Demanding GRE Words from Barrons -2
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- hackles
- hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise
- melee
- fight
- opiate
- medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep-producing drug containing opium
- ingratiate
- become popular with; bring (oneself) in favor of another; Ex. ingratiate himself with the boss
- fluted
- having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column
- ordination
- ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest
- apropos
- with reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.
- militia
- army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers
- advert
- refer
- anoint
- consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)
- brindled
- tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)
- cession
- yielding to another; ceding
- fractious
- unruly; peevish; cranky; bad-tempered; Ex. fractious horse
- connivance
- pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire
- crochet
- make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet
- captious
- faultfinding; too critical
- colloquy
- informal discussion; conversation
- crinkle
- wrinkle
- crabbed
- sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting
- impudence
- rudeness, insolence, lack of respect ,impertinence; insolence
- helm
- steering wheel of a ship; position of control
- oratorio
- dramatic poem set to music; long musical work with singing but without acting; CF. cantata
- monograph
- scholarly article
- bandy
- discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with
- disaffected
- discontented, disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty
- career
- rush wildly; go at full speed
- litotes
- understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad(=pretty good)''
- effete
- having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted
- impute
- attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation
- lucre
- money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre
- outstrip
- defeat a rival in competition; run faster or farther; surpass, excel
- importune
- beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way)
- contumacious
- stubbornly disobedient:REBELLIOUS
- feint
- trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw away defensive action; V.
- onomatopoeia
- words formed in imitation of natural sounds
- application
- diligent attention; diligence; V. apply oneself
- appropriate
- acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate
- finery
- beautiful clothes for a special occasion
- devolve
- deputize; pass or be passed to others (power, work, or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to
- emblazon
- ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment
- expostulation
- protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate
- beholden
- obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude
- actuate
- motivate; activate; cause to act
- controvert
- oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy
- disport
- amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert
- madrigal
- pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments
- canter
- slow gallop; V. CF. trot
- comport
- bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment
- carillon
- a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played
- finesse
- adroit maneuvering delicate skill; V: handle with finesse
- mantle
- loose sleeveless outer garment; cloak; something that covers or envelops; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- irradicable
- impossible to eradicate
- depredation
- plundering; destruction
- morbid
- given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N. morbidity; CF. disease
- mottled
- blotched in coloring; spotted; Ex. mottled face; V. mottle: mark with blotches of different colors
- appurtenances
- subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing
- import
- significance; importance; meaning
- discount
- disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost
- disquisition
- formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report
- mauve
- pale purple
- edict
- decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command
- mordant
- biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit
- compunction
- remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt
- mortician
- funeral director; undertaker; CF. death
- catechism
- book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize
- blackball
- vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote
- countermand
- cancel; revoke (an order)
- faze
- to disturb the composure of:DISCONCERT, DAUNT
- galley
- low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)
- detraction
- slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor
- chaff
- worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff
- orthography
- correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight; correct; Ex. orthodontics
- dyslexia
- word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read
- opalescent
- iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; N. opalescence
- mange
- skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair
- filigree
- delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork
- collation
- a light meal; collating
- expound
- present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically.
- entail
- make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B
- hew
- cut to pieces with ax or sword; chop; N.
- adjuration
- solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
- overblown
- inflated; exaggerated
- contingent
- dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency
- importunate
- urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent
- affront
- insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
- concomitant
- that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else
- Machiavellian
- crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli, which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power
- gavel
- hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.
- docket
- program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket
- indenture
- bind as servant or apprentice to master; bind by indenture; N: contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified time (as between an apprentice and his master)
- chafe
- warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.
- enjoin
- command; order; forbid
- low
- moo; make the sound of a cow
- bluff
- ADJ: rough but good-natured, pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff;
- canker
- any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer
- interstice
- SPACE, gap, aperture, opening
- indict
- charge; N. indictment
- overwrought
- nervous or excited; extremely agitated; hysterical; wrought-up; CF. wrought: made or done
- coroner
- public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes
- distrait
- absentminded; distracted
- ineffable
- unutterable; not to be uttered; taboo; that cannot be expressed in speech; indescribable; unspeakable; inexpressible; Ex. ineffable name/joy
- comeuppance
- deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke
- flighty
- (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive
- covenant
- binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise
- expatiate
- talk at length; speak or write in detail
- arraign
- charge in court; indict
- obsequy
- funeral ceremony
- extenuate
- weaken; mitigate; lessen the seriousness of (bad behavior)
- buffet
- strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out;
- immure
- imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall
- freebooter
- pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich
- humor
- pamper, indulge, favor, oblige
- corrugated
- wrinkled; ridged
- impeach
- charge (a public official) with crime in office; raise doubts about; indict; Ex. impeach a witness's credibility
- mangy
- shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance
- lot
- object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land
- fiat
- command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done