AUGUST VERBAL THREAD

1. Adulation - Excessive flattery or admiration; excessive, ingratiating praise; overenthusiastic praise; servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
2. Aberrant - Deviating from the proper or expected course; deviating from what is normal; untrue to type; not being normal
3. Exhortation - A speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises; urging; a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
4. Hush - To make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
5. Avowal - A frank admission or acknowledgment; act of admitting to something; a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
6. Jocund - Feeling cheerful or jolly; sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality; full of or showing high-spirited merriment
7. Vilify - To make vicious and defamatory statements about; criticize very harshly
8. Diaphanous - So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film; fine, see-through
9. Exacerbate - To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate; infuriate; make more sharp, severe, or virulent
10. Fervid - Marked by great passion or zeal; extremely hot
11. Testy - Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish; touchy; easily annoyed
12. Awe - A mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder inspired by authority, genius, great beauty, sublimity, or might; amazement; amaze; deep respect mixed with fear and wonder; impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual
13. Admonish - To reprove gently but earnestly; counsel (another) against something to be avoided; caution; remind of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility; warn, strongly criticize
14. Obfuscate - To render indistinct or dim; darken; to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
15. Exculpate - To clear of guilt or blame; free from a charge or imputation of guilt; forgive
16. Pusillanimous - Lacking courage; cowardly; without spirit or bravery
17. Aplomb - Self-confident assurance; poise; assurance of manner or of action; a firm belief in one's own powers; stable, calm state of the emotions
18. Priggish - Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form; exaggeratedly proper
19. Obloquy - Harsh, often insulting language; loss of or damage to one's reputation; vilification
20. Titillate - To stimulate by touching lightly; tickle; to excite (another) pleasurably, superficially or erotically
21. Exasperate - To make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly; upset, provoke; make worse; irritate
22. Senility - Old age; mental and physical deterioration associated with aging; loss of faculties
23. Misdemeanor - A misdeed; breaking of the law that is less serious than a felony; minor crime, punishable by a fine or a light jail term
24. Mire - A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water; viscous, usually offensively dirty substance; soil with mud; marsh or bog
25. Omnipotent - Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful; one having unlimited power or authority; all-powerful
26. Rile - To stir to anger; to stir up (liquid); roil; to trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; anger, upset; cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations; make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
27. Tepid - Moderately warm; lukewarm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted; neither hot nor cold
28. Lazing - To pass time without working or in avoiding work; relax; be lazy; loaf
29. Lacerate - To rip, cut, or tear; to cause deep emotional pain to; distress; torn, mangled; wounded; having jagged, deeply cut edges; irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
30. Discommodious - Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious
31. Hidebound - Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible; having abnormally dry, stiff skin that adheres closely to the underlying flesh; not tolerant of the beliefs or opinions of others
32. Antiseptic - A substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of disease-causing microorganisms
33. Disinfect - To cleanse so as to destroy or prevent the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms
34. Raving - Talking or behaving irrationally; wild; exciting admiration; delirious, irrational speech; talking or behaving irrationally
35. Byline - A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name; a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article; an auxiliary activity
36. Tug - A sudden motion, such as a pull; quick pull; rope, chain, or strap used in hauling, especially a harness trace; land, air, or space vehicle that moves or tows other vehicles
37. Gag - Words or actions intended to excite laughter or amusement; surgical device for holding the mouth open
38. Supercilious - Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance; arrogant, stuck-up
39. Exonerate - To free from blame; free from a responsibility, obligation, or task; excuse, clear of responsibility or blame
40. Reverent - Marked by, feeling, or expressing reverence; respectful; humble
41. Pedestrian - A person traveling on foot; a walker; lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise
42. Sober - Exercising moderation and self-restraint in appetites and behavior; having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are; full of or marked by dignity and seriousness; calm, peaceful; dull; not partaking of alcohol; having a serious attitude
43. Callow - Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature
44. Ravenous - Extremely hungry; voracious; rapacious; predatory; greedy for gratification; very hungry; desirous; greedy
45. Galvanize - To stimulate or shock with an electric current; arouse to awareness or action; spur; coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc; inspire, stimulate
46. Hasten - To move or act swiftly; cause to hurry; speed up; accelerate
47. Veto - To forbid or prohibit authoritatively; refusal of permission
48. Mar - To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil; disfiguring mark; a blemish; hurt, damage
49. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
50. Witticism - A witty remark; words or actions intended to excite laughter or amusement; a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
51. Cynicism - An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others; scornfully or jadedly negative comment or act; skepticism, pessimism; cynical feeling of distrust
52. Miser - One who lives very meagerly in order to hoard money; greedy or avaricious person; person who loves wealth and spends little
53. Gill - The respiratory organ of most aquatic animals that breathe water to obtain oxygen, consisting of a filamentous structure of vascular membranes across which dissolved gases are exchanged; girl, often one's sweetheart; narrow stream, ravine; catch (fish) in a gill net; one of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
54. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
