GRE Vocabulary Power (3-22)
Vocabulary Cards: 35
- 1.
- initiate
- place formally in office
- install
- admit as a member
- process of deriving general principles from particular facts
- 2.
- explain
- 3.
- splendid in appearance
- dazzling
- glorious
- brilliant
- 4.
- not noticing
- disregarding
- 5.
- hang about
- (of birds or aircraft) stay in the air in one place
- (of people) wait nearby
- stay around one place
- be in an uncertain state
- waver
- 6.
- agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
- 7.
- impartial
- fair
- 8.
- downward slope
- 9.
- frankness
- open honesty
- ADJ. candid
- 10.
- (cause to) join the armed forces
- obtain (help, sympathy, or support)
- 11.
- somewhat saline
- 12.
- step heavily with the feet
- crush under the feet
- 13.
- additional object
- useful but not essential thing
- 14.
- pretend
- 15.
- writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat
- 16.
- one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself
- ADJ. introverted
- 17.
- praise very highly
- glorify
- 18.
- of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal
- having the effect of an electric shock
- galvanic effect
- 19.
- opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments
- 20.
- arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)
- 21.
- conceal in the palm of the hand
- palm off: pass off
- 22.
- organization for a special purpose
- V: establish
- 23.
- dictionary
- 24.
- implying
- suggestive
- serving to indicate
- 25.
- eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal)
- ADJ. zealous
- 26.
- pertaining to money
- 27.
- person who looks on the bright side
- 28.
- rich
- lavish
- grand suggesting great expense
- 29.
- spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault)
- find fault
- ADJ. niggling
- 30.
- time for rest
- interval of relief
- delay in punishment
- reprieve
- 31.
- fully filled
- filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed
- abundantly supplied
- 32.
- incapable of injury
- impossible to damage or injure
- 33.
- natural inclination
- 34.
- subordinate
- serving to assist
- secondary
- of a subsidy
- 35.
- stare foolishly
- look in open-mouthed awe