Word List 43

Question 1

expropriate

Answer 1

to deprive of possession or proprietary rights 
to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession 

e.g. Dissidents were shot, and their lands expropriated under his regime.
The state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road.

Question 2

extradite

Answer 2

to deliver up to extradition
to obtain the extradition of

e.g. He will be extradited from the U.S. to Canada to face criminal charges there.

Question 3

facsimile

Answer 3

an exact copy

e.g. The family resemblance is so strong that the boy is virtually a pint-size facsimile of his father.

Question 4

factitious

Answer 4

produced by humans rather than by natural forces
produced by special effort; sham

e.g. creating a factitious demand by spreading rumors of shortage

Question 5

fail-safe

Answer 5

incorporating some feature for automatically counteracting the effect of an anticipated possible source of failure
having no chance of failure; infallibly problem-free

e.g. the little black dress that has consistently been the fail-safe solution for night

Question 6

fanfare

Answer 6

a short and lively sounding of trumpets

a showy outward display

Question 7

fealty

Answer 7

the fidelity of a vassal or feudal tenant to his lord
intense fidelity

e.g. swear fealty to the king
As much as I wanted to back my friend up, my fealty to the truth was greater.

Question 8

febrile

Answer 8

marked or caused by fever; feverish
having or showing a great deal of nervous excitement or energy

e.g. a febrile imagination

Question 9

feisty

Answer 9

having or showing a lively aggressiveness; spunky

Question 10

felicitate

Answer 10

to consider happy or fortunate
to offer congratulations to

e.g. The other pianists rushed to felicitate the winner of the piano competition.

Question 11

festal

Answer 11

of or relating to a feast or festival; festive

Question 12

fetish

Answer 12

a strong and unusual need or desire for something
an object that is believed to have magical

e.g. a fetish for secrecy
wear a fetish to ward off evil spirits

Question 13

fiend

Answer 13

devil, demon; a person of great wickedness
a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study; fanatic
addict
wizard

e.g. a golf fiend / a dope fiend
a fiend at mathematics

Question 14

filch

Answer 14

to appropriate furtively or casually (something small or of little value)

e.g. filch a cookie/pack of gum

Question 15

filial

Answer 15

of or relating to a son or daughter; appropriate or assuming the relation of a child or offspring

e.g. filial obedience

Question 16

firebrand

Answer 16

a piece of burning wood
one that creates unrest or strife (as in aggressively promoting a cause); agitator

e.g. a firebrand who urged crowds to riot during the blackouts

Question 17

fissile

Answer 17

capable of or prone to being split
capable of undergoing fission

e.g. fissile wood/crystals

Question 18

fitful

Answer 18

having an erratic or intermittent character; irregular

e.g. have a few fitful hours of sleep
several fitful attempts at negotiation

Question 19

flabby

Answer 19

lacking resilience or firmness; flaccid

weak and ineffective; feeble

Question 20

flair

Answer 20

a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something; talent
inclination, tendency
a uniquely attractive quality; style

e.g. a flair for making friends quickly
a restaurant with a European flair

Question 21

flay

Answer 21

to strip off the skin or surface of; skin
to criticize harshly; excoriate
to strike or beat with or as if with a whip; lash

e.g. Her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping.
The wind whipped up to gale fury, flaying his face.

Question 22

floppy

Answer 22

tending to flop; especially, being both soft and flexible

Question 23

florescence

Answer 23

a state or period of flourishing

e.g. the florescence of Mayan art in the seventh century A.D.

Question 24

footle

Answer 24

to talk or act foolishly
to waste time; trifle, fool

e.g. spent the morning footling about

Question 25

fop

Answer 25

a man who is devoted to or vain about his appearance or dress; coxcomb, dandy

Question 26

foray

Answer 26

to make raid or brief invasion raid a brief excursion or attempt especially outside one's accustomed sphere e.g. forayed into enemy territory a quick foray into town for some supplies the novelist's foray into nonfiction

Question 27

foreclose

Answer 27

to shut out; preclude to hold exclusively to deal with or close in advance a subject to foreclosure proceedings e.g. They've been unable to make their mortgage payments, and the bank has threatened to foreclose.

Question 28

forensic

Answer 28

belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate argumentative, rhetoric relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems e.g. In his first forensic arguments his rapid utterance was as indistinct as if he had mush in his mouth. forensic science/pathologist

Question 29

forswear

Answer 29

to reject or renounce under oath to renounce earnestly to deny under oath e.g. She forswore her allegiance to the old regime.

Question 30

fray

Answer 30

a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute to wear by or as if by rubbing; fret strain, irritate

Question 31

frisk

Answer 31

to leap, skip, or dance in a lively or playful way; gambol to search (a person) for something also e.g. carefree kids laughing and frisking about in their backyard

Question 32

fritter

Answer 32

to spend or waste bit by bit, on trifles, or without commensurate return (oft. used with away) dissipate, dwindle e.g. fritter away one's money / an afternoon watch one's fortune fritter away

Question 33

frowzy

Answer 33

musty, stale having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance e.g. a frowzy smell of stale beer and stale smoke The abandoned house was dank and frowzy and barely fit for human habitation.