55. Flit - A sudden quick movement; (British) a secret move (to avoid paying debts); move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; move quickly, lightly, and irregularly like a bird in flight
56. Tacit - Implied by or inferred from actions or statements; not spoken; not voiced or expressed; conveyed indirectly without words or speech; taken for granted; understood, implied
57. Maladroit - Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept person; awkward, clumsy; tactless; lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement
58. Laud - Praise; glorification; acclaim; hymn or song of praise
59. Gainsay - To declare false; deny; to oppose, especially by contradiction; refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of
60. Aggrandize - To increase the scope of; extend; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation; cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
61. Furtive - Characterized by stealth; surreptitious; expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty; slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation; trickily secret; sneaky, secretive; done on the sly or in a sneaky way
62. Prelude - A part that comes before or leads up to what follows; beginning of event; piece or movement that serves as an introduction to another section or composition and establishes the key, such as one that precedes a fugue, opens a suite, or precedes a church service; similar but independent composition for the piano
63. Exalt - To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate; glorify, praise, or honor; increase the effect or intensity of; heighten; fill with sublime emotion; elate; promote, praise
64. Inert - Unable to move or act; not moving; lifeless; not readily reactive with other elements; forming few or no chemical compounds; without the ability to act, move, change, or resist
65. Artless - Free from guile, cunning, or deceit; simple; lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant
66. Clairvoyant - Having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses; person, such as a medium, possessing the supposed power of clairvoyance; person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron, namely, that he is a blockhead; person who has the power to see or know things that are not present to the senses; perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses; foreseeing the future
67. Procrastinate - To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness; postpone or delay needlessly; delay, put off doing
68. Crumbled - To break into small fragments or particles; give way; collapse; baked dessert of fruit topped with a crumbly pastry mixture
69. Flashy - Cheap and showy; gaudy; giving a momentary or superficial impression of brilliance; flamboyant, in poor taste
70. Mumble - To speak or utter indistinctly, as by lowering the voice or partially closing the mouth; low, indistinct, and often continuous sound; say low and inarticulately
71. Egalitarian - Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people
72. Covet - To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's); wish for longingly; feel immoderate desire for that which is another's; desire strongly; feel envy towards or for; Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
73. Cloven - Split; divided; used of hooves
74. Toil - To labor continuously; exhausting labor or effort; something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment; hard work; walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty; to exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion
75. Lurk - To lie in wait, as in ambush; move furtively; sneak; exist unobserved or unsuspected; read but not contribute to the discussion in a newsgroup, chatroom, or other online forum; hide; move stealthily; to hide in order to attack
76. Failsafe - Guaranteed not to fail; eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction; acting to discontinue a military attack on the occurrence of any of various predetermined conditions
77. Enigmatic - Difficult to explain or understand; resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; puzzling
78. Pout - To be sullenly aloof or withdrawn, as in silent resentment or protest; make a sad face; be sad; exhibit displeasure or disappointment; sulk; any of various freshwater or marine fishes, especially an eelpout or hornpout
79. Embezzle - To take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust; steal money, often from employer
80. Gratuitous - Costing nothing; not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case; not necessary; free
81. Stygian - Gloomy and dark; infernal; hellish
82. Askew - To one side; awry; crooked(ly); crooked; out of alignment
83. Dulcet - Pleasing to the ear; melodious; having a soothing, agreeable quality; archaic; sweet to the taste
84. Euphemism - The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive; use or an instance of equivocal language; polite term
85. Contemplative - Of, characterized by, or disposed to thought; deep in thought.
86. Immutable - Not subject or susceptible to change; incapable of changing or being modified; unchangeable
87. Perspicacity - Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding
88. Apparel - Clothes considered as a group; wearing apparel; covering
89. Reproach - To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone); bring shame upon; disgrace; rebuke; strong criticism; dishonor; find fault with
90. Bane - Fatal injury or ruin; cause of misery; source of persistent annoyance or exasperation; deadly poison
91. Providential - Happening as if through divine intervention; opportune; of or resulting from divine providence; characterized by luck or good fortune; opportune; unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it
92. Perpetual - Existing or occurring without interruption or end; continual, lasting; continuing or lasting for an indefinitely long time
93. Cogent - Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing; effectiveness
94. Meek - Showing patience and humility; gentle; very shy; compliant; humble and mild
95. Havoc - Widespread destruction; devastation; disorder or chaos; chaotic situation; great damage or destruction; rob of goods by force, especially in time of war
96. Alibi - The statement of being somewhere else when a crime was committed; make an excuse for (another); make an excuse for oneself; an explanation offered to avoid blame or justify action; an excuse
97. Chagrin - A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event; displeasure; cause displeasure
98. Tendentious - Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan; having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; bias
99. Ponderous - Having great weight; unwieldy from weight or bulk; lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull; dreary, tedious; heavy, cumbersome
100. Flinch - To start or wince involuntarily, as from surprise or pain; recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink; act or instance of starting, wincing, or recoiling; shy away, wince; draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust
