Gre Freq 3
Terms
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- prohibitive
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extremely high (of prices etc.)
ex: The super computer's price was prohibitive. - reverent
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respectful
ex: His reverent attitude was appropriate in a house of worship. - secrete
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hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism.
ex: The pack rat secretes odds and ends in its nest; the pancreas secretes insulin in the islets of Langerhans. - supposition
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hypothesis; surmise
ex: I based my decision to confide (phó thác, giao phó, giai bay, noi rieng) in him on the supposition that he would be discreet (biết suy xét, khôn ngoan, tháºn trá»ng, dè dặt; kÃn đáo). - tagential
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peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
ex: Despite Clark's attempts to distract her with tangential remarks, Lois kept on coming back to her main question: why couldn't he come out to dinner with Superman and her? - tenuous
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thin; rare; slim
ex: The allegiance of our allies is held by rather tenuous ties; let us hope they will remain loyal. - tortuous
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winding; full of curves
Because this Crooked Hill road is so tortuous, it is unwise to go faster than twenty miles an hour on it. - transgression
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violation of a law; sin
ex: Forgive us our transgressions; we know not what we do. - veracious/veracity
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truthful
ex: I can recommend him for this position because I have always found him veracious and reliable. - viable
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capable of maintaining life; practicable; workable
ex: The infant, though prematurely born, is viable and has a good chance to survive. - viscous (vÄs'kÉ™s)
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sticky, gluey
vicious: tan ac, xau xa - vituperative
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abusive; scolding
ex: He became more vituperative as he realized that we were not going to grant him his wish. - volatile
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changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
ex: The political climate today is extremely volatile: no one can predict what the electorate will do next. - wary
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very cautious
ex: The spies grew wary as they approached the sentry. - welter
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turmoil (sự náo động, sự rối loạn); bewildering jumble
ex: The existing welter of overlapping federal and state proclaims (công bố, tuyên bố) cries out for immediate reform. - ostentatious
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
ex: Trump's latest casino in Atlantic City is the most ostentatious gambling place in the East: it easily outglitters its competitors. - tantamount
- equal. Asian's intelligence is tantamount to White's
- meticulous
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perfectionist, very detailed, punctilious, fastidious (kho tinh), scrupulous
ex: He was meticulous in checking his accounts and never made mistakes. - sage
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person celebrated for wisdom
ex: Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet, Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary sage.