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gre barron's part 3

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zealot
fanatic
whimsical
capricious
welter
turmoil
wary
very cautious
warranted
justified
authorized
volatile
changeable
explosive
evaporating rapidly
vituperative
abusive
scolding
viscous
sticky
gluey
veracious
truthful
venerate
revere
truculence
aggressiveness
ferocity
tractable
docile
easily managed
tortuous
winding
full of curves
torpor
lethargy
sluggishness
dormancy
tirade
extended scolding
denunciation
harangue
tenuous
thin
rare
slim
tangential
peripheral
only slightly connected
digressing
subside
settle down
descend
quiet down
subpoena
writ summoning a witness to appear
strut
supporting bar
strut
pompous walk
striated
marked with parallel bands
grooved
stolid
dull
impassive
stint
be thrifty
set limits
stigma
token of disgrace
brand
specious
seemingly reasonable but incorrect
misleading (often intentionally)
soporific
sleep causing
marked by sleepiness
solicitous
worried
concerned
shard
fragment
secrete
hide away or cache
produce and release a substance into an organism
satiate
satisfy fully
savor
enjoy
have a distinctive flavor, smell or quality
sanction
approve
ratify
sanction
approve
ratify
salubrious
healthful
sage
person celebrated for wisdom
reverent
respectful
worshipful
reticent
reserved
uncommunicative
inclined to silence
resolve
determination
rescind
cancel
repudiate
disown
disavow
reprobate
person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency
reproach
express disapproval or disappointment
relegate
banish to an inferior position
delegate
assign
refute
disprove
refractory
stubborn
unmanageable
recondite
abstruse
profound
secret
recluse
hermit
loner
recant
disclaim or disavow
retract a previous statement
openly confess error
recalcitrant
obstinately stubborn
determined to resist authority
unruly
rarefied
made less dense (of a gas)
quiescent
at rest
dormant
temporarily inactive
quibble
minor objection or complaint
qualified
limited
restricted
pungent
stinging
sharp in taste or smell
caustic
proscribe
ostracize
banish
outlaw
propriety
fitness
correct conduct
propititate
appease
prodigal
wasteful
reckless with money
probity
uprightness
incorruptibility
pristine
characteristic of earlier times
primitive
unspoiled
prevaricate
lie
presumptuous
arrogant
taking liberties
precurser
forerunner
precipitate
rash
premature
hasty
sudden
precarious
uncertain
risky
porous
full of pores
like a sieve
plummet
fall sharply
plethora
excess
overabundance
platitude
trite remark
commonplace statement
plasticity
ability to be molded
placate
pacify
conciliate
phlegmatic
calm
not easily disturbed
pervasive
spread throughout
perfunctory
superficial
not thorough
lacking interest or care
perfidious
treacherous
disloyal
perennial
sth long lasting
penury
severe poverty
stinginess
penchant
strong inclination
liking
pedantic
showing off learning
bookish
paucity
scarcity
paragon
model of perfection
ostentatious
showy
pretentious
trying to attract attention
opprobrium
infamy
vilification
onerous
burdensome
officious
meddlesome
excessively pushy in offering one's services
occlude
shot
close
obviate
make unnecessary
get rid of
obsequious
slavishly attentive
servile
sycophantic
obdurate
stubborn
morose
ill-humored
sullen
melancholy
mollify
soothe
mitigate
lessen in intensity
moderate
appease
meticulous
excessively careful
painstaking
scrupulous
mendacious
lying
habitually dishonest
malleable
capable of being shaped by pounding
impressionable
malingerer
one who feigns illness to escape duty
magnanimity
generosity
luminous
shining
issuing light
lucid
easily understood
clear
intelligible
loquacious
talkative
listless
lacking in spirit and energy
list
tilt
lean over
liquidate
settle accounts
clear up
lineaments
features, esp. of the face
lineage
descent
ancestry
limpid
clear
limn
draw
outline
describe
limbo
region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept
limber
flexible
lilliputian
extremely small
ligneous
like wood
lien
legal claim on a property
licentious
amoral
lewd and lascivious
unrestrained
libretto
text of an opera
libertine
debauched person
lewd
lustful
levy
impose (a fine)
collect (a payment)
levity
lack of seriousness or steadiness
frivolity
levitate
float in the air
levee
earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
lethargic
drowsy
dull
leoine
like a lion
leniency
mildness
permissiveness
legerdemain
sleight of hand
leeway
room to move
margin
leery
suspicious
cautious
lectern
reading desk
lechery
gross lewdness
lustfulness
leaven
caused to rise or grow lighter
enliven
lax
careless
lavish
liberal
wasteful
laud
praise
latitude
freedom from narrow limitations
lateral
coming from the side
lassitude
languor
weariness
lascivious
lustful
largess
generous giift
larder
pantry
place where food is kept
larceny
theft
lap
take in food or drink with one's tongue
splash gently
lank
long and thin
languor
lassitude
depression
languish
lose animation or strength
languid
weary
sluggish
listless
lancet
small surgical tool for making incisions
lampoon
ridicule
lament
grieve
express sorrow
lambaste
beat
thrash verbally and physically
laity
laypersons
laggard
slow
sluggish
laconic
brief and to the point
lackluster
dull
lackadaisical
lacking purpose or zest
halfhearted
languid
lachrymose
producing tears
laceration
torn, ragged wound
labile
likely to change
unstable
kudos
honor
glory
praise
knotty
intricate
difficult
tangled
knoll
little
round hill
knit
contract into wrinkles
grow together
knell
tolling of a bell
