GRE Vocabulary Power (6-50)
Vocabulary Cards: 35
- 1.
- long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something
- 2.
- star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness
- 3.
- (of music) played smoothly
- 4.
- form into grains or granules
- 5.
- deprived of (something valuable)
- lacking
- 6.
- pertaining to existence
- pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism
- 7.
- diminish
- bring to a weaker or more difficult condition
- demote
- lower in rank
- separate into components by analysis
- 8.
- certainty
- 9.
- rustic
- pastoral
- 10.
- make into an institution
- put or confine in an institution
- 11.
- local or provincial dialect
- 12.
- pertaining to passionate love or sexual love
- 13.
- cause to stop for a period
- interrupt
- hold in abeyance
- defer
- hang from above
- exclude for a period from a position
- 14.
- bend forward and down
- lower or debase oneself
- fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something
- condescend
- 15.
- disheveled
- uncared for in appearance
- not combed
- 16.
- imitation
- 17.
- throb
- beat regularly
- vibrate regularly
- 18.
- motion
- gesture
- 19.
- destruction by fire
- 20.
- casual and offhand
- N: knight
- arrogant
- 21.
- put into effect
- carry out
- kill as a lawful punishment
- 22.
- scorn
- disdain
- ADJ. contemptuous
- 23.
- strangle
- regulate the speed of with a throttle
- N: valve that regulates the flow
- 24.
- assurance
- poise
- composure in difficult situations
- self-confidence
- 25.
- talkative
- 26.
- young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family)
- young wolf, dog, tiger, etc.
- 27.
- become engaged to marry
- 28.
- speediness
- prompt execution
- message sent with all due speed
- V: send to a specified destination
- finish promptly
- kill
- 29.
- Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very hol
- hypocritical self-righteous person
- 30.
- habitually silent
- talking little
- 31.
- carrion-eating birds
- 32.
- quarrelsome
- 33.
- commonplace
- daily
- customary
- 34.
- pertaining to marriage
- 35.
- court of justice