ForresterMasterVocabAlphabeticalOrderCONV0001 Adj 1. causing abrasion A. Furious B. Abrasive C. ruddy D. frown 2. lost in thought; showing preoccupation; ""an absent stare""; ""an absentminded professer""; ""the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive A. absentminded B. Collective C. Stiff D. Raucous 3. remote in manner; ""stood apart with aloof dignity""; ""a distant smile""; ""he was upstage with strangers"" A. Frowning B. sob C. Aloof D. tube 4. changed in form or character without becoming something else; ""the altered policy promised success""; ""following an altered course we so A. Slouched B. drained C. Altered D. Glint 5. forming or set at an angle; ""angled parking"" A. Angled B. cast C. Fiddle D. bunk 6. quick to understand; ""a kind and apprehensive friend""- Nathaniel Hawthorne A. apprehensive B. Hostility C. grimly D. Fitfully 7. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; ""an arrogant official""; ""arrogant claims""; ""chesty as A. Arrogant B. Humiliation C. Scowl D. Singsong 8. attended by favorable circumstances; ""an auspicious beginning for the campaign"" A. slouched B. Zigzag C. Auspicious D. cracked 9. deadly or sinister; ""the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look"" A. Reticence B. Baleful C. Film D. Halting 10. obvious and dull; ""trivial conversation""; ""commonplace prose"" A. Ace B. Teasing C. Banal D. dock 11. lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; ""a baritone voice""; ""baritone oboe"" A. baritone B. sigh C. ratty D. Muted 12. small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; ""bright beady eyes""; ""black buttony eyes"" A. Stab B. Trance C. Beady D. adrenaline 13. unpleasantly loud and penetrating; ""the blaring noise of trumpets""; ""shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio"" A. Splash B. Lean C. Simmer D. Blaring 14. unpleasantly loud and penetrating; ""the blaring noise of trumpets""; ""shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio"" A. frown B. blaring C. reluctantly D. Countenance 15. touched lightly in passing; grazed against; ""of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one"" A. brushed B. swagger C. shuffling D. Clod 16. of large size for its weight A. Grunting B. Casualness C. Film D. bulky 17. (of munitions) going off; ""bursting bombs""; ""an exploding nuclear device""; ""a spectacular display of detonating anti-tank mines"" A. snort B. wiggling C. Glib D. Bursting 18. noisy like the sound of a bee; ""the room was abuzz over the latest scandal"" A. Tomahawk B. Ogre C. Sigh D. Buzzing 19. (of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold A. megaphone B. cast C. beam D. Beady 20. filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish; ""the storm left the driveway littered with sticks and debris""; A. rustling B. Pace C. cluttered D. strained 21. done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; ""a joint identity""; ""the collective mind""; ""the corporate good"" A. Zigzag B. Trance C. dunk D. Collective 22. restricting the scope or freedom of action A. indifferently B. reluctantly C. confining D. Scramble 23. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; ""a style described as abrasive and contentious""; A. Taunting B. Contentious C. chuckle D. Baleful 24. used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; ""chapped lips"" A. aplomb B. sigh C. cracked D. Pace 25. having wrinkles; ""crumpled paper""; ""her skirt had become creased""; ""a rumpled gray suit"" A. Stint B. creased C. cluttered D. Pale ANSWERS ------- 1. (B) Abrasive 2. (A) absentminded 3. (C) Aloof 4. (C) Altered 5. (A) Angled 6. (A) apprehensive 7. (A) Arrogant 8. (C) Auspicious 9. (B) Baleful 10. (C) Banal 11. (A) baritone 12. (C) Beady 13. (D) Blaring 14. (B) blaring 15. (A) brushed 16. (D) bulky 17. (D) Bursting 18. (D) Buzzing 19. (B) cast 20. (C) cluttered 21. (D) Collective 22. (C) confining 23. (B) Contentious 24. (C) cracked 25. (B) creased 1. Abrasive-->Adj-->causing abrasion 2. absentminded-->Adj-->lost in thought; showing preoccupation; ""an absent stare""; ""an absentminded professer""; ""the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive 3. Aloof-->Adj-->remote in manner; ""stood apart with aloof dignity""; ""a distant smile""; ""he was upstage with strangers"" 4. Altered-->Adj-->changed in form or character without becoming something else; ""the altered policy promised success""; ""following an altered course we so 5. Angled-->Adj-->forming or set at an angle; ""angled parking"" 6. apprehensive-->Adj-->quick to understand; ""a kind and apprehensive friend""- Nathaniel Hawthorne 7. Arrogant-->Adj-->having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; ""an arrogant official""; ""arrogant claims""; ""chesty as 8. Auspicious-->Adj-->attended by favorable circumstances; ""an auspicious beginning for the campaign"" 9. Baleful-->Adj-->deadly or sinister; ""the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look"" 10. Banal-->Adj-->obvious and dull; ""trivial conversation""; ""commonplace prose"" 11. baritone-->Adj-->lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; ""a baritone voice""; ""baritone oboe"" 12. Beady-->Adj-->small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; ""bright beady eyes""; ""black buttony eyes"" 13. Blaring-->Adj-->unpleasantly loud and penetrating; ""the blaring noise of trumpets""; ""shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio"" 14. blaring-->Adj-->unpleasantly loud and penetrating; ""the blaring noise of trumpets""; ""shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio"" 15. brushed-->Adj-->touched lightly in passing; grazed against; ""of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one"" 16. bulky-->Adj-->of large size for its weight 17. Bursting-->Adj-->(of munitions) going off; ""bursting bombs""; ""an exploding nuclear device""; ""a spectacular display of detonating anti-tank mines"" 18. Buzzing-->Adj-->noisy like the sound of a bee; ""the room was abuzz over the latest scandal"" 19. cast-->Adj-->(of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold 20. cluttered-->Adj-->filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish; ""the storm left the driveway littered with sticks and debris""; 21. Collective-->Adj-->done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; ""a joint identity""; ""the collective mind""; ""the corporate good"" 22. confining-->Adj-->restricting the scope or freedom of action 23. Contentious-->Adj-->inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; ""a style described as abrasive and contentious""; 24. cracked-->Adj-->used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; ""chapped lips"" 25. creased-->Adj-->having wrinkles; ""crumpled paper""; ""her skirt had become creased""; ""a rumpled gray suit""