GRE Vocabulary Power (11-108)
Vocabulary Cards: 28
- 1.
- servile flatterer
- bootlicker
- yes man
- ADJ. sycophantic
- 2.
- grow rapidly (in numbers)
- spread
- multiply
- 3.
- great mass of falling snow and ice
- 4.
- unfounded false rumor
- exaggerated false report
- 5.
- concerning alchemy or magic
- obscure and mysterious
- occult
- 6.
- rough
- violent
- noisy
- 7.
- like an emperor
- related to an empire
- 8.
- making a harsh noise
- grating
- harsh
- 9.
- intermittent
- spasmodic
- irregular
- 10.
- manage
- invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation)
- 11.
- ridicule
- deride
- imitate often in derision
- 12.
- horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing with fruit and grain
- symbol of abundance
- horn of plenty
- 13.
- highly ornate
- 14.
- trip and almost fall
- proceed unsteadily
- act falteringly
- 15.
- fair
- not biased
- 16.
- someone seeking revenge
- source of downfall or ruin
- 17.
- lament
- moan for
- express sorrow or disapproval of
- 18.
- animal that ruminates
- ADJ.
- 19.
- beautiful writing
- excellent penmanship
- 20.
- dominance especially of one nation over others
- 21.
- implacable
- relentless
- not capable of being changed by entreaty or efforts
- unyielding
- 22.
- talk idly
- babble
- 23.
- apotheosis
- purest and highest embodiment
- perfect example
- most essential element
- ADJ. quintessential
- 24.
- striking one object against another sharply
- N: striking together of two bodies
- sound caused by percussion
- 25.
- shabby
- wretched
- suffering from mange
- of bad appearance
- 26.
- apparatus for making sounds
- womanlike creature
- 27.
- dangerous
- 28.
- trim
- cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)