GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L4

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

Concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste, pertaining to the science of what is beautiful (adj); a sense of beauty and taste of a particular time and place (noun)

Question 2

Anarchy

Answer 2

Absence of law or government; chaos, disorder

Question 3

Artifact

Answer 3

Any object made by humans, especially those form an earlier time, such as those excavated bu archeologists

Question 4

Avid

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Enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate; excessively desirous

Question 5

Burgeon

Answer 5

Grow or flourish rapidly; put forth buds or shoots (of a plant)

Question 6

Caustic

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Capable of corroding metal or burning the skin; very critical or sarcastic

Question 7

Complementary

Answer 7

Completing; fitting together well; filling mutual needs

Question 8

Constrict

Answer 8

Squeeze, compress; restrict the freedom of

Question 9

Corroborate

Answer 9

Support, add evidence to

Question 10

Credulous

Answer 10

Gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily or without enough evidence

Question 11

Deem

Answer 11

judge; consider

Question 12

Derivative

Answer 12

Derived from something else; not original

Question 13

Discredit

Answer 13

Injure the reputation of, destroy credibility of or confidence in

Question 14

Disposition

Answer 14

A person’s general or natural mood; tendency

Question 15

Dogma

Answer 15

A system of principles laid down by an authority; established belief

Question 16

Elated

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Very happy, in high spirits

Question 17

Enigma

Answer 17

Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person

Question 18

Estimable

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Worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated

Question 19

Facilitate

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Make easier, help the progress of

Question 20

Fleeting

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Passing quickly, transitory

Question 21

Gauche

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Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward, crude

Question 22

Hardy

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Bold, brave, capable of withstanding hardship, fatigue, cold, etc.

Question 23

Illiberality

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Narrow-mindedness, bigotry; strictness or lack of generosity

Question 24

Incendiary

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Setting on fire, pertaining to arson; arousing strife, rebellion, etc.; “inflaming” the senses

Question 25

Ingenuous

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Genuine, sincere, not holding back; naive

Question 26

Judicious

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Using good judgement; wise, sensible

Question 27

Lassitude

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Tiredness, weariness; lazy indifference

Question 28

Loquacious

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Talkative, wordy

Question 29

Mitigate

Answer 29

Make less sever; lessen or moderate (damage, gried, pain, etc.)

Question 30

Net

Answer 30

Remaining after expenses or other factors have been deducted; ultimate (adj.); too bring in as profit, or to catch as in a net (v)

Question 31

Occult

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The supernatural (n); pertaining to magic, astrology, etc.; mysterious, secret or hidden (adj.); to hide, to shut off from view (v)

Question 32

Overshadow

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Cast a shadow over, darken; dominate, make to seem less important

Question 33

Peccadillo

Answer 33

Small sin or fault

Question 34

Pith

Answer 34

Core, essence; significance or weight

Question 35

Pragmatic

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Practical; dealing with actual facts

Question 36

Pristine

Answer 36

In an original, pure state; uncorrupted

Question 37

Pronounced

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Distinct, strong, clearly indicated

Question 38

Quotidian

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Daily; everyday, ordinary

Question 39

Repudiate

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Reject, cast off, deny tat something has authority

Question 40

Rhetoric

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The art or study of persuasion through speaking or writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little

Question 41

Satiate or Sate

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To fully satisfy; to go beyond satisfying to the point of excess (possibly inducing disgust, tiredness, etc.)

Question 42

Skirt

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Border, lie along the edge of, go around; evade

Question 43

Specious

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Seemingly true but actually false; deceptively attractive

Question 44

Stoic or stoical

Answer 44

Indifferent to pleasure or pain, enduring without complaint; person indifferent to pleasure or pain (n)

Question 45

Surmise

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Guess, infer, think or make an opinion with incomplete information

Question 46

Timorous

Answer 46

Fearful, timid

Question 47

Underscore

Answer 47

Emphasize (or, literally, to underline text)

Question 48

Vintage

Answer 48

Related to items of high quality from a previous era, old fashioned antique (adj.); the wine of a particular year (n)

Question 49

Zenith

Answer 49

High point, culmination