GRE Vocabulary Power (4-34)

Vocabulary Cards: 32

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  • 1.
    • (of something written or painted) still in existence
  • 2.
    • not thick
    • thinly scattered
    • scanty
  • 3.
    • formal demand or request
  • 4.
    • government by a privileged few
  • 5.
    • spying
  • 6.
    • implying a cause-and-effect relationship
  • 7.
    • soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
  • 8.
    • make perpetual
    • make something last for a long time
    • preserve from extinction
  • 9.
    • practical person
  • 10.
    • one opposed to force
    • antimilitarist
    • ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes
  • 11.
    • suitable for drinking
    • drinkable
  • 12.
    • (of costs or demands) excessive
    • exceeding reasonable bounds
  • 13.
    • staying for a short time
    • momentary
    • N: one that is transient
    • temporary
  • 14.
    • accumulate
    • total
    • sum
    • ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole
    • add up to
  • 15.
    • reservoir or water tank
  • 16.
    • glut
    • stuff oneself (with food)
  • 17.
    • (of a person) unable to express what one really feels
  • 18.
    • messenger
  • 19.
    • people of standing(rank or position)
    • people of good family or high social position
    • class of people just below nobility
  • 20.
    • tireless
    • untiring
    • showing no sign of getting tired
  • 21.
    • contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
  • 22.
    • place of spiritual expiation
    • temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins
  • 23.
    • (sitting or standing) straight up
    • honest
    • moral
  • 24.
    • plan in advance
  • 25.
    • something attached to but holding an inferior position
  • 26.
    • official periodical publication
    • newspaper
  • 27.
    • excessive
    • unrestrained
    • beyond reasonable limits
  • 28.
    • seriousness
    • gravity
  • 29.
    • important in history
  • 30.
    • violent anguish
  • 31.
    • written command issued by a court (telling someone to do or not to do something)
  • 32.
    • collarbone