GRE Vocabulary Power (13-126)
Vocabulary Cards: 26
- 1.
- untidy (of a woman or clothes)
- slovenly
- dressed in an unattractive way
- shabby
- 2.
- unwilling
- reluctant
- stingy(giving reluctantly)
- 3.
- austere
- practicing self-denial
- avoiding physical pleasures and comforts
- 4.
- coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.
- feed for livestock
- 5.
- mildness
- permissiveness
- ADJ. lenient: not severe in judgment or punishment
- 6.
- charm
- object believed to give supernatural powers to or protect its bearer
- 7.
- skill in using hands or mind
- skillful
- 8.
- contending
- 9.
- excessive
- overabundant
- unnecessary
- 10.
- flowing into
- 11.
- (of a place) dilapidated
- in a bad condition
- (of a person) weak or exhausted
- 12.
- body of customers
- 13.
- throb
- beat rapidly
- flutter
- tremble
- 14.
- deviation from the normal
- mental disorder
- 15.
- made in an earlier period and usu. valuable
- N: object that was made in an earlier period and that is rare or valuable
- 16.
- sluggish
- weary
- lacking energy or vitality
- listless
- 17.
- preceding (in time, rank, etc.)
- 18.
- thing that completes another
- things very much alike
- thing that has the same purpose in a different system
- 19.
- moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol)
- seriousness
- 20.
- quick sharp reply
- 21.
- fluctuate
- waver (in opinion)
- sway to and fro
- 22.
- comic
- crazy
- N: clown
- comical person (given to outlandish behavior)
- 23.
- perceive
- arrest (a criminal)
- dread
- 24.
- require
- involve
- make necessary
- necessitate
- limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs
- 25.
- period of time
- 26.
- showy
- ornate
- ostentatious
- highly elaborate
- richly colored