Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know

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1. a blind alley 2. a bolt from the

blue 3. a cat's paw 4. a feather in one's

cap 5. a flash in the pan

6. a fly in the ointment

7. a lick and a promise

8. a pig in a poke

9. a pretty kettle of fish

10. a pretty kettle of fish

11. a red herring

12. a sacred cow 13. a square peg in a

round hole 14. a wet blanket

15. a white elephant 16. abhor 17. abjure 18. abortive 19. abound 20. abrogate 21. abstemious 22. absurd 23. access 24. accommodate 25. accomplice 26. accost 27. Achilles heel 28. acknowledge 29. acme 30. acrimonious 31. acute

a direction that leads nowhere a great surpise

a person used as a tool or dupe something to be proud of

promising at the start but then disappointing something that spoils or lessens the enjoyment to do something in a hasty and superficial manner an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment a messy situation, a problem

a mess, trouble

something that diverts attention from the main issue a person who cannot be criticized an able man in the wrong job

one who spoils the fun; killjoy; spoilsport a costly and useless possession to utterly hate abstain from, renounce fruitless, failing to exist in great numbers repeal by law moderate in eating or drinking ridiculous admittance to make fit, adjust to an associate in crime to greet first; to approach and speak to weak spot admit zenith, pinnacle, peak caustic, bitter severe, keen, sharp

32. adamant 33. adherent 34. admonish 35. adroit 36. advent 37. adversary 38. adverse 39. advocate 40. aegis 41. afflict 42. affluent 43. alacrity 44. allay 45. alleged 46. alleviate 47. allude 48. aloof 49. altruistic 50. ambiguous 51. ameliorate 52. amicable 53. amnesty 54. amorous 55. an ax to grind 56. analogous 57. anathema 58. annals 59. anomaly 60. anthropologist 61. antipathy 62. antiquated 63. antithesis 64. apathy 65. appalled 66. appellation 67. apple polishing 68. arbiter 69. arbitrary

inflexible, unyieding supporter, backer to scold, warn clever; skillful coming of an important event enemy, foe, opponent unfavorable to support protection, sponsorship, shield to trouble greatly wealthy quick willingness soothe, calm supposed, reported lighten, make easier suggest, hint reserved, apart. distant unselfish undefined, vague, not specific relieve, improve friendly a general pardon full of love having a selfish motive in the backround comparable, similar a curse historical records abnormality, irregularity person who studies mankind's customs hate, distaste, dislike out-of-date, obsolete exact opposite unconcern, lack of interest shocked, dismayed a name trying to gain favor by gifts or flattery judge based on whim

70. archaic 71. ardent 72. array 73. artifact 74. artifice 75. artless 76. as broad as it is long 77. ascend 78. ascertain 79. ascetic 80. asinine 81. asperity 82. aspirant 83. aspire 84. asset 85. assiduous 86. astute 87. atrophy 88. attenuated 89. attest 90. atypical 91. au courant 92. audacity 93. augment 94. austere 95. automaton 96. avarice 97. aversion 98. avid 99. awesome 100. badger 101. bagatelle 102. balk 103. banal 104. barometer 105. bedlam 106. begrudge 107. behind the eight ball

out of date eager, passionate system, arrangement a hand-made object strategy, trickery naive, innocent "it makes very little difference" to rise find out about, discover one who practices self-denial stupid, silly bitterness of temper candidate for better job to strive for something of value busy, attentive keen, shrews waste away decreased, weakened, thinned confirm as accurate, vouch for nonconforming up-to-date daring, boldness increase, enlarge unadorned, simple, hard a robot; a mechanical person passion for riches, greed opposition, strong dislike enthusiastic; eager inspiring terror, weird to pester; nag; annoy persistently a trifle to refuse to move meaningless from overuse, trivial instrument for measuring change uproar, confusion to be resentful or reluctant in trouble

