A) Untidy; messy

Eg. Because of her slovenly appearance, she was chsoen by the fashion magazine as one of the ten worst-dressed women in Hollywood.

A) Of poor quality; inferior

Eg. His car fell apart after a year because of it shoddy construction.

A) cautious; careful; watchful; on one's guard

Eg. The zookeeper was wary as he aproached the rabid wolf.

A) Doubtful; questionable

Eg. He had bruised his Achilles tendon the day before so his value tot he allstar team seemed dubious.

A) Curious

Eg. The inquisitive cat got his paw stuck in the mousetrap.

A) To make clear

Eg. Your statement is ambiguous. Please clarify.

A) Forceful; intense; strong

Eg. Everyone in the House of Commons feared his vehemnet temper.

A) Overused; commonplace; worn out; lacking freshness

Eg.His thinking is faulty and his ideas are trite.

A) Straght forward; open; frank; outspoken

Eg. Although I don't always agree with him, I admire how candid he is when all the other politicians are so wishy-washy.

A) Filth and misery

Eg. By virtue of her beauty and wit, she rose above the squalor of her childhood and became mistress to the king.

V) to mourn; to express sorrow or deep regret

Eg. "Have I not reason to lament

What man has made of man?"

- William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

V) to end; to conclude; to bring to a finish

Eg. The conference was terminated when the speaker stormed out of the room in rage.

A) Spirited; lively

Eg. Catherine was the most vivacious girl at the ball and her mood was infectious.

A) executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception

Eg. Because the pamphlets were so inflammatory, a clandestine printing press was set to publish them.

Noun: an obscene curse; a profane oath

Ex.-The sailor's conversation was liberally sprinkled with expletives.

Detestable; thoroughly unpleasant

Ex- This is, I think the most abominable meal I've ever eaten in a civilized country

(N) a departure of a large number of people

Ex-The booming of the city was followed by and exadus of thousands of people to the country side

Pu.sil.lan.i.mous

                                                          119.)

cowardly;lacking courage

Ex.- He was so pusillanimous that he was scared of his own shadow

RAZE

                                                                 120.)

(V.) to hear down or demolish

Ex- The house took two years to build, but it was razed in a single day

Cri.te.ri.on

                                                          121.)

(N.) a standard by which something is judged

Ex.- What is the most important criterion of a good hockey player?

[Plural: criterial]

Mel.o.dra.mat.ic

                                                     122.)

(A.) exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental

Ex.- Television soap operas tend to be highly melodramatic

Ta.boo

                                                              123.)

(A.) banned or forbidden (usually for religious reasons)

Ex.- Pork and lobster are considered taboo accoridng to the dietary laws of the Jews.

Te.di.ous

                                                       124.)

(A.) boring; tiresome

Ex.- This is without question the most tedious book I have ever read.

An.Thol.o.gy

                                                         125.)

(N.) a collection of literary peices, such as poems, short stories, articles, or plays usualyy suggesting a theme

Ex.- The proffesor told us to bring our anthology of war poetry to class.

Ro.man.tic

                                                         126.)

(A.) impractical; unrealistic (usually used to describe a person's ideas)

Ex.- He had the romantic notion that if the poor and uneducated masses were given the right to vote, they would vote wisely. He was sadly mistaken.

Quirk

                                                                    127.)

(N.) a perculiarity in a person's behaviour or a thing's action

Ex.- The antique clock was in perfect running condition expect for one quirks: It had habit of chiming 13 o'clock.

A LA CARTE

                                                                128.)

(A.)[literally: "by the menu''] with a stated price for each seperate dish in a restaurnat (as opposed to a single price for a whole meal)

Ex.- He didn't want any salad or dessert, so he ordered his meal a la carte.

De.lin.quent

                                                               129.)

1.) (A.) failing to do one's duty, often by breaking the law

Ex.- He was regularly delinquent in paying his phone bill.

2.) (N) a person who fails to do his duty, often by breaking the law

Ex- The delinquent was fined $1000

Fur.tive

                                                           130.)

