601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam is considered one of the most difficult and advanced vocabulary books in the market because many of its words are actually unknown to even native speakers of English. In fact, this book from Barron’s Educational Series has basically been designed for SAT, GRE and ACT candidates, and from this point of view, 601 Words You Need to Know is never comparable to 504 Absolutely Essential Words from the same publication center.
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Churlish 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈtʃɜː.lɪʃ/ (adj) Definition unpleasant and unfriendly, rude and impolite, boorish, uncivil, discourteous, coarse, uncivilized, unmannerly, ill-mannered, truculent, ill-bred, uncouth, philistine, sullen, surly Example Impolite and churlish behavior means you have been rude to someone by violating accepted standards of courteous behavior within a culture. What is considered impolite…
Captious 601 Words You Need to Know Definition too critical and fault-finding especially over unimportant and trivial matters, censorious, caviling, quibbling, hair-splitting, nitpicking, hypercritical, pedantic Example Has this happened to you before? It has to me, and unfortunately, this behavior is quite typical of critical and captious people. No matter what you say, critical people…
Bumptious 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈbʌmp.ʃəs/ (adj) Definition self-important and overconfident, arrogant, megalomaniac, conceited, pompous, self-assertive, self-satisfied, pushy, bossy, bombastic, brash, egotistical, officious, smug, full of yourself, haughty, overbearing, prideful, cocky Example Pride is often driven by poor self-worth and shame. We feel so badly about ourselves that we compensate by feeling superior…
Bilious 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈbɪl.i.əs/ (adj) Definition bitter and unpleasant – (of a person) bad-tempered and grouchy, irascible, irritable, under the weather, ill-natured, unwell, ill-tempered, peevish, fractious, pettish – related to a disease in which the liver secretes too much bile causing vomiting, nauseated, nauseous Example Depression can be especially tricky, as…
Bellicose 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈbel.ɪ.kəʊs/ (adj) Definition tending to fight or initiate a war, warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome, antagonistic, belligerent, argumentative, hostile, confrontational, pugnacious, fierce, truculent, combative, militant Example The term “aggression” refers to a wide variety of behaviors that occur for a multitude of reasons in various circumstances. Virtually all wild animals…
Baleful 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈbeɪl.fəl/ (adj) Definition showing evil intentions, menacing, threatening, malign, unfriendly, noxious, malicious, pernicious, sinister, malignant, harmful, spiteful, malevolent, vindictive, hostile, antagonistic, injurious, inimical Example Talk about people’s baleful looks, stares, and glances. Or call someone’s eyes, face, or expression baleful. And you can talk about baleful words, such…
Acidulous GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /əˈsɪdjʊləs/ (adj) Definition sour or cutting in manner, taste or tone, acerbic, piquant, cutting, biting, tart, pungent, sharp-tasting, acrimonious, acidic Example Bacteria tend to get a lot of bad press. But lactic acid bacteria occur naturally on plants like grasses and can easily end up in milk. They ferment lactose at…
Tawdry GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈtɔː.dri/ (adj) Definition superficially attractive but low in quality, meretricious, of inferior quality, shabby, gaudy, tasteless, flashy, glaring, loud, showy, flamboyant, garish, trashy, crude Example Flamboyant Clothing is an up and coming label for fashion. We want to promote self confidence in young people, in our very own ‘flamboyant’ way, through…
Sybarite GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈsɪb.ər.aɪt/ (noun) Definition a person who is devoted to luxury and sensual desires and pleasures, sensualist, voluptuary, hedonist, epicurean Example Living luxury for a regular person and not a sybarite, used to what I call the discount mindset, takes quite a stretch of the subconscious mind and creating new “luxury-oriented” habits…
Spoonerism 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈspuː.nər.ɪ.zəm/ (noun) Definition an unintentional mistake in pronouncing two words in succession in which the first sounds of the two words are exchanged humorously, accidental verbal error, slip of the tongue, gaffe Example A spoonerism is an error in speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are…