GRE Vocabulary Power (11-104)

Vocabulary Cards: 31

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  • 1.
    • fits of depression or gloom
    • ADJ. moody: given to changeable moods
    • subject to periods of depression
    • gloomy CF. mood: | state of mind or emotion
  • 2.
    • drunken
  • 3.
    • severe dizziness
    • giddiness
  • 4.
    • simultaneous discharge of a number of shots
  • 5.
    • of the law and its administration
  • 6.
    • nourishing substance
    • ADJ: providing nourishment
  • 7.
    • reject
    • select
    • pick out from others (to kill the weakest members)
    • collect (information)
  • 8.
    • climb up
    • ascend
    • remove or come off in scales
    • N: flake of epidermis
    • ascending or descending series of musical tones
  • 9.
    • plundering
    • destruction
  • 10.
    • inclination
    • state of being partial
    • favorable bias
    • special fondness
    • preference
  • 11.
    • strong inclination
    • strong liking (esp. for something that is disapproved of by other people)
  • 12.
    • slope
    • inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels)
  • 13.
    • comparable
    • similar
  • 14.
    • weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness)
    • enfeeble
  • 15.
    • boasted
    • bragged
    • highly publicized
    • brag
  • 16.
    • beggar
    • ADJ: living as a beggar
  • 17.
    • artificial
    • not natural
    • resulting from synthesis
  • 18.
    • reach a necessary standard
    • limit the meaning of something stated
  • 19.
    • combining parts or separate things into a whole
    • the whole so formed
    • PL. syntheses
  • 20.
    • oppression
    • cruel government
    • ADJ. tyrannical: of a tyrant or tyranny
    • despotic
    • oppress
  • 21.
    • substantial
    • essential
    • pertaining to the substance
    • considerable
  • 22.
    • possession of land or building by rent
    • period of a tenant's occupancy
  • 23.
    • expressing a low opinion
    • disparaging
    • disparage
  • 24.
    • iron block used in hammering out metals
  • 25.
    • follow (as a result)
  • 26.
    • dull
    • lacking color
    • cheerless
  • 27.
    • floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter
  • 28.
    • encircle
    • include
    • hug
    • clasp with the arms
    • adopt or espouse
    • accept readily
  • 29.
    • forsake
    • make desolate
    • abandon and desert
  • 30.
    • put in danger
  • 31.
    • taunt
    • clever sarcastic remark