Top Gre Words In Context Part3

Question 0

Frugality

Answer 0

A tendency to be thrifty or cheap, sarfehui
His frugality was great that he accumulated enough wealth to fill a giant storehouse with money.
frugality - English Dictionary
noun
[fru·gal·i·ty || fruː’gælətɪ]
quality of being economical, thrift; meanness, stinginess

Question 1

Explicit

Answer 1

Clearly stated or shown, forthright (direct) in expression
The owners of the house left a list of explicit intstructions detailing their house-sitter’s duties, including a schedule for watering the house plants.

Question 2

Gregarious

Answer 2

Outgoing, sociable
She was so gregarious that when she found herself alone, she felt quite sad.
gregarious - English Dictionary
adjective
[gre·gar·i·ous || grɪ’gerɪəs /-‘geər-]
living in flocks or groups (of animals); growing in a cluster or colony (of plants); outgoing, sociable

Question 3

Imperturbable

Answer 3

Not capable of being disturbed. Khunsard
The counselor had so much experience dealing with distraught (parishan) children that she seemed imperturbable, even when faced with the wildest tantrums. (Khashm badkholghi)
imperturbable - English Dictionary
adjective
[im·per·turb·a·ble || ‚ɪmpər’tɜrbəbl /‚ɪmpə’tɜː-]
calm, composed; not easily agitated or excited

Question 4

Impetuous

Answer 4

Quick to act without thinking
It is not good for an investment broker to be impetuous, since much thoughts should be given to all possible options.
impetuous - English Dictionary
adjective
[im·pet·u·ous || ɪm’petʃʊəs]
hasty, reckless, lacking caution, impulsive

Question 5

Inchoate

Answer 5

Not fully formed, disorganized
The ideas expressed in nietzche’s mature work also appear in an inchoate form in his earliest writing.
inchoate - English Dictionary
adjective
[in·cho·ate || ɪn’kəʊeɪt]
just begun; incomplete, not fully developed; unorganized

Question 6

Inimical

Answer 6

Hostile (hastil), unfriendly
Even though the children had grown up together, they were inimical to eachother at school.
inimical - English Dictionary 
adjective 
[in·im·i·cal || ɪ'nɪmɪkl] 
hostile, unfriendly; harmful

Question 7

Innocuous

Answer 7

Harmless
Some snakes are pisenous, but most species are innocuous and pose no danger to humen.
innocuous - English Dictionary
adjective
[in·noc·u·ous || ɪ’nɑkjʊəs /-‘nɒk-]
harmless, not causing injury or damage; not offensive; uninteresting, insipid

Question 8

Intransigent

Answer 8

Uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled (solh ashti dadan)
The professor was intransigent on the deadline, insisting that everone turn the assignment in at the same time.
adjective
[in’tran·si·gent || ɪn’trænsɪdʒənt ,-zɪ-]
uncompromising, unyielding, inflexible
noun
[in’tran·si·gent || ɪn’trænsɪdʒənt ,-zɪ-]
uncompromising person, unyielding person

Question 9

Compromise

Answer 9

noun mosalehe
[com·pro·mise || ‘kɒmprəmaɪz]
settling of a disagreement by making mutual concessions
verb
[com·pro·mise || ‘kɒmprəmaɪz]
settle a disagreement by making mutual concessions

Question 10

Irascible

Answer 10

Easily made angry
Attila the hun’s irascible and violent nature made all who dealt with him fear for their lives.
irascible - English Dictionary
adjective
[i·ras·ci·ble || ɪ’ræsəbl]
irritable, easily angered, short-tempered

Question 11

Lament

Answer 11

To express sorrow, to grieve
The children continued to lament the death of the goldfish weeks after it demise (death).
noun
[la·ment || lə’ment]
wailing, mourning, bewailing; mournful song, cry of grief; complaint
verb
[la·ment || lə’ment]
mourn aloud, wail, express sorrow, grieve for; bewail, bemoan, regret

Question 12

Lethargic

Answer 12

Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish(lazy) manner

The clerk was so lethargic that, even when the store was slow, he always had a long lone infront of him.