esp. to indicate a funeral
knead
mix
work dough
knave
untrustworthy person
rogue
scoundrel
kindle
start a fire
inspire
killjoy
grouch
spoilsport
kernel
central or vital part
whole seed
ken
range of knowledge
junket
trip, esp. one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
juggernaut
irresistible crushing force
jubilation
rejoicing
jostle
shove
bump
jollity
gaiety
cheerfulness
killjoy
grouch
spoilsport
kernel
central or vital part
whole seed
ken
range of knowledge
junket
trip, esp. one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
juggernaut
irresistible crushing force
jubilation
rejoicing
jostle
shove
bump
jollity
gaiety
cheerfulness
jocund
merry
jocular
said or done in jest
jocose
given to joking
jingoist
extremely aggressive and militant patriot
warlike chauvinist
jibe
agree
be in harmony with
jaunty
lighthearted
animated
easy and carefree
jettison
throw overboard
in order to enable the ship to ride safely through the storm
jaunt
trip
short journey
jaundiced
prejudiced
yellowed
jaded
fatigued
surfeited
jabber
chatter rapidly or unintelligibly
itinerary
plan of a trip
itinerant
wandering
traveling
isthmus
narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
isotope
varying form of an element
irrevocable
unalterable
irreversible
irreverence
lack of proper respect
irretrievable
impossible to recover or regain
irreparable
irresolute
uncertain how to act
weak
irreproachable
blameless
impeccable
iridescent
exhibiting rainbowlike colors
irate
angry
irascible
irritable
easily angered
iota
very small quantity
invoke
call upon
ask for
invocation
prayer for help
calling upon as a reference or support
invidious
designed to create ill will or eny
inveterate
deep-rooted
habitual
invert
turn upside down or inside out
inveigle
lead astray
wheedle
inveigh
denounce
utter censure or invective
invective
abuse
inured
accustomed
hardened
inundate
overwhelm
flood
submerge
intrude
trespass
inrepid
fearless
intransigence
refusal of any compromise
stubbornness
intractable
unruly
stubborn
unyielding
intimate
to hint
interregnum
period between two reigns
internecine
mutually destructive
interminable
endless
interloper
intruder
interim
meantime
interdict
prohibit
forbid
inter
bury
insuperable
insurmountable
unbeatable
insularity
narrow-mindedness
isolation
instigate
urge
start
provoke
insouciant
indifference
insolvent
bankrupt
lacking money to pay
insolence
impudent disrespect
haughtiness
insipid
lacking in flavor
dull
insinuate
hint
imply
creep in
insidious
treacherous
stealthy
sly
insensible
unconscious
unresponsive
insensate
without feeling
inscrutable
impenetrable
not readily understood
insalubrious
unwholesome
not healthful
inordinate
unrestrained
excessive
innuendo
hint
insinuation
innocuous
harmless
inkling
hint
iniquitous
wicked
immoral
unrighteous
inimitable
matchless
not able to be imitated
inimical
unfriendly
hostile
harmful
inhibit
restrain
retard or prevent
inimical
ingratiate
to become popular with
ingrate
ungrateful person
ingrained
deeply established
firmly rooted
ingenuous
naive and trusting
young
unsophisticated
ingenious
clever
resourceful
infraction
violation
breach
infirmity
weakness
infinitesimal
very small
infernal
pertaining to hell
devilish
inter
deduce
conclude
inexorable
relentless
unyielding
implacable
inert
inactive
lacking power to move
inept
lacking skill
incompetent
ineluctable
irresistible
not to be escaped
ineffable
cannot be expressed in speech
inebriated
habitually intoxicated
drunk
indulgent
humoring
yielding
lenient
induce
persuade
bring about
indubitable
unable to be doubted
indomitable
unconquerable
unyielding
indolent
lazy
indite
write
compose
indissoluble
permanent
indignity
offensive or insulting treatment
indignation
anger at an injustice
indigent
poor
destitute
indigence
poverty
indices
signs
indications
indenture
bind as servant or apprentice to master
indentation
notch
deep recess
indelible
not able to be erased
indefatigable
tireless
incursion
temporary invasion
incur
bring upon oneself
incumbent
obligatory
currently holding an office
inculcate
teach
incubus
burden
mental care
nightmare
incubate
hatch
incrustation
hard coating or crust
incriminate
accuse
serve as evidence against
increment
increase
incredulous
withholding belief
skeptical
incredulity
tendency to disbelief
incorporeal
lacking a material body
insubstantial
incontrovertible
indisputable
incontinent
lacking self-restraint
incongruity
lack of harmony
absurdity
incommodious
not spacious
inconvenient
incline
slope
inclement
stormy
unkind
incisive
cutting sharp
incipient
beginning
in an early stage
incidental
not essential
minor
inchoate
recently begun
rudimentary
elementary
incessant
uninterrupted
unceasing
incense
enrage
infuriate
incendiary
arsonist
incarnate
endowed with flesh
personified
incarcerate
imprison
incantation
singing or chanting of magic spells
magical formula
incandescent
strikingly bright
shining with intense heat
inaugurate
begin formally
install in office
inarticulate
speechless
inane
silly
inadvertently
unintentionally
by oversight
carelessly
impute
attribute
ascribe
impuissance
powerlessness
feebleness
impugn
dispute or contradict
challenge
gainsay
impudence
insolence
imprudent
lacking caution
improvise
compose on the spur of the moment
improvidence
thriftless
impropriety
improperness
unsuitableness
impregnable
invulnerable
imprecation
curse
imposture
assuming a false identity
importune
beg persistently
importunate
urging
demanding
import
significance
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