Kaplan Row 6

Front 1

abortive

Back 1

ending without results

Front 2

acme

Back 2

the highest level or degree attainable

Front 3

adjure

Back 3

to appeal to (appeal to court)

Front 4

aggregate

Back 4

the collective mass, sum total

Front 5

anodyne

Back 5

a source of comfort, a medicine that relieves pain

Front 6

apposite

Back 6

strikingly appropriate or well adapted

Front 7

arrogate

Back 7

to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right

Front 8

awr

Back 8

crooked, askew, amiss

Front 9

beget

Back 9

to produce, to bring about

Front 10

blithely

Back 10

merrily

Front 11

bursar

Back 11

a treasurer or keeper of funds

Front 12

catalyst

Back 12

something that provokes or speeds up significant change

Front 13

cessation

Back 13

a temporary or complete halt

Front 14

cogent

Back 14

logically forceful, compelling, convincing

Front 15

concord

Back 15

agreement

Front 16

constraint

Back 16

something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds

Front 17

coquette

Back 17

a flirtatious woman

Front 18

dearth

Back 18

a lack, scarcity, insufficiency

Front 19

diffuse

Back 19

to spread out widely, to scatter freely

Front 20

disinterested

Back 20

unbiased

Front 21

effluvia

Back 21

waste, odorous fumes

Front 22

epochal

Back 22

momentous, highly significant

Front 23

euphemism

Back 23

an inoffensive and agreeable expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive

Front 24

extrapolation

Back 24

using known data and information to determine what will happen in the future, prediction

Front 25

feckless

Back 25

ineffective, worthless

Front 26

flout

Back 26

to scorn, to disregard with contempt

Front 27

frenetic

Back 27

frantic, frenzied

Front 28

grandiloquence

Back 28

pompous talk; fancy but meaningless language

Front 29

hiatus

Back 29

a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity

Front 30

imbibe

Back 30

to receive into the mind and take in, absorb

Front 31

impudent

Back 31

marked by cocky boldness or disregard for others

Front 32

incorrigible

Back 32

incapable of being corrected or amended; difficult to control or manage

Front 33

insolent

Back 33

insultingly arrogant, overbearing

Front 34

interregnum

Back 34

a temporary halting of the usual operations of government or control

Front 35

irascible

Back 35

easily angered, hot-tempered

Front 36

kismet

Back 36

destiny, fate

Front 37

libertarian

Back 37

one who advocates individual rights and free will

Front 38

macabre

Back 38

having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome

Front 39

malleable

Back 39

easily influenced or shaped, capable of being altered by outside forces

Front 40

milieu

Back 40

the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops, environment

Front 41

mordant

Back 41

biting and caustic in manner and style

Front 42

necromancy

Back 42

the practice of communicating with the dead in order to predict the future

Front 43

obdurate

Back 43

stubbornly persistent, resistant to persuasion

Front 44

opportunist

Back 44

one who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, with little regard for principles

Front 45

paean

Back 45

a tribute, a song or expression of praise

Front 46

pandemic

Back 46

occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a large portion of the population

Front 47

patent

Back 47

obvious, evident

Front 48

penchant

Back 48

a strong inclination, a definite liking

Front 49

phlegmatic

Back 49

having a sluggish, unemotional temperament

Front 50

polyglot

Back 50

a speaker of many languages

Front 51

precipitous

Back 51

steep

Front 52

progenitor

Back 52

an ancestor in the direct line, forefather; founder

Front 53

provincial

Back 53

limited in outlook, narrow, unsophisticated

Front 54

purloin

Back 54

to steal

Front 55

raze

Back 55

to tear down, demolish

Front 56

relegate

Back 56

to send into exile, banish; assign

Front 57

requite

Back 57

to return or repay

Front 58

rife

Back 58

abundant or prevalent to an increasing degree; filled with

Front 59

saturnine

Back 59

cold and steady in mood, gloomy; slow to act

Front 60

sequester

Back 60

to set apart, seclude

Front 61

sophomoric

Back 61

exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgement

Front 62

stint

Back 62

to be sparing or frugal; to restrict with respect to a share or allowance

Front 63

sully

Back 63

to tarnish, taint

Front 64

tactile

Back 64

producing a sensation of touch

Front 65

tenacious

Back 65

persistent

Front 66

tortuous

Back 66

having many twists and turns; complex

Front 67

truculent

Back 67

disposed to fight, belligerent

Front 68

vociferous

Back 68

loud, noisy; offensively loud

Front 69

wily

Back 69

clever, deceptive