Question 13

Malinger

Answer 13

To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
A coommon way to avoid the draft was by malingering - pretending to be mentally or physically ill so as to avoid being taken by the army.
noun
[ma·lin·ger || mə’lɪŋgə(r)]
one who slanders, one who makes evil and untrue statements about another
verb
[ma·lin·ger || mə’lɪŋgə(r)]
pretend illness to escape duty

Question 14

Misanthrope

Answer 14

A person who dislikes others
She is such a misanthrope that even the sight of children singing makes him angry.
misanthrope - English Dictionary
noun
[mis·an·thrope || ‘mɪznθrəʊp ,-sn-]
one who hates human beings, person who avoids human society

Question 15

Mollify

Answer 15

To calm or make less severe
Their argument was so intense that it was difficult to believe any compromise would mollify them.
mollify - English Dictionary 
verb 
[mol·li·fy || 'mɑlɪfaɪ /'mɒ-] 
calm, soften, pacify, relieve, assuage

Question 16

Naive

Answer 16

Lacking sophistication or experience
Having never travelled before, the elementary school student were more naive than their high school counterparts on the field trip.
naive - English Dictionary
adjective
[nɑ’ɪːv /naɪ’ɪːv]
lacking worldly wisdom, unsuspecting, gullible; childish, innocent, simple, unsophisticated

Question 17

Obsequious

Answer 17

Overly submissive and eager to please
The obsequious new associate made sure to compliment her supervisor's tie and agree with him on every issue.
obsequious - English Dictionary 
adjective 
[ob·se·qui·ous || əb'sɪːkwɪəs] 
overly attentive; fawning; servile

Question 18

Obviate

Answer 18

To prevent, to make unnecessary
The river was shallow enough to wade across at many points, which obviated the need for a bridge.
obviate - English Dictionary
verb
[ob·vi·ate || ‘ɑbvɪeɪt /’ɒb-]
remove an obstacle in advance; prevent; eliminate or deal with a potential problem or hardship

Question 19

Onerous

Answer 19

Troublesome and oppressive, burdensome(sangin,shagh)
The assignment was so extensive and difficult to manage that it proved onerous to the team in charge of it.
onerous - English Dictionary
adjective
[on·er·ous || ‘ɑnərəs /’ɒn-]
burdensome, laborious; oppressive; involving obligations that outweigh any possible benefits (Law)

Question 20

Opprobrium

Answer 20

Public disgracey (shame, dishonor)
After the scheme to embezzle (defraud, ekhtelas) the eldrly was made public, the treasurer resigned in utter(absolute,total) opprobrium.
opprobrium - English Dictionary
noun
[op’pro·bri·um || ə’prəʊbrɪəm]
humiliation; something that puts to shame; shame; insult

Question 21

Embezzle

Answer 21

embezzle - English Dictionary
verb
[em·bez·zle || ɪm’bezl]
illegally appropriate money entrusted to one’s care, defraud

Question 22

Paradox

Answer 22

A contradiction or dilemma
It is a paradox that those most in need of medical attention are often those least able to obtain it.
noun
[par·a·dox || ‘pærədɑks /-dɒks]
statement that seems to be self-contradictory; false statement, untrue statement; person who has contradictory qualities according to outward appearance; thing that unites contradictory qualities

Question 23

Perfunctory

Answer 23

Done in a routine way , indifferent
The machine like bank teller processed the transaction and gave the waiting customer a perfunctory smile.
perfunctory - English Dictionary
adjective
[per·func·to·ry || pər’fʌŋktərɪ /pə’-]
superficial, cursory; rushed, hurried; careless, negligent, reckless; that lacks enthusiasm

Question 24

Philanthropy

Answer 24

Charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness
New york’s metropolitan museum of art owes much of its collection to the philanthropy of private collectors who willed their estates to the museum.