(A.) surreptitious; "sneaky'', sly

Ex- He was stopped by the police for questioning because of his furtive manner.

stealth.y

                                                                   131.)

(A.) sly; surreptitious; "sneaky''

Ex.- The stealthy panther crept up on its prey

Gaunt

                                                              132.)

(A.) very thin and bony

Ex.- When the camper was finally found, he was gaunt and weak after two weeks in the mountains with no food

Sed.a.tive

                                                             133.)

1.) (A.) having a soothing,calming effect

Ex.- The sedative tone of the lullaby soon put the baby to sleep.

Con.nois.seur

                                                                134.)

(N.) a keen and knowledgeable expert in matter of art or taste; an expert

Ex.- she was a connoisseur of Renaissance painting and Haute couture.

In.teg.ri.ty

                                                                   135.)

(N) honesty; dedication to moral principles

Ex.- Integrity, unfortunately, is not a prerequisite for the holding of high off ice.

Gul.li.ble

                                                                136.)

(A) easily deceived or cheated

Ex.- The gullible man paid a million dollars for a portrait he thought had been painted by Michelangelo.

RAZE

February 3, 2010                                           121.)

(V) to tear down or demolish

Ex-The house took two years to build, but it was razed in a single day.

Cri.te.ri.on

February 3, 2010                                              121.)

(N.) a standard by which something is judged

Ex- What is the most important criterion of a good hockey player?

Mel.o.dra.,mat.ic

February 3, 2010                                             122.)

(A.) exaggeratedly emotional or sentimentory

Ex.- Televison soap operas tend to be highly melodramatic.

Ta.boo

February 3, 2010                                          123.)

(A.) banned or forbidden (usually for religious reasons)

Ex.- Pork and lobster are considered taboo according to the dietary laws of the Jews.

Te.di.ous

February 3, 2010                                   124.)

(A.) boring; tiresome

Ex.- This is without question the most tedious book I have ever read.

An.thol.o.gy

February 3, 2010                                          125.)

(N.) a collection of literary places, such as poems, short stories, articles, or plays usually suggesting or theme.

Ex.- The proffesor told us to bring our anthology of war poetry to class.

Ro.man.tic

February 3, 2010                                        126.)

(A.) impractical; unrealistic (usually used to describe a person's ideas)

Ex.- He had the romantic notion that if the poor and uneducated masses were given the right to vote, they would vote wisely. He was sadly mistaken

Quirk

February 3, 2010                                          127.)

(N.) a perculiarity in a person's behavior or a things action

Ex.- The antique clock was in perfect running condition except for one quirk: It had habit of chiming 13 o'clock.

A LA CARTE

February 3, 2010                                              128.)

(A.) with a stated price for each seperate dish in a restaurant (as opposed to a single price for a whole meal)

Ex.- He didn't want any salad or dessert, so he ordered his meal a la carte

De.lin.quent

February 3, 2010                                              129.)

1.)(A.) failing to do one's duty, often by breaking the law

Ex.- He was regularly delinquent in paying his phone bill.

2.)(N.) a person who fails to do his duty, often by breaking the law.

Ex.- The deliquent was fined $1000

Fur.tive

February 3, 2010                                              130.)

(A.) surreptitious;"sneaky'', sly

Ex.- He was stopped by the police for quenstioning because of his furtive manner.

stealthy

February 3, 2010                                             131.)

(a) sly; surreptitious;"sneaky"

Ex.- The stealthy panther crept up on its prey

Gaunt

February 5, 2010                                                                                        132

(A.) very thin and bony

Ex.- When the camper was finally found, he was gaunt and weak after two weeks in the mountains with no food.

Sed.a.tive

February 5, 2010                                            133.)

1.) (A) having a soothing, calming effect

Ex.- The sedative tone of the lullaby soon put the baby to sleep.

2.) (N) a drug which causes this effect

Ex.- The doctor administered a sedative to the hysterical woman.

Con.nois.seur

February 5, 2010                                          134.)

