GRE Vocabulary Power (6-58)
Vocabulary Cards: 29
- 1.
- giving or showing bliss
- blissful
- 2.
- elastic
- having the power of springing back
- able to recover quickly (as from misfortune)
- 3.
- repetition of beginning sound in poetry
- 4.
- rude
- insensitive
- 5.
- harm someone's reputation
- malign
- speak evil of
- ADJ. defamatory
- slander
- 6.
- gigantic
- enormous
- 7.
- higher mental powers
- person of great intellectual ability
- 8.
- stupid awkward person
- 9.
- modest
- of low rank or position
- having a low opinion of oneself and a high opinion of others
- unassuming
- not proud
- cause to feel ashamed or to lose the respect of others
- 10.
- growing or spreading uncontrollably
- growing in profusion
- unrestrained
- 11.
- mixture
- 12.
- an act of yielding
- conceding
- something conceded
- point, right, etc. given unwillingly
- privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place
- 13.
- antiquated
- extremely ancient
- 14.
- beg persistently
- make repeated requests (in an annoying way)
- 15.
- border
- edge, rim, or margin
- V: border on
- 16.
- summit
- point directly overhead in the sky
- acme
- highest point
- 17.
- wicked
- atrocious
- hatefully bad
- 18.
- lie
- use equivocal language to deceive people
- mislead
- attempt to conceal the truth
- 19.
- having the odor of stale or decomposing fat
- rank
- 20.
- having the odor of musk
- 21.
- laypersons
- laymen
- persons not connected with the clergy
- 22.
- sleep lightly
- nap
- 23.
- kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man)
- destroy or kill a large part of
- 24.
- thwart
- present an obstacle
- stump
- 25.
- harmonious
- in harmony with
- able to exist together
- 26.
- make poor
- deprive of natural strength or something important
- 27.
- courteous regard for another's wish
- courteous yielding to another's wish or opinion (showing respect)
- ADJ. deferential
- OP. effrontery
- 28.
- unaware
- not knowing
- unintentional
- 29.
- wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
- digress