Deck13

Question 1

<font><span>Aberration</span></font>

Answer 1

1. the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.

2.
the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type.
3.
deviation from truth or moral rectitude.

1. wandering; deviation, divergence. 4. abnormality, eccentricity, illusion, delusion, hallucination.

Question 2

<font><span>Ail</span></font>

Answer 2

1. to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.

2.
to be unwell; feel pain; be ill: He’s been ailing for some time.

1. bother, annoy, distress.

Question 3

<font><span>Aprobos</span></font>

Answer 3

1. fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.
2. opportune; pertinent: apropos remarks.

Question 4

<font><span>Augury</span></font>

Answer 4

1. the art or practice of an augur; divination.

2.
the rite or ceremony of an augur.
3.
an omen, token, or indication.

-müneccimlik

Question 5

<font><span>Bawdy</span></font>

Answer 5

1 indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories.

• belden aşağı, açık saçık
  1. lascivious, salacious, prurient, earthy, risqué, ribald, coarse, licentious, raunchy.

Question 6

<font><span>Blithe</span></font>

Answer 6

1 joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.

2.
without thought or regard; carefree; heedless: a blithe indifference to anyone’s feelings.

• neşeli şen, tasasız
  1. happy, mirthful, sprightly, light-hearted, buoyant, joyful, blithesome.

—1. joyless.

Question 7

<font><span>Cadge</span></font>

Answer 7

1 to obtain by imposing on another’s generosity or friendship.

2.
to borrow without intent to repay.
3.
to beg or obtain by begging.
4 to ask, expect, or encourage another person to pay for or provide one’s drinks, meals, etc.

-avuç açmak

Question 8

<font><span>Cleanse</span></font>

Answer 8

1 to make clean.

2.
to remove by or as if by cleaning: to cleanse sin from the soul.

Question 9

<font><span>Comprise</span></font>

Answer 9

1 to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.

2.
to consist of; be composed of: The advisory board comprises six members.
3.
to form or constitute: Seminars and lectures comprised the day’s activities.

Question 10

<font><span>Conveyance</span></font>

Answer 10

1 the act of conveying; transmission; communication.

2.
a means of transporting, especially a vehicle, as a bus, airplane, or automobile.

Question 11

<font><span>Cynical</span></font>

Answer 11

1 like or characteristic of a cynic; distrusting or disparaging the motives of others.

2.
showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one’s actions, especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others.
3.
bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.

-insani iyiliğe inanmayan, alaycı, küçümseyen

pessimistic, sarcastic, satirical

-optimistic

Question 12

<font><span>Deprave</span></font>

Answer 12

1 to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt., to lead into bad habits, make morally bad, corrupt, pervert

Question 13

<font><span>Discern</span></font>

Answer 13

1 to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.

2.
to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate: He is incapable of discerning right from wrong

3. to distinguish or discriminate.
   - farketmek, ayırdetmek
4. discover, descry, espy. See notice. 2, 3. differentiate, judge.

Question 14

<font><span>Doctrinaire</span></font>

Answer 14

1 ta person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.

2 dogmatic about others’ acceptance of one’s ideas; fanatical: a doctrinaire preacher.
3.
merely theoretical; impractical.

authoritarian, uncompromising, inflexible, unyielding.

—2. reasonable, flexible.

Question 15

<font><span>Elaborate</span></font>

Answer 15

1 worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care.

2.
marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated.

1. perfected, painstaking. 2. ornate. Elaborate, labored, studied
   - simple

Question 16

<font><span>Enigma</span></font>

Answer 16

1 a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: His disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation.

2.
a person of puzzling or contradictory character

1. problem.

Question 17

<font><span>Esoteric</span></font>

Answer 17

1 understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: poetry full of esoteric allusions.

2.
belonging to the select few.
3.
private; secret; confidential.

1. abstruse, arcane, cryptic, enigmatic.

Question 18

<font><span>Expostulate</span></font>

Answer 18

1 to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.

dispute, argue, protest; exhort, counsel.

Question 19

<font><span>Felon</span></font>

Answer 19

1 A person guilty of a major crime; criminal

Question 20

<font><span>Fleece</span></font>

Answer 20

1 the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.

2. to deprive of money or belongings by fraud, hoax, or the like; swindle: He fleeced the stranger of several dollars.

Question 21

<font><span>Fragrant</span></font>

Answer 21

1 having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.

2.
delightful; pleasant: fragrant memories.

perfumed, odorous, redolent, aromatic.

—1. malodorous, noisome.

