GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L9

Question 1

Abstain

Answer 1

Hold back, refrain (especially from something bad or unhealthy); decline to vote

Question 2

Aggrandize

Answer 2

Make greater; exaggerate

Question 3

Antagonize

Answer 3

Make hostile or unfriendly

Question 4

Ascetic

Answer 4

Abstinent or austere in lifestyle; a person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons

Question 5

Belie

Answer 5

Contradict or misrepresent

Question 6

Cacophony

Answer 6

Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds

Question 7

Chronological

Answer 7

Arranged in or relating to time order

Question 8

Conciliatory

Answer 8

Reconciling, appeasing, attempting to make the peace

Question 9

Contextualize

Answer 9

Place in context, such as by giving the background or circumstances

Question 10

Counterintuitive

Answer 10

Against what one would intuitively expect

Question 11

Cynical

Answer 11

Thinking the worst of others’ motivations; bitterly pessimistic

Question 12

Deleterious

Answer 12

Harmful, unhealthful

Question 13

Didactic

Answer 13

Intended to instruct; teaching , or teaching a moral lessen

Question 14

Disjointed

Answer 14

Disconnected, not coherent, jerky; having the joints separated

Question 15

Distill

Answer 15

Purify; extract the essential elements of

Question 16

Eclectic

Answer 16

Selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources

Question 17

Eminent

Answer 17

Prominent, distinguished, of high rank

Question 18

Erratic

Answer 18

Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course

Question 19

Exhaustive

Answer 19

Comprehensive, thorough, exhausting a topic or subject, accounting for all possibilities; draining, tending to exhaust

Question 20

Feasible

Answer 20

Possible, logical or likely, suitable

Question 21

Fringe

Answer 21

On the margin, periphery (adj.); the people in a group who hold the most extreme views

Question 22

Goosebumps

Answer 22

The “bumps” created by hairs standing up on the skin in response to cold, fear, etc.

Question 23

Hierarchy

Answer 23

A ranked series; a classification of people according to rank, ability, etc.; a ruling body

Question 24

Implication

Answer 24

Act of implying or that which is implied; close connection, esp. in a incrimination way

Question 25

Inconsequential

Answer 25

Insignificant, unimportant; illogical

Question 26

intractable

Answer 26

Difficult to control, manage, or manipulate; hard to cure; stuborn

Question 27

Laconic

Answer 27

Using few words, concise

Question 28

Levy

Answer 28

Collect tax from, wage war on, or enlist for military service (v); act of collecting tax or amount owed, or the drafting of troops into military service (n)

Question 29

Maverick

Answer 29

Rebel, individualist, dissenter

Question 30

Mores

Answer 30

Customs, manners, or morals of a particular group

Question 31

Objective

Answer 31

Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased

Question 32

Opaque

Answer 32

Not translucent; not allowing light, heat, etc. to pass through; dark, dull, unclear or stupid

Question 33

Partisan

Answer 33

Devoted to a particular group, case, etc.(adj); fervent supported of a group, party, idea, etc. guerrilla fighter(b)

Question 34

Permeate

Answer 34

Spread or penetrate throughout

Question 35

Plummet

Answer 35

Plunge, fall straight down

Question 36

Preempt

Answer 36

Prevent; take the place of, supplant; take before someone else can

Question 37

Profound

Answer 37

Very insightful, penetrating deeply into a subject; pervasive, intense, "down to the very bottom"; at the very bottom

Question 38

Prudent

Answer 38

Wise in practical matters, carefully providing for the future

Question 39

Relegate

Answer 39

Send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign (task) to someone else

Question 40

Respectively

Answer 40

In the order given

Question 41

Sagacious

Answer 41

Wise; showing good judgement and foresight

Question 42

Secular

Answer 42

Not religious or holy; pertaining to worldly things

Question 43

Soporific

Answer 43

Causing sleep; sleepy, drowsy (adj.); something that causes sleep (n)

Question 44

Standing

Answer 44

Status, rank, reputation (n); existing indefinitely, not movable (adj.)

Question 45

Substantiate

Answer 45

Support with evidence or proof; give a materiel existence to

Question 46

Taciturn

Answer 46

Not talking much, reserved; silent, holding back in conversation

Question 47

Transitory

Answer 47

Temporary, short-lived, not lasting

Question 48

Vacilate

Answer 48

Waver in one's mind or opinions, be indecisive

Question 49

Wary

Answer 49

Watchful, motivated by caution, on guard against danger