; sluggishness

Lassitude

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. light manner or attitude

Levity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tolerant; broad-minded; generous; lavish

Liberal

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. extremely small

Lilliputian

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to draw; describe

Limn

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. clear; transparent

Limpid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. lengthy recitation; repetitive chant

Litany

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. bright; clear; intelligble

Lucid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. money or profits

Lucre

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. crafty; double-dealing

Machiavellian

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. generosity; nobility

Magnanimity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to speak evil of

Malign

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. impressionable

Malleable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. delusions of power or importance

Megalomania

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a variety of animals kept together

Menagerie

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. dishonest

Mendacious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. beggar

Mendicant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. gaudy; plausible but false; specious

Meretricious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality

Metaphysics

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. concerned with the weather

Meteorological

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. courage; endurance

Mettle

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to work against

Militate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. petty details

Minutia

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to cause to become less harsh, severe, or painful; alleviate

Mitigate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. related to mempory; assisting memory

Mnemonic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. limited quantity

Modium

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to soothe

Mollify

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. solid and uniform; constituting a single, unified whole

Monolithic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. many colored; made up of many parts

Motley

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. diverse

Multifarious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. black magic

Necromancy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. novice; beginner

Neophyte

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. bewildered

Nonplussed

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure

Nostrum

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. triffling; invalid

Nugatory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. funeral ceremony

Obsequy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. too helpful; meddlesome

Officious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. scientist who studies birds

Ornithologist

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. presumptuous; arrogant; overbearing

Overweening

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. study of past geological eras through fossil remains

Paleontology

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lacking color or liveliness

Pallid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. departing from normal condition

Pathological

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. transparent; translucent; easily understood

Pellucid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. extreme poverty

Penury

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a wandering from place to place

Peregrination

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. imperative; leaving no choice

Peremptory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy

Perfidious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. point in orbit that is closest to Earth

Perigee

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. devoutness

Piety

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attractive

Piquant

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