GRE "P" Flashcards
(4 cards)
Prosaic
Dull, ordinary, or lacking imagination or excitement.
Mundane Dull
Uninspired Banal
mosaic – so intresting , prosaic - oppo
🔹 Despite the magical premise, the novel had a disappointingly prosaic plot.
🔹 Her explanation was accurate but prosaic — it lacked any emotional depth.
🔹 He led a prosaic life, working 9 to 5 and watching TV every evening.
Paucity
A small quantity, scarcity, or insufficiency of something — especially something abstract like ideas, evidence, or resources.
One Pav bhaji in the whole city is not enough
If there’s a paucity, there just isn’t enough.
🔹 The case was dismissed due to a paucity of evidence.
🔹 There’s a paucity of original thinking in that proposal.
🔹 The region suffers from a paucity of clean water.
- There is a paucity of jobs hiring today that require menial skills, since most jobs have either been automated or outsourced.
Pugnacious
Much like a pug dog, which aggressively yaps at anything near it, a person who is pugnacious likes to aggressively argue about everything. Verbally combative is another good way to describe pugnacious.
Eager or quick to argue, fight, or quarrel — showing a combative or aggressive nature.
pugs sounds like thug! - thug are aggressive and vioilent
Quarrelsome
- The comedian told one flat joke after another, and when the audience started booing, he pugnaciously spat back at them, “Hey, you think this is easy – why don’t you buffoons give it a shot?”
🔹 The pugnacious lawyer didn’t hesitate to challenge the judge’s decision.
🔹 His pugnacious attitude made him unpopular in team discussions.
Profuse
Abundant, generous, or overflowing in amount, degree, or intensity — often used to describe things given or expressed lavishly or excessively.
“I’m so sorry!” over and over = profuse apologies.
certain men who fail to button up their shirts completely let the world – perhaps not unwittingly – know of their profuse chest hairs (which, on their part, should necessitate a profuse apology).
Abundant, lavish
Please use my pen prof, i have a lot
🔹 She offered profuse apologies for the mistake.
🔹 He was sweating profusely under the hot sun.
🔹 The garden bloomed with profuse flowers after the rain.
🔹 They expressed profuse gratitude for the support.
During mile 20 of the Hawaii Marathon, Dwayne was sweating so profusely that he stopped to take off his shirt, and ran the remaining six miles clad in nothing more than skimpy shorts.
