GRE syn 3
Terms
undefined, object
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- mainstay
- (n) chief support
- vicar
- (n) cleric
- refectory
- (n) college canteen
- banality
- (n) commonplace
- prosaicism
- (n) commonplace
- prosaism
- (n) commonplace
- penance
- (n) confession in church
- curmudgeon
- (n) cranky person
- commination
- (n) curse
- imprecation
- (n) curse
- malediction
- (n) curse
- malison
- (n) curse
- cadaver
- (n) dead body
- demise
- (n) death
- decorum
- (n) decency/order
- propriety
- (n) decency/order
- duplicity
- (n) deception
- abatement
- (n) decrease, reduction
- turpitude
- (n) depravity, wickedness
- scion
- (n) descendent, child
- atrophy
- (n) deterioration
- abberration
- (n) deviation
- votary
- (n) devoted person
- perfidy
- (n) disloyalty
- dogma
- (n) doctrine
- tenet
- (n) doctrine
- canon
- (n) doctrine/law
- iniquity
- (n) evil act
- impunity
- (n) exemption
- epoch epochal
- (n) extended period (adj) influential; defining a time period
- allegory
- (n) fable
- kismet
- (n) fate
- trepidation
- (n) fear
- compunction compunctious
- (n) feeling of guilt (adj) remorseful
- fecundity
- (n) fertility
- sordid
- (n) filthy, vile; contemptible and corrupt
- froth
- (n) foam
- precursor
- (n) forerunner, predecessor
- amity
- (n) friendship/goodwill
- husbandry
- (n) frugality
- providence
- (n) frugality/caution/foresight
- prudence
- (n) frugality/caution/foresight
- obsequies obsequious
- (n) funeral ceremonies (adj) overly flattering
- largess
- (n) generosity; gift
- amenity
- (n) geniality
- inamorata
- (n) girlfriend
- ardor/ardent
- (n) great passion (adj) passionate
- asperity
- (n) harsh, rough
- scabbard
- (n) holder of a blade
- probity
- (n) honesty/goodness
- enmity
- (n) hostility, ill-will
- levity
- (n) humor, frivolity, gaiety
- paradigm
- (n) ideal example, model
- paramour
- (n) ilicit lover
- eon
- (n) indefinitely long period of time
- disesteem
- (n) infamy
- disrepute
- (n) infamy
- ignominy
- (n) infamy
- opprobrium
- (n) infamy
- odium odious
- (n) infamy (adj) hateful, contemptible
- obloquy
- (n) infamy/abuse/aspersion
- fealty
- (n) intense loyalty
- interregnum
- (n) interval between reigns
- respite
- (n) interval of relief
- anvil
- (n) iron block used by blacksmith
- debilitation
- (n) languor
- enervation
- (n) languor
- assize
- (n) law
- decretum
- (n) law
- edict
- (n) law
- precept
- (n) law
- prescript
- (n) law
- statute
- (n) law
- strata
- (n) layers
- remission
- (n) lessening, relaxation
- lassitude
- (n) lethargy
- raillery
- (n) lighthearted jesting (witty remark)
- abhorrence
- (n) loathing, hatred
- din
- (n) loud-noise
- foible
- (n) minor weakness or character flaw
- potentate
- (n) monarch
- quintessence
- (n) most typical example; concentrated essence
- elegy
- (n) mournful poem, usually about the dead
- sustenance
- (n) nourishment
- umbrage
- (n) offense, resentment
- aphorism
- (n) old saying or short pithy statement
- iconoclast
- (n) one who attacks traditional beliefs
- libertine
- (n) one without moral restraint
- progenitor
- (n) ancestor in a direct line
- amulet
- (n) good luck charm
- fervor
- (n) passion
- novitiate
- (n) period of being a beginner or novice
- rhetoric
- (n) persuasive use of language
- shard
- (n) piece of broken glass
- harbinger
- (n) omen
- alacrity
- (n) promptness
- augur augury
- (n) prophet (v) predict (n) prophecy
- reprimand
- (n) rebuke (v) reprove
- redress
- (n) relief from wrong or injury
- contrition contrite
- (n) repentance (adj) deeply sorrowful for a wrong
- assonance
- (n) resemblance in sound, especially in vowel sounds; partial rhyme
