GRE Vocabulary Power (10-98)
Vocabulary Cards: 31
- 1.
- coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)
- 2.
- rush wildly
- go at full speed
- 3.
- man employed to take care of horses
- V: make neat and trim
- clean and brush (an animal)
- 4.
- darken
- extinguish
- outshine
- surpass
- cause an eclipse
- 5.
- resembling a horse
- 6.
- slight difference in degree
- nuance
- degree of color
- 7.
- support
- active pleading on behalf of someone or something
- 8.
- make lively or spirited
- animate
- 9.
- nonstandard grammatical construction
- construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically
- violation of social etiquette
- 10.
- small bunch (of hair)
- faint streak (of smoke)
- 11.
- small round piece of medicine
- flat piece of stone or metal bearing an inscription
- 12.
- baffle or confuse by a difficult problem
- ponder over a problem in an effort to solve
- clarify or solve by reasoning
- 13.
- revert (to bad habits)
- 14.
- hesitate
- shrink back (in fear of something unpleasant)
- 15.
- detached plant shoot used in grafting
- descendant
- 16.
- fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based)
- fundamental reason or justification
- grounds for an action
- 17.
- stimulate or shock by an electric current
- stimulate by shock
- shock into action
- coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity
- stir up
- 18.
- complain
- fret
- be annoyed
- 19.
- money
- profit
- 20.
- expel
- drive or hunt out of hiding
- hunt with ferrets
- drive out (as from a hiding place)
- uncover or discover by searching
- 21.
- gigantic
- 22.
- paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film
- glossy coating produced by using this substance
- 23.
- pride
- ADJ. haughty
- arrogance
- 24.
- half-stifled(suppressed) laugh
- 25.
- underline
- emphasize
- 26.
- work (esp. musical composition)
- 27.
- disobedient
- lawless
- difficult to control
- 28.
- stubborn and disobedient
- resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)
- 29.
- shake or move unsteadily
- sway as if about to fall
- 30.
- dark
- not transparent
- 31.
- admit fresh air into to replace stale air