GRE Saad Vocab - High Frequency Words List Flashcards
(150 cards)
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jarring
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- the act of shaking or the state of being shaken; sudden, jerky movement
- having a harshly concussive, disagreeable, or discordant effect.
e.g. “the telephone struck a jarring note in those Renaissance surroundings”
Synonym: clashing, grating, rasping
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warp
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a twist or distortion in the shape of something
e.g. “the head of the racket had a curious warp”
Synonym: bastardize, swerve, debase, corrupt
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valid
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boring
Synonym: refer to words like humdrum, mundane, etc.
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stalwart
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- strongly and stoutly built
- loyal, reliable, and hard-working.
e.g. “the country is a stalwart defender of free speech and democracy”
Synonym: dependable, fearless, indomitable, intrepid, stout, tenacious
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autumnal
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- maturity; past maturity
- relating to autumn
Synonym: blooming, fall, mature
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halcyon
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peaceful
e.g. “We remember those halcyon days when everyone was listened to and compromise and consensus were the order of the day.”
Synonym: bucolic, pastoral, quiet, dovish
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malingering
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pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work
e.g. “While some thought I was malingering, they couldn’t see the pain I dealt with”
Synonym: n/a
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charlatan
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a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill
e.g. “a self-confessed con artist and charlatan”
Synonym: quack, mountebank, sham, fraud, fake, humbug, impostor, hoodwinker
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salutary
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- healthy
- (especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial.
e.g. “reviewing your household expenditure can be a salutary exercise”
Synonym: healthful, salubrious, beneficial
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avowing
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assert or confess openly
e.g. “he avowed that he was no longer in perfect health”
Synonym: acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, assert, concede, proclaim
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averting
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prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence).
e.g. “the talks failed to avert a rail strike”
Synonym: avoid, deter, fend off, foil, forestall, halt, preclude
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corollary
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something that results from something else
e.g. “the huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts”
Synonym: result, outcome, resultant, consequence
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abject
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showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness
e.g. “he demanded nothing less than an abject apology from them”
Synonym: humble, servile, meek, slavish
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sagacious
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having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment
e.g. “they were sagacious enough to avoid any outright confrontation”
Synonym: wise, prudent, insightful, perceptive, brilliant, sage, discerning
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gravitas
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seriousness
e.g. “The new leader has an air of gravitas that commands respect”
Synonym: resolve, determination, solemnity, dignity
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parley
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a conference/negotiation between opposing sides in a dispute
e.g. “a parley is in progress and the invaders may withdraw”
Synonym: negotiation, confab, conference
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gadflies
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a person who annoys or criticizes others in order to provoke them into action
e.g. “Scientists are rather like gadflies in this matter.”
Synonym: annoyance, pest, prod, spur
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quixotic
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impractical; idealistic
e.g. “As quixotic ventures go, the symphony has turned out well.”
Synonym: dreamy, foolish, impractical, impulsive
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teem
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to become filled to overflowing; abound
e.g. “The river was teeming with fish.”
Synonym: brim, bustle, crawl, overflow, abound
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ebb
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feline
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burlesque
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a caricature mockery
e.g. “a novel which is a burlesque of the literary life”
Synonym: parody, travesty, imitation
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nebulous
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(of a concept) vague or ill-defined.
e.g. “nebulous concepts like quality of life”
Synonym: muddled, confused, ambiguous, inchoate, opaque
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vainglorious
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excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements
e.g. “this vainglorious boast of personal infallibility”
Synonym: arrogant, proud, vain, egotistical
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list
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to tilt to one side
Synonym: angling, bend, cock, inclination
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baseless
unfounded
e.g. "The allegations are baseless and will be defended robustly."
Synonyms: unfounded, flimsy, gratuitous
groundless, unfounded, unjustifiable
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entailed
inferred; involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.
e.g. "a situation which entails considerable risks"
Synonym: encompass, involve, lead to, necessitate, evoke
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certitude
free from doubt; absolute certainty or conviction
e.g. "the question may never be answered with certitude"
Synonym: certainty, assurance, confidence, conviction, satisfaction
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stupefaction
(like in Harry Potter with Stupefy) - condition of being very surprised or shocked
e.g. "He stepped back, a look of stupefaction on his face."
