GRE Vocabulary Power (8-74)
Vocabulary Cards: 31
- 1.
- lack of harmony
- absurdity
- ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony
- inappropriate
- 2.
- sharpen (a tool)
- N: whetstone for sharpening a tool
- 3.
- window projecting upright from roof
- 4.
- lie
- build
- make up (a story) in order to deceive
- 5.
- group of attendants
- retinue
- 6.
- cutting
- incisive
- keen
- 7.
- vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle
- 8.
- condense or shorten
- 9.
- claim
- assertion
- thesis
- struggling
- competition
- 10.
- travel
- journey
- V: make a long difficult journey
- 11.
- record of descent
- study of ancestry
- ancestry
- lineage
- 12.
- bump
- shove
- push against (someone) rather roughly
- 13.
- kill by choking or suffocating
- suppress
- 14.
- unable to be restrained or held back
- impossible to hold back
- 15.
- increase
- 16.
- burn to ashes
- 17.
- fern leaf
- palm or banana leaf
- 18.
- compiler of a dictionary
- 19.
- insatiable
- ravenous
- eating large quantities of food
- exceedingly eager
- 20.
- very bad or disagreeable
- very dirty
- commit a foul
- 21.
- begin
- originate
- receive into a group
- introduce to a new field or activity
- N: one who has been initiated
- 22.
- slandering
- aspersion
- detracting
- 23.
- put into effect
- carry out
- enforce
- supply with tools
- N: tool or instrument
- 24.
- quarrel
- 25.
- sorrowful
- 26.
- relating to stars
- 27.
- acrid
- stinging
- sharp in taste or smell
- (of speech or writing) caustic
- 28.
- stealthy
- sneaky
- quiet and secret (trying to escape notice)
- 29.
- pucker
- contract (lips) into wrinkles
- N: wallet
- 30.
- conversation
- serious speech, writing, or conversation
- formal discussion (either written or spoken)
- 31.
- official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights
- protector of the people