Princeton Review Vocab Beyond Hit Parade Flashcards
Alloy
to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
Appropriate
to take for one’s own use; to confiscate
Arrest
to suspend; to engage; to hold one’s attention
August
magestic; venerable
Bent
leaning; inclination; proclivity;tendency
Broach
to bring up or announce; to begin to talk about
Brook
to tolerate, endure, or countenance
Cardinal
of great importance
Color
to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect
Damp
to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound, etc
Die
a part of a machine that punches shaped holes or cuts
Essay
to test or try; to attempt or experiment
Exact
to demand, call for, require, or take
Flag
to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
Flip
sarcastic; impertinent
Ford
to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
Grouse
to complain or grumble
Guy
a cord or cable used to steady or guide something
Intimate
to imply, suggest, or insinuate
List
to tilt or lean to one side
Lumber
to move heavily and clumsily
Milk
to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
Mince
to pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully; also, to take tiny steps or tiptoe
Nice
exacting ; fastidious; extremely, even excessively, precise
