Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Barrons Vocabulary > Set 23 > Flashcards

Set 23 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Vocab Builder flashcards
2
Q

constraint

A

restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; v. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

grunt

A

utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does); n.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

viscid

A

adhesive; gluey

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

parsimony

A

stinginess; excessive frugality; adj. parsimonious

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

pinnace

A

small boat

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

clamber

A

climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

gleam

A

brief flash of light; glow; v.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

feature

A

distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; v. make prominent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

vying

A

contending; ex: vie

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

prune

A

cut away; trim

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

denounce

A

condemn; criticize; n. denunciation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

deplore

A

regret; express sorrow and severe disapproval for something bad; ex. deplore their violent behavior; adj. deplorable: very bad; deserving severe disapproval; ex. deplorable living condition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

interjection

A

exclamation; ex. ``Ouch’’

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

bevy

A

large group; ex. a bevy of starlets

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

precept

A

practical rule guiding conduct; ex. mother’s precept

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

distinctive

A

clearly different from others of the same kind

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

concord

A

harmony; accord

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

peripatetic

A

walking about from place to place (to work); moving; ex. peripatetic school of philosophy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

solicitous

A

anxious; worried; concerned; eager; ex. solicitous to do something; n. solicitude

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

cipher

A

nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; v.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

contrive

A

invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; ex. contrive to attract his attention

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

brawn

A

human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

euthanasia

A

mercy killing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

pariah

A

social outcast; ex. Mariah the pariah

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

inhibited

A

(of a person) unable to express what one really feels

27
Q

delusive

A

deceptive; likely to delude; misleading; raising vain hopes; ex. delusive promises

28
Q

propensity

A

natural inclination

29
Q

vex

A

annoy; distress

30
Q

alliteration

A

repetition of beginning sound in poetry

31
Q

recast

A

reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again

32
Q

cession

A

yielding to another; ceding

33
Q

blasphemy

A

irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; v. blasphem; adj. blasphemous; ex: sacrilege

34
Q

emblazon

A

ornament richly (a shield or flag); n. emblazonment

35
Q

cleft

A

n. split

36
Q

seamy

A

sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; ex. seamy side of city life

37
Q

scad

A

a great quantity; ex. scads of clothes

38
Q

licentious

A

amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained

39
Q

opalescent

A

iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; n. opalescence

40
Q

impasse

A

predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress

41
Q

sinuous

A

twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest

42
Q

perpetrate

A

commit an offense; do (something wrong)

43
Q

crypt

A

secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church)

44
Q

lot

A

object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land

45
Q

clarion

A

shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times

46
Q

transpire

A

(of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores

47
Q

buffet

A

strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; n. table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that’s been set

48
Q

muddle

A

confuse; mix up confusedly; n. state of confusion

49
Q

harry

A

harass, annoy, torment (by repeated attacks); raid

50
Q

atypical

A

not normal; not typical

51
Q

redundant

A

superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious

52
Q

podium

A

pedestal; raised platform

53
Q

levitate

A

rise and float in the air (especially by magical means); ex: light

54
Q

defile

A

pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; n. narrow passage or gorge through mountains

55
Q

verbiage

A

pompous array of words; too many unnecessary words; wordiness

56
Q

flay

A

strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly

57
Q

raspy

A

making a harsh noise; grating; harsh

58
Q

aphorism

A

pithy maxim or saying; adj. aphoristic

59
Q

correlation

A

mutual relationship

60
Q

callous

A

hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind

61
Q

badger

A

pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; n. a kind of mountain animal

62
Q

primary

A

first in rank or importance; principal; earliest in time; ex. primary stages; n. ex: first

63
Q

quack

A

charlatan; impostor

Barrons Vocabulary (25 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions