GRE Vocabulary Power (5-41)
Vocabulary Cards: 29
- 1.
- below the threshold of conscious perception
- 2.
- reckless, desperate outlaw
- 3.
- cheerful and pleased with life
- lighthearted
- animated
- easy and carefree
- dapper in appearance
- 4.
- terms used in a science or art
- study of nomenclature
- 5.
- move with body close to the ground
- move stealthily or slowly
- 6.
- call together
- 7.
- commence
- go on board a boat
- begin a journey
- 8.
- faultfinding
- too critical
- 9.
- disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group
- 10.
- mean
- stingy
- 11.
- scold with biting harshness
- censure strongly
- strip the skin off
- 12.
- dwarf
- underground spirit who guards treasure hoards
- 13.
- place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited
- 14.
- control
- rule
- enjoy a commanding position in
- overlook from a height
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- 15.
- accustom or familiarize
- addict
- 16.
- excessively careful (with great attention to detail)
- scrupulous
- painstaking
- 17.
- treasury
- 18.
- uniformity
- absence of contradictions
- degree of thickness or firmness
- 19.
- rubbing away by friction
- gradual decrease in numbers or strength
- reduction in the work force without firing employees
- wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
- 20.
- adroit
- glossy
- make smooth or glossy
- N: smooth surface
- ADJ: smooth
- deftly executed
- glib
- 21.
- clear from blame or guilt
- 22.
- dare
- risk
- expose to risk
- undertake a risk
- 23.
- testimony under oath
- deposing
- dethroning
- 24.
- native
- 25.
- person who seeks to overturn the established government
- advocate of abolishing authority
- 26.
- relating to the stars
- 27.
- conceited smile
- offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune)
- 28.
- book of literary selections by various authors
- 29.
- one who feigns illness to escape duty