GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L5

Question 1

Abhor

Answer 1

Detest, regard with disgust

Question 2

Adverse

Answer 2

(adj) Opposing, harmful

Question 3

Ambivalent

Answer 3

Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once

Question 4

Arduous

Answer 4

Very difficult, strenuous; severe, hard to endure

Question 5

Autonomous

Answer 5

Self-governing, independent

Question 6

Buffer

Answer 6

Something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions

Question 7

Castigate

Answer 7

Criticize severely; punish in order to correct

Question 8

Commensurate

Answer 8

The same in size, extent, etc., equivalent; proportional

Question 9

Console

Answer 9

Lessen the suffering or grief of (v); a control panel, or small table or cabinet (n)

Question 10

Convoluted

Answer 10

Twisted; very complicated

Question 11

Craven

Answer 11

Very cowardly, lacking courage

Question 12

Deface

Answer 12

Vandalize. mar the appearance of

Question 13

Desiccate

Answer 13

Thoroughly dried up, dehydrated

Question 14

Discrepancy

Answer 14

Difference or inconsistency

Question 15

Disquieting

Answer 15

Disturbing, cause anxiety

Question 16

Dormat

Answer 16

Asleep, inactive, on a break

Question 17

Elevate

Answer 17

Raise, lift up; lift the spirits of; move up to a higher rank or status or raise up to a higher spiritual or intellectual plane

Question 18

Entitlement

Answer 18

Having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges

Question 19

Eulogy

Answer 19

Speech of praise or written work of praise, esp. a speech given at the funeral

Question 20

Fallacious

Answer 20

Containing a fallacy, or mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive

Question 21

foment

Answer 21

incite, instigate, stir up, promote the growth of; apple medicated liquid to a body part

Question 22

Gawky

Answer 22

Physically awkward (esp. of a tall, skinny person, often used to describe teenagers)

Question 23

Haven

Answer 23

Harbor or port; refuge, safe place

Question 24

Imminent

Answer 24

Ready to occur, impending

Question 25

Incentive

Answer 25

Something that encourages greater action or effort, such as a reward

Question 26

Ingrained

Answer 26

Deep-rooted, forming part of the very essence; worked into the fiber

Question 27

Juncture

Answer 27

Critical point in time, such as a crises or a time when a decision in necessary; a place where two things are joined together

Question 28

Laudable

Answer 28

Worthy of praise

Question 29

Lucid

Answer 29

Clear, easy to understand; rational, sane

Question 30

Modest

Answer 30

humble; simple rather than showy; decent (esp. "covering up" in terms of dress); small, limited

Question 31

Nevertheless or Nonetheless

Answer 31

However, even so, despite that

Question 32

Offhand

Answer 32

Casual, informal; done without preparation or forethought; rude in a short way, brusque

Question 33

Paradigm

Answer 33

Model or pattern; worldview, set of shared assumptions, values, etc.

Question 34

Pedestrian

Answer 34

Ordinary, dull, commonplace

Question 35

Placate

Answer 35

Satisfy or calm down (an angry or dissatisfied person), esp. by conciliatory gestures

Question 36

Preamble

Answer 36

Introductory statement, preface

Question 37

Probity

Answer 37

Honesty, integrity

Question 38

Propriety

Answer 38

Conforming to good manners or appropriate behavior

Question 39

Ranks

Answer 39

Personnel; a group of people considered all together

Question 40

Requite

Answer 40

Reciprocate, repay, or revenge

Question 41

Rife

Answer 41

Happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported

Question 42

Saturate

Answer 42

Soak or imbue thoroughly; cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

Question 43

Slack

Answer 43

Loose, negligent, lazy, weak (adj.); neglect to do one's duties; loosen up, relax (v); period of little work (n)

Question 44

Spectrum

Answer 44

A broad range of nevertheless related qualities or ideas, esp. those that overlap to create a continuous series (as in a color spectrum, where each color blends into the next in a continuous way)

Question 45

Stolid

Answer 45

unemotional, showing little emotion, not easily moved

Question 46

Sycophant

Answer 46

Servile flatterer, parasitic person who fawns in order to get ahead

Question 47

Tirade

Answer 47

Bitter, abusive criticism or verbal attack

Question 48

Unearth

Answer 48

Dig up, uncover, expose

Question 49

Virtual

Answer 49

Existing only in the mind or by means of a computer network; existence in results or in essence but not officially or in name