101. Filmstrip - A length of film containing a series of photographs, diagrams, or other graphic matter prepared for still projection
102. Quaff - To drink (a beverage) heartily; to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
103. Precipitous - So sharply inclined as to be almost perpendicular; steep, falling sharply; extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate
104. Somnambulist - A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist; one who sleepwalks
105. Zesty - Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a strong and often harsh sensation; having an agreeably pungent taste; marked by spirited enjoyment
106. Slouch - To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping, excessively relaxed posture; slump over; an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions; walk slovenly
107. Nuance - A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation; expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone; slight difference; shading; slight variation between nearly identical entities
108. Pastiche - A mixture of materials, forms, motifs, and/or styles; often incongruous; dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent; an artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist
109. Indolent - Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy; causing little or no pain; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
110. Variegated - Having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored; distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified; multicolored
111. Quell - To put down forcibly; suppress; pacify; quiet; bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off; alleviate, calm; defeat, suppress
112. Compotes - Fruit stewed or cooked in syrup; long-stemmed dish used for holding fruit, nuts, or candy
113. Spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false; of illegitimate birth; similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function; counterfeit, fake; fraudulently or deceptively imitative
114. Apocalyptic - Portending future disaster; prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom; of or relating to an apocalypse
115. Devout - Devoted to religion or to the fulfillment of religious obligations; displaying reverence or piety; sincere; earnest; sincerely believing; devoted
116. Deprave - To debase, especially morally; corrupt; corrupt, lead astray; corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; ruin utterly in character or quality
117. Zoning - Dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc
118. Grammar - A system of rules for speaking and writing a particular language; study of structural relationships in language or in a language, sometimes including pronunciation, meaning, and linguistic history; basic principles of an area of knowledge; book dealing with such principles
119. Venerate - To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference
120. Attenuate - To make thin or weaken; make slender, fine, or small; lessen the density of; rarefy
121. Taint - To affect with or as if with a disease; contamination, corruption; dirty, contaminate; ruin; touch or affect slightly with something bad; mark of discredit or disgrace
122. Noisome - Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul; immoral, bad, offensive; noxious, unwholesome; offensive to the senses; harmful or dangerous
123. Sangfroid - A stable, calm state of the emotions
124. Effete - No longer possessing a unique quality; spoiled, exhausted; unproductive; infertile
125. Recalcitrant - Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance; disobedient, uncontrollable; stubbornly defiant of authority; unruly
126. Dissuade - To deter (a person) from a course of action or a purpose by persuasion or exhortation; persuade (a person) not to do something; talk out of
127. Polly - A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot
128. Amish - An orthodox Anabaptist sect that separated from the Mennonites in the late 17th century and exists today primarily in Ohio and southeast Pennsylvania; relating to this sect or its members
129. Afflatus - A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration; divine guidance and motivation imparted directly; a creative impulse, an inspiration
130. Comport - To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner; agree, correspond, or harmonize; behave or conduct oneself
131. Brusque - Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt; rudely unceremonious; curt, surly
132. Cessation - A bringing or coming to an end; discontinuance of an action or motion
133. Archipelago - A large group of islands; sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands; group of islands near one another
134. Adulterate - To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients; make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances; debased or dirty; alter or debase, often, for profit
135. Ruminative - Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation; persistently or morbidly thoughtful
136. Squall - To scream or cry loudly and harshly; brief sudden violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow; short, violent storm
137. Moxie - The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely; (informal) fortitude and determination; ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage; aggressive energy; initiative; skill; know-how
138. Gilt - A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold; superficial brilliance or gloss; young sow that has not farrowed
139. Tumultuous - Marked by unrest or disturbance; confused; in an uproar; characterized by tumult; noisy and disorderly
140. Irrepressible - Difficult or impossible to control or restrain; effervescent, vivacious; impossible to repress or control
141. Conundrum - A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun; paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma; anything that arouses curiosity or perplexes because it is unexplained, inexplicable, or secret
142. Hangdog - Shamefaced or guilty; downcast; intimidated; sneaky or despicable person; frightened into submission or compliance;
143. Unctuous - Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness; slippery; greasy; affectedly and self-servingly earnest; too polite in speech or manner
144. Addendum - Something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book; something included at a later date
145. Impertinent - Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold; not pertinent; irrelevant; bold, disrespectful
146. Quisling - A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country; someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
147. Circumlocution - The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language; roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing; redundancy
148. Gibberish - Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing; nonsense talk
149. Husk - The outer membranous or green envelope of some fruits or seeds, as that of a walnut or an ear of corn; framework serving as a support; covering, case