Question 22

<font><span>Goad</span></font>

Answer 22

1 a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.

2.
anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick.
3.
something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus.

Question 23

<font><span>Haughty</span></font>

Answer 23

1 disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.

lordly, disdainful, contemptuous. See proud.

—1. humble, unpretentious, unassuming.

Question 24

<font><span>Idolatry</span></font>

Answer 24

1 the religious worship of idols.

2.
excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.

2. obsession, madness, mania.

Question 25

**Implausible**

Answer 25

1 not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi. -doğru gibi durmayan unlikely, improbable, unbelievable.

Question 26

**Inept**

Answer 26

1 without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people. 2. generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent. 3. inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place. 1. unskillful, bungling. 4. stupid, pointless, inane. —1. suited.

Question 27

**Intractable**

Answer 27

1 not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition. 2. (of things) hard to shape or work with: an intractable metal. 3. hard to treat, relieve, or cure: the intractable pain in his leg. 4. hard to manage, unruly, stubborn 1. perverse, headstrong, dogged, obdurate, stony, willful, froward. 1, 2. fractious, refractory, unbending, inflexible, adamant, unyielding. See unruly. —1. amiable. 1, 2. amenable, flexible.

Question 28

**Intractable**

Answer 28

1 of, pertaining to, or resembling a labyrinth. 2. complicated; tortuous: the labyrinthine byways of modern literature.

Question 29

**Lustrous**

Answer 29

1 having luster; shining; luminous: lustrous eyes. 2. brilliant; splendid; resplendent; illustrious: a lustrous career. 1. gleaming, radiant, glowing, shimmering. 2. refulgent, dazzling, gorgeous.

Question 30

**Misanthrope**

Answer 30

1 a hater of humankind.

Question 31

**Nonplussed**

Answer 31

1 to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.

Question 32

**Ostentatious**

Answer 32

1 characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser. 2. (of actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc.) intended to attract notice: Lady Bountiful's ostentatious charity. 1. See grandiose.

Question 33

**Penitent**

Answer 33

1 feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite. Truly sorry for having sinned or done wrong and willingly to atone; contrite remorseful, rueful, sorrowful. —1. unrepentant, impenitent.

Question 34

**Pied**

Answer 34

1 having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals: a pied horse.

Question 35

**Posture**

Answer 35

1 the relative disposition of the parts of something. 2. the position of the limbs or the carriage of the body as a whole: poor posture; a sitting posture. 3. an affected or unnatural attitude: He struck a comic posture.

Question 36

**Proliferate**

Answer 36

1 to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation. 2. to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively.

Question 37

**Quaff**

Answer 37

1 to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment. 2. to drink (a beverage) copiously and heartily: We spent the whole evening quaffing ale. 1. swallow, gulp, swig, guzzle.

Question 38

**Recompense**

Answer 38

1 to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc. 2. to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like). 4. compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused. 1. reimburse, recoup. 4. payment, amends, indemnification, satisfaction. 4–6. See reward.

Question 39

**Reprobate**

Answer 39

1 a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate. 2. a person rejected by god and beyond hope of salvation 5 to disapprove, condemn, or censure. 1. tramp, scoundrel, wastrel, miscreant, wretch, rascal, cad, rogue. 2. outcast, pariah. 3. wicked, sinful, evil, corrupt. 5. reprehend, blame, rebuke, reprove.

Question 40

**Sanction**

Answer 40

1 authoritative permission or approval, as for an action. 2. something that serves to support an action, condition, etc. 3. something that gives binding force, as to an oath, rule of conduct, etc. 6. permit. —1. disapproval. 6. disapprove.

Question 41

**Sheath**

Answer 41

1 a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like. 2. any similar close-fitting covering or case. -kaput, kın

Question 42

**Spear**

Answer 42

1 a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached. 6. to pierce with or as with a spear.

Question 43

**Stymie**

Answer 43

1 a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it. 3. to hinder, block, or thwart. 3. stump, mystify, frustrate, confound.

Question 44

**Talon**

Answer 44

1 a claw, especially of a bird of prey. 2. the shoulder on the bolt of a lock against which the key presses in sliding the bolt. -pençe, kilit anahtar yatağı

Question 45

**Toy**

Answer 45

1 to amuse oneself; play. 13. to act idly; or with indifference; trifle: to toy with one's food. 14. to dally amorously; flirt. -trifle: önemsememek

Question 46

**Unscathed**

Answer 46

1 not scathed; unharmed; uninjured: She survived the accident unscathed. unhurt, unscratched, untouched, safe, whole.

