From Verbal Tests Flashcards

Question

CONTRIVANCE

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Amateur, non-professional

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a small group of people or things. | "coveys of actors rushed through the rooms"`

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a tiny piece of a substance; a speck. | "the tiniest mote of dust"

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a store of valuable or delightful things. "the cellar contained a trove of rare wines" Treasure Trove of Stories

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a simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in a battle. "a deafening salvo of shots rang out"

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Optimistic

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involving or causing much bloodshed. | "they lost heavily in the sanguinary campaigns that followed"

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happy or carefree. | "a blithe seaside comedy"

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abjure, renounce

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adverse or harmful

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Supporting a theory

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To be stingy means to reduce your spending, even at the expense of reducing your quality of life.

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Spending economically

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complicated, intricate, complex

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Authenticity means the stories are genuine or real. Verisimilitude is a close synonym of authenticity emphasizing the truthfulness of reliability of the stories.

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The word “brio” refers to having vigor or vivacity during a performance. For all the orchestra’s brio, ...........

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The word “cumbrously” refers to an action that is done clumsily and with difficulty, especially with difficulty due to weight. The word “ponderously” means to do something slowly or in a labored way, because of great weight.

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harass, as with questions or requests; cause to feel distressed or worried After discovering a priceless artifact in her backyard, Jane was besieged by phone calls, emails, and reporters all trying to buy, hold or see the rare piece of history.

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lacking foresight or imagination The company ultimately went out of business because the myopic managers couldn't predict the changes in their industry.

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done routinely and with little interest or care The short film examines modern perfunctory cleaning rituals such as washing dishes, doing laundry and tooth-brushing.

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swift, speedy, fast

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marked by precise accordance with details The colonel was so punctilious about enforcing regulations that men feel compelled to polish even the soles of their shoes.

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habitual He is an inveterate smoker and has told his family and friends that there is no way he will ever quit.

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(of a person) not doing one's duties The teacher was derelict in her duties because she hadn't graded a single student paper in three weeks.

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clemency means mercy and forgiveness leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice In the final moments of the trial, during his closing speech, Phillips was nearly begging the judge for clemency.

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to help the growth of something A good teacher not only teaches students how to do well on tests; a good teacher fosters curiosity and excitement to learn in her students.

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``` prehistoric primeval primordial primal earliest ancient early primigenial ```

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something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity Finally deciding to abandon all subterfuge, Arthur revealed to Cindy everything about his secret affair over the past two years.

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"Sanctioned" is a very interesting word because it does in fact have two meanings that are almost the opposite of one another: 1) Give official permission or approval for (an action). 2) Impose a penalty on.

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A flowing backward or away; decline; decay; a gradual falling off or diminution: as, the ebb of prosperity; crime is on the ebb.

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that cannot be defended, maintained, or justified, by either force or speech: as, an indefensible frontier; conduct that is indefensible. Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable

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With the combination of Kepler's brilliant theories and Galileo's telescopic observations, the old geocentric theory became untenable to most of the educated people in Europe.

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free of guilt; not subject to blame; beyond doubt or reproach After his long and unimpeachable service to the company, Sharat felt that a gold watch was a slap in the face rather than an honor.

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the action of renouncing or rejecting something. | "abnegation of political power"

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a puritanical person adjective – : acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex

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a person who indulges in luxury Despite the fact that he’d maxed out fifteen credit cards, Max was still a sybarite at heart: when the police found him, he was at a $1,000 an hour spa in Manhattan, getting a facial treatment.

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in a blunt, direct manner Not one for social pleasantries, the Chief of Staff would brusquely ask his subordinates for anything he wanted, even coffee.

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means not easily daunted.... courageous, not giving up easily

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cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations Dan is usually calm and balanced, but it takes only one intense glare from Sabrina to rile him.

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gather together and confine (a group of people or things). | "the organizers were corralling the crowd into marching formation"

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To collect or gather (something) together. verb – To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.

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tending or induce drowsiness or sleep

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The word “exacting” means “requiring close attention,” and “making excessive demands.”

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``` to weaken (in terms of intensity); to taper off/become thinner. Her animosity towards Bob attenuated over the years, and she even went so far as to invite him to her party. ```

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To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection

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engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together The rebels met at night in an abandoned barn to machinate.

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mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status. "he was hobnobbing with the great and good"

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search out and publicize scandal about famous people. | "independent media are not afraid to muckrake and set their own agenda"

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difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

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a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime | reprisal means to seek revenge, or to look for some way to have an eye-for-an-eye moment.

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relevant and appropriate The professor wanted to tell the jury in detail about his new book, but the lawyer said it wasn't germane to the charges in the cases.

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as a verb: to pull something off, to realize something.

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being of questionable authenticity The web is notorious for sandwiching apocryphal stories between actual news.

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a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen. | "they heard the sound as an augury of death"

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a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.

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tropes are conventional ideas—themes that have been repeated many times

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Contrast word....

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very unhappy, uneasy, or dissatisfied : marked or characterized by dysphoria a dysphoric mood a dysphoric person — see also premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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joyously unrestrained Can you blame him for his ebullient mood? He just graduated from medical school.

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extremely sad, without hope Fariha was a very strong woman, and she never became despondent no matter how many misfortunes she went through.

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habitually reserved and uncommunicative While the CEO enthusiastically shares his plans and agenda with all who will listen, the CFO is far more taciturn, rarely revealing his perspective.

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constant, sustained, careful work -- in other words, the tortoise, with its slow, steady approach to a race, is being assiduous in finishing the race.