JULY VERBAL THREAD

1. Recant - To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself); make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief; to disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally; take back something said; to take back formally an opinion or belief
2. Ameliorate - To make or become better; improve; relieve or reduce pain
3. Ephemeral - Lasting for a markedly brief time
4. Quandary - A state of uncertainty or perplexity; delicate situation; state of doubt or puzzlement; a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
5. Luminary - An object, such as a celestial body, that gives light; person who is an inspiration to others; person who has achieved eminence in a specific field; celebrity; a famous person
6. Swarthy - Having a dark complexion or color; of a complexion tending toward brown or black; dark-complexioned
7. Trite - Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed; without freshness or appeal because of overuse;silly, commonplace
8. Obfuscate - To render indistinct or dim; darken; to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
9. Immutable - Not subject or susceptible to change; incapable of changing or being modified; unchangeable
10. Penchant - A definite liking; a strong inclination; fondness; strong liking for or bias in favor of something
11. Turncoat - A person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc; who traitorously switches allegiance; person who deserts one cause or party to join an opposing one
12. Meandering - rambling; winding
13. Redoubtable - Arousing fear or awe; formidable; worthy of respect or honor; formidable; causing fear
14. Paltry - Lacking in importance or worth; wretched or contemptible; very small and almost worthless; trifling; petty; very poor; worthless
15. Illustrious - Well known and very distinguished; eminent; shining brightly; famous, prominent; outstanding because of dignity, achievements, or actions
16. Abatement - Diminution in amount, degree, or intensity; moderation; amount lowered; a reduction; act of eliminating or annulling; subsiding; decreasing, lessening
17. Nadir - The lowest point
18. Dogged - Stubbornly persevering; tenacious; determined, persistent; to track or follow
19. Supplant - To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics; displace and substitute for (another); take the place or move into the position of
20. Pusillanimous - Lacking courage; cowardly; without spirit or bravery
21. Pulverize - To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust; to demolish; destroy
22. Stygian - Gloomy and dark; infernal; hellish
23. Boor - A person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a peasant; clod; a rude or ill-mannered person
24. Elicit - To bring or draw out (something latent); educe; arrive at (a truth, for example) by logic; call forth, draw out, or provoke (a reaction, for example); draw out
25. Puissant - Having or able to exert great power; powerful
26. Finesse - Refinement and delicacy of performance, execution, or artisanship; know-how, maneuver; manipulate; skill in taking care of difficult or touchy problems; stratagem in which one appears to decline an advantage; method of leading up to a tenace, as in bridge, in order to prevent an opponent from winning the trick with an intermediate card
27. Restive - Uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay; resisting control; difficult to control; impatient, nervous; being in a tense state; impatient especially under restriction or delay
28. Harry - To disturb or distress by or as if by repeated attacks; harass; to raid, as in war; sack or pillage; pester, annoy; torment; worry
29. Peerless - Being such as to have no match; incomparable; having no equal; superior
30. Callow - Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature
31. Perishables - Something, especially foodstuff, subject to decay or spoilage; subject to decay or death; mortal; liable to spoil, rot
32. Conscientious - Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled; thorough and assiduous; moral, upright; thorough, careful
33. Pastiche - A mixture of materials, forms, motifs, and/or styles; often incongruous; dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent; an artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist
34. Daguerreotype - An early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate
35. Puerile - Belonging to childhood; juvenile; immature; childish; showing a lack of maturity or good judgment
36. Lofty - Of imposing height; elevated in character; exalted; arrogant; haughty; affecting grandness; pompous; exceedingly dignified in form, tone, or style; of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
37. Verse - A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry; poem; familiarize by study or experience
38. Outtake - A section or scene, as of a movie, that is filmed but not used in the final version; complete version, as of a recording, that is dropped in favor of another version; opening for outward discharge; a vent; scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film
39. Hagiography - Biography of saints; worshipful or idealizing biography
40. Mendacious - Lying; untruthful; false; untrue; dishonest; given to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truth
41. Panegyric - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium
42. Myriad - Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable; composed of numerous diverse elements or facets
43. Sylvan - Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions; abounding in trees; wooded
44. Stultify - To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible; cause to appear foolish; deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; cripple
45. Lugubrious - Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree


