AEnglish Vocabulary List

GRE Vocabulary Power (11-103)

Vocabulary Cards: 34

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  • 1.
    • minor objection or complaint
    • V: raise minor objections
    • carp
    • cavil
  • 2.
    • narrate or tell (a story)
    • count over again
  • 3.
    • state of being immovable
  • 4.
    • last demand
    • last warning
    • last statement of conditions that must be met
  • 5.
    • mak less severe
    • ease or lessen (pain)
    • satisfy (hunger)
    • soothe (anger)
  • 6.
    • familiar
    • suggest
    • imply
    • hint
    • ADJ: marked by close relationship
    • private
    • personal
    • N: close friend or confidant
  • 7.
    • tending or leaning toward
    • bent
    • dispose
    • be disposed
    • tend
  • 8.
    • adjust or settle by making mutual concessions
    • endanger the interests or reputation of
    • put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position
  • 9.
    • following
    • attendants
  • 10.
    • powerful movement of or like a wave
  • 11.
    • extremely severe
  • 12.
    • rosy
    • optimistic
  • 13.
    • spicy
    • pleasantly tart-tasting
    • pleasantly stimulating
  • 14.
    • ill-humored
    • irritable
  • 15.
    • unassailable
    • secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation)
  • 16.
    • heterogeneous
    • mixed
    • multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester)
  • 17.
    • suggestive of something (in the past)
    • of reminiscence
  • 18.
    • intensify
    • expand
    • increase in size or effect
    • broaden or clarify by expanding
    • make stronger
  • 19.
    • conclusion
    • concluding part
  • 20.
    • docile
    • easily managed
    • (of something) easily changed or molded
  • 21.
    • very cautious
    • watchful
  • 22.
    • unable to compromise about points of doctrine
    • dogmatic
    • marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties
    • unyielding
  • 23.
    • operatic singer
    • prima donna
  • 24.
    • very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)
  • 25.
    • affliction
    • suffering
    • great sorrow
    • deep inconsolable grief
  • 26.
    • dexterity
    • quickness of the hands in doing tricks
  • 27.
    • frequent
    • (of a spirit) visit (a place)
    • come to mind continually
    • visit (a place) regularly
    • N: place much frequented
  • 28.
    • mongrel
    • mixed breed
  • 29.
    • pertaining to ships or navigation
  • 30.
    • scatter
  • 31.
    • something that causes a substance in a chemical solution to separate out in solid form
    • OP. solvent
  • 32.
    • temporary encampment
    • camp without tents
  • 33.
    • home of a hermit
  • 34.
    • nautical
    • bordering on(adjacent to) the sea
    • of the ships or the sea