GRE d+

Vocabulary Cards: 86

Holly
Holly
  • 1.
    • to make larger, expand
  • 2.
    • continuously putting in great effort
  • 3.
    • to free someone from believing something that is untrue
  • 4.
    • to differentiate or distinguish
    • to perceive
  • 5.
    • unsettling
  • 6.
    • to remove from a former position
  • 7.
    • the state of being different or unequal
  • 8.
    • to scatter or spread around
  • 9.
    • to disguise or conceal
  • 10.
    • adj. disagreeable n. one who disagrees
  • 11.
    • to drive away or scatter
  • 12.
    • lack of harmony
    • discord
  • 13.
    • to move apart, or extend in different directions
    • to differ in opinion
  • 14.
    • to get rid of
  • 15.
    • to train or teach
  • 16.
    • unsure, skeptical
  • 17.
    • departing from the conventional
  • 18.
    • combining elements from many different sources or style
  • 19.
    • rude and presumptuous behavior
  • 20.
    • noticeably bad or offensive
  • 21.
    • very clear and precise
    • quality of being skilled in clear and precise speech
  • 22.
    • to clarify
  • 23.
    • the act of freeing or liberating
  • 24.
    • adj. softening or soothing n. a softening agent
  • 25.
    • based on or probable by observation and experiment
  • 26.
    • to follow an admirable example
    • imitate
  • 27.
    • to follow an admirable example
    • imitate
  • 28.
    • to support or sign
  • 29.
    • to give rise to
    • to originate
  • 30.
    • unexplainable, puzzling
  • 31.
    • a discrete being or unit
  • 32.
    • to state things in a list\
  • 33.
    • temporary, fleeting
  • 34.
    • uncertain or ambiguous
  • 35.
    • learned, having great knowledge
  • 36.
    • understood by few people, mysterious
  • 37.
    • to choose to follow or support something
  • 38.
    • admirable or deserving esteem
  • 39.
    • in line with the principal of right and wrong
  • 40.
    • an inoffensive expression substituted for one that is deemed offensive
  • 41.
    • to intensify bitterness or violence
  • 42.
    • having uncommonly great qualities
  • 43.
    • to denounce
    • to chafe
  • 44.
    • to remove blame, aquit
  • 45.
    • to urge or try to persuede
  • 46.
    • demanding immediate attention, urgent
  • 47.
    • to explain or make comprehensible
  • 48.
    • to get rid of or erase
  • 49.
    • currently existing
  • 50.
    • partially justifiable
  • 51.
    • to praise or glorify
  • 52.
    • a person characterized by concerning with things outside of self
    • an outgoing or gregarious person
  • 53.
    • to free or disentangle
  • 54.
    • gleeful because of success
  • 55.
    • an error in reasoning
  • 56.
    • relating to the family
  • 57.
    • v. to come to understand the meaning of something
    • n. a measure of distance equal to six feet
  • 58.
    • foolish or delusive, smug
  • 59.
    • lacking in purpose or careless
  • 60.
    • to fabricate or decieve
  • 61.
    • deceptive diversionary
  • 62.
    • faithfulness or allegiance
  • 63.
    • flushed with color, ornate
  • 64.
    • to keep from being successful
  • 65.
    • to incite or agitate
  • 66.
    • to search for food or provisions
  • 67.
    • capable of arousing fear or awe
  • 68.
    • happening by accident or chance
  • 69.
    • a public meeting place or medium for open discussion
  • 70.
    • a noisy fight
  • 71.
    • to deny or contradict
  • 72.
    • a military post, the troops stationed at a military post
  • 73.
    • very talkative
  • 74.
    • a type, class or catagory
  • 75.
    • main idea
  • 76.
    • seemingly slick and clever, but lacking sincerity
  • 77.
    • for no reason or at no cost
  • 78.
    • sociable or enjoying the company of others
  • 79.
    • causing grief or pain, serios
  • 80.
    • cunning, shrewdness
  • 81.
    • unoriginal, overused
  • 82.
    • to torment or cause suffering and agony
  • 83.
    • a way to rank or place things in order
  • 84.
    • a way to rank or place things in order
  • 85.
    • made up of dissimilar elements, not homgeneous
  • 86.
    • a tentative explanation that can be tested by further investigation and experimentation