GRE Vocabulary Power (14-135)

Vocabulary Cards: 40

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  • 1.
    • seasonings
    • spices
  • 2.
    • segregate
    • seclude
    • retire from public life
    • isolate
  • 3.
    • of a theme
    • relating to a unifying motif or idea
  • 4.
    • violate
    • desecrate (something holy)
    • treat unworthily
    • be profane for
    • ADJ: secular
    • nonreligious
    • irreverent for holy things
  • 5.
    • continued loud noise
    • V: make a din
    • instill by wearying repetition
  • 6.
    • reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship)
    • drive back (an enemy attack)
  • 7.
    • demanding much work or care
    • tedious
  • 8.
    • explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages
  • 9.
    • particle removed by a file
  • 10.
    • change of form
  • 11.
    • person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands
  • 12.
    • fit for growing crops
  • 13.
    • remainder
  • 14.
    • branch out
    • divide into branches or subdivisions
  • 15.
    • frisk
    • play and jump about happily
  • 16.
    • fearful
    • demonstrating fear
    • timid
  • 17.
    • mixture of writings on various subjects
    • collection of various items
  • 18.
    • pay for services
  • 19.
    • stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way
  • 20.
    • trade
    • agreement between two groups or people
    • something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer
    • V: negotiate
  • 21.
    • thick-skinned animal
  • 22.
    • dismay
    • shock deeply
  • 23.
    • struggle
    • compete
    • assert earnestly
    • state strongly
  • 24.
    • rich
    • successful
    • affluent
    • well-to-do
    • well-off
  • 25.
    • public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes
  • 26.
    • dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing
  • 27.
    • of hidden meaning and spiritual power
  • 28.
    • tending to overthrow or ruin
    • destroy completely
  • 29.
    • flirt
    • flirtatious woman
    • woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings
  • 30.
    • unimportant
    • trivial
  • 31.
    • (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
  • 32.
    • unexpected and adverse
    • unfortunate or unlucky
  • 33.
    • cut off with shears
    • fasten
    • N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film)
    • clasp or fastener
  • 34.
    • many in number or kind
    • numerous
    • varied
  • 35.
    • neglect
    • lax
    • failure to take reasonable care
    • ADJ. negligent: neglectful
    • not taking enough care
  • 36.
    • groom oneself with care
    • adorn oneself
  • 37.
    • live together
  • 38.
    • slope
    • slant
  • 39.
    • monastery or convent
  • 40.
    • tremble
    • shake uncontrollably