GRE3 2
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- forte
- strong point or special talent in a person's character
- fussy
- fastidious; finicky; easily upset
- credential
- evidence concerning one's authority; written proof of a person's position; Ex. The new ambassador presented his credentials to the court.
- conifer
- pine tree (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen
- gazette
- official periodical publication; newspaper
- demographic
- related to population balance; N. demography: statistical study of human population
- vision
- eyesight; foresight; mental image produced by the imagination; experience of seeing the supernatural
- impute
- attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation
- rolling
- (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
- lucre
- money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre
- adjutant
- staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
- neophyte
- recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; CF. plant
- soothsayer
- one who foretells the future
- foment
- stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant)
- yore
- time long past; Ex. in the days of yore
- prelate
- church dignitary; priest of high position in the church (esp. bishop)
- daze
- stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.
- incompatible
- inharmonious; N. incompatibility
- integral
- complete; necessary for completeness; Ex. integral part
- raiment
- clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.
- weird
- eerie; strange; unnatural
- accost
- approach and speak first to a person
- labyrinth
- maze
- predicament
- difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma
- rickety
- (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D
- inroad
- hostile invasion; advance that lessens the quantity or difficulty of something; Ex. The long illness made serious inroads on his savings; CF. raid
- abrasive
- rubbing away; tending to grind down
- jest
- playful remark or act; V. act or speak playfully
- prosper
- become successful (esp. financially); thrive; grow well; Ex. children prospering under his care
- elysian
- relating to paradise; blissful
- abscission
- cutting off; separation
- luminary
- celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body)
- selective
- careful in choosing; having an effect only on certain things; not general; Ex. eclectic weed killer
- shoddy
- made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick
- windfall
- fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event
- catechism
- book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize
- sear
- burn the surface of; char or burn; brand; parch; cause (a plant) to wither
- indefatigable
- tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired
- suavity
- urbanity; polish; ADJ. suave: smooth and courteous
- secession
- withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership
- impasse
- predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress
- fructify
- bear fruit; produce fruit
- effervescence
- inner excitement or exuberance; showing high spirits; emitting bubbles forming inside; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation; ADJ. effervescent; V. effervesce
- obnoxious
- offensive; disagreeable; Ex. obnoxious smell
- expos\'e
- public revelation of something discreditable
- natation
- swimming
- dislodge
- remove (forcibly); force out of a position; Ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; CF. lodge
- partiality
- state of being partial; inclination; favorable bias; special fondness; preference
- stereotype
- one regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stereotype
- humility
- humbleness of spirit
- odorous
- having an odor
- tinge
- give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy
- antiquated
- obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated
- curator
- superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)
- pandemonium
- wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost
- adversary
- opponent; enemy
- derivation
- deriving; origin or source of something; Ex. the derivation of the word
- flippant
- lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy
- collected
- composed; calm; self-possessed
- avid
- greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity
- ballast
- heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast
- wince
- move back suddenly; shrink back; flinch; Ex. She winced as she touched the cold body.
- posterity
- descendants; future generations; Ex. go down to posterity; CF. posterior, anterior
- portly
- stout; corpulent
- correlation
- mutual relationship
- ensue
- follow (as a result)
- effrontery
- rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek
- concurrent
- happening at the same time; in agreement
- mutilate
- maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part
- ennui
- boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy
- emblazon
- ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment
- drama
- prose or verse composition to be performed by actors; play; exciting and unusual situation
- pensive
- dreamily or deeply thoughtful; sadly thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative; CF. think over
- barrage
- barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion; large number of questions or statements; Ex. a barrage of criticism
- amphitheater
- oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena
- carping
- petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble
- wean
- accustom a baby not to nurse; accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling; give up a cherished activity; cause to gradually leave (an interest or habit); Ex. wean oneself from cigarettes
- psychosomatic
- of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)
- pith
- core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance
- scorch
- sear; N.
- elastic
- able to spring back into shape; quick to recover (as from disappointment); able to adapt to change; Ex. elastic plans; N: elastic material
- rejoinder
- reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in reply
- wrath
- anger; fury
- requisition
- formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V.
