Avp Unit 1

Front 1

stoic

Back 1

showing no distress

Hint 1

Frank's reaction to a thermometer is hardly stoic. It takes two assistants to hold him down.

Front 2

voracious

Back 2

greedy

Hint 2

Frank is a voracious eater. He is at his worst when he begs at the table.

Front 3

hackneyed

Back 3

worn-out

Hint 3

The hackeneyed phrase "Have a nice day!" is heard so often that it has become almost meaningless.

Front 4

coalesce

Back 4

to join

Hint 4

Four block associations in our neighberhood will coalesce to form a single task force.

Front 5

opulence

Back 5

riches

Hint 5

The oppulence of the magnificent, luxurious resort was in stark contrast to the poverty of the little fishing village at its gates.

Front 6

incidental

Back 6

secondary

Hint 6

Selma chose her college because it has such a good nursing program, but an incidental reason was that it was located on a beautiful campus.

Front 7

sagacious

Back 7

intelligent

Hint 7

Often when you are faced with a difficult situation, the sagacious thing to do is nothing right away, but wait to see what happens.

Front 8

supplant

Back 8

to replace

Hint 8

Acme Company fired its entire accounting staff today. It intends to supplant these employees with part-time workers.

Front 9

unassailible

Back 9

undeniable

Hint 9

Rehnquist's record is unassailible.

Front 10

voluminous

Back 10

large

Hint 10

Denise chose a wedding dress in a southern belle style, with a long voluminous skirt. Now she's worried that she'll trip over all those yard of fabric.

Front 11

brusque

Back 11

blunt

Hint 11

Rose lost her job as a receptionist because she was so brusque with people. The office replaced her with someone who spoke more politely.

Front 12

effervescent

Back 12

lively

Hint 12

The lecturer could hardly be described as effervescent. She droned on in a dreary voice, never looking up from her notes.

Front 13

misanthrope

Back 13

an antisocial person

Hint 13

One of our neighbors is a tue misanthrope. She has no friends at all.

Front 14

morose

Back 14

gloomy

Hint 14

Larry always becomes morose when he drinks. He becomes so depressed.

Front 15

progeny

Back 15

offspring

Hint 15

Grandfather worked two jobs in order to provide for his many progeny

Front 16

insolvent

Back 16

without money

Hint 16

Barry lost his head when he got his first credit card. He went on a shopping spree, couldn't pay his bills, and ended up insolvent.

Front 17

Parsimonious

Back 17

stingy

Hint 17

The boss, a parsimonious man, insists that we save old memos and letters and use the backs of pages as notepaper.

Front 18

prodigal

Back 18

extravagant

Hint 18

Mary and Kim both make decent salaries. They could live comfortably on what they make if they weren't such prodigal spenders.

Front 19

surrepitious

Back 19

secret

Hint 19

As the wedding reception ended, several guests made surrepititious trips to the parking lot, where they tied tin cans and crepe paper to the newlyweds' car.

Front 20

brevity

Back 20

briefness

Hint 20

Everyone was surprised by the brevity of the principal's speech at gradutaion. He spoke for less than five minutes.

Front 21

clemency

Back 21

mercy

Hint 21

The convicted murderer was executed, even though he begged for clemency.

Front 22

frivolous

Back 22

lighthearted

Hint 22

Do you feel like a serious movie or something more frivolous?

Front 23

lampoon

Back 23

to make fun of

Hint 23

Every movie, the Scary Movie series lampoons a recent horror movie.

Front 24

querulous

Back 24

discontented

Hint 24

People who work in customer service must get used to lots of quelulous customers.

Front 25

reproach

Back 25

an expression of disapproval

Hint 25

The kids deserve a reproach for making such a mess of the house while their parents were away.

Front 26

respite

Back 26

time off

Hint 26

Emergency room doctors work long shifts. Their only respite is a short nap on a couch.

Front 27

torpor

Back 27

drowsiness

Hint 27

The sleepy little town seemed to doze peacefully through the summer afternoon. It looked as if nothing could rouse it from its torpor.

Front 28

unscathed

Back 28

unhurt

Hint 28

He was able to leave the collision unscathed, thanks to his seatbelt.

Front 29

copious

Back 29

plentiful

Hint 29

Weeds are copious in Alex's garden, but flowers are not.

Front 30

dearth

Back 30

shortage

Hint 30

The dearth of snow was disappointing. We wanted a white christmas.

Front 31

eloquent

Back 31

stirring

Hint 31

The womens shelter wrote an eloquent letter to the newspapers, describing the victims plaeding for donations.

Front 32

jargon

Back 32

technical language

Hint 32

I understand nothing they say in the computer store, they talk with a language full of jargon.

Front 33

levity

Back 33

lightheartedness

Hint 33

Puppies are have too much levity. The don't have a care in the world.

Front 34

meander

Back 34

to wander

Hint 34

Come straight home from school. Don't meander!

Front 35

peripheral

Back 35

of little importance

Hint 35

The lecturer kept getting sidetracked because the students kept asking peripheral questions that had nothing to do with her topic.

Front 36

vacillate

Back 36

to hesitate

Hint 36

I always vacillate when making decisions. I want to be careful about my choices.