108. belated 109. belittle 110. belligerent 111. benevolent 112. bereft 113. besiege 114. besmirch 115. bias 116. bigot 117. bigot 118. bitter pill to

swallow 119. bizarre 120. bizarre 121. blase

122. blatant 123. bliss 124. blow hot and cold 125. blue chip

126. blunt 127. bogus 128. bona fide 129. brash 130. brass tacks 131. break the ice

132. brigand 133. bring home the

bacon 134. bristle 135. buff (n) 136. bulwark 137. burgeoned 138. burn the

midnight oil 139. bury the hatchet 140. by hook or by

crook 141. cache

delayed, late speak of as unimportant seeking war, hostile charitable, kindly deprived of to surround stain, soil, dim the reputation prejudice one who is not tolerant of others' ideas prejudiced person a humiliating defeat

fantastic, odd weird indifferent, not responsive to excitement disagreeably loud pleasure, happiness swing for and against something" a highly valuable asset, stock, or property plain spoken fake, counterfeit genuine insolent the real problem or situation to make a start by overcoming initial difficulties bandit, robber to earn a living, to succeed

to have one's hair stand up a fan, follower, enthusiast protection grew, flourished study or work late into the night

to make peace at any cost, any way at all

secret hiding place

142. cacophony 143. cajole 144. callous 145. callous 146. callow 147. calumny 148. canard 149. candid 150. candor 151. cant 152. capitulate 153. capricious 154. carnage 155. castigate 156. castles in the air 157. catastrophic 158. cause celebre 159. caustic 160. celerity 161. cessation 162. chagrin 163. charisma

164. charlatan 165. chicanery 166. chimerical 167. chip off the old

block 168. clandestine 169. cliche 170. clique 171. coerce 172. cogent 173. cognizant 174. cold feet

175. cold shoulder 176. comely 177. commodious 178. compassion

harsh sound, discord, dissonance coax; wheedle unfeeling unfeeling, hardened inexperienced, youthful slander, false accusation a made-up sensational story open, honest, frank honesty, frankness insincere or almost meaningless talk make terms, surrender fanciful, whimsical slaughter punish, chastise to dream about a wonderful future disastrous a famous law case or controversy stinging rapidity, speed a pause disappointment quality of leadership inspiring enthusiasm fraud, pretender underhandedness, trickery imaginary, fantastic a son who is like his father

hidden, secret a commonplace phrase small, exclusive group of people to force forceful, convincing, persuasive aware to hesitate because of fear or uncertainty to disregard or ignore handsome, beautiful spacious, large kindness, sympathetic feeling

179. compatible 180. compensatory 181. complacent 182. complicity 183. component 184. compound 185. comprehensive 186. concoct 187. concomitant 188. concur 189. condescend 190. condolence 191. condone 192. conductive 193. confidant(e) 194. conflagration 195. confront 196. congenial 197. conjecture 198. conjugal 199. connoisseur 200. connubial 201. consternation 202. constrict 203. construe 204. consummate 205. contemptuous 206. contort 207. controversial 208. cope 209. copious 210. corpulent 211. corroborate 212. coterie 213. countenance 214. coup 215. coup de grace 216. covert

well-matched, harmonious serving to pay back self-satisfied partnership in wrongdoing element, part to increase or add to thorough devise attending, accompanying agree lower oneself, stoop expression of sympathy pardon, excuse leading, helpful person you tell your secrets too great fire come face to face with agreeable, sympathetic guess relating to marriage, connubial expert related to marriage dread, dismay bind, limit, squeeze to interpret perfect, complete looking down on someone or something twist violently debatable to be a match for plentiful, abundant, ample excessively fat, fleshy, obese confirm small exclusive group approve, tolerate revolution, overthrow the finishing stroke secret

217. covet 218. crave 219. criterion 220. crocodile tears 221. cryptic 222. culminate 223. culpable 224. culprit 225. cumbersome 226. cumulative 227. cupidity 228. curry 229. cursory 230. curtail 231. cynic 232. dearth 233. debacle 234. debilitate 235. debris 236. decade 237. decadence 238. decapitate 239. declaim 240. decorum 241. decrepit 242. deem 243. defamatory 244. degrade 245. deleterious 246. delineation 247. delude 248. deluge 249. delve 250. demeanor 251. demur 252. denote 253. depict 254. deplorable

wish, envy, want to desire test, model, standard insincere tears puzzling reach the highest point deserving blame one who commits a crime burdensome, unwieldy accumulated greed to seek favor by flattery not thorough, hasty cut short skeptic, pessimist lack, scarcity collapse, ruin weaken ruins, fragments ten years decay behead speak loudly correct behavior, politeness worn out, broken down believe, to judge damaging character by false reports lower, make contemptible harmful, bad description in words, sketch to fool flood to do research, dig bearing, conduct to object mean, show, indicate portray, picture, describe clearly sad, pitiable

255. deploy 256. deprecate 257. deride 258. derived 259. derogatory 260. desist 261. destitution 262. desultory 263. deter 264. detriment 265. devout 266. dexterity 267. diatribe 268. dilettante

269. diminutive 270. discern 271. disciple 272. discreet 273. disdain 274. disgruntled 275. disheveled 276. dismantle 277. disparage 278. disparate 279. dispersed 280. disseminate 281. dissent 282. distraught 283. diversity 284. divulge 285. docile 286. doddering 287. doleful 288. domicile 289. dormant 290. Draconian Code 291. draw in one's

horns

spread out in battle formation express disapproval to make fun of received from a source, descended from expressing a low opinion cease extreme poverty disconnected, random discourage, hinder hurt, damage, injury sincere, religious physical or mental skill bitter criticism one with little knowledge and great interest small, tiny recognize follower prudent, careful, cautious scorn displeased, unhappy disorderly clothing or hair take apart, disassemble to discredit different broken up, scattered, spread scatter, spread protest, differ, disagree harassed change, variety reveal, disclose easy to manage trembling, shaking with old age sad home asleep, resting a very severe set of rules to check one's anger, to restrain oneself

292. dregs 293. drudgery 294. dubious 295. dulcet 296. dupe 297. duplicity 298. duress 299. dyed-in-the-wool 300. edifice 301. efficacy 302. effigy 303. effrontery 304. egotist 305. egregious 306. elapse 307. elicit 308. elucidate 309. elusive 310. emaciated 311. embellish 312. eminent 313. emissary 314. emit 315. emulate 316. encomium 317. encumbrance 318. engrossed 319. enhance 320. enigma 321. ennui 322. entourage 323. entreaty 324. enunciate 325. epithet 326. epitome 327. equanimity 328. equanimity 329. eradicate

most worthless part unpleasant,dull, or hard work uncertain sweet or melodious to the ear an easily fooled person double-dealing force, coercion set in one's ways building power to produce an effect a likeness boldness a conceited, vain person outstanding for undesirable quality to passs by extract to make clear hard to grasp wasted away adorn of outstanding reputation an agent to give off strive to equal, rival high praise load, handicap, burden absorbed to make greater; intensify; heighten a riddle, puzzle boredom followers plea, appeal to utter, proclaim descriptive name person or thing that represents the best self-control composure, eveness of mind wipe out

330. erudite 331. eruption 332. escalation 333. eschew 334. ethics 335. euphemisim 336. evaluate 337. evanescent 338. eventuate 339. evince 340. exacerbate 341. excoriate 342. excruciating 343. exhort 344. exonerate 345. expatriate 346. expedient 347. expedite 348. exploit 349. expunge 350. expurgate

351. extant 352. extinct 353. extol 354. extortion 355. extraneous 356. extrinsic 357. exult 358. exultation 359. fabricate 360. fabricate 361. facade 362. facet 363. facetious 364. facile 365. factitious 366. fair-weather

friends

very scholarly bursting out intensification keep away from moral philosophy saying something in a less direct way find the value of, review momentary, passing, fleeting to result finally show plainly, exhibit to irritate criticize severely agonizing urge strongly, advise to free from guilt an exile fit, adviseable carry out promptly utilize, profit by erase to remove objectionable parts or passages still existing no longer existing praise highly getting money by threats not belonging, foreign coming from outside, foreign rejoice greatly triumphant joy to make up a lie; to construct; to lie to lie superficial appearance, front one side or view of person or situation humorous, comical, witty easily accomplished or attained artificial, sham unreliable, they fail one in time of distress