Question 47

**Virago**

Answer 47

1 a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew. - eli maşalı kadın 1. scold, nag, termagant, harpy, Xanthippe.

Question 48

**Wont**

Answer 48

1 accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn. 2. custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast. 1. habituated, wonted. 2. use. —1. unaccustomed.

Question 49

1. the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course. 2. the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type. 3. deviation from truth or moral rectitude. 1. wandering; deviation, divergence. 4. abnormality, eccentricity, illusion, delusion, hallucination.

Answer 49

**Aberration**

Question 50

1. to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to. 2. to be unwell; feel pain; be ill: He's been ailing for some time. 1. bother, annoy, distress.

Answer 50

**Ail**

Question 51

1. fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely. 2. opportune; pertinent: apropos remarks.

Answer 51

**Aprobos**

Question 52

1. the art or practice of an augur; divination. 2. the rite or ceremony of an augur. 3. an omen, token, or indication. -müneccimlik

Answer 52

**Augury**

Question 53

1 indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories. - belden aşağı, açık saçık 1. lascivious, salacious, prurient, earthy, risqué, ribald, coarse, licentious, raunchy.

Answer 53

**Bawdy**

Question 54

1 joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit. 2. without thought or regard; carefree; heedless: a blithe indifference to anyone's feelings. - neşeli şen, tasasız 1. happy, mirthful, sprightly, light-hearted, buoyant, joyful, blithesome. —1. joyless.

Answer 54

**Blithe**

Question 55

1 to obtain by imposing on another's generosity or friendship. 2. to borrow without intent to repay. 3. to beg or obtain by begging. 4 to ask, expect, or encourage another person to pay for or provide one's drinks, meals, etc. -avuç açmak

Answer 55

**Cadge**

Question 56

1 to make clean. 2. to remove by or as if by cleaning: to cleanse sin from the soul.

Answer 56

**Cleanse**

Question 57

1 to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics. 2. to consist of; be composed of: The advisory board comprises six members. 3. to form or constitute: Seminars and lectures comprised the day's activities.

Answer 57

**Comprise**

Question 58

1 the act of conveying; transmission; communication. 2. a means of transporting, especially a vehicle, as a bus, airplane, or automobile.

Answer 58

**Conveyance**

Question 59

1 like or characteristic of a cynic; distrusting or disparaging the motives of others. 2. showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions, especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others. 3. bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic. -insani iyiliğe inanmayan, alaycı, küçümseyen pessimistic, sarcastic, satirical -optimistic

Answer 59

**Cynical**

Question 60

1 to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt., to lead into bad habits, make morally bad, corrupt, pervert

Answer 60

**Deprave**

Question 61

1 to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon. 2. to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate: He is incapable of discerning right from wrong 3. to distinguish or discriminate. - farketmek, ayırdetmek 1. discover, descry, espy. See notice. 2, 3. differentiate, judge.

Answer 61

**Discern**

Question 62

1 ta person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist. 2 dogmatic about others' acceptance of one's ideas; fanatical: a doctrinaire preacher. 3. merely theoretical; impractical. authoritarian, uncompromising, inflexible, unyielding. —2. reasonable, flexible.

Answer 62

**Doctrinaire**

Question 63

1 worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care. 2. marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated. 1. perfected, painstaking. 2. ornate. Elaborate, labored, studied - simple

Answer 63

**Elaborate**

Question 64

1 a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: His disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation. 2. a person of puzzling or contradictory character 1. problem.

Answer 64

**Enigma**

Question 65

1 understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: poetry full of esoteric allusions. 2. belonging to the select few. 3. private; secret; confidential. 1. abstruse, arcane, cryptic, enigmatic.

Answer 65

**Esoteric**

Question 66

1 to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling. dispute, argue, protest; exhort, counsel.

Answer 66

**Expostulate**

Question 67

1 A person guilty of a major crime; criminal

Answer 67

**Felon**

Question 68

1 the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal. 2. to deprive of money or belongings by fraud, hoax, or the like; swindle: He fleeced the stranger of several dollars.

Answer 68

**Fleece**

Question 69

1 having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose. 2. delightful; pleasant: fragrant memories. perfumed, odorous, redolent, aromatic. —1. malodorous, noisome.

Answer 69

**Fragrant**

Question 70

1 a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod. 2. anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick. 3. something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus.

Answer 70

**Goad**

Question 71

1 disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk. lordly, disdainful, contemptuous. See proud. —1. humble, unpretentious, unassuming.