- redundant
- superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious
- antediluvian
- antiquated; extremely ancient
- Shangri-la
- imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon
- pulse
- rhythmical throbbing of arteries; brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity; V: pulsate
- precedent
- preceding (in time, rank, etc.)
- taut
- tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack
- discompose
- disturb the composure of; confuse
- abstain
- refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote; ±â±ÇÇôÙ
- intervene
- come between; interfere; Ex. intervened to prevent a fight; N. intervention
- ossify
- change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas
- dissent
- disagree
- compartment
- one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
- allure
- entice; attract; tempt
- blunder
- error; stupid mistake
- concession
- an act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point, right, etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire
- zephyr
- gentle breeze; west wind
- fortuitous
- accidental; by chance; N. fortuity
- traverse
- go through or across
- drone
- idle person who lives on other people's work; male bee
- mischief
- behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome
- representational
- (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life
- incantation
- singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; (the saying of) words used in magic; CF. enchant
- mutablility
- ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant
- exorcise
- drive out evil spirits
- inextricable
- from which it is impossible to get free; that cannot be untied; Ex. inextricable troubles; Ex. inextricable two histories
- insinuate
- hint; imply; suggest indirectly; creep in; introduce or insert (oneself) by artful means; Ex. insinuate himself into the boss's favor; CF. ingratiate
- perquisite(perk)
- any gain above stipulated salary; Ex. perquisites such as free meals and a car
- dainty
- delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress
- anodyne
- drug that relieves pain or trouble; ÃøÅëæ; opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement
- hermetic
- sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight
- sumptuous
- grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast
- pestilential
- causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague)
- refuse
- anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash
- tirade
- long angry denunciatory speech; diatribe; harangue; extended scolding; denunciation
- laity
- laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy
- brackish
- somewhat saline
- surrogate
- substitute; person or thing used in place of another; Ex. surrogate mother; ADJ.
- remonstrate
- protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say in protest
- preempt
- prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; Ex. preempt any attempts; ADJ. preemptive
- coy
- shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer¸¦ ¹Þ3/4ÒÀ» ¶§
- endearment
- fond word or act; expression of affection
- contend
- struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly
- kleptomaniac
- person who has a compulsive desire to steal
- molecule
- the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance
- illusion
- misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion
- recant
- disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement
- ordinance
- decree; authoritative order
- somnolent
- half asleep; drowsy; N. somnolence
- swear-word
- word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody''
- extrapolation
- projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information
- wily
- crafty; cunning; artful; N. wile: deceitful stratagem
- gibe
- mock; make jeering remarks; N: jeering remarks
- conspiracy
- treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people)
- allege
- state without proof
- dyslexia
- word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read
- prevalent
- widespread; generally accepted
- concede
- admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal
- consign
- send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special purpose); N. consignment; CF. consignor, consignee
- swelter
- (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat
- relinquish
- give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm
- waif
- homeless child or animal; Ex. waifs and strays
- fitful
- spasmodic; intermittent; irregular
- plump
- pleasantly fat; nicely rounded
- lot
- object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land
- pivotal
- of a pivot; central; critical; crucial
- defeatist
- resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism
- helm
- steering wheel of a ship; position of control
- dissimulate
- pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble
- impediment
- hindrance; stumbling-block; speech defect preventing clear articulation; Ex. speech impediment
- cardinal
- chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather thatn order
- vicissitude
- change (esp. from good to bad); change of fortune; CF. the last emperor of China
- esteem
- respect; value; judge; N.
- mesmerize
- hypnotize; N. mesmerism; CF. Franz Mesmer
- excerpt
- selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V.
- jettison
- throw overboard (from a ship or plane)
- trance
- hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition
- jeopardize
- endanger; imperil; put at risk; N. jeopardy: danger
- contusion
- bruise
- juxtapose
- place side by side; CF. next
- condiments
- seasonings; spices
- lumber
- move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber
- vagary
- capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander
- lionize
- treat (a person) as a celebrity
- minion
- servile dependent; obsequious follower
- undulating
- moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave
- sensual
- devoted to the pleasures of the sense; carnal; voluptuous; Ex. sensual woman/curves/lips
- casual
- happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark
- misconduct
- immoral behavior; bad management; V.
