GRE Complete List 9000+ words 7 of 59 sets
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- canopy
- v. cover with a canopy (cover, awning, shade, etc.) canopy:cover=tag:identify
- buoyant
- bend:rigid=submerge:buoyant=dissolve:insoluble hangdog◇buoyant
- breadth
- n. width; broadness
- browbeat
- v. intimidate, bully, frighten with strong words and looks instigator:incite=bully:browbeat
- bucolic
- adj. rural, pastoral, idyllic palatial:hovel=bucolic:city
- brief n
- n. abstract, summary, concise report; instructions
- canary
- n. any of a number of finches; canary bird; sweet white wine; light yellow color; female singer (Slang)
- cacophony
- cacophony:sound=malodor:scent cacophony:melody=genteel:churl
- carcinogen
- n. substance or agent that causes cancer
- cadge
- v. beg for money; nag cadge◇earn
- brood
- v. hatch, incubate; muse, reflect, think; sulk
- bromide
- n. trite and uncreative remark or hackneyed notion; cliché; ordinary person; boring person (Slang) bromide◇unhackneyed equivocation:misleading=bromide:hackneyed
- buck
- v. to refuse assent, balk buck◇assent to
- cantankerous
- adj. irritable, contentious, difficult or irritating to deal with
- buoy
- v. keep afloat; support, sustain, encourage buoyed◇unsupported
- brusque
- adj. brusk, curt; rude, unpleasant
- cadet
- cadet:veteran=tadpole:frog
- cardinal
- adj. main, primary, fundamental
- budge
- v. move; be moved;to give way;yield palter:candor=diehard:budge vagary:predict=diehard:budge
- burgle
- v. break into and steal, pilfer, snatch
- calf
- n. young cow; young elephant; lower back part of the leg
- captiously
- adv. in a narrow-minded manner
- burgeoning
- v. bloom, blossom; expand
- burial
- inter:burial=obliterate:removal
- candor
- n. honesty, openness, sincerity (also candour) candor:subterfuge=brash:deliberate artifice◇candor
- camaraderie
- n. friendship, fraternity, mutual trust and friendly relationship camaraderie◇enmity
- calibrate
- calibrated◇unstandardized measure:dimensions:calibrate:diameter=gauge:pressure=plumb:depth
- caption
- n. the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed
- bustling
- adj. busy, lively, active, noisy
- camouflage
- malinger:duty=camouflage:detection
- calamity
- n. disaster, catastrophe
- cameo
- peccadillo:offense=cameo:sculpture blurb:notice=cameo:appearance
- candid
- adj. honest, straightforward, open, frank
- caprice
- n. whim, notion, impulse, fancy caprice:whimsical=stealth:furtive=discontent:unsatisfied caprice:whimsical=insight/foresight:prudent capricious◇steadfast
- canonical
- adj. pertaining to the laws of the Christian church
- bulge
- bulge◇depressed region
- carapace
- n. turtle's shell
- brittle
- adj. friable; fragile, breakable; sensitive manifest:perceive=brittle:break
- canyon
- ditch:canyon=burrow:cavern
- brevity
- n. briefness, shortness, conciseness, terseness
- canon
- religion:devoutness=canon:orthodoxy canon◇apocrypha
- bud
- v. sprout, grow buds
- bungler
- n. one who messes things up, clumsy worker
- bruit
- v. spread rumor, spread gossip bruit◇keep secret
- brocade
- n. heavy silk fabric decorated with a raised pattern v. weave a raised pattern into a fabric, ornament with a raised design (of fabric)
- burlesque
- n. mockery, caricature, comic imitation; comic performance diatribe:abuse=burlesque:mockery doggerel:verse=burlesque:play
- brisk
- adj. quick; lively ponderous◇lively/vibrant/brisk
- brook v
- v. bear, suffer, tolerate
- byline
- n. secondary heading of a news story or magazine article article:byline=movie:credits
- carefree
- carefree:responsibility=hidebound:flexibility
- bully
- instigator:incite=bully:browbeat sabotage:subvertness=bull:intimidation
- bygone
- adj. gone past, past, outmoded
- calcify
- v. make calcareous; make rigid, make inflexible calcification◇flexibility calcify◇make malleable
- candidate
- roster:personnel=slate:candidate
- cardiologist
- n. one who study cardiology (study of the heart and its functions and diseases)
- capricious
- adj. fickle, changeable
- burnish
- v. make shiny or smooth by rubbing, polish numb:insensible:burnish:lustrous
- cad
- n. rude or callous person
- broach
- v. open a bottle; pierce a cask; open a subject for discussion broach◇close off
- capitulate
- v. give in, surrender capitulate◇resist acquiesce:yield={capitulate:categorical}
- byzantine
- adj. of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation adj.intricately involved
- caret
- n. deletion mark used in proofreading; character which looks like an arrowhead pointing upward "^" (Computers)
- cajole
- v. persuade; tempt, entice, beguile; entrap blandishment:cajole=obstacle:impede
- calipers
- n. instrument that measures thickness or diameter; metal brace (for a deformed leg); thickness, depth; part of the brake system in an automobile
- bristle
- v. stand on end (of hair); be stiff or rigid with anger; be filled with bristle:anger=vacillate:unresolution { condone:mercy}
- canvass
- v. examine, scrutinize; discuss; solicit votes or opinions exponent:advocate=pollster:canvass
- canny
- adj. cautious; cunning, shrewd
- captious
- adj. narrow-minded, fault-finding, picky
- callous
- callous:impassive=dupe:duplicity callous◇sympathetic
- cant
- n. jargon, slang; hypocrisy, false piousness; slope, slant
- calumnious
- adj. slanderous
- buttress
- n.a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building strut:wing=buttress:wall buttress:wall=bracket:shelf buttress:strength=vaccination:immure
- caress
- v. stroke lovingly, kiss softly, embrace n. affectionate touch, kiss
- canvas
- canvas:painter=marble:sculptor
- broker
- n. middleman, intermediary; stockbroker; agent who buys and sells property for others
- bucket
- v. ride a horse quickly; drive roughly; rain profusely
- bricklayer
- n. one who lays bricks, mason
- bungle
- n. failure; poor workmanship, inferior work v. botch, mismanage, screw up; do inferior work bungle◇bring off
- capillary
- n. very small blood vessel
- cajolery
- n. flattery, persuasion; temptation, enticement
- brochure
- n. pamphlet, leaflet
- captivate
- v. enchant, capture someone's interest, charm captivate◇repulse
- capsule
- v. put in a casing; condense into compact form
- capitulation
- n. surrender, giving in under agreed conditions
- bureaucracy
- n. government of made up of many bureaus and administrators; paperwork and "red tape" that characterizes a bureaucracy
- callow
- adj. without feathers; inexperienced; very young frank:secretiveness=callow:maturity apoplectic:calm=callow:mature callow◇behaving with adult sophistication