Verbal Questions - September 2007

1. Obscure - To make dim or indistinct; cut off from sight: block; deficient in brightness; far from centers of human population; liable to more than one interpretation; not known or not widely known by name; of undistinguished or humble station or reputation

2. Pusillanimous - Lacking courage; cowardly; without spirit or bravery

3. Titillate - To stimulate by touching lightly; tickle; to excite (another) pleasurably, superficially or erotically

4. Prodigal - Rashly or wastefully extravagant; giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse; wasteful; a recklessly extravagant consumer

5. Unwonted - Not habitual or ordinary; unusual; not accustomed; unused; rare

6. Minuet - A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France; a movement in 3/4 time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet 7. Hasty - Characterized by speed; rapid; done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash

8. Deliberate - Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; — applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor; not hasty or sudden; slow; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely

9. Surreptitious - Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means; acting with or marked by stealth; trickily secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

10. Clandestine - Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose; secret, sly; existing or operating in a way so as to ensure complete concealment and confidentiality

11. Enervate - To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality; deprived of strength; debilitated; lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of; lack of nervous energy

12. Chicanery - Deception by trickery or sophistry; lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action; legal trickery or false argument; deception, trickery

13. Ephemeral - lasting for a markedly brief time

14. Sycophant - A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; one who flatters another excessively

15. Daunt - frighten

16. Philistine - An unrefined, rude person; lacking in delicacy or refinement; a person who is uninterested in intellectual or cultural pursuits

17. Stygian - Gloomy and dark; infernal; hellish

18. Pulverize - To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust; to demolish; destroy

19. Immunity - The capacity to withstand; privilege, exemption from normal legal duties, penalties, or liabilities, granted to a special group of people; the ability of the body to resist or fight off infection and disease

20. Incredulity - The state or quality of being incredulous; disbelief; refusal or reluctance to believe; doubt about the truth of something

21. Maculate - To spot, blemish, or pollute; morally blemished; stained or impure; make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals

22. Aberrant - Deviating from the proper or expected course; deviating from what is normal; untrue to type; not being normal

23. Fissure - A crack or crack-like depression; division; an interruption in friendly relations; a break in the skin, usually where it joins a mucous membrane, producing a crack like sore or ulcer

24. Capitulate - To surrender under specified conditions; come to terms; give up all resistance; acquiesce; to give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength

25. Rage - Violent, explosive anger

26. Headlong - Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste; dangerous, reckless; uncontrollably forceful or fast; rashly

27. Proxy - A person authorized to act for another; an agent or substitute; written authorization to act in place of another; authority to act for another; a person who is given the power to act for another in voting

28. Flag - To hang limply; droop; to decline in vigor or strength; signal to stop

29. Sustenance - The act of sustaining; the condition of being sustained; the supporting of life or health; maintenance

30. Hedgerow - A row of bushes, shrubs, or trees forming a hedge

31. Recondite - Not easily understood; abstruse; concealed; hidden; mysterious, obscure

32. Balm - To make or become calm; comfort; a soothing or healing medicine; pleasing aromatic fragrance; soothing, healing, or comforting agent or quality

33. Largesse - A generous gift or giving

34. Munificent - Very liberal in giving; generous; showing great generosity

35. Hedonist - A person devoted to pleasure and luxury

36. Fervent - Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent; extremely hot; glowing; characterized by intense emotion; sincerely or intensely felt

37. Impediment - Something that impedes; a hindrance or obstruction; an organic defect preventing clear articulation; something that obstructs the making of a legal contract; obstruction, hindrance

38. Enigma - One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable; perplexing speech or text; a riddle

39. Scrutiny - A close, careful examination or study; close observation; surveillance

40. Commodious - Spacious; roomy; archaic. Suitable; handy

41. Pithy - Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief; consisting of or resembling pith

42. Cultivated - Of, relating to, or produced in cultivation; educated; polished; refined

43. Lugubrious - Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree

44. Indemnity - Security against damage, loss, or injury; a legal exemption from liability for damages; compensation for damage, loss, or injury suffered

45. Ambulate - To walk from place to place; move about; to go on foot; walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking

46. Lethargic - Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity

47. Irate - Extremely angry; enraged; characterized or occasioned by anger

48. Epicenter - The point of the earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake; a focal point

49. Precarious - Dangerously lacking in security or stability; subject to chance or unknown conditions; based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises; tricky, doubtful; not safe or sure
50. Portent - An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen; prophetic or threatening significance; something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy; miracle

51. Avaricious - Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy

52. Doctrine - A principle taught or advanced for belief, as by a religious or philosophical group; opinion; principle

53. Ideology - The body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture; a set of doctrines or beliefs that form the basis of a political, economic, or other system

54. Belligerent - Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive; of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare; one that is hostile or aggressive, especially one that is engaged in war; nasty, argumentative

55. Beige - A light grayish brown or yellowish brown to grayish yellow; soft fabric of undyed, unbleached wool; a very light brown; color of sand

56. Piquant - Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy; appealingly provocative; charming, interesting, or attractive; flavorful, biting

57. Pedantic - Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules; bookish, precise; showing off learning

58. Rampant - Extending unchecked; unrestrained; occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rearing on the hind legs; uncontrolled, out of hand

59. 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

60. Indefeasible - That cannot be annulled or made void

61. Venerate - To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference

62. Implicit - Implied or understood though not directly expressed; having no doubts or reservations; unquestioning; conveyed indirectly without words or speech

63. Salient - Readily attracting notice; describing any projecting part or member, as a salient corner; springing; jumping; a military position that projects into the position of the enemy; projecting angle or part

64. Amicable - Characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly

65. Egregious - Conspicuously bad or offensive; outstandingly bad; outrageous

66. Trite - Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed; without freshness or appeal because of overuse; silly, commonplace

67. Titanic - Having great stature or enormous strength; huge or colossal; of enormous scope, power, or influence

68. Flamboyant - Highly elaborate; ornate; given to ostentatious or audacious display; extravagant, theatrical

69. Volition - The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision; a conscious choice or decision

70. Figurine - A small molded or sculptured figure; a statuette; a small carved or molded figure

71. Vestige - A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more; a trace of something absent, lost, or vanished; the remnant of a structure that functioned in a previous stage of species or individual development

72. Remainder - What remains after a part has been used or subtracted; balance, residue; an estate in land that is conveyed only after the termination of a preceding estate created at the same time

73. Intimidate - To make timid; fill with fear; to coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats; frighten, threaten

74. Trepidation - A state of alarm or dread; apprehension; an involuntary trembling or quivering; anxiety, worry

75. Abridgement - The act of abridging or the state of being abridged; a short summary or version prepared by cutting down a larger work; shortening, summary; a shortened version of a written work

76. Abstruse - Difficult to understand; recondite

77. Vitiate - To reduce the value or impair the quality of; to corrupt morally; debase; to make ineffective; invalidate

78. Dawdle - To take more time than necessary; move aimlessly or lackadaisically; to waste (time) by idling

79. Obfuscation - Mental confusion; confusion resulting from failure to understand; darkening or obscuring the sight of something; the activity of obscuring people’s understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered

80. Pervasive - Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate; spreading throughout; extending; suffusing

81. Retard - To cause to move or proceed slowly; delay or impede; hinder, obstruct

82. Fretful - Having or showing a bad temper; being unable or unwilling to endure irritation or opposition; irritable

83. Juggurnaut - A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way

84. Thaw - Change from a frozen solid to a liquid by gradual warming; unfreeze, warm

85. Tributary - A stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water; making additions or yielding supplies; contributory; secondary; branch

86. Screen - To cut off from sight: block; to shelter, especially from light; to examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission; hide, protect; a detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body

87. Hubble - A unit of astronomical distance equal to 10 raise to the power 9 light-years or 9.4605 × (10 raise to the power 24 meters)

88. Friction - A state of disagreement and disharmony; the resistance to movement as one object is moved across the other, usually creating heat; conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions; the action of one surface or object rubbing against another

89. Omnipotent - Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful; one having unlimited power or authority; all-powerful