Synonym: bewilderment, perplexity, stupor, surprise
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verisimilitude
the appearance of being true or real.
e.g. "the detail gives the novel some verisimilitude"
Synonym: credibility, genuineness, realism
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accentuate
make more noticeable or prominent.
e.g. "his jacket unfortunately accentuated his paunch"
Synonym: emphasize, highlight, stress, feature
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attenuate
to weaken
e.g. "This research provides a glimmer of hope that coral reefs can attenuate the effects of ocean acidification"
Synonym: decrease, diminish, lessen, vitiate
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animadversion
a comment or remark, especially a critical one
e.g. "animadversions that the poet receives quite humbly"
Synonym: admonish, berate, castigate, chastise, chide, denounce, discipline, rebuff, rebuke
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insouciance
to be carefree; casual lack of concern; indifference
e.g. "an impression of boyish insouciance"
Synonym: nonchalant, carefree, unconcerned, cavalier, blithe, lighthearted, relaxed
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appurtenances
an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style
"the appurtenances of consumer culture"
Synonym: accouterments, assets, chattels
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irenic
peaceful
e.g. "He is an engaging writer with irenic sympathy for all his subjects."
Synonym: serene, calm, dovish, bucolic, pastoral, halcyon
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paltry
(of an amount) very small or meagre.
e.g. "she would earn a paltry £33 more a month"
Synonym: meagre, pitiful, puny, trivial
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conscientiousness
the personality trait of being responsible, careful or diligent
e.g. "His conscientiousness and maturity impressed faculty members."
Synonym: dutifulness, exactitude, faithfulness, honesty, honor
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rigor
strictness
e.g. "They underwent the rigors of military training."
Synonym: austerity, firmness, hardship, harshness, ordeal, precision, rigidity
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nothing if not
more of something
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cronyism
Giving friends unjust authority to take charge of a position
e.g. "He instructed his officials to reduce their spending to avoid accusations of cronyism."
Synonym: associate, colleague, buddy, friend, accomplice, peer, comrade, cohort, fellow, classmate, compatriot
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estrange
to be unfriendly
e.g. "She had been estranged from her husband at the time of the offences."
Synonym: alien, antagonize, disaffect, disunify, sever
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murky
hidden; gloomy
e.g. "the sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling"
Synonyms: grimy, dreary, foggy, fuzzy, misty
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quell
to pacify things
e.g. "extra police were called to quell the disturbance"
Synonym: extinguish, overcome, put down, quench, silence, subjugate
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mercenary
greedy (for money)
e.g. "the crime was committed out of mercenary motives"
Synonym: rapacious, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous
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evenhanded
fair and impartial in treatment or judgment.
e.g. "an even-handed approach to industrial relations"
Synonym: balanced, equitable, fair-minded, impartial, unbiased
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equanimity
calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation
e.g. "she accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity"
Synonym: calmness, composure, coolness, serenity, tranquillity, imperturbability
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cantankerous
difficult to deal with
e.g. "he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times"
Synonym: cranky, dour, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, prickly, quarrelsome
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panegyrise
speak or write in praise of
e.g. "it has been admired and panegyrized as beautiful, eloquent, grand, and sublime"
Synonym: lauded, praise, reverent, venerate
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ennui
boredom
e.g. "he succumbed to ennui and despair"
Synonym: apathy, languor, melancholy, sadness, tedium, weariness
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tendentious
biased
e.g. "This is a tendentious, romanticized version of the history."
