Barrons 3 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Flout

v. to treat scornfully

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Flux

n. flowing; acontinuous moving

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Foment

v. to incite; arouse

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Forbearance

n. patience

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Forestall

v. to prevent; delay

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Forswear

v. renounce; repudiate

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Founder

v. to sink; fail; collapse

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Florid

adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery

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Finesse

v. to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance

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Fissure

n. crevice

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Fledgling

n. beginner; novice

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Felicitous

adj. suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

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Factotum

n. a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman

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Fallacious

adj. based on a false idea or fact; misleading

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Fallow

adj. plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

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Fatuous

adj. foolishly self-satisfied

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Extirpate

v. to root up; to destroy

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Extraneous

adj. not essential

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Extrinsic

adj. not inherent or essential

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Expiate

v. to atone for

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Explicate

v. to explain; interpret; clarify

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Expository

adj. explanatory

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Extant

adj. in existence; not lost

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Extemporaneous

adj. unrehearsed

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# Define: Exorcise

v. to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences

# Define: Expatiate

v. to speak or write at length

# Define: Expatriate

v. to send into exile

# Define: Exact

v. to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority

# Define: Exacting

adj. extremely demanding

# Define: Exculpate

v. to clear of blame; vindicate

# Define: Execrable

adj. detestable; abhorrent

# Define: Exhort

v. to urge by strong appeals

# Define: Evince

v. to show plainly; be an indication of

# Define: Ethnocentric

adj. based on the attitude that one's group is superior

# Define: Etiology

n. causes or origins

# Define: Etymology

n. origin and history of a word

# Define: Essay

v. to make an attempt; subject to a test

# Define: Estimable

adj. admirable; possible to estimate

# Define: Equanimity

n. composure; calmness

# Define: Equivocate

v. to intentionally use vague language

# Define: Errant

adj. mistaken; straying from the proper course

# Define: Epistemology

n. branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge

# Define: Equable

adj. steady; unvarying; serene

# Define: Entomology

n. the scientific study of insects

# Define: Encomium

n. a formal expression of praise

# Define: Endemic

adj. inherent; belonging to an area

# Define: Enervate

v. to weaken

# Define: Emollient

adj. soothing; mollifying

# Define: Emaciated

adj. thin and wasted

# Define: Elegy

n. poem or song expressing lamentation

# Define: Elicit

v. to provoke; draw out

# Define: Elysian

adj. blissful; delightful

# Define: Effrontery

n. shameless boldness; presumptuousness

# Define: Effete

adj. depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent

# Define: Effervescence

n. state of high spirits or liveliness

# Define: Dogmatic

adj. stating opinions without proof

# Define: Dogma

n. belief asserted on authority without evidence

# Define: Dross

n. waste; worthless matter; trivial matter

# Define: Divest

v. to strip; deprive

# Define: Dissolution

n. disintegration; debauchery

# Define: Distend

v. to expand; swell out

# Define: Distill

v. to extract the essential elements

# Define: Distrait

adj. inattentive; preoccupied

# Define: Diverge

v. to vary; go in different directions from the same point

# Define: Doctrinaire

adj. relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

# Define: Dissemble

v. to pretend; disguise one's motives

# Define: Discrete

adj. constituting a separate thing; distinct

# Define: Discretion

n. quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions; circumspection; freedom to act on one's own

