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Barron Revision 1 (1-350)

Question 1 of 50

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blithe

Select one of the following:

  • happy and without worry

  • talkative boaster

  • clear beef soup

  • foreshadow

Explanation

Question 2 of 50

1

bovine

Select one of the following:

  • complicated

  • placid and dull

  • interesting

  • pompous

Explanation

Question 3 of 50

1

bludgeon

Select one of the following:

  • difficult situation

  • quarrelsome

  • heavy-headed weapon

  • chaotic

Explanation

Question 4 of 50

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bifurcated

Select one of the following:

  • (of roads, rivers, branches, etc.) to divide into two parts

  • interesting

  • hilarious

  • boredom

Explanation

Question 5 of 50

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bigotry

Select one of the following:

  • a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who thinks that anyone who does not have the same beliefs is wrong

  • a person who believe everyone is born equal

  • a person who has more than one wife

  • a person who thinks highly of himself

Explanation

Question 6 of 50

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bilious

Select one of the following:

  • suffering from indigestion; irritable

  • suffering from depression

  • anxiety

  • cheat

Explanation

Question 7 of 50

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blandishment

Select one of the following:

  • bleach, whiten

  • flattery

  • exile

  • deport

Explanation

Question 8 of 50

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blasphemous

Select one of the following:

  • proud

  • despises

  • profane; impious

  • feeling depressed

Explanation

Question 9 of 50

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bereft

Select one of the following:

  • assign to

  • endorse

  • authorise

  • deprived of; lacking

Explanation

Question 10 of 50

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bestial

Select one of the following:

  • benevolent

  • outstanding

  • brutal; inhuman

  • difficult situation

Explanation

Question 11 of 50

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benison

Select one of the following:

  • blessing

  • happiness

  • feeling lucky

  • showing concern

Explanation

Question 12 of 50

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beguile

Select one of the following:

  • delude; cheat

  • innocent

  • naive

  • quarrelsome

Explanation

Question 13 of 50

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behemoth

Select one of the following:

  • large and often extremely powerful

  • having a lot of problems or difficulties

  • right for someone to do something

  • giving false impression

Explanation

Question 14 of 50

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bastion

Select one of the following:

  • law enforcer

  • stronghold; something seen as a source of protection

  • confusion

  • chatic situation

Explanation

Question 15 of 50

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bawdy

Select one of the following:

  • rude

  • quarrelsome

  • indecent; obscene

  • despise

Explanation

Question 16 of 50

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bedizen

Select one of the following:

  • casual wear

  • fashionably dressed

  • sleepy

  • to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner

Explanation

Question 17 of 50

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beatific

Select one of the following:

  • solemn

  • make pretty

  • exhilarated

  • happy and calm

Explanation

Question 18 of 50

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bane

Select one of the following:

  • boredom

  • cause of ruin

  • pester; annoy

  • jester

Explanation

Question 19 of 50

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barefaced

Select one of the following:

  • shameless

  • daring

  • showing anger

  • pester

Explanation

Question 20 of 50

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badinage

Select one of the following:

  • serious injuries

  • flirtatious

  • teasing conversation

  • menacing; deadly

Explanation

Question 21 of 50

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banal

Select one of the following:

  • ordinary, and not original

  • counterfeit

  • teasing conversation

  • conversation

Explanation

Question 22 of 50

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auxiliary

Select one of the following:

  • providing help

  • to prevent something bad from happening

  • strong dislike

  • majestic

Explanation

Question 23 of 50

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avarice

Select one of the following:

  • self-governing

  • strong dislike

  • strict, stern

  • greed for wealth

Explanation

Question 24 of 50

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aver

Select one of the following:

  • to prevent something bad from happening

  • strong dislike

  • majestic

  • to say that something is certainly true

Explanation

Question 25 of 50

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attenuate

Select one of the following:

  • emphasis

  • make thin; weaken

  • courageous

  • impressive

Explanation

Question 26 of 50

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atrocity

Select one of the following:

  • brutal deed

  • couraeous act

  • strict and stern

  • desrespectful

Explanation

Question 27 of 50

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augury

Select one of the following:

  • a detailed plan

  • feeling hurt and depressed

  • a sign of what might happen in the future

  • winter

Explanation

Question 28 of 50

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assiduous

Select one of the following:

  • showing hard work, great care and perseverance

  • lack of care and concern

  • able to understand a situation quickly

  • analyse; evaluate

Explanation

Question 29 of 50

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assay

Select one of the following:

  • relating to the stars

  • agree; accept

  • analyse; evaluate

  • fght

Explanation

Question 30 of 50

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aspersion

Select one of the following:

  • slanderous remark

  • noble ambition

  • seeker after position or status

  • assign, refer to

Explanation

Question 31 of 50

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askew

Select one of the following:

  • practicing self-denial; austere

  • sharpness (of temper)

  • crookedly; slanted; at an angle

  • slanderous remark

Explanation

Question 32 of 50

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asperity

Select one of the following:

  • desperate

  • sharpness (of temper)

  • anguish

  • filled with surprises

Explanation

Question 33 of 50

1

asinine

Select one of the following:

  • naive

  • innocent

  • cheerful

  • stupid

Explanation

Question 34 of 50

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asceticism

Select one of the following:

  • simple and not wanting to deceive

  • avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life

  • (the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive

  • preventing infection; having a cleansing effect

Explanation

Question 35 of 50

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artifice

Select one of the following:

  • preventing infection; having a cleansing effect

  • simple and not wanting to deceive

  • the ability to speak fluently and coherently

  • (the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive

Explanation

Question 36 of 50

1

artisan

Select one of the following:

  • a person extremely skilful in handicraft

  • a manually skilled worker

  • a creative person

  • a person specialises in certain profession

Explanation

Question 37 of 50

1

armada

Select one of the following:

  • the jargon or slang of a particular group or class

  • a class of people who hold high social rank

  • a piece of music in an opera sung by one person

  • a large group of armed ships that fight wars at sea

Explanation

Question 38 of 50

1

argot

Select one of the following:

  • the jargon or slang of a particular group or class

  • marshal; draw up in order

  • charge in court; indict

  • a piece of music in an opera sung by one person

Explanation

Question 39 of 50

1

arraign

Select one of the following:

  • arrested

  • charge in court; indict

  • being in debt

  • marshal; draw up in order

Explanation

Question 40 of 50

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aria

Select one of the following:

  • sweet scent

  • adorn

  • fragrant

  • a piece of music in an opera sung by one person

Explanation

Question 41 of 50

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arcane

Select one of the following:

  • great enthusiasm or love

  • a typical example of something

  • group of closely located islands

  • mysterious and known only by a few people

Explanation

Question 42 of 50

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archaic

Select one of the following:

  • great enthusiasm

  • hard; strenuous

  • a typical example of something

  • antiquated

Explanation

Question 43 of 50

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arboretum

Select one of the following:

  • a covered passageway, usually lined with shops

  • public records; place where public records are kept

  • study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

  • place where different varieties of trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited

Explanation

Question 44 of 50

1

appurtenances

Select one of the following:

  • person with power to decide a matter in a dispute; judge

  • a possession or piece of property that is considered to be a typical feature of a particular way of living:

  • unreasonable or capricious; tyrannical

  • acquire; take possession of for one's own use

Explanation

Question 45 of 50

1

apropos

Select one of the following:

  • act as judge

  • with reference to

  • approval

  • respectful

Explanation

Question 46 of 50

1

aphorism

Select one of the following:

  • iron block used in hammering out metals

  • loss of speech due to injury or illness

  • a place where bees are kept

  • a short clever saying that is intended to express a general truth

Explanation

Question 47 of 50

1

aplomb

Select one of the following:

  • indifferent

  • poise; composure

  • aggressive

  • proud

Explanation

Question 48 of 50

1

amorphous

Select one of the following:

  • charm; talisman

  • shapeless; vague; indeterminate

  • abundant

  • causing insensitivity to pain

Explanation

Question 49 of 50

1

altercation

Select one of the following:

  • entice; attract

  • conversational

  • noisy quarrel

  • reserved

Explanation

Question 50 of 50

1

agnostic

Select one of the following:

  • pertaining to land or its cultivation

  • one who is skeptical of the existence of knowability of a god

  • highly excited

  • religious

Explanation

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