Answer 71

**Haughty**

Question 72

1 the religious worship of idols. 2. excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc. 2. obsession, madness, mania.

Answer 72

**Idolatry**

Question 73

1 not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi. -doğru gibi durmayan unlikely, improbable, unbelievable.

Answer 73

**Implausible**

Question 74

1 without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people. 2. generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent. 3. inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place. 1. unskillful, bungling. 4. stupid, pointless, inane. —1. suited.

Answer 74

**Inept**

Question 75

1 not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition. 2. (of things) hard to shape or work with: an intractable metal. 3. hard to treat, relieve, or cure: the intractable pain in his leg. 4. hard to manage, unruly, stubborn 1. perverse, headstrong, dogged, obdurate, stony, willful, froward. 1, 2. fractious, refractory, unbending, inflexible, adamant, unyielding. See unruly. —1. amiable. 1, 2. amenable, flexible.

Answer 75

**Intractable**

Question 76

1 of, pertaining to, or resembling a labyrinth. 2. complicated; tortuous: the labyrinthine byways of modern literature.

Answer 76

**Intractable**

Question 77

1 having luster; shining; luminous: lustrous eyes. 2. brilliant; splendid; resplendent; illustrious: a lustrous career. 1. gleaming, radiant, glowing, shimmering. 2. refulgent, dazzling, gorgeous.

Answer 77

**Lustrous**

Question 78

1 a hater of humankind.

Answer 78

**Misanthrope**

Question 79

1 to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.

Answer 79

**Nonplussed**

Question 80

1 characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser. 2. (of actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc.) intended to attract notice: Lady Bountiful's ostentatious charity. 1. See grandiose.

Answer 80

**Ostentatious**

Question 81

1 feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite. Truly sorry for having sinned or done wrong and willingly to atone; contrite remorseful, rueful, sorrowful. —1. unrepentant, impenitent.

Answer 81

**Penitent**

Question 82

1 having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals: a pied horse.

Answer 82

**Pied**

Question 83

1 the relative disposition of the parts of something. 2. the position of the limbs or the carriage of the body as a whole: poor posture; a sitting posture. 3. an affected or unnatural attitude: He struck a comic posture.

Answer 83

**Posture**

Question 84

1 to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation. 2. to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively.

Answer 84

**Proliferate**

Question 85

1 to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment. 2. to drink (a beverage) copiously and heartily: We spent the whole evening quaffing ale. 1. swallow, gulp, swig, guzzle.

Answer 85

**Quaff**

Question 86

1 to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc. 2. to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like). 4. compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused. 1. reimburse, recoup. 4. payment, amends, indemnification, satisfaction. 4–6. See reward.

Answer 86

**Recompense**

Question 87

1 a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate. 2. a person rejected by god and beyond hope of salvation 5 to disapprove, condemn, or censure. 1. tramp, scoundrel, wastrel, miscreant, wretch, rascal, cad, rogue. 2. outcast, pariah. 3. wicked, sinful, evil, corrupt. 5. reprehend, blame, rebuke, reprove.

Answer 87

**Reprobate**

Question 88

1 authoritative permission or approval, as for an action. 2. something that serves to support an action, condition, etc. 3. something that gives binding force, as to an oath, rule of conduct, etc. 6. permit. —1. disapproval. 6. disapprove.

Answer 88

**Sanction**

Question 89

1 a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like. 2. any similar close-fitting covering or case. -kaput, kın

Answer 89

**Sheath**

Question 90

1 a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached. 6. to pierce with or as with a spear.

Answer 90

**Spear**

Question 91

1 a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it. 3. to hinder, block, or thwart. 3. stump, mystify, frustrate, confound.

Answer 91

**Stymie**

Question 92

1 a claw, especially of a bird of prey. 2. the shoulder on the bolt of a lock against which the key presses in sliding the bolt. -pençe, kilit anahtar yatağı

Answer 92

**Talon**

Question 93

1 to amuse oneself; play. 13. to act idly; or with indifference; trifle: to toy with one's food. 14. to dally amorously; flirt. -trifle: önemsememek

Answer 93

**Toy**

Question 94

1 not scathed; unharmed; uninjured: She survived the accident unscathed. unhurt, unscratched, untouched, safe, whole.

Answer 94

**Unscathed**

Question 95

1 a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew. - eli maşalı kadın 1. scold, nag, termagant, harpy, Xanthippe.

Answer 95

**Virago**

Question 96

1 accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn. 2. custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast. 1. habituated, wonted. 2. use. —1. unaccustomed.

Answer 96

**Wont**