GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L3

Question 1

Aberrant

Answer 1

markedly different from an accepted norm,

Question 2

Admonish

Answer 2

Mildly scold; caution, advise, or remind to do something

Question 3

Ambiguous

Answer 3

Not clear, hard to understand, open to having several meanings of interpretations

Question 4

Archaic

Answer 4

Characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitive

Question 5

Austere

Answer 5

Severe in manner or appearance; very self-disciplined, ascetic; without luxury or ease; sober or serious

Question 6

Boor

Answer 6

Rude, ill-mannered, or insensitive person a peasant or a country bumpkin

Question 7

Cartography

Answer 7

Map-making

Question 8

Cogent

Answer 8

Very convincing, logical

Question 9

Connoisseur

Answer 9

Expert, especially in the fine arts; person or educated, redefined tastes

Question 10

Conversely

Answer 10

in opposite way; on the other hand

Question 11

Crafty

Answer 11

Cunning, skillful in deception or underhandled schemes

Question 12

Decorous

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Behaving with propriety and good taste; polite

Question 13

Deride

Answer 13

mock. scoff at laugh at contemptuously

Question 14

Discerning

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Having good judgement or insight; able to distinguish mentally

Question 15

Disperse

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Scatter, spread widely, cause to vanish

Question 16

Document

Answer 16

Support with evidence, cite sources in a detailed way, create documentary evidence of

Question 17

Egregious

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Extraordinarily or conspicuously bad; glaring

Question 18

Enhance

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Raise to a higher value, desirability, etc.

Question 19

Esoteric

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Understood by or intended for only a few; secret

Question 20

Facetious

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Joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately; not serious, concerned with frivolous things

Question 21

Flag

Answer 21

Get tired, lose enthusiasm hang limply or droop

Question 22

Garrulous

Answer 22

Talkative, wordy, rambling

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Hackneyed

Answer 23

So commonplace as to be stale; not fresh or original

Question 24

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 24

Characteristic or habit peculiar to an individual; peculiar quality, quirk

Question 25

inasmuch

Answer 25

In like manner, considering that (contradiction of "in as much", generally followed by "as")

Question 26

Inform

Answer 26

Inspire, animate; give substance, essence or context to; be the characteristic quality of

Question 27

Jocular

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Joking or given to joking all the time; jolly, playful

Question 28

Languid

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Drooping from exhaustion. sluggish, slow; lacking in sprit

Question 29

Log

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Keep a record of, write down; travel for or at a certain distance or speed (v); a written record (n)

Question 30

Meticulous

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Taking extreme care in regards to details; precise, fussy

Question 31

Negate

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Deny or refute; make void or cause to be ineffective

Question 32

Obviate

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Prevent, eliminate, or make unnecessary

Question 33

Outstrip

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Surpass, exceed; be larger or better than; leave behind

Question 34

Paucity

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Scarcity, the state of being small in number

Question 35

Pious

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Devout; religiously reverent and dutiful

Question 36

Potentate

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Ruler, person of great power

Question 37

Principled

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Having high moral standards

Question 38

Prologue

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Introductory part to a book, play, etc.

Question 39

Quibble

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Make trivial arguments or criticism, find faults in a petty way, esp. to evade something more important

Question 40

Reproach

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Blame, disgrace (n); criticize, express disappointment in(v)

Question 41

Reverent

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Feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe

Question 42

Sap

Answer 42

The inner fluid of a plant or any essential body fluid; energy; vitality; a person taken advantage of (n); undermine, weaken, tire out (v)

Question 43

Skeptic

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Person inclined to doubting or questioning generally accepted beliefs

Question 44

Spearhead

Answer 44

Be the leader of

Question 45

Stingy

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Not generous with money, reluctant to spend or give

Question 46

Surfeit

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Excess, excessive amount, overindulgence

Question 47

Timely

Answer 47

Well-timed, happening at a suitable time

Question 48

Undermine

Answer 48

Weaken, cause to collapse by digging away at the foundation (of a building or an argument ); injure or attack in a secretive or underhanded way

Question 49

Viable

Answer 49

Capable of living (or growing, developing, etc.); practical, workable

Question 50

Zeal

Answer 50

Great fervor or enthusiasm for a cause, person, etc., tireless diligence in furthering that cause; passion, ardor