(N.) a keen and knowledgeable expertin matters of art or taste; an expert

Ex.- she was a connoisseur of Renaissance painting and Haute couture

In.teg.ri.ty

February 5, 2010                                            135.)

(N.) honesty; dedication to marl principles.

Ex.- Integrity, unfortunately, is not a prerequite for the holding of high off ice.

Gul.li.ble

February 5, 2010                                          136.)

(A.) easily deceived or cheated

Ex.- The gullible man paid a million dollars for a partrait he thought had been painted by Michelangelo

Char.la.tan

February 28, 2010                                           137.)

(N.) one who pretends to have knowledge or skills he does have; a quack

Ex.- The charlatan cheated thousands of gullible people out of their life's savings with his "cure'' for cancer

Ra.tion.al

February 23, 2010                                           138.)

(A.) having the  ability to reason

Ex.- Man is a riational animal

Lack.a.dai.si.cal

February 23, 2010

(a) lacking interest or spirit; slugish; listless

Ex.- His attitude was so lackadaisical that he was removed from the basketball team

cri.te.ri.on

February 3, 2010                                               121.)

(N.) a standard by which something is judged

Ex.- What is the most important criterion of a good hockey player?

Mel.o.dra.mat.ic

February 3, 2010                                            122.)

(A.) exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental

Ex.- Televison soap operas tend to be highly melodramatic.

Ta.boo

February 3, 2010                                         123.)

(A.) banned or forbidden (usually for religious reasons)

Ex.- Pork and lobster are considered taboo according to the dietary laws of the Jews.

Te.di.ous

February 3, 2010                                            124.)

(A.) boring; tiresome

Ex.- This is without question the most tedious book I have ever read.

An.thol.o.gy

February 3, 2010                                             125.)

(N.) a collection of loterary pieces, such as poems, short stories, articles, or plays usually suggesting or theme.

Ex.- The proffesor told us to bring our anthology of war poetry to class.

Ro.man.tic

February 3, 2010                                           126.)

(A.) impractical;unrealistic (usually used to describe a persons ideas)

Ex.- He had the romantic notion that if the poor and unedurated masses were given the right to vote, they would vote wisely. He was sadly mistaken.

Quirk

February 3, 2010                                      127.)a

(N.) a perculiarity in a person's behavior or a things action

Ex.- The antique clock was in perfect running condition except for one quirk: It had a habit of chiming 13 o'clock

Char.la.tan

February 28, 2010                                            137.)

(N.) one who pretends to knowledge or skills he does not have; a quack

Ex.- The charlatan cheated thousands of gullible people out of their lifes saving with his ''cure" for cancer

Ra.tion.al

February 23, 2010                                             138.)

(A.) Having the ability to reason

Ex.- man is a rational animal

Lack.a.dai.si.cal

February 23, 2010                                      139.)

(A) Lacking interest or spirit; sluggish; listless

Ex.- His attitude was so lackadaisical that he was removed from the basketball team.

Cui.sine

February 23, 2010                                          140.)

(N.) a characteristic style of preparing food.

Ex.- He had a passion for chinesse cuisine; his wife preferred French.

Phi.lan.thro.py

February 23, 2010                                          141.)

(N) good will to follow men, espeacially by making charitable donations for their wellbeing.

Ex.- The rich man practiced philanthropy in his later years, after he had retired from business

I.tin.er.ant

February 23, 2010                                              142.)

(A.) travelling from place to place

Ex.- Because her father was an itinerant laborer, she had gone to twenty schools before she was thirteen years old.

Ep.i.dem.ic

(A.) spreading rapidly among many individual in an area.

Ex.- Flu is an epidemic disease.

Me.te.or.ol.o.gy

(N.) the study of the earths atmosphere, especially for the purpose of weather forecasting.

Ex.- Meteorology is not such an exact science that the weather can be predicted with 100% accuracy

(N.) a fact or occurrence, usually one which is remarkable in some way

Ex.- The phenmenon that is today known as hypnosis was once called mesmerism.

