GRE Vocabulary Power (1-4)
Vocabulary Cards: 36
- 1.
- cloudy
- hazy
- of a nebula
- vague
- 2.
- break a promise
- go back on
- deny
- 3.
- concentrate
- refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation)
- separate the most important parts from
- 4.
- unsatisfied
- not soothed
- 5.
- trying to please
- obliging
- willing to please others
- 6.
- beg
- plead with
- 7.
- hopeless
- useless
- ineffectual
- 8.
- ADJ. N. psychotic
- mental disorder
- 9.
- make bitter
- fill with painful or bitter feelings
- make sad and angry
- 10.
- occupy fully
- absorb
- 11.
- resist
- abstain from
- forbear
- N: chorus
- 12.
- traitor
- 13.
- major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals
- category ranking below a kingdom and above a class
- division
- 14.
- pretentiousness
- claim (without foundation)
- 15.
- abundance
- wealth
- 16.
- examine and compare in order to verify authenticity
- arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)
- 17.
- rejoicing
- great joy
- 18.
- display of partiality toward a favored person
- 19.
- inactive
- sluggish
- negligent
- moving slowly
- (of a rope) loose
- lax
- 20.
- bitter
- (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous
- (of a feeling) hostile
- 21.
- persuade by flattery
- 22.
- gain time as by postponing an action
- avoid committing oneself
- 23.
- attack with abusive language
- vilify(slander)
- 24.
- composed (with no excitement)
- grave
- V: administer a sedative to
- 25.
- reduce gradually
- pare
- cut away thin bits (from wood)
- fashion in this way
- trim
- 26.
- small stream
- 27.
- refuse to give
- hold back
- 28.
- full of flowers
- full of ornate expressions
- 29.
- condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
- ADJ. anemic
- 30.
- mortuary
- place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation
- 31.
- bad-tempered
- easily angered
- irritable
- hot-tempered
- 32.
- beautiful clothes for a special occasion
- 33.
- loss of speech due to injury or illness
- 34.
- forcible restraint, especially unlawfully
- coercion by threat
- illegal coercion
- 35.
- 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
- 36.
- quick clever reply
- retort
- return to former status