367. fallacious 368. falter 369. fastidious 370. fat is in the fire 371. fatal 372. fatuous 373. feasible 374. feeling no pain 375. feint 376. felicitous 377. felon 378. ferment 379. fervid 380. fetish 381. fetter (v) 382. fiasco 383. fiat 384. flabbergasted 385. flagrant 386. flamboyant 387. flay 388. fledgling 389. flout 390. fluctuate 391. foist 392. foment 393. forthwith 394. fortuitous 395. forty winks 396. fracas 397. fractious 398. frail 399. fraught 400. fray 401. frenetic 402. frenzy 403. fretful 404. from pillar to post

misleading, false hesitate, waver, stumble choosy, particular the mischief is done disastrous, deadly inane, foolish, silly uncertain drunk a false attack; pretense; sham happy criminal agitation, turmoil, uproar enthusiastic, passionate, intense a magical object to hamper, to chain complete failure an official order, a decree astounded notorious colorful scold harshly, strip off the skin little known, newly developed to show contempt alternate, shift pass as genuine, pass off slyly stir up, instigate immediately accidental a short nap brawl, noisy fight quarrelsome weak, delicate filled a conflict, fight frenzied, frantic frantic outburst worrisome from one place to another

405. frugal 406. fruitless 407. frustrate 408. fulsome 409. furtive 410. futility 411. galvanize 412. gamut 413. garbled 414. garrulous 415. gaudy 416. gaunt 417. genocide 418. genre

419. germane 420. gesticulate 421. gild the lily 422. gist 423. glean 424. glib 425. go against the

grain 426. gratuity 427. gregarious 428. grimace 429. grotesque 430. guise 431. gullible 432. gusto 433. habitat 434. halcyon 435. hapless 436. harass 437. harbinger 438. have the upper

hand 439. haven 440. havoc 441. heinous

thrifty useless foil excessive sly; secret; stealthy uselessness arouse or excite to activity range confused, mixed up wordy, talkative showy, flashy haggard, thin planned destruction of an entire people a certain form or style in painting or literature in close relationship to, appropriate to use lively gestures to praise extravagantly main point, essence collect, gather smooth of speech to irritate

tip enjoying the company of others facial expression of disgust fantastic, strange, bizarre mien, appearance, manner easily fooled zest, enjoyment, enthusiasm natural environment calm, peaceful unlucky; unfortunate to torment forerunner to gain control

place of safety ruin hatefully evil

442. heresy 443. heterogeneous 444. hirsute 445. histrionics 446. hoard 447. hoax 448. Hobson's choice 449. homogenous 450. hook, line, and

sinker 451. hostile 452. humility 453. hyperbole 454. I'm from Missouri

455. iconoclast 456. idyllic 457. ignominious 458. ilk 459. imbibe 460. imminent 461. impeccable 462. impede 463. imperative 464. imperceptible 465. imperturbable 466. impetuous 467. impious 468. implacable 469. implore 470. importune 471. impresario 472. impromptu 473. imprudent 474. impunity 475. in a bee line 476. in apple pie order 477. in seventh heaven 478. in the arms of

Morpheus

lack of faith, dissent, unbelief dissimilar hairy display of emotions accumulate, save, store up a trick to have no choice at all uniform, same completely, all the way

angry, antagonistic modesty, meekness, humbleness exaggerated figure of speech a skeptic, one who is not easily convinced attacker of beliefs, image-breaker peaceful, simple disgraceful, humiliating kind, sort drink about to happen faultless hinder, interfere, block necessary extremely slight or gradual serene, steady, calm impulsive irreverent, lacking respect relentless, unappeasable to plead urgently for aid or mercy ask urgently organizer offhand, spur of the moment unwise exemption take the straightest, shortest route in neat order, good condition the highest happiness or delight asleep