Question 25

Plastic

Answer 25

Able to be molded, altered, or bent

The new material was very plastic and could be formed into products of vastly different shapes.

Question 26

Plethora

Answer 26

Excess( ezafi, efrat)
Assuming that more was better, the defendant offered the judge a plethora of excuses.
plethora - English Dictionary
noun
[pleth·o·ra || ‘pleθərə]
state of being too full, excess; disease caused by an excess of blood cells in the blood

Question 27

Pristine

Answer 27

Fresh and clean, uncorrupted
Since concerted (hamahang)measures had been taken to prevent looting(gharat, chapavolgari), the archeological (bastani) site was still pristine when researchers arrived.
pristine - English Dictionary
adjective
[pris·tine || ‘prɪstɪːn]
ancient, primitive; pure, immaculate; unrefined, unpolluted

Question 28

Propitiate

Answer 28

To conciliate (placate, pacify) , to appease
The management propotiated the irate (angry furious) union by agreering to raise wages for its memebers.
propitiate - English Dictionary
verb
[pro·pi·ti·ate || prə’pɪʃɪeɪt]
appease; gain the good will of; atone for

Question 29

Conciliate

Answer 29

Appease, pacify, placate

Question 30

Pungent

Answer 30

Sharp and irritating (ranjanandeh) to the senses
The smoke from the burning tires was extremely pungent.
pungent - English Dictionary
adjective
[‘pun·gent || ‘pʌdʒənt]
spicy, piquant, sharp (of flavor, odor, etc.); biting, caustic, sarcastic; clever, witty

Question 31

Rarefy

Answer 31

To make thinner or sparser (kamposht) raghigh
Since the atmosphere rarefies as altitudes increase, the air at the top of very tall mountains is to thin to breathe.
rarefy - English Dictionary
verb
[rar·e·fy || ‘rerɪfaɪ /’reər-]
thin out, make less dense; refine, purify

Question 32

Reticent

Answer 32

Silent, reserved
Physically small and reticent in her speech, john didion often went unnoticed by those upon whom she was reporting.
reticent - English Dictionary
adjective
[‘ret·i·cent || ‘restɪsnt]
remaining silent, keeping quiet; reserved, showing self-restraint; hesitant, unwilling,reluctant

Question 33

Satiate

Answer 33

To satisfy fully or overindulge
His desire for power was so greate that nothing less than complete control of the country could satiate it,
verb
[sa·ti·ate || ‘seɪʃɪeɪt]
fully satisfy a desire or appetite; gorge, overfill, glut, sate

Question 34

Overindulge

Answer 34

overindulge - English Dictionary
verb
[,o·ver·in’dulge || ‚əʊvə(r)ɪn’dʌldʒ]
excessively indulge; indulge in desires too much (in alcohol, food, etc.); spoil excessively

Question 35

Specious

Answer 35

Deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible (bavarkardani)but fallacious(false)
The student’s specious excuse for being late sounded legitimate but was proved otherwise when her teacher called her home.
specious - English Dictionary
adjective
[spe·cious || ‘spɪːʃəs]
having the appearance of truth while in actuality being false; deceptively appealing, superficially attractive

Question 36

Stolid

Answer 36

Unemotional, lacking sensitivity
The prisoner appeared stolid and unaffected by the judge's harsh sentence.
stolid - English Dictionary 
adjective 
[stol·id || 'stɑlɪd /'stɒl-] 
unemotional, impassive; dull, stupid

Question 37

Tacit

Answer 37

Done without using words
Although not a word had been said, everyone in the room knew that a tacit agreement had been made about which course of action to take.tacit - English Dictionary
adjective
[tac·it || ‘tæsɪt]
communicated wordlessly, implied without being expressed in words

Question 38

Plausible

Answer 38

adjective
[plau·si·ble || ‘plɔːzəbl]
conceivable, imaginable; believable, credible; superficially pleasing, making a good impression (about a person)
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