Synonym: inclination, intolerance, leaning, preference, prejudice
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croon
to sing in a soft, low voice, especially in a sentimental manner.
e.g. "she was crooning to the child"
Synonym: lull, hum, murmur, wail
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hallowed
greatly respected
e.g. "The band will be in some hallowed and historic surroundings"
Synonym: anointed, beatified, blessed, consecrated, venerated, enshrined, honored, sanctified
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harrowed
arrogant; cause distress to
e.g. "Todd could take it, whereas I'm harrowed by it"
Synonym: anxious, bothered, concerned, confused, distraught, distressed, disturbed
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valiant
possessing or showing courage or determination.
e.g. "she made a valiant effort to hold her anger in check"
Synonym: fearless, gallant, gutsy, heroic, indomitable, intrepid
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salient
most noticeable or important.
e.g. "it succinctly covered all the salient points of the case"
Synonym: conspicuous, pertinent, weighty, jutting, notable
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philistine
a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts
e.g. "I am a complete philistine when it comes to paintings"
Synonym: barbarian, base, crude, foul
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importunate
troublesomely urgent; needing urgent attention
e.g. "the demands of the chairmanship were becoming too importunate for me to continue without an assistant"
Synonym: urgent, acute, pressing, emergent, dire, clamant
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cagey
reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion
e.g. "a spokesman was cagey about the arrangements his company had struck"
Synonym: circumspect, crafty, secretive, shrewd, wily
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apropos
very appropriate to a particular situation.
e.g. "the composer's reference to child's play is apropos"
Synonym: apt, germane, opportune, pertinent
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naysayer
a person who criticizes, objects to, or opposes something
e.g. "he continues to win, despite the many naysayers"
Synonym: disavowing, dissenting, gainsaying, impugning
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regal
excellent
e.g. "envisioned a regal wedding with hundreds of guests, a full choir, and a reception at the fanciest hotel in town"
Synonym: magnificent, glorious, majestic, splendid
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confer
to consult or advise
e.g. "the British monarch continues to confer knighthood on those who are outstanding in their fields of endeavor"
Synonym: advise, argue, brainstorm, consult, bargain
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tethered
(analogy: tie him/her)
Which cannot be pulled apart
e.g. "the horse had been tethered to a post"
Synonym: leashed, trussed, roped, corded, banded
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untethered
to pull apart (opposite of tether)
e.g. "I reached the horses and untethered them"
Synonym: unleashed, untied, unbound, unfastened
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infallibility
(not falling) - Flawless/no error
e.g. "his judgement became impaired by faith in his own infallibility"
Synonym: flawless
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extirpate
(extra pait not required so remove) - To destroy or remove something completely
e.g. "the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases"
Synonym: destroy, eradicate, stamp out, root out, eliminate, suppress
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encumber
hold back
e.g. "all of these regulations encumber doctors, taking time away from the actual practice of medicine"
Synonym: impede, hinder, hamper, obstruct, stymie
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precipitate
happening suddenly
e.g."the army's precipitate withdrawal from the field of battle"
Synonym: hurried, rushed, impetuous, impulsive
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quash
(from squash) - to suppress
e.g. "the dictator commanded the army to quash the uprising without mercy"
Synonym: stifle, crush, silence, extinguish
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forsake
(for god's sake please leave me) - abandon/give up
e.g. "forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck"
Synonym: abandon, desert, dump, quit, discard, relinquish, ditch, renounce, jettison
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betoken
(be a token for something) - be a signal/indication for something
e.g. "the humor in his writing is never cruel, and betokens a warm and compassionate heart"
Synonym: indicate, portent, betide, denote, omen
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valediction
bidding farewell
e.g. "This record and tour are by no means a last valediction to her music career."
Synonym: departure, divergence
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rebuff
(reject + bluff) - refuse in a rude way
e.g. "She rebuffed him when he asked her for a date."
Synonym: rebuke, rejection, reprimand, snub
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tenable
(if ten people understand the theory then it has to be reasonable) - reasonable
e.g. "the soldiers' encampment on the open plain was not tenable, so they retreated to higher ground"
Synonym: justifiable, plausible, rational
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eclipse
make less important/loss of power
e.g. "the eclipse of the town from a grand seaside resort to a tacky tourist trap"
Synonym: ebb, waning, declination, deterioration, decline, degradation, descent
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pilfer
steal things that are not very valuable
e.g. "What sort of person would pilfer lunches from the office refrigerator?"