- allocate
- assign; set apart for a particular purpose
- dowdy
- untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman
- oblivion
- obscurity; condition of being completely forgotten; forgetfulness
- vernal
- pertaining to spring
- arch-
- chief; first; Ex. archbishop
- parched
- extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)
- pallid
- pale; wan; Ex. pallid complexion
- reticent
- inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence
- quirk
- sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate
- tractable
- docile; easily managed; (of something) easily changed or molded; N. tractability
- mendacious
- lying; habitually dishonest; N. mendacity
- belligerent
- quarrelsome
- unintimating
- unfrightening
- clown
- act stupidly; play the fool; N.
- quixotic
- idealistic but impractical; CF. Don Quixote
- chaste
- morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere
- truculence
- aggressiveness; ferocity; ADJ. truculent: aggressive; pugnacious; fierce
- devious
- roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route
- beneficial
- helpful; useful; advantageous
- magniloquent
- boastful; pompous
- incongruity
- lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate
- tessellated
- mosaic; inlaid; Ex. tessellated pattern
- cow
- terrorize; intimidate
- veritable
- being truly so; real or genuine; actual; not false or imaginary
- shambles
- (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane, the coast was a shambles.
- matrimony
- state of being married
- illusive
- deceiving; based on illusion; causing illusion; deceptive
- expatriate
- exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one's country
- contravene
- contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention
- conformity
- harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance
- potion
- dose (of liquids); liquid dose
- patrimony
- property inherited from a father
- offensive
- attacking; insulting; distasteful; V. offend: violate; hurt the feelings of; N. offense: offending; violating of a moral or social code; crime; attack; Ex. first offense
- vital
- full of life; animated; vibrant and lively; critical; of great importance; necessary to stay alive; of life; living; breathing; N. vitality; V. vitalize
- ascendancy
- controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant
- thrash
- beat with a whip or flail; defeat utterly; talk about thoroughly in order to find the answer; move wildly or violently; Ex. The fishes thrashed about in the net.
- lust
- intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V.
- multiplicity
- state of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element
- imprecation
- curse; swearword
- servile
- slavish; cringing; N. servility
- calorific
- heat-producing; N. calorie
- thesis
- opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments
- metaphysical
- pertaining to speculative philosophy; of metaphysics; N. metaphysics: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality
- nutritious
- providing nourishment
- despot
- tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism
- hedonist
- one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure
- visage
- face; appearance
- tangential
- only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent
- thespian
- pertaining to drama; N: actor or actress
- controvert
- oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy
- mash
- crush into mash; convert into mash; N: mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl
- artless
- without guile; open and honest
- crest
- top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird
- temperate
- moderate; restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature; CF. temperance: moderation and self-restraint; abstinence of alcoholic drinks; Ex. temperance society
- demoniac
- fiendish; cruel; N. demon: evil supernatural being; devil
- inordinate
- beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands
- exorbitant
- (of costs or demands) excessive; exceeding reasonable bounds
- slur
- slander; insult to one's character or reputation; V.
- inimical
- (of someone) unfriendly; hostile; (of something) harmful; detrimental; CF. enemy
- maculated
- spotted; stained; CF. immaculate
- poultice
- soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
- viand
- food; CF. live
- duration
- length of time something lasts
- plumb
- exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of
- pillage
- plunder
- fallible
- liable to err
- battalion
- army unit made up of four or more companies
- parchment
- writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat
- attenuate
- make thin; weaken
- enact
- make (a bill) into law
- substantial
- of substance; material; solid; essential or fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy
- pyromaniac
- person with an insane desire to set things on fire
- idyllic
- charmingly carefree; simple and happy; Ex. idyllic scene
- prepossessing
- attractive; CF. preoccupying ?
- mortify
- humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die
- psychosis
- mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic
- wilt
- loose freshness; droop