SOURCE: GREVERBAL

COMPLETE AUDIO WORDLIST FROM BARRONS

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1. Abase to Amulet (28.2 MB)
2. Anathema to Barb (14.2 MB)
3. Barefaced to buxom (8.7 MB)
4. Cabal to Charishma (5.4 MB )
5. Charlatan to Dispassionate (10.9 MB)
6. Dishevelled to Frolicsome (21 MB)
7. Formidable to Inkling (21 MB)
8. Innate to Inveigle ( 3.3 MB)
9. Inverse to Mace(9.25 MB)
10. Machiavellian to Narrative(12 MB)
11. Nascent to Precocious(21 MB)
12. Precursor to Rout(21 MB)
13. Rubble to Swerve(21 MB)
14. Swill to Vignette(20.8 MB)
15. Vilify to Zephyr(6.5 MB)

SOURCE: BDCUBE

JUNE THREAD - Updated regularly

Make sure to do all words from previous threads also...

1. Legerdemain - A show of skill or deceitful cleverness; the use of skillful tricks and deceptions to produce entertainingly baffling effects
2. Martinet - A strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules
3. Pelf - Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired
4. Impecunious - Lacking money; penniless
5. Eulogy - A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising
someone who has died; high praise or commendation
6. Saga - Epic tale, long story; a long detailed report
7. Repugnant - Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; bad, obnoxious; hostile; offensive to the mind
8. Proffer - To offer for acceptance; tender; suggest, offer; to put before another for acceptance
9. Countenance - Appearance, especially the expression of the face; face or facial features; look or expression indicative of encouragement or of moral support; give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve; disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood
10. Placebo - A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient's expectation to get well; inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug; something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another; service or office of vespers for the dead
11. Excoriate - To tear or wear off the skin of; abrade; censure strongly; denounce; make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction; criticize harshly and devastatingly; criticize very severely
12. Burgeoning - To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout; grow or develop rapidly; flourish
13. Inexplicable - Difficult or impossible to explain or account for; beyond comprehension, explanation; which cannot be explained or understood
14. Pedestrian - A person traveling on foot; a walker; lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise
15. Aggrievance - Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance; feeling distress or affliction; treated wrongly; offended; treated unjustly, as by denial of or infringement upon one's legal rights; very distressed; feeling burdened
16. Invigorating - Producing or stimulating physical, mental, or emotional vigor; stimulating; imparting strength and vitality
17. Panorama - An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area; comprehensive presentation; a survey; picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, often exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled and passed before the spectator; mental vision of a series of events; building containing an exhibit of an extended pictorial representation of landscape or some event of note; usually depicted of a large, wide area; clear and open view in all directions
18. Insalubrious - Not promoting health; unwholesome; not sustaining or promoting health; detrimental to health
19. Prate - To talk idly and at length; chatter; utter idly or to little purpose; empty, foolish, or trivial talk; talk long and foolishly; babble, blather; talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially
20. Dissolute - Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices; immoral; Indulgent in vices
21. Sedulous - Persevering and constant in effort or application; assiduous; characterized by steady attention and effort; diligent
22. Agrarian - Relating to or concerning the land and its ownership, cultivation, and tenure; r to agricultural or rural matters; intended to further agricultural interests; person who favors equitable distribution of land
23. Affable - Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable; g and gracious; friendly; c by kindness and warm, unaffected courtesy
24. Rant - To speak or write in an angry or violent manner; rave; utter or express with violence or extravagance; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; pretentious, pompous speech or writing; yelling, raving; speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence
25. Gregarious - Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable; polite, easygoing, and friendly
26. Pugnacious - Combative in nature; belligerent; having or showing an eagerness to fight
27. Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal; physical beauty (especially of a woman)
28. Scission - The act of cutting or severing; division or fission; the act of dividing by cutting or splitting
29. Pulsatile - Undergoing pulsation; vibrating; characterized by a rhythmic pulsation