90. Grandiose - Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand; pompous

91. Hue - The property of colors by which they can be perceived as ranging from red through yellow, green, and blue, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light; particular gradation of color; a shade or tint; appearance; aspect

92. Prescient - Characterized by foresight; perceiving the significance of events before they occur

93. Flock - A group of animals that live, travel, or feed together; group of people under the leadership of one person, especially the members of a church; large crowd or number

94. Virile - Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an adult male; having or showing masculine spirit, strength, vigor, or power; capable of performing sexually as a male; potent; manly

95. Recapitulate - To repeat again the principal points of; go over something again; repeat in concise form
96. Hoist - To move (something) to a higher position; instance of lifting or being lifted; the part of a flag nearest the staff; lift or raise, especially by using a rope

97. Plethora - A superabundance; an excess; excess of blood in the circulatory system or in one organ or area; condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate

98. Resplendent - Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant; bright, radiant; marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor
99. Puddle - A small pool of water, especially rainwater; small pool of a liquid; tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry

100. Recess - A pause or interval, as from work or duty; interrupt regular activity for a short period; stop action; break, interval in action; any shallow depression in a surface

101. Limpid - Admitting light so that objects beyond can be seen; characterized by transparent clearness; calm and untroubled; serene; clear; comprehensible

102. Spate - A sudden rush or flood; sudden or rapid flowing outward; an abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain

103. Dexterity - Skill and grace in physical movement, especially in the use of the hands; mental skill or adroitness; cleverness; aptitude, ability

104. Lachrymose - Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; causing or tending to cause tears

105. Hamstring - To restrict the activity or free movement of; handicap; any of the tendons at the rear hollow of the human knee; destroy or hinder the efficiency of; frustrate

106. Perfunctory - Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

107. Quixotic - Not compatible with reality; generous to a ridiculous degree; impractical; capricious; impulsive
108. Banister - A handrail, especially on a staircase; a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling

109. Baneful - Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful; ruinous, injurious

110. Abase - To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem; deprive of self-esteem or confidence

111. Abet - To give support or assistance; assist, help in wrongdoing; approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on

112. Abhor - regarding with horror or loathing; detesting; regarding with extreme dislike and hostility; to hate very much; to feel great fear, disgust, or hatred for something

113. Splay - An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger; spread open or apart; turn outward; move out of position; turned outward in an ungainly manner

114. Manifest - Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious; show or demonstrate plainly; reveal; evidence of; prove; list of cargo or passengers carried on a ship or plane; invoice of goods carried on a truck or train

115. Galling - Bitterness of feeling; rancor; something bitter to endure

116. Preponderance - Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence; great numbers; supremacy

117. Thrive - To make steady progress; prosper; grow vigorously; flourish

118. Perspicacity - Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding

119. Importune - To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly; annoy; vex; beg persistently and urgently

120. Accost - To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request; approach for the purpose of speech; meet face-to-face, especially defiantly; approach for conversation or solicitation; suddenly approach another to speak

121. Husband - To use sparingly or economically; conserve; protect (an asset) from loss or destruction; one who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate; man to whom a woman is married

122. Terse - Brief and to the point; effectively concise

123. Voraciousness - Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous; having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy

124. Vehement - Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid

125. Definitive - Explicit, sharply defining; conclusive

126. Acumen - Sharpness of mind; intelligence; ability to take good decisions; shrewdness; display great political acumen

127. Dilatory - Intended to delay; tending to postpone or delay: dilatory in his work habits

128. Acoustics - The scientific study of sound, especially of its generation, transmission, and reception; total effect of sound, especially as produced in an enclosed space; science of sound and hearing

129. Phenomenal - Extraordinary or marvelous; of, relating to, or constituting phenomena; astounding

130. Endeavor - To try hard; attempt to achieve something; work with a set or specified goal or purpose; conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt; enterprise

131. Sprain - A painful wrenching or laceration of the ligaments of a joint; to injure a (bodily part) by twisting; injury to a joint, with possible rupture of some of the ligaments or tendons but without dislocation or fracture; an injury caused by twisting a muscle or ligament in a joint without putting the bones out of place

