Basic II (Magoosh)

CARLOS C. (Chile)
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  1. aboveboard
    in an honest manner
  2. amok
    wildly; without self-control
    in a frenzied or uncontrolled state
  3. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  4. apex
    the highest point of something
  5. avarice
    extreme greed for material wealth
  6. badger
    annoy persistently
    to pester
  7. beatific
    resembling or befitting an angel or saint
    blissfully happy
  8. becoming
    displaying or setting off to best advantage
  9. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  10. cadaverous
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
    emaciated; gaunt
  11. cardinal
    a vivid red color
  12. catalyst
    something that causes an important event to happen
    something that speeds up an event
  13. chauvinist
    a person with a prejudiced belief in his own superiority
  14. check
    lessen the intensity of
  15. checkered
    marked by changeable fortune
    adjective: one that is marked by disreputable happenings

    One by one, the presidential candidates dropped out of the race, their respective checkered pasts— from embezzlement to infidelity—sabotaging their campaigns.
  16. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  17. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  18. corroborate
    give evidence for
  19. desecrate
    violate the sacred character of a place or language
  20. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  21. errant
    straying from the right course or from accepted standards
  22. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  23. extenuating
    partially excusing or justifying
    making less guilty or more forgivable
  24. ferret
    hound or harry relentlessly
  25. fleece
    rip off; ask an unreasonable price
    verb: to deceive
  26. flush
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  27. heyday
    the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
  28. hodgepodge
    a motley assortment of things
    a confusing mixture or jumble
  29. immaterial
    lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other
  30. imponderable
    a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
  31. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  32. melee
    a noisy riotous fight
  33. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  34. moment
    importance in effect or influence
  35. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  36. pittance
    an inadequate payment
    a small amount (of money)
  37. powwow
    (informal) a quick private conference
  38. preemptive
    designed to prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence
  39. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  40. raft
    a large number or amount or extent
  41. replete
    filled to satisfaction with food or drink
  42. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
    making a show of being pious; holier-than-thou
  43. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  44. scintillating
    having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
  45. start
    move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
  46. stem
    grow out of, have roots in, originate in
  47. unconscionable
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
    inconcebible
  48. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  49. virago
    a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
  50. wax
    increase, rise, or advance
Created on Mon Jan 13 21:00:14 EST 2014 (updated Wed Jan 15 22:00:44 EST 2014)

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