479. in the doldrums 480. in the lap of the

gods 481. inadvertent 482. inane 483. inanimate 484. incapacitated 485. inchoate 486. incipient 487. incisive 488. inclement 489. incoherent 490. incompatibility 491. incongruous 492. incontrovertible 493. incredulous 494. incumbent 495. Indian summer 496. indict 497. indifference 498. indigenous 499. indigent 500. indiscriminate

501. indoctrinate 502. indolent 503. inebriated 504. ineffectual 505. inert 506. inevitable 507. inexorable

508. infallible 509. infamous 510. infraction 511. ingratiate 512. inherent 513. inhibition 514. iniquity 515. initiate

in a bored or depressed state out of one's own hands

due to an oversight, negligent silly without life disabled in an early stage just starting keen, acute stormy, harsh disjointed lack of harmony having inconsistent elements undeniable skeptical morally required warm autumn weather accuse lack of concern native poverty-stricken choosing at random without careful selection to teach certain principles lazy intoxicated, drunk not effective powerless to move unavoidable, certain, sure cannot be moved by persuasion, inflexible exempt from error, right evil violation charm, win confidence inborn, natural restraint wickedness, injustice set going, start

516. innate 517. innocuous 518. inordinate 519. insatiable 520. insidious 521. integral 522. interject 523. interloper 524. interminable 525. internecine

526. interrogate 527. intimidate 528. intrepid 529. intrinsic 530. intrinsic 531. introspective 532. inundate 533. invalidate 534. invective 535. inveigh 536. inveterate 537. inviolable 538. irascible 539. irate 540. irrational 541. irrelevant 542. it's an ill wind that

blows nobody good 543. itinerant 544. ivory tower 545. jaunty 546. jeopardize 547. jettison 548. jocose 549. jostle 550. jubilant 551. jurisdiction 552. juxtapose

natural, inborn mild, innocent, harmless excessive cannot be satisfied treacherous, sly, seductive essential interrupt an unauthorized person unending mutually destructive, involving conflict in a group question to make afraid courageous; brave inherent, within itself inborn, natural, essential looking into one's own feelings to flood, to swamp to deprive of legal force, cancel insulting, abusive speech attack verbally firmly established, habitual completely protected irritable angry; incensed absurd, unreasonable not related to the subject someone usually benefits from another person's misfortune going from place to place out of touch with life sprightly endanger throw overboard, discard merry, humorous to push, to elbow in high spirits, joyful range of authority to place side by side

553. keep a stiff upper lip

keep up courage, stand up to trouble

554. keep the pot boiling

to see that interest doesn't die down

555. know the ropes

to be fully acquainted with the procedures

556. labyrinth

winding passages

557. laceration

rough cut

558. lackluster

lacking brightness

559. laconic

concise, pithy

560. lampoon

ridicule

561. landmark (adj)

historic

562. largess

liberality, gift, gratuity

563. lassitude

fatigue, weariness

564. lassitude

weakness, weariness

565. latent

lying hidden

566. laudable

commendable

567. lax

careless

568. left holding the bag to be left to suffer the blame

569. legerdemain

deceptive adroitness, sleight of hand

570. legion

large number

571. let sleeping dogs lie to let well enough alone, to avoid stirring up old hostilities

572. lethal

deadly

573. lethargic

lazy, indifferent

574. levity

humor, lightness of disposition

575. libel

degradation by writing or publishing

576. like Caesar's wife above suspicion

577. lily-livered

cowardly

578. liquidation

destruction, disposal of

579. lithe

graceful

580. livid

pale

581. loaded for bear

to be well prepared

582. loath

unwilling

583. loathe

despise

584. lock, stock, and barrel

entirely, completely

585. longevity

long duration of life

586. look a gift horse in to be critical of a present the mouth

587. lucrative

profitable

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