(N) the ability to appreciate the delicacy of a situation and to do or say the most fittin thing

Ex.- When he was introduced to her, he had enough tact not to mention the subject of her husbands recent, tradgic death.

(A.) ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreable

Ex-. The cantankerous old man put on a frightening Halloween mask and chased the young children down the block with butcher knife

(N) a connoisseur of fine food and drink

Ex.- The gourmet had such a discriminating palate that he could identify dozens of different cheeses and scores of wines.

(A) uncertain

Ex.- He made tentative plans to go to Europe after he graduated

(V.) to force someone to act in a particular manner

Ex.- The kidnap victim was coerced by his captor into saying in a telephone call to his family that he was being treated well.

(A.) extremely eager and enthusiastic

Ex.- He was zealous to go to the Olympics that he trained for ten hours a day.

(N) one who expects the possible outcome and take the most hopeful view of a situation

Ex.- The optimist sees the doughnut

Ex.- The pessimist sees the hole

(A) harsh; severe; stern; strict

Ex.- the old, austere school teacher was not well liked, but he did make his pupils learn

(A) unexplainable; imposible to explain or understand

Ex.- He tried to impress his colleagues with his ''profound" comments, but all he did was reveal himself as a shallow, pretentious fool.

(A.) unexplainable; imposible to explain or understand

Ex.- ''I don't beliece in ghost" he said, '' but there is somthing strangely inexplicable happening in that old house"

(a) noisy and unrestrained

Ex.-''Madam" said the zoo-keeper, "if you don't restrain thoe rambuncious little brats of yours, I'll feed them to the tigers."

(A) grisly; gruesome; unwholesome

Ex.- out of Morbid curiosity he went to see a weekend of slasher movies, including all six of the saw films.

(a) deep in thought(usually melancholy thought)

Ex.- Because the flower looked like it had a pensive face the French called it a pensee. In English, this word was corrupted to pansy.

(A) aggresive;hostile;warlike

Ex- As a youth, he was belligerent towards virtually everyone. It came as no surprise when he turned to a life of crime

(A) showy; pretentious; done to impres other

Ex.- His lifestyle was elegant without being ostentatious.

(A.) to forgive; to excuse; to pardon

Ex.- I understand why you hit him, but I don't condone your action.

(A) lasting for a long time

Ex.- Though the disease was chronic, it fortunately was not fatal.

(A) innocent; not wise in the ways of the world; unsophisticated

Ex.- Althought she was twenty-five years old, she was as natural and Naive as a child

(A.) experienced; wise in the ways of the worlds; not naive

Ex.- In the old fable, the sophisticated town Mouse introduced his naive cousin, the country Mouse, to the luxuriou life of the big city.

(A) stupid; silly

Ex.- It was incredible that a head of state could make so many asinine public statements.

(N) a feeling of deep regret and guilt fo past wrongdoing

Ex.- He felt remorse for having deserted his wife and children ten years before to run off with another women.

(V.) to stand idly about; to loaf; to linger

Ex.- When the foreman wasn't arountd, the indolent workers loitered

(N.) opposition or insolence towards authority

Ex.- General Macarthur publicly disagreed with president trumans policy toward the korean war in 1951. Truman fired him because Macarthur was in open defiance of my orders as president and as Commander in chief.

(A.) causing damage or harm; injurious

Ex.- It has been clearly proven that smokin is detrimentl to good health

(A) noisy and unrestrained

Ex.- As soon as their parents were safely downstairs, the boisterous twins launched into a pillow fight.

(N.) a fatal epidemic disease

Ex.- Bubonic plague and other pestilences killed millions of people before the advent of modern medicine.

(a.) lacking a distincitive character; bland

Ex.- The robber was so utterly nondescript that none of the witnesess remembered what he looked like.

(A) in a joking manners; meant in jest

Ex- The other passengers became nervous because of Mr.Cadwallader's jocular comments about airline crashes.

(A) noisy and unrestrained

Ex.- As soon as their parents were safely downstaris, the boisterous twins launched into a pillow fight.

(N) a fatal epidemic disease

Ex.- Bubonic plague and other pestilences killed million of people before the advent of modern medicine.

