GRE Vocabulary Power (9-85)

Vocabulary Cards: 32

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  • 1.
    • reject
    • mock
    • show contempt for
    • scorn
  • 2.
    • reclining
    • lying down completely or in part
  • 3.
    • cheat
    • swindle
  • 4.
    • rate of occurrence
    • particular occurrence
  • 5.
    • animal, plant, or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family
    • representation of this
  • 6.
    • something long-lasting
    • perennial plant
    • ADJ: lasting through the year or many years
    • lasting for a long time
    • enduring
  • 7.
    • sit on in order to hatch
    • think deeply or worry anxiously
    • N: the young of certain animals
    • group of young birds hatched at one time
  • 8.
    • lower
    • degrade
    • humiliate
    • make humble
    • make (oneself) lose self-respect
  • 9.
    • conciliate
    • make peaceful
    • ADJ. propitiatory
    • appease
  • 10.
    • unprejudiced
    • free from bias and self-interest
    • objective
  • 11.
    • repair or make whole by using a metal alloy
    • N: metal alloy (usually tin and lead) used in the molten state to join metallic parts
  • 12.
    • discipline
    • punish in order to correct
  • 13.
    • disobedient and stubborn
    • unmanageable
  • 14.
    • article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
  • 15.
    • neat
    • skillful
  • 16.
    • small exclusive group of people
  • 17.
    • lash
    • whip (formerly used for punishment)
    • source of severe punishment
    • V: whip
    • afflict
  • 18.
    • wandering
    • traveling from place to place (to perform work)
  • 19.
    • (of people or their behavior) respectful
    • obedient (filled with a sense of duty)
  • 20.
    • sound on judgment
    • wise
  • 21.
    • informal
    • happening by chance
    • occasional
    • showing or feeling little interest
    • irregular
  • 22.
    • thunder
    • explode
    • issue a severe denunciation
  • 23.
    • outside edge especially of a round surface
    • perimeter
  • 24.
    • destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)
  • 25.
    • rash
    • headfirst
    • hasty
    • ADV.
  • 26.
    • pommel
    • beat or pound with fists
  • 27.
    • renounce
    • give up (position, right, or responsibility)
  • 28.
    • (esp. of an expression of the face) twisted
    • with a humorous twist (expressing displeasure)
  • 29.
    • fastening or lock consisting of a movable bar that fits into a notch
    • V: close with a latch
  • 30.
    • yield
    • admit
    • acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly)
    • grant
  • 31.
    • invioably sacred
    • most sacred
    • inviolable
  • 32.
    • vague
    • dark and gloomy
    • thick with fog
    • gloom