Synonym: filch, purloin, swipe
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discretionary
non-obligatory
e.g. "if it is for a post-graduate course, the award is discretionary"
Synonym: optional, non-compulsory, voluntary
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supple
(from shuffle) - to be flexible
e.g. "my mind is becoming more supple"
Synonym: agile, elastic, flexible, lithe, malleable, pliable, pliant
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aplomb
cool and calm
e.g. "Diana passed the test with aplomb"
Synonym: equanimity, nonchalance, tact
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occult
difficult to understand/supernatural
e.g. "He had a deep interest in astrology and the occult"
Synonym: mystic, obscure, psychic, unknown, veiled, weird
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occlude
(opposite of include) - means to block
e.g. "thick make-up can occlude the pores"
Synonym: clog, block, congest, stemming, checking, stanch
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dissemble
to deceive
e.g. "he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else"
Synonym: dissimulate, pretend, deceive, feign, act, masquerade, sham
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ungainly
(not gaining anything) - so you are clumsy and awkward
e.g. "getting the ungainly couch up the stairs was a real chore"
Synonym: clumsy, awkward, unwieldy, cumbersome, gawky
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stanch
(stop+ tank) - to stop something from flowing
e.g. "He used a towel to try to stanch the (flow of) blood."
Synonym: occlude, clog, block, congest, stemming, checking
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recoil
to quickly move away from something that is shocking, frightening, disgusting
e.g. "the social worker tried not to recoil from the sight of the cockroach in the bathtub"
Synonym: flinch, wince, cringe, shudder, quiver
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decrepitude
a sign of old age
e.g. "She was saddened by the decrepitude of many of the nursing home residents."
Synonyms: senescence, infirmity, weakness, frailty, debility
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seminal
(from semen of sperm): meaning influential
e.g. "his seminal work on chaos theory"
Synonym: influential, formative, groundbreaking, pioneering
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contravene
(contra + intervene) - violate
e.g. "he contravened the Official Secrets Act"
Synonym: breach, infringe, transgress
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emblematic
(of something) symbolic
e.g. "the dove is emblematic of the organization's mission to bring some peace to a troubled world"
Synonyms: totemic, symbolic, allegorical
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fungible
(freely exchangeable) - interchangeable
e.g. "since fruits and vegetables are regarded as fungible in this diet, you are allowed a total of five servings of either or both"
Synonym: substitutable, interchangeable
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mordant
1. (more daanth) - having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.
e.g. "a mordant review of the movie that compared it to having one's teeth pulled for two hours"
Synonym: acerbic, sardonic, biting, acerbic, caustic, satiric
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high-minded
having strong moral principles
e.g. "high-minded efforts to improve the lives of people who are less fortunate"
Synonym: noble, sublime, gallant, chivalrous, magnanimous, lofty
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fester
(if you foster a sore it will become fester) - aggravate
e.g. "a week after the battle the corpses of the fallen were still festering in the fields"
Synonym: putrefy, degrade, decay
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raillery
1. friendly/joking
2. good-humoured teasing
e.g. "Luke had to put up with a lot of raillery from his sister the first time he asked a girl for a date"
Synonym: ribbing, chaff, banter, ragging, badinage
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dovish
(dove is a soap and its nature is not to fight) - peaceful
e.g. "the party's dovish faction has regarded the war as a bad idea from the get-go"
Synonym: pacifist, pacific, irenic, benevolent, peaceable, serene
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woo
(if I ask my crush and she agrees I say woohoo so I gain) - to gain
e.g. "his attempts to woo approval from working-class voters has not met with much success"
Synonym: chase, pursue
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decry
(de+cry kids cry when they want to show disapproval) - condemn
e.g. "they decried human rights abuses"
Synonym: rebuke, asperse, calumniate, censure, excoriate
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unyielding
to not give up/adamant but yielding is to surrender
e.g. "his unyielding faith in Islam"
Synonym: resolute, inflexible, intransigent, adamant, tenacious, obdurate
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polymath
Mr know it all; encyclopediac
e.g. "a Renaissance polymath"
Synonym: genius, virtuoso, wizard
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partisan
biased
e.g. "we will need people to put partisan politics aside and work with us for the good of the country"
Synonym: colored, one-sided, prejudiced, tendentious
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limpid
clear
e.g. "her eyes are the blue of a limpid stream of water"
Synonym: crystalline, translucent, pellucid, lucid
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trenchant
(ants are clear headed and walk in straight lines and never deviate) - Having keen perception
e.g. "the White Paper makes trenchant criticisms of health authorities"
Synonym: acerbic, biting, caustic, incisive, mordant, salient
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hidebound
(bound to hide something as they are narrow-minded so difficult to explain to them) - narrow-minded
e.g. "they are working to change hidebound corporate cultures"
Synonym: conservative, orthodox, hard-line
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hoodwink
(wink under hood of jacket) - meaning you deceive
e.g. "staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun"
Synonym: deceive, trick, dupe, gull, hoax
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disenchant
When reality hits you
e.g. "he may have been disenchanted by the loss of his huge following"
Synonym: disabuse, disillusion, undeceive, debunk
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tyro
beginner; beginning stage
e.g. "Tammy was still a tyro in ballet, but her enthusiasm to learn was inspiring."
