Kaplan Row 2

Front 1

abate

Back 1

to lessen

Front 2

abstemious

Back 2

done sparingly

Front 3

acumen

Back 3

keen insight

Front 4

adulation

Back 4

admiration

Front 5

allay

Back 5

to sooth, lessen, ease, reduce in intensity

Front 6

antiquated

Back 6

too old to be fashionable or useful

Front 7

arable

Back 7

suitable for cultivation

Front 8

atavistic

Back 8

characteristic of a former era, ancient

Front 9

beatific

Back 9

displaying calmness and joy

Front 10

berate

Back 10

to scold harshly

Front 11

braggart

Back 11

someone who boasts in a loud and empty manner

Front 12

calumny

Back 12

a false and malicious accusation

Front 13

cede

Back 13

to surrender possession of something

Front 14

circuitous

Back 14

indirect, roundabout

Front 15

commute

Back 15

to change a penalty to a less severe one

Front 16

confluence

Back 16

the act of two things flowing together

Front 17

covert

Back 17

secretive

Front 18

defamatory

Back 18

hurting one's reputation

Front 19

diluvial

Back 19

pertaining to a flood

Front 20

doctrinaire

Back 20

rigidly devoted to theories without regard to practicality; dogmatic

Front 21

emollient

Back 21

soothing

Front 22

ersatz

Back 22

false substitution or imitation

Front 23

exponent

Back 23

one who champions or advocates

Front 24

fictive

Back 24

fictional

Front 25

furtive

Back 25

sly, with hidden motives

Front 26

harangue

Back 26

to give a long speech

Front 27

husband

Back 27

to manage economically; to use sparingly

Front 28

imperturbable

Back 28

unshakably calm and steady

Front 29

incandescent

Back 29

shining brightly

Front 30

ingratiate

Back 30

to gain favor with another by deliberate effort, to suck up

Front 31

insuperable

Back 31

incapable of being surmounted or overcome

Front 32

intransigent

Back 32

uncompromising

Front 33

itenerant

Back 33

wandering from place to place; unsettled

Front 34

laudable

Back 34

deserving praise

Front 35

lilliputian

Back 35

very small

Front 36

malapropism

Back 36

accidental, comical use of a word which has a contradictory meaning (public boredcasting)

Front 37

mawkish

Back 37

sickeningly sentimental

Front 38

missive

Back 38

a written note or letter

Front 39

mote

Back 39

a small particle, speck

Front 40

nihilism

Back 40

a viewpoint that traditional viewpoints are unfounded; life is senseless and pointless

Front 41

olfactory

Back 41

relating to the sense of smell

Front 42

palimpsest

Back 42

an object or place having diverse layers or aspects beneath the surface

Front 43

paragon

Back 43

a model of excellence or perfection

Front 44

peregrinate

Back 44

to travel on foot

Front 45

platitude

Back 45

overused and trite remark

Front 46

posit

Back 46

to assume as real; propose as an explanation

Front 47

preternatural

Back 47

existing outside of nature; supernatural

Front 48

propensity

Back 48

a natural inclination or preference

Front 49

pugilism

Back 49

boxing

Front 50

rankle

Back 50

to cause anger and irritation

Front 51

recapitulate

Back 51

to review by a brief summary

Front 52

sacrilegious

Back 52

impious, irreverent toward what is held to be sacred or holy

Front 53

seamy

Back 53

morally degraded, unpleasant

Front 54

sinecure

Back 54

a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work

Front 55

sportive

Back 55

frolicsome, playful

Front 56

supersede

Back 56

to cause to be set aside; to force out of use as inferior, replace

Front 57

tawdry

Back 57

gaudy, cheap

Front 58

terse

Back 58

concise, brief, short, free of extra words

Front 59

uncanny

Back 59

so keen and perceptive as to seem supernatural

Front 60

verbose

Back 60

wordy

Front 61

vindicate

Back 61

to clear of blame

Front 62

wan

Back 62

sickly pale

Front 63

wry

Back 63

bent or twisted in shape or condition; dryly humorous