Barrons 4 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Concomitant

n. existing concurrently

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Compliant

adj. yielding

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Conjugal

adj. pertaining to marriage agreement

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Compunction

n. uneasiness caused by guilt

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Concave

adj. curving inward

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Conciliatory

adj. overcoming distrust or hostility

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Concoct

v. to invent

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Compendium

n. brief, comprehensive summary

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Complaisant

adj. overly polite; willing to please; obliging

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Complement

n. something that completes or makes up a whole

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Cloister

v. to confine; seclude

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Cloistered

adj. shut away from the world

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Chasten

v. to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue

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Caustic

adj. sarcastically biting; burning

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Centrifugal

adj. moving away from a center

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Centripetal

adj. moving or directed towarrd a center

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Caucus

n. smaller group within an organization

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Castigation

n. punishment; chastisement; criticism

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Carping

v. to find fault; complain

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Carnal

adj. of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites

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Captious

adj. faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument

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Cant

n. insincere talk; language of a particular group

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Callous

adj. thick-skinned; insensitive

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Canon

n. an established principle; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works

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# Define: Burnish

v. to polish

# Define: Cadge

v. to beg; sponge

# Define: Bovine

adj. cowlike

# Define: Brazen

adj. bold; shameless

# Define: Broach

v. to mention for the first time

# Define: Beneficent

adj. kindly; doing good

# Define: Bifurcate

v. to divide into two parts

# Define: Blandishment

n. flattery

# Define: Blasé

adj. bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned

# Define: Bawdy

adj. obscene

# Define: Beatify

v. to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to

# Define: Bedizen

v. to dress in a vulgar, showy manner

# Define: Belie

v. to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression

# Define: Axiomatic

adj. taken for granted

# Define: Avarice

n. greed

# Define: Aver

v. to affirm; to declare to be true

# Define: Avocation

n. secondary occupation

# Define: Attenuate

v. to weaken

# Define: Austere

adj. stern; unadorned

# Define: Assuage

v. to make less severe

# Define: Astringent

adj. harsh; severe

# Define: Asperity

n. severity; harshness; irritability

# Define: Aspersion

n. slander; false rumor

# Define: Argot

n. a specialized vocabulary used by a group

# Define: Ardor

n. great emotion or passion

# Define: Appellation

n. name

# Define: Apposite

adj. strikingly appropriate and relevant

# Define: Apprise

v. to inform

# Define: Approbation

n. praise; approval

# Define: Archaeology

n. the study of material evidence of past human life

# Define: Apothegm

n. a terse, witty saying

# Define: Appease

v. to calm; pacify; placate

# Define: Apex

n. highest point

# Define: Apogee

n. the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point

# Define: Anodyne

n. something that calms or soothes pain

# Define: Anomalous

adj. irregular; deviating from the norm

# Define: Analgesic

n. medication that reduces or eliminates pain

# Define: Ameliorate

v. to improve

# Define: Ambrosia

n. something delicious; the food of the gods

# Define: Allay

v. to lessen; ease; soothe

# Define: Alleviate

v. to relieve; improve partially

# Define: Alloy

n. a combination; a mixture of two or more metals

# Define: Aggrandize

v. to make larger or greater

# Define: Admonish

v. to caution or reprimand

# Define: Accretion

n. growth in size or increase in amount

# Define: Abstemious

adj. moderate in appetite

# Define: Abscission

n. the act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant

# Define: Abjure

v. to reject; abandon formally

# Define: Abject

adj. miserable; pitiful

# Define: Abeyance

n. temporary suppression or suspension

# Define: Abate

v. to decrease; reduce

# Define: Abdicate

v. to give up a position, right, or power

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. existing concurrently

Concomitant

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

Compliant

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

Conjugal

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. uneasiness caused by guilt

Compunction

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. curving inward

Concave

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. overcoming distrust or hostility

Conciliatory

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

Concoct

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. brief, comprehensive summary

Compendium

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. overly polite; willing to please; obliging

Complaisant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. something that completes or makes up a whole

Complement

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to confine; seclude

Cloister

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. shut away from the world

Cloistered

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue

Chasten

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. sarcastically biting; burning

Caustic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. moving away from a center

Centrifugal

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. moving or directed towarrd a center

Centripetal

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. smaller group within an organization

Caucus

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. punishment; chastisement; criticism

Castigation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to find fault; complain

Carping

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites

Carnal

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument

Captious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. insincere talk; language of a particular group

Cant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. thick-skinned; insensitive

Callous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an established principle; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works

Canon

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

Burnish

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to beg; sponge

Cadge

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

Bovine

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. bold; shameless

Brazen

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to mention for the first time

Broach

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. kindly; doing good

Beneficent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to divide into two parts

Bifurcate

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

Blandishment

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned

Blasé

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

Bawdy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to

Beatify

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to dress in a vulgar, showy manner

Bedizen

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression

Belie

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. taken for granted

Axiomatic

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

Avarice

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to affirm; to declare to be true

Aver

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. secondary occupation

Avocation

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

Attenuate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. stern; unadorned

Austere

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make less severe

Assuage

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. harsh; severe

Astringent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. severity; harshness; irritability

Asperity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. slander; false rumor

Aspersion

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a specialized vocabulary used by a group

Argot

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. great emotion or passion

Ardor

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

Appellation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. strikingly appropriate and relevant

Apposite

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

Apprise

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. praise; approval

Approbation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the study of material evidence of past human life

Archaeology

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a terse, witty saying

Apothegm

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to calm; pacify; placate

Appease

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. highest point

Apex

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point

Apogee

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. something that calms or soothes pain

Anodyne

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. irregular; deviating from the norm

Anomalous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. medication that reduces or eliminates pain

Analgesic

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

Ameliorate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. something delicious; the food of the gods

Ambrosia

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

Allay

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to relieve; improve partially

Alleviate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a combination; a mixture of two or more metals

Alloy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make larger or greater

Aggrandize

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to caution or reprimand

Admonish

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. growth in size or increase in amount

Accretion

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. moderate in appetite

Abstemious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant

Abscission

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to reject; abandon formally

Abjure

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. miserable; pitiful

Abject

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. temporary suppression or suspension

Abeyance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to decrease; reduce

Abate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to give up a position, right, or power

Abdicate