30. Arabesque - A ballet position in which the dancer bends forward while standing on one straight leg with the arm extended forward and the other arm and leg extended backward; complex, ornate design of intertwined floral, foliate, and geometric figures; ornate, whimsical composition especially for piano; intricate or elaborate pattern or design
31. Chip - A small broken or cut off piece, as of wood, stone, or glass; crack or flaw caused by the removal of a small piece; small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money
32. Crutch - A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure; a support used under the arm by an injured person to help in walking; a staff or support used by the physically injured or disabled as an aid in walking, usually designed to fit under the armpit and often used in pairs
33. Debauchee - A person who habitually indulges in debauchery or dissipation; a libertine; a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
34. Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
35. Abrogate - To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority; formally put an end to
36. Laconic - Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point
37. Taciturn - Disinclined to speak. or inclined to silence; untalkative
38. Flounder - To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance
39. Resilience - The ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy; property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed; elasticity; flexibility; strength of character
40. Erudition - Deep, extensive learning; higher education; known facts, ideas, and skill that have been imparted; extensive knowledge of literature, history and language
41. Hoary - Gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair or pubescence; old as to inspire veneration; ancient; elderly; trite
42. Iniquity - Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness; grossly immoral act; a sin; evil
43. Ponderous - Having great weight; unwieldy from weight or bulk; lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull; dreary, tedious; heavy, cumbersome
44. Extant - Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct; standing out; projecting; in existence; occurring or existing in act or fact: actual


ANALOGIES:

1. saga:poem
2. date:calender
3. crutch:walk
4. exculpate:absolve
5. chip:stone


ISSUE TOPICS:

1. Creating an appealing image has become more important in contemporary society than is the reality or truth behind that image
2. In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach
3. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication
4. In this age of intensive media coverage, it is no longer possible for a society to regard any woman or man as a hero. The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished
5. Facts are stubborn things. They cannot be altered by our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions
6. Colleges and universities should offer more courses on popular music, film, advertising, and television because contemporary culture has much greater relevance for students than do arts and literature of the past
7. People who are the most deeply committed to an idea or policy are the most critical of it
8. People have been so encouraged by society to focus on apparent differences that they fail to see meaningful similarities among ideas, individuals, and groups
9. Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence, and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity


ARGUMENT TOPICS:

1. The following appeared in a proposal from the economic minister of the country of Paraterra.

"In order to strengthen its lagging economy, last year the government of the nearby country of Bellegea began an advertising campaign to promote ecologically sound tourism (ecotourism). This year, the number of foreign visitors arriving at Bellegea's main airport doubled, and per capita income in Bellegea increased by ten percent. To provide more income for the population of Paraterra and also preserve the natural environment of our tiny country, we too should begin to promote ecotourism. To ensure that our advertising campaign is successful, we should hire the current director of Bellegea's National Tourism Office as a consultant for the campaign."

2. The following appeared in the editorial section of a health and fitness magazine.

"In a study of the effects of exercise on longevity, medical researchers tracked 500 middle-aged men over a 20-year period. The subjects represented a variety of occupations in several different parts of the country and responded to an annual survey in which they were asked: How often and how strenuously do you exercise? Of those who responded, the men who reported that they engaged in vigorous outdoor exercise nearly every day lived longer than the men who reported that they exercised mildly only once or twice a week. Given the clear link that this study establishes between longevity and exercise, doctors should not recommend moderate exercise to their patients but should instead encourage vigorous outdoor exercise on a daily basis."