Synonyms: nascent, budding, neophyte, embryonic
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alarmist
a person who alarms others needlessly
e.g. "the problem is a fabrication by alarmists"
Synonym: scaremonger, doomster, pessimist
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import
is used as short form for importance on the GRE
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blight
(bina light ke eyes get spoilt) - Spoilt
e.g. "the vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood"
Synonym: contamination, corruption, excrescence, deformity
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concoct
to make up/invent
e.g. "trying to concoct an explanation for how the lamp got broken by itself"
Synonym: contrive, create, devise
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portend
There is a sign for port end): sign/indicate
e.g. "If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble."
Synonym: augur, bespeak, betoken, predict, presage
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convulsion
turmoil
e.g. "the Russian Revolution was one of the major convulsions of the 20th century"
Synonym: cataclysm, tumult, turbulence, upheaval
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rein
control
e.g. "with an effort, she reined back her impatience"
Synonym: restrain, curb, constrain, hinder, impede, stymie
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at a premium
difficult to get as it is scarce
e.g.
Synonym: scant, sparse
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inert
(From scientific term inertia) - unable to move
e.g. "the inert, abandoned factories that are scattered all over that dying city"
Synonym: dormant, immobile, idle
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compunction
(come and punch me when you feel you have done something wrong): Feeling remorseful/apologetic
e.g. "throughout her school years she cheated without compunction"
Synonym: qualm, attrition, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence
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abet
(a bet in cricket) - to encourage in some wrongdoing
e.g. "he was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others"
Synonym: provoke, promote, instigate, incite, foment
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antithesis
(anti+thesis) - Exact opposite of someone/something
e.g. "true love for another is the antithesis of the desire to control that person's life"
Synonym: opposite, contrary, counter
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proprietary
ownership
e.g. "The restaurant's proprietary recipe for barbecue sauce is only known to the head chef."
Synonym: exclusive, sole
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factious
disagreeing
e.g. "a factious country"
Synonym: cohesionless, disunited, fractionated, contentious, discordant
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fractious
annoyed; (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome
e.g. "they fight and squabble like fractious children"
Synonym: irritable, irascible, recalcitrant, vex
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noisome
(When you fart in silence it’s noisome as it spreads bad odour): Bad odour/smell.
e.g. "noisome vapours from the smouldering waste"
Synonym: fetid, fusty, malodorous, musty, putrid
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founder
(fo+under go under the sink) - collapse
e.g. "the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up"
Synonym: collapse, fall, lurch
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flummery
meaningless
e.g. "All this flummery was, as we all know, meaningless."
Synonym: triviality, frivolity
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rapacious
greedy
e.g. "Where this leaves the more rapacious companies remains to be seen."
Synonym: ravenous, voracious, gluttonous, piggish, edacious, esurient
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douse
extinguish
e.g. "douse the campfire before leaving in the morning"
Synonym: extinguish, quench, choke
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gaffe
(goof ups just like goofy in scooby- Doo) - blunders
e.g. "committed a huge gaffe when she started drinking from the finger bowl"
Synonym: blooper, blunder, impropriety, indiscretion
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to keep abreast of
Up to a particular standard
e.g. "I try to keep abreast of any developments."
