Barron's 3 Flashcards
(58 cards)
1
Q
pall
A
become dull
2
Q
palliate
A
relieve without curing
3
Q
paltry
A
of little importance
4
Q
pandemonium
A
uproar, disorder
5
Q
paroxysm
A
violent outburst
6
Q
paucity
A
shortage
7
Q
peregrination
A
travel
8
Q
perverse
A
contrary
9
Q
plaintiff
A
the complaining party, in law
10
Q
potentate
A
ruler
11
Q
precocious
A
reaching maturity early
12
Q
prerogative
A
an exclusive power or right
13
Q
pretext
A
an excuse
14
Q
prevarication
A
lying, deviation from the truth
15
Q
privation
A
lack of necessities
16
Q
proffer
A
offer for acceptance
17
Q
promulgate
A
make public, proclaim
18
Q
propinquity
A
nearness in time and place
19
Q
propitious
A
favorable
20
Q
quarry
A
something hunted or pursued
21
Q
quell
A
crush
22
Q
quip
A
to joke
23
Q
rabid
A
furious, mad, fanatical
24
Q
raiment
A
clothing, dress
25
recant
renounce the previous statement
26
recondite
obscure, hidden
27
redolent
fragrant
28
relegate
banish
29
reprehensible
blameworthy
30
romp
move in a lively manner
31
salubrious
wholesome, healthful
32
schism
split
33
scion
descendant
34
senile
infirm, weak as a result of old age
35
servile
submissive, slavish
36
shibboleth
slogan
37
spurious
fake
38
squeamish
easily shocked
39
stentorian
loud
40
stipulate
make a specific demand
41
substantiate
ratify, confirm
42
subterfuge
a trick, deception
43
supine
lying on the back
44
symptomatic
indicative
45
temerity
foolish boldness
46
termagant
a shrew, a scolding woman
47
thwart
to hinder
48
timorous
fearful
49
tremulous
trembling
50
truncate
cut short
51
turpitude
evil, wickedness, vileness
52
umbrage
offense, resentment
53
unabated
without subsiding
54
unctuous
affectedly emotional
55
vapid
dull
56
unwieldy
difficult to handle, bulky
57
vestige
evidence, trace
58
venial
forgivable, pardonable
