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Quiz 6 Barron's Wordlist 351-400

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QUIZ 6 (351-400)

QUIZ 6 (351-400)

Question 1 of 28

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bristling

Select one of the following:

  • showing irritation

  • open up

  • insolent

  • boaster

Explanation

Question 2 of 28

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brindled

Select one of the following:

  • swagger; assumed air of defiance

  • rich, figured fabric

  • tawny or grayish with streaks or spots

  • muscular strength; sturdiness

Explanation

Question 3 of 28

1

brazen

Select one of the following:

  • boaster

  • open up

  • showing irritation

  • insolent

Explanation

Question 4 of 28

1

brocade

Select one of the following:

  • rich, figured fabric

  • decoration

  • boastful

  • pretentious

Explanation

Question 5 of 28

1

bucolic

Select one of the following:

  • tolerate; endure

  • bully; intimidate

  • rustic; pastoral

  • blunt; abrupt

Explanation

Question 6 of 28

1

bugaboo - object of baseless terror

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 28

1

buffoonery - bully; intimidate

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 28

1

bulwark - to develop or grow quickly

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 28

1

buttress

Select one of the following:

  • corpse

  • youthful; immature

  • hiding place

  • support; prop up

Explanation

Question 10 of 28

1

callow

Select one of the following:

  • hiding place

  • youthful; immature

  • support; prop up

  • ability

Explanation

Question 11 of 28

1

cacophonous

Select one of the following:

  • inharmonious, discordant

  • quarrelsome

  • getting irritable

  • singing harmoniously

Explanation

Question 12 of 28

1

rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat → cadence

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 28

1

full-bosomed; plump; jolly → buxom

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 28

1

make shiny by rubbing; polish → cache

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 28

1

candor

Select one of the following:

  • unfounded rumor

  • frankness

  • good-fellowship

  • ability; capacity

Explanation

Question 16 of 28

1

capacious

Select one of the following:

  • having a lot of space and able to contain a lot

  • malicious misrepresentation

  • shell or jewel carved in relief

  • ability; capacity

Explanation

Question 17 of 28

1

ability; capacity → candor

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 28

1

malicious misrepresentation → calumny

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 28

1

unfounded rumor → canard

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 28

1

good-fellowship → candor

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 28

1

carousal

Select one of the following:

  • surrender

  • causing cancer

  • faultfinding

  • drunken revel

Explanation

Question 22 of 28

1

caprice

Select one of the following:

  • whim

  • fault-finding

  • evil thoughts

  • arrogant

Explanation

Question 23 of 28

1

cardinal

Select one of the following:

  • seeking pleasure

  • whim

  • chief

  • hot-tempered

Explanation

Question 24 of 28

1

causing cancer → capitulate

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 28

1

surrender → capitulate

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 28

1

the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in war: → carnage

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 28

1

faultfinding → capitulate

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 28

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fickle; incalculable → carcinogenic

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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