Question 34

fructify

Answer 34

to bear fruit e.g. No partnership can fructify without candor on both sides.

Question 35

fustian

Answer 35

a strong cotton and linen fabric high-flown or affected writing or speech; broadly, anything high-flown or affected in style e.g. a speech awash in old-fashioned fustian and bereft of all substance

Question 36

gab

Answer 36

to talk in a rapid or thoughtless manner; chatter | also

Question 37

gabble

Answer 37

to talk fast or foolishly; jabber to utter inarticulate or animal sounds babble

Question 38

gallows

Answer 38

a structure on which a criminal who has been sentenced to death is killed by being hanged

Question 39

gamut

Answer 39

the whole series of recognized musical notes an entire range or series e.g. experience the full gamut of human emotions The actress's work runs the gamut from goofy comedies to serious historical dramas.

Question 40

gander

Answer 40

an adult male goose simpleton (slang) look, glance

Question 41

gangling

Answer 41

awkwardly tall and spindly; lank and loosely built

Question 42

gangrene

Answer 42

local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply pervasive decay or corruption; rot e.g. moral gangrene

Question 43

garland

Answer 43

a circular or spiral arrangement of intertwined material anthology, collection e.g. a garland of flowers

Question 44

gauche

Answer 44

lacking social experience or grace; also, not tactful; crude crudely made or done e.g. His loud talking at the opera marked him as gauche and uncultured. a gauche turn of phrase

Question 45

gaunt

Answer 45

excessively thin and angular barren, desolate e.g. a long gaunt face a gaunt factory on the edge of town

Question 46

genuflect

Answer 46

to bend the knee (especially in worship) to be servilely obedient or respectful e.g. his essential instinct to genuflect to the ultra-rich

Question 47

gestate

Answer 47

to carry in the uterus during pregnancy to conceive and gradually develop in the mind e.g. a research trip he made while gestating his new book

Question 48

gesticulate

Answer 48

to make gestures especially when speaking

Question 49

girdle

Answer 49

to move around; circle e.g. girdled the world

Question 50

gleam

Answer 50

a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light a brief or faint appearance e.g. the gleam of dawn in the east / a gleam in his eyes a gleam of hope

Question 51

gloaming

Answer 51

twilight, dusk e.g. With the gloaming came the familiar chirping of the whip-poor-will.

Question 52

gnome

Answer 52

maxim, aphorism

Question 53

gnomic

Answer 53

characterized by aphorism e.g. a gnomic utterance about death

Question 54

gormandize

Answer 54

to eat gluttonously or ravenously to eat greedily; devour e.g. hungry hockey players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge

Question 55

goggle

Answer 55

to stare with wide or protuberant eyes e.g. He goggled in amazement at the elaborate costumes.

Question 56

gosling

Answer 56

a young goose | a foolish or callow person

Question 57

granary

Answer 57

a storehouse for threshed grain a region producing grain in abundance a chief source or storehouse

Question 58

gratis

Answer 58

without charge or recompose; free e.g. The food was supplied gratis.

Question 59

greenhorn

Answer 59

``` an inexperienced or naive person a newcomer (as to a country) unacquainted with local manners and customs ``` e.g. He's not the most sophisticated businessman you'll ever meet, but he's no greenhorn.

Question 60

gruff

Answer 60

rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect being deep and harsh; hoarse e.g. a gruff reply / a gruff voice

Question 61

gulch

Answer 61

a deep or precipitous cleft; ravine; especially, one occupied by a torrent e.g. The gulch floods in the spring with a runoff from the mountains, so wait until later in the summer to hike it.

Question 62

gull

Answer 62

a usually gray and white aquatic bird to take advantage of; deceive a gullible person; dupe e.g. We were gulled into believing that...

Question 63

gusto

Answer 63

an individual or special taste enthusiastic and vigorous enjoyment or appreciation e.g. have the gusto to go on a strenuous hike

Question 64

guttle

Answer 64

to eat ravenously

Question 65

gynecocracy

Answer 65

government by women

Question 66

haft

Answer 66

the handle of a weapon or tool

Question 67

haggard

Answer 67

having a worn or emaciated appearance; gaunt

Question 68

haggle

Answer 68

to cut roughly or clumsily; hack bargain, wrangle e.g. haggling over the price

Question 69

hamstring

Answer 69

a tendon/muscle at the back of a person's knee / upper leg to make ineffective or powerless; cripple e.g. a company hamstrung by government regulations

Question 70

hard-bitten

Answer 70

seasoned or steeled by difficult experience; tough e.g. They were a hard-bitten lot, burned to a brick red by the untempered sun.

Question 71

hardy

Answer 71

bold, brave audacious, brazen inured to fatigue or hardships; robust

Question 72

hassle

Answer 72

a heated often protracted argument; wrangle a violent skirmish; fight a state of confusion; turmoil an annoying or troublesome concern e.g. deal with flight delays and all of the other hassles got into a hassle with his landlord

Question 73

heave

Answer 73

``` life, raise throw, cast to utter with obvious effort or with a deep breath labor, struggle pull, push ``` e.g. heaved the door shut heaved the ball down the field heaved a sigh of relief