132. Haven - A harbor or anchorage; a port; place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary; an inlet providing shelter for ships or boats; a harbor or small port; something that physically protects, especially from danger; to give refuge to

133. Puny - Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak; small, insignificant

134. Insouciant - Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant; easygoing, casual; cheerful, carefree

135. Infirmary - A place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured, especially a small hospital or dispensary in an institution; place where sick or injured people are cared for

136. Infirmity - A bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age; frailty; feebleness; condition or disease producing weakness; failing or defects in a person’s character; physical, mental, or moral
Weakness or flaw

137. Conservatory - A school for the teaching of music, drama, or other fine arts; structure chiefly used for growing flowers, plants, and outof-season fruits and vegetables under protected conditions; it is attached to a dwelling, in contrast to a greenhouse which serves the same purpose but is usually a separate structure in a garden or field

138. Pep - Energy and high spirits; vim; lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner; power for work or vigorous activity

139. Somber - Dark; gloomy; dull or dark in color; melancholy; dismal; serious; grave; sad; depressing

140. Phenomenal - Extraordinary or marvelous; of, relating to, or constituting phenomena; astounding

141. Endeavor - To try hard; attempt to achieve something; work with a set or specified goal or purpose; conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt; enterprise

142. Sprain - A painful wrenching or laceration of the ligaments of a joint; to injure a (bodily part) by twisting; injury to a joint, with possible rupture of some of the ligaments or tendons but without dislocation or fracture; an injury caused by twisting a muscle or ligament in a joint without putting the bones out of place

143. Haven - A harbor or anchorage; a port; place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary; an inlet providing shelter for ships or boats; a harbor or small port; something that physically protects, especially from danger; to give refuge to

144. Puny - Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak; small, insignificant

145. Insouciant - Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant; easygoing, casual; cheerful, carefree

146. Infirmary - A place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured, especially a small hospital or dispensary in an institution; place where sick or injured people are cared for

147. Infirmity - A bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age; frailty; feebleness; condition or disease producing weakness; failing or defects in a person's character; physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw

148. Conservatory - A school for the teaching of music, drama, or other fine arts; structure chiefly used for growing flowers, plants, and out of-season fruits and vegetables under protected conditions; it is attached to a dwelling, in contrast to a greenhouse which serves the same purpose but is usually a separate structure in a garden or field

149. Pep - Energy and high spirits; vim; lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner; power for work or vigorous activity

150. Somber - Dark; gloomy; dull or dark in color; melancholy; dismal; serious; grave; sad; depressing

151) Schism:
concealment :: calm :: clumsiness :: union :: reduction ::

152) Avarice:
cupidity :: virtue :: altruism :: kindness :: stealth ::

153) Laconic:
cool :: voluble :: friendly :: militant :: fretful ::

154) Factitious:
untruthful :: spontaneous :: peaceful :: superstitious :: magnified ::

155) Pandemonium:
amusement :: tumult :: torment :: calm :: epidemic ::

156) Flinch:
revive :: extol :: offend :: advance :: pierce ::

157) Prosaic:
romantic :: opposed :: inured :: fictional :: biographical ::

158) Proclivity:
proposition :: propensity :: aversion :: activity :: delay::

159) Halcyon:
rough :: meager :: notable :: varied :: customary ::

160) Parry:
return :: delay :: discuss :: ward off :: thrust ::

161) Deniable

162) Jellify

163) Pedantic

164) Tractable

165) Fretful

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (September Last Week)

Words:

1. Obeisance

2. Contrite

3. Propensity

4. Convivial

5. Doxology

6. Bereave

7. Rancor

8. Logomachy

9. Incarcerate

10. Uxorious

11. Parlance

12. Pugnacious

13. Supplication

14. Trenchant

15. Adagio

16. Camaraderie

17. Cortege

18. Crescendo

19. Detente

20. Echelon

21. Ecumenical

22. Freemasonry

23. Genealogy

24. Hobnob

25. Imbroglio

26. Liaison

27. Rapprochement

28. Salvo

29. Staccato

30. Baleful