Synonym: follow, keep up follow, trace
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umbrage
(from rage) - To take offence
e.g. "took umbrage at the slightest suggestion of disrespect"
Synonym: huff, anger, frustration, indignation, dudgeon, outrage
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welter
(from world tour so don't know which country to start from) - hodepodge
e.g. "there's such a welter of conflicting rules"
Synonym: commotion, disturbance, turmoil
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ravel
complicate
e.g. "It took Daisy a long time to ravel out all the wool."
Synonym: disentangle, free, loosen, unbraid
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fealty
(sounds like fidelity and that means loyalty) - loyalty
e.g. "they owed fealty to the Earl rather than the King"
Synonym: fidelity, allegiance, obligation
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fusty
(rhymes with rusty) - outmoded/unpleasant smell
e.g. "couldn't stay too long in the fusty attic without sneezing"
Synonym: malodorous, noisome, rancid
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obeisance
(obedient sons always respect others): To show respect (is usually used negatively on the real GRE e.g. bootlicking).
e.g. "they paid obeisance to the Prince"
Synonym: acquiescence, obedience, obsequiousness, curtsy
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bridle; manacle
(a bride bridles and controls her husband) - to control
e.g. "At first she seems to bridle at that, but not for long."
Synonym: check, control, curb, deterrent, suppress, bristle
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erstwhile
one-time
e.g. "my erstwhile friend ignored me when I ran into her at the reunion"
Synonym: former, old, other, quondam
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callow
(cal+low meaning calibre low) - Immature
e.g. "a story about a callow youth who learns the value of hard work and self-reliance"
Synonym: inexperienced, immature, adolescent, young, juvenile, unformed, puerile
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obviate
(rhymes with deviate) - prevent from happening
e.g. "the presence of roller blinds obviated the need for curtains"
Synonym: prevent, avert, preclude, foreclose
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valorize
to assign value or validity
e.g. "Unable to face an uncertain future, they valorized the past, failing to address the present in which they lived."
Synonym: glorify, exalt, enhance, enrich, esteem, validate
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preternatural
(Spider man’s peter Parker) - surpassing the natural
e.g. "an editor with a preternatural sense of what will interest the book-buying public"
Synonym: unwonted, exceeding, anomalous, incredible, phenomenal, peculiar, especial, aberrant, atypical, uncanny
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monolithic
(mono is single and this is thick) - so solid and uniform
e.g. "IPC moved the paper from Covent Garden to the monolithic King's Reach Tower"
Synonym: colossal, gigantic, titanic, monumental, enormous
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hedge
(Hedgehog is a shy animal and tries to avoid contact with humans) - to avoid
e.g. "kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter"
Synonym: equivocation, evasion, fudge, quibble, prevaricate
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gloat
(Ignorant people treat goats badly and gloat at it) - Happy with their own success and even happier at others' failure.
e.g. "his enemies gloated over his death"
Synonym: crow, exult, rejoice, relish, vaunt
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kindred
(relates with kindergarden with same age students) - affiliation or similar in character
e.g. "these books touch on kindred subjects"
Synonym: agnate, cognate, congeneric, incident, kin, parallel
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ludicrous
(if you somewhat rearrange the word, it changes to ridiculous) - ridiculous
e.g. "it's ludicrous that I have been fined"
Synonym: absurd, ridiculous, farcical, preposterous, asinine
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sift
(opposite of swift) - to go through very carefully
e.g. "it will take them weeks to sift through the evidence"
Synonym: analyze, inspect, comb, winnow
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lull
(from lullaby) - rest/calm
e.g. "the absence of attacks for such an extended period had lulled the nation into a false sense of security"
Synonym: recess, abeyance, quiescence, equanimity
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bemoan
(be mourn) - to complain/regret
e.g. "it was no use bemoaning her lot"
Synonym: mournful, heartbroken, melancholy, woeful, agonized, regretful, bewailing, doleful
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scaremonger
(Mongolian moms are extra cautious) - to raise alarms needlessly
e.g. "I do not believe that anybody should scaremonger and frighten old people for the sake of it."
Synonym: alarmist, pessimist
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covet
(from car Corvette; everyone wishes to have it) - to wish for
e.g. "I covet one of their smart bags"
Synonym: crave, begrudge, envy
