GRE Vocabulary Power (12-119)

Vocabulary Cards: 34

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  • 1.
    • gap
    • pause
    • gap or interruption in space or time
    • break
  • 2.
    • doctor who treats ailments of the feet
    • chiropodist
  • 3.
    • worship of idols
    • excessive admiration or devotion
    • ADJ. idolatrous
  • 4.
    • wretch
    • wrongdoer
    • villain
  • 5.
    • medieval chemistry
  • 6.
    • balance
    • remainder
  • 7.
    • shrink back in fear
    • lose heart
    • cower
  • 8.
    • deadlock
    • situation in which further action is blocked
  • 9.
    • fairness
    • justice
    • OP. inequity
  • 10.
    • give or take milk at the breast or udder
  • 11.
    • lack of harmony
    • conflict
    • dissonance (when musical notes are played)
  • 12.
    • religious group
    • unit in a system
    • name or designation
  • 13.
    • handyman
    • person who does all kinds of work
  • 14.
    • cajole
    • coax
    • deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery
  • 15.
    • tending to improve
    • beneficial
    • wholesome
  • 16.
    • helpful
    • useful
    • advantageous
  • 17.
    • produced by fire
    • of fire
    • volcanic
    • (of rocks) formed from lava
  • 18.
    • lure or bait
  • 19.
    • reason
    • number of points
    • written form of a musical composition
    • group of 20
    • notch or incision
    • V: mark with lines or notches
  • 20.
    • surround tightly so that movement is impossible
  • 21.
    • extremely small
  • 22.
    • deserving blame
    • blameworthy
  • 23.
    • denounce
    • utter censure or invective
  • 24.
    • conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others
  • 25.
    • gross lewdness
    • lustfulness
    • ADJ. lecherous
  • 26.
    • someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws)
  • 27.
    • tooth projecting from a wheel
  • 28.
    • agonizing
    • distressing
    • traumatic
    • inflict great distress on
    • agonize
    • N: farming machine to break up the earth
  • 29.
    • having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar)
  • 30.
    • restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking
  • 31.
    • make void
  • 32.
    • building (of imposing size)
  • 33.
    • self-satisfied
    • complacent
  • 34.
    • initiative
    • willingness to take new ventures
    • business organization
    • plan (that is difficult or daring)