# Define: Disingenuous

adj. not candid; crafty

# Define: Disparage

v. to belittle

# Define: Discomfit

v. to make uneasy; disconcert

# Define: Discredit

v. to dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted

# Define: Discrepancy

n. difference between

# Define: Diffidence

n. shyness; lack of confidence

# Define: Dirge

n. funeral hymn

# Define: Disabuse

v. to free from a misconception

# Define: Discerning

adj. preceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment

# Define: Detraction

n. the act of taking away; derogatory comment on a person's character

# Define: Diaphanous

adj. transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague

# Define: Derivative

n. something derived; unoriginal

# Define: Desultory

adj. random; disconnected; rambling

# Define: Deride

v. to mock

# Define: Demur

v. to express doubt

# Define: Denigrate

v. to slur someone's reputation

# Define: Denizen

n. an inhabitant; a regular visitor

# Define: Defunct

adj. no longer existing

# Define: Delineate

v. to represent or depict

# Define: Demotic

adj. pertaining to people

# Define: Deference

n. respect; regard for another's wish

# Define: Cozen

v. to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive

# Define: Craven

adj. cowardly

# Define: Credence

n. acceptance of something as true

# Define: Credo

n. statement of belief or principle; creed

# Define: Daunt

v. to discourage; intimidate; dishearten

# Define: Covert

adj. hidden; secret

# Define: Convex

adj. curved outward

# Define: Coquette

n. woman who flirts

# Define: Continence

n. self-control

# Define: Contrite

adj. very sorrowful for a wrong

# Define: Contumacious

adj. disobedient; rebellious

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

Flout

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. flowing; acontinuous moving

Flux

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to incite; arouse

Foment

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

Forbearance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to prevent; delay

Forestall

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. renounce; repudiate

Forswear

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to sink; fail; collapse

Founder

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery

Florid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance

Finesse

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

Fissure

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

Fledgling

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

Felicitous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman

Factotum

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. based on a false idea or fact; misleading

Fallacious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

Fallow

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. foolishly self-satisfied

Fatuous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to root up; to destroy

Extirpate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. not essential

Extraneous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. not inherent or essential

Extrinsic

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

Expiate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to explain; interpret; clarify

Explicate

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

Expository

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. in existence; not lost

Extant

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

Extemporaneous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences

Exorcise

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to speak or write at length

Expatiate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to send into exile

Expatriate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority

Exact

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

Exacting

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to clear of blame; vindicate

Exculpate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. detestable; abhorrent

Execrable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to urge by strong appeals

Exhort

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to show plainly; be an indication of

Evince

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. based on the attitude that one's group is superior

Ethnocentric

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. causes or origins

Etiology

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. origin and history of a word

Etymology

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make an attempt; subject to a test

Essay

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. admirable; possible to estimate

Estimable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. composure; calmness

Equanimity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to intentionally use vague language

Equivocate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. mistaken; straying from the proper course

Errant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge

Epistemology

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. steady; unvarying; serene

Equable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the scientific study of insects

Entomology

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a formal expression of praise

Encomium

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. inherent; belonging to an area

Endemic

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

Enervate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. soothing; mollifying

Emollient

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. thin and wasted

Emaciated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. poem or song expressing lamentation

Elegy

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

Elicit

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. blissful; delightful

Elysian

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. shameless boldness; presumptuousness

Effrontery

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent

Effete

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. state of high spirits or liveliness

Effervescence

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. stating opinions without proof

Dogmatic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. belief asserted on authority without evidence

Dogma

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. waste; worthless matter; trivial matter

Dross

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to strip; deprive

Divest

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. disintegration; debauchery

Dissolution

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to expand; swell out

Distend

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to extract the essential elements

Distill

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. inattentive; preoccupied

Distrait

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to vary; go in different directions from the same point

Diverge

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

Doctrinaire

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to pretend; disguise one's motives

Dissemble

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. constituting a separate thing; distinct

Discrete

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions; circumspection; freedom to act on one's own

Discretion

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. not candid; crafty

Disingenuous

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

Disparage

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make uneasy; disconcert

Discomfit

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted

Discredit

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. difference between

Discrepancy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. shyness; lack of confidence

Diffidence

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

Dirge

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to free from a misconception

Disabuse

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. preceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment

Discerning

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the act of taking away; derogatory comment on a person's character

Detraction

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague

Diaphanous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. something derived; unoriginal

Derivative

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. random; disconnected; rambling

Desultory

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

Deride

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

Demur

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to slur someone's reputation

Denigrate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an inhabitant; a regular visitor

Denizen

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. no longer existing

Defunct

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to represent or depict

Delineate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. pertaining to people

Demotic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. respect; regard for another's wish

Deference

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive

Cozen

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

Craven

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. acceptance of something as true

Credence

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. statement of belief or principle; creed

Credo

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to discourage; intimidate; dishearten

Daunt

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. hidden; secret

Covert

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. curved outward

Convex

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. woman who flirts

Coquette

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. self-control

Continence

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. very sorrowful for a wrong

Contrite

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

Contumacious

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