GRE Vocabulary Power (9-82)
Vocabulary Cards: 33
- 1.
- theatrical
- excessively dramatic or emotional
- affected
- of actors or acting
- 2.
- psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution
- N: ADJ: paranoid, paranoiac
- 3.
- smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive)
- V: cause to adhere by applying paste
- 4.
- boxer
- 5.
- shaky
- infirm from old age
- 6.
- sorcery
- magic
- 7.
- small ring
- band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration)
- 8.
- enter into
- pierce
- see through
- grasp the inner significance of
- understand
- permeate
- 9.
- boastful
- excessively conceited
- 10.
- bind as servant or apprentice to master
- bind by indenture
- N: contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified time (as between an apprentice and his master)
- 11.
- minor crime
- misdeed
- wrongdoing
- 12.
- impenetrable
- incapable of being damaged or distressed
- incapable of being affected (in one's opinions)
- 13.
- play or frolic boisterously
- gambol
- 14.
- sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals
- N: sound of a bell
- fixed tax or charge
- 15.
- adjacent to
- touching upon
- 16.
- make pregnant
- fill thoroughly
- saturate
- 17.
- seller
- 18.
- elevation to godhood
- an ideal example of something
- 19.
- first rough form
- conscription
- draught
- V: make a draft of
- conscript
- 20.
- marvel
- extraordinary
- observable facts
- subjects of scientific investigation
- SG. phenomenon: observable fact
- very unusual person, thing, or event
- ADJ. phenomenal: very unusual
- of a phenomenon
- wonder
- 21.
- stun
- make numb (as with a drug)
- amaze
- 22.
- modest
- 23.
- wicked
- immoral
- unrighteous
- 24.
- one who builds or works with stone or brick
- stonework or brickwork
- 25.
- excite
- inducing excitement
- stirring
- arouse from sleep or depression
- stir up
- lively
- 26.
- make secure against damage or loss
- compensate for damage or loss
- 27.
- area of thick hard skin
- 28.
- member of the working class
- blue collar guy
- 29.
- hot sweet dish
- 30.
- strong longing to travel
- 31.
- make invalid
- make null
- invalidate
- 32.
- give a slight degree of a color or quality to
- N: slight degree of a color or quality
- 33.
- loud or harsh roar or screech
- dazzling blaze of light