(A) lacking a distinctive character; bland

Ex.- The robber was so utterly nondescript that none of the witnesses remembered what he looked like.

(A) run-down; abandoned by the owner( usually used to describe houses, ships, cars)

Ex.- The derelict cars lay in the orchard for years before they were hauled away to the junkyard

(A) in a joking manner; meant in jest

Ex.- The other passengers became nervous became of Mr. Cadwallader's jocular comments about airline crashes.

(A) lacking in refinementor good taste; crude; illbred; coarse

Ex.- Her taste in clothes was so vulgar that she could never be mistaken for a member of high society

(A) lacking energy or vitality;listles;lethargic

Ex.- We felt languid because of the hot, muggy weather so we retired to our cool hotel room for a siesta.

(N) agonizing mental pain; sorrow

Ex.- The pension she received from the goverment did nothing to diminish the anguish after her husband was killed in the war.

(V) to comfort someone in grief

Ex.- No one could console her when she heard of her husbands death

(A) perfectly clean; spotless;pure

Ex.- "The house was so immaculate," he said, "that you could eat off the floors."

(A) decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten

Ex.- In one of his speeches, the fascist Italian dictator Benito mussolini proclaimed, "We hav buried the putrid corpse of liberty

(A) thrifty; economical

Ex.- He lived such a frugal life that everyone thought he was poor. Only after, his death was it discovered that he was worth millions

(N) one whose welfare, training, or careef is promoted by an influential person.

Ex- During the Renaissance, it was not uncommon for a busy artist to begin a painting and have his protege finish it.

(A) referring to high-flown, flowery,or pretentious language; pompous

Ex- Jargon is easily recognized by its use of bombastic wording

(A) conforming to standars acceptable to the general public

Ex.- His thinking appearance and behaviour were conventional. He didn't want to hurt his careef by appearing to be too much of an individual

(A) exact; precise; minutely careful; conscientious

Ex.- Charles Darwin made the comment that we are more scrupulous in breeding animals like horses and dogs than we are in choosing our own mates.

(N) a strong, unreasonable fear

Ex.- The soldier had won numerous medals for bravery in battle, but when it came to spiders, he had and uncontrollable

(N) an extremely intense excitement or enthusiasm for somthing. A mania is a mental disturbance which, in certain respects, is the opposite of a phobia. What one person is afraid off pyrophobia, bibliphobia, another person may be excitable about pyromania, bibliomania

Ex.- He had a mania for setting barn fires

(A) clearly visible, attracting notice

Ex.- Because he was over seven feet tall and weighed more than four hundred pounds he was conspicuous in any crowd

(A) very poor; penniless; poverty-stricken

Ex.- Everyone seems to mourn the passing of a famous person, but no one weeps for the death of a destitute orphan

(N) anxiety about the future

Ex.- All day in school the little boy could not keep mind on his lessons because he felt severe apprehension about his visit to the dentist at 4:00

(A) stooping the level of inferiors

Ex.- Just as the rich family treated the servants with a condescending manner, the servants treated with condescension the tradesmen who came to the door

(V) to device self-satisfying but incorrect reasons for one's behaviour

Ex.- When she wasn't invited to the party, christine rationalized her disappointment by saying, "I didn't want to go that party anyway

(A) concerned with the welfare of the whole human race

Ex.- For his humanitarian efforts, he was awarded the Nobel peace prize.

(N) the art profession of conducting international relations

Ex.- Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest in the nicest way"

(N) a mental disorder, usully without brain damage, which often involves strang feelings of anxiety, phobia, or manias.

Ex- The famous psychologist Erich Fromn said, "It i the feeling of isolation, of being shut out, which is the painful sting of every neurosis

(N) any severe mental disorder, sometime accompanied by brain damage, which involves withdrawal from reality and from normal social relationships and the loss of intelligent reasoning

Ex.- Schizophenia is psychisis that involves hallucination ations, delusions paranoia

(A) sharing the same period of time

Ex.- His birth was contemporary with the begining of world war II.