- vestment
- (n) ritual robe
- dolor
- (n) sadness
- reprobate
- (n) scoundrel; morally unprincipled person
- chagrin
- (n) shame, embarrassment, humiliation
- epigram
- (n) short, witty saying or poem
- conspicuousness
- (n) showiness
- ostentation
- (n) showiness
- diffidence
- (n) shyness, lack of confidence
- aspersion
- (n) slander
- calumny
- (n) slander
- proselyte proselytize
- (n) someone got proselytized (v) induce someone to convert to a particular belief or religion
- talisman
- (n) something producing a magical effect
- knell
- (n) sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure
- platitude
- (n) stale, overused expression
- frankness
- (n) straightforwardness
- martinet
- (n) strict disciplinarian
- compendium
- (n) summary
- proponent
- (n) supporter
- celerity
- (n) swiftness
- dispatch
- (n) swiftness
- haste
- (n) swiftness
- abeyance
- (n) temporary suppression or suspension
- recidivism
- (n) tendency to repeat previous behavior
- distaff
- (n) the female branch of a family
- fratricide
- (n) the killing of a brother or sister
- optimum
- (n) the most favorable degree
- diffident
- (n) timid
- diatribe
- (n) tirade
- philippic
- (n) tirade
- invective
- (n) tirade (adj) insulting
- harangue
- (n) tirade/pompous speech
- pique
- (n) transient feeling of hurt pride
- eulogy
- (n) tribute
- encomium
- (n) tribute (praise)
- panegyric
- (n) tribute/eulogy
- truism
- (n) truth/aphorism/commonplace
- verity
- (n) truthfulness
- fortnight
- (n) two weeks
- sojourn
- (n) visit, stay
- peregrination
- (n) wandering from place to place
- spendthrift
- (n) wasteful person
- seamstress
- (n) woman who sews
- fledgling
- (n) young bird just learning to fly; beginner, novice
- doldrums
- (n)(pl) boredum
- annul
- (v) abolish
- abrogate
- (v) abolish or invalidate by authority
- vituperate
- (v) abuse verbally
- adjoin
- (v) abut
- denounce
- (v) accuse, blame
- disculpate
- (v) acquit
- venerate/veneration
- (v) adore (n) adoration
- bedeck
- (v) adorn
- embroider
- (v) adorn
- prank
- (v) adorn (n) trick
- load
- (v) adulterate/burden
- champion
- (v) advocate
- countenance
- (v) advocate/approve (n) facial expression
- allay
- (v) alleviate
- assay
- (v) analyze or estimate
- propitiate
- (v) appeace/conciliate
- approbate
- (v) approve
- expiate
- (v) atone for, make amends for
- rarefy
- (v) attenuate
- malinger
- (v) avoid responsibility by pretending ill
- waffle
- (v) babble
- prate
- (v) babble/brag
- decry
- (v) belittle
- disparage
- (v) belittle
- fetter
- (v) bind, chain, confine
- reproof
- (v) blame or censure for a fault
- slake
- (v) calm down or moderate
- discomfit
- (v) cause perplexity and embarrassment
- sidle
- (v) cause to turn sideways; to move along one side
- admonish
- (v) caution or reprimand (criticize)
- fulminate
- (v) censure/denounce
- chortle
- (v) chuckle
- exculpate
- (v) clear of blame or fault
- vindicate
- (v) clear of blame; support a claim
- coalesce
- (v) combine
- antecede antecedent
- (v) come before (adj/n) coming before in place or time
- bear out
- (v) confirm
- impugn
- (v) contradict
- reprehend
- (v) criticize
- reprove
- (v) criticize or correct
- antedate
- (v) date prior to the actual occurrence (n) a date assigned prior to the actual occurrence
- beguile
- (v) deceive
- betray
- (v) deceive
- cozen
- (v) deceive
- dupe
- (v) deceive
- flimflam
- (v) deceive
- hoodwink
- (v) deceive
- humbug
- (v) deceive
- take in
- (v) deceive
- bluff
- (v) deceive/pretend
- dwindle
- (v) decline
- ebb
- (v) decline
- abate
- (v) decrease/abolish
- debase
- (v) degrade/adulterate
- excoriate
- (v) denounce