Practice GRE1
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- Bastion
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Stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism
Mainstay, Fortress, Citadel - Maverick
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Syn: Rebel, Nonconformist (in a group), Unconventional person, eccentric, individualist
Ant: Conformist - Lethargic
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Drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity
Weary, Lackluster, indolent - Paraphernalia
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Equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; married woman’s property exclusive of her dowry
Equipment, things, belongings, kit, gear, bits and pieces - Mores
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Conventions; moral standards; moral customs
Society, traditional, ethnicity, cultural - Timidity
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Lack of self-confidence or courage
Nervousness, shyness, coyness, diffidence, apprehension - Protocol
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Diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratifi-cation; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him atthe airport.
Procedure, etiquette - Acquiesce
- Assent; agree passively; comply without protest favoritism display of partiality toward a favored person
- Wake
- Trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war
- Draught
- Current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time
- Betoken
- Signify; indicate; be a sign of
- Aviary
- Enclosure for birds; large cage
- Waggish
- Humorous; mischievous; tricky
- Adapt
- Make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adoption of a short novel
- Bugaboo
- Bugbear; object of baseless terror
- Bungle
- Mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior
- Reinstate
- Restore to a previous condition or position
- Mnemonic
- Pertaining to memory; assisting the memory; N: device, such as formula or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid
- Conscript
- Draftee; person forced into military service; V.
- Contend
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Struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly
View; Challenge - Functional
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Made for practical use only (without decoration); functioning; Ex. functional modern furniture; CF. functionalism
Practicle ; Handy ; Efficient - Punctilious
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Assiduous ; Scrupulous ; Meticulous ; Thorough
Minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail - Imbecility
- Weakness of mind; state of being an imbecile; N. imbecile: stupid person; fool
- Rebuke
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Reprimand (warning) ; Reproach(Criticism) ; Haul Over the Coals
Scold harshly; criticize severely - Facile
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Simplistic ; Superficial ;
Easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. Facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitates an action; amenity; Ex. with great facility - Hardy
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Resilient; Enduring ; Tough ; Strong ;Robust
(of people or animals) sturdy; robust; (of plants) able to stand inclement(stormy) weather - Penury
- Extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ. penurious: very poor; stingy
- Venal
- Capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal
- Flit
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Fly ; Flutter ; Dart
fly or move lightly or quickly; Dart lightly; pass - Swiftly
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Quickly, Speedily, Summarily, promptly, Suddenly
by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower - Magnate
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Tycoon ; Mogul ; entrepreneur
Person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person (in business or industry); Ex. oil magnate - Botch
- Mismanage; blow, spoil, damage ; Mess up
- Citadel
- Fortress, strong hold, bastion, castle
- Libidinous
- Lustful
- Mendicant
- Beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar
- Oaf
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Lout ; Fool ; Boor ; Klutz
Stupid awkward person; CF. elf - Voyeur
- Peeping Tom; person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others
- Docile
- Obedient; easily managed; submissive ; Passive ; Quiet ; Compliant
- Vitiate
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Corrupt morally
Spoil the effect of
Make inoperative - Narrative
- Related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration