GRE Flashcards
Democracy
A system of government in which the power is vested in the people who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives Democratic institutions , such as a parliament, may exist in a monarchy
Laggard
A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others
Prowess
Skill or expertise
Bravery in battle
Immigrant
A person who comes to live permanent in a foreign country
Emigrant
To leave p e country and settle on another country
Apace
Swiftly; quickly
Well- trodden
Much frequented by travelers
Burqa
A covering of the whole body
Traipse
Walk or move wearily reluctantly
Trudge , trek, tramp, tromp, trail, Los, slog, schlep.
Doughty
Brave and persistent
Caprice
A sudden, unpredictable change, as of one’s mind or the weather
Dinghy
A small boat for recreation or racing
Mad cow disease
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Adage
An old and well- known saying that expresses a general truth
Semblance
The outward appearance or apparent form if something , esp when the reality is different
Internment
The imprisoned or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial
Reverberate
( if a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo
Mainstay
A stay that extends from the mail top to the foot of the foremost if s sailing ship
A thing on which something else is based of depends
Farming is the mainstay of the rural community
Plebe
Lowest class member at West Point
Detente
The easing of hostility or strained relations , especially between cog tried
Blithely
Joyous, merry, glad, cheerful
Elide
Verb
Omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking
Curtail, abridge
Gaiety
Lighthearted or cheerful
Jobbing
Hire out, rent out, sublet, subcontract
Baronet
A man who is a member of the British nobility with rank below a baron
Alogical
Opposed to or lacking in Logic
Illogical
Lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning
august
Respected and impressive
Inculcating
Instill ( an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction
Aliyah
The immigration of Hews from the diaspora to the and is Israel
Pull factors
Something that attracts people to go and live in a particle place
Prelate
A bishop or other ecclesiastical dignitary
Discord
Lack of agreement
Yen
Japan’s currency
Mend
A repair on s material
Repair something that is broken of damaged
Demur
The action of objection
Cambrian explosion
541 million years ago in the Cambrian period in which most major animal phyla appeared
Languished
Lise or lack of vitality
Osprey
A damn bird
Sap
Gradual weaken or destroy
Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians
Mend
Repair
Irreducible
Not able to be reduced or simplified
Woolly
Vague or confused in expression
Deflation
A decrease in the general price of goods and services
Inflation
General increase in prices for goods and services
Decrepitude
State of decrepit
Backlog
The accumulation of something , especially in completed work
Spur
To urge , give an incentive, cause or promote development
Underlings
A person lower in status of rank
Fraudster
A person who commits fraud
Spook
A ghost, spy,
To be frighten; unnerve
Spoof email
Forgery of an email header
Scour
To clean diligently
To look through carefully
Wile
Lure, entice
Devious or cunning
Tryst
A private , romantic rendezvous
Bristle
Stand upright away from the skin , esp in anger or fear
Plenary
Adj
Attended by all the people who have the right to attend
Bevy
A large group of people or things of a particular kind
Vamp
The part of a shoe upper or boot covering
A short introductory musical passage often repeated several times
Temper
To make something less severe or extreme
To cause something , such as steel or glass, to become hrs of strong by heating it and cooling it
Portmanteau
A large truck or suitcase typically made of stuff leather and opening into equal parts
Consisting of a combining two or more separable aspects of qualities A word of morpheme whose firm and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms- as smog from smoke and fog
Criterion(single) v criteria (plural)
A basis go comparison ; a reference pint against which other things can be evaluated
Data (plural) versus Datum (singular)
A collection of facts
An item of factual info
Scuttle
To bail out of a bad situation before things get even worse
Bode
Be an omen of s particular outcome
Miff
To annoy
Mollify
Appease the anger or anxiety of ( someone)
Fillip
Something that acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity
Boost, incentive, impetus, stimulus
Exchequer
Government department of the UK responsible for the management and collection of taxes
Bibelots
A small, decorative ornament or trinket
Reliquary
A container for holy relics
Throes
Intense or violent pain and struggle , esp accompanying birth, death, or great change
Corybantic
Old , frenzied
Careen
Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specific direction
Morsel
A small piece or amount of food , s mouthful
Cordon
Prevent access to or from by surrounding it with police or other guards
Promenade
A stroll or walk, esp in a public place , as for pleasure or display
Phalanx
A body of troops or olive officers , standing or moving in close formation
Precipitous
Dangerously high or steep
Done suddenly and without careful observation
Imbue
Inspire or permeate with a feeling of quality
Permeate, saturate, diffuse, suffuse, pervade, bathe, French, steep