GRE WORDS 1A
Group
1
1.
Abhor:
Find repugnant; hate
a.
She abhors cats
b.
Abominate execrate loathe
c.
Type of: detest hate
2.
Bigot:
A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own;
Sheldon Cooper
a.
Type of: Drumbeater partisan zealot
3.
Counterfeit:
Not genuine; imitating something superior; counterfeit money
a.
A copy that is represented as the original
b.
Make a copy of with the intent to deceive; They
counterfeited dollar bills
c.
Fake forge forgery imitative
d.
Type of: imitation
4.
Enfranchise:
Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; Slaves were enfranchised
a.
Grant voting rights
b.
Affranchise allot allow grant liberate set-free
5.
Hamper:
Prevent the progress or free movement of; Hampered by bad weather
a.
Put at a disadvantage; Braces she had to wear
hampered her talking.
b.
A basket with a cover.
c.
Bond cramp halter handicap hinder shackle
strangle trammel
6.
Kindle:
Catch fire, cause to start burning; The dried grass kindled
a.
Call forth (emotions, feelings); Kindle pity
b.
Arouse conflagrate elicit enkindle evoke fire
inflame provoke raise
7.
Noxious:
Injurious to physical or mental health
a.
Noxious chemical waste
b.
Similar to: Baneful Corrupting deadly degrading
harmful pernicious pestilent toxic unwholesome vesicant
8.
Placid:
(of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves; Ribbon of sand
between the angry sea and the placid bay
a.
Not easily irritated; Not everyone shared his
placid temperament
b.
Equable even-tempered good-tempered quiet smooth
still tranquil unruffled
9.
Remuneration:
Money that is paid regularly for doing work; Remuneration were paid by cash
a.
The act of paying for goods, services or to
recompense for losses
b.
Earnings pay salary wage
c.
Type of: defrayal defrayment payment
10.
Talisman:
A trinket or piece of jewellery usually hung about the neck and thought to be a
magical protection against evil or disease
a.
Amulet charm good-luck charm
Group
2
1.
Abrasive:
Causing abrasion= area where skin is torn off; erosion by friction; wearing
down of rock particles
a.
Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; an abrasive character
b.
Abradant abrasive-material harsh scratchy
2.
Bilk:
Cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
a.
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans or
desires) of ; Bilk your opponent
b.
Evade payment to; He bilked his creditors
c.
Escape (physically or mentally)
d.
Baffle cross elude evade foil frustrate queer
scotch spoil thwart
3.
Covert:
Secret or hidden; not openly practised or engaged in or shown; Covert actions
by the CIA
a.
(of a wife) being under the protection of her
husband; A woman covert
b.
(N) Covering/conceal
c.
Ant: Overt
4.
Engender:
Call forth; Give rise to, cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
a.
Does cloning necessarily engender such
confusion?
b.
Beget sire breed bring-forth
5.
Hangar:
a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained
a.
Airdock repair-shed
6.
Knotty:
Making great mental demands, hard to comprehend, solve or believe; Highly
complex or intricate and occasionally devious
a.
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for
breakfast
b.
Baffling Byzantine convoluted elusive gnarled
gnarly involved knobbed knotted problematic problematical snarled snarly
tangled tortuous tough
7.
Nuance:
A subtle difference in meaning, opinion or attitude; without understanding the
finer nuances you can't enjoy the humour
a.
Nicety refinement shade subtlety
8.
Plagiarism:
A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is
presented as being your own work
a.
The act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words
or ideas as if they were your own
b.
Piracy copyright-infringement
9.
Renown:
The state of being well-known and much spoken about; the quality of being
famous
a.
Celebrity fame
10.
Tangent:
A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point
but does not intersect it at that point
a.
A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but
having a point in common with it; If you speak from notes, remember that
it’s easy to get distracted or go off on a tangent
Group
3
1.
Abasement:
A low or downcast (emotional) state; each confession brought her into an
attitude of abasement.
a.
Depriving one of self-esteem
b.
Abjection degradation humiliation
2.
Billowing:
(Adj) Characterized by great swelling waves or surges; the restless billowing
sea
a.
(V) Rise up as if in waves; Smoke billowed up
into the sky
b.
Rise and move with great difficulty; the
soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed
c.
Become inflated; the sails billowed
d.
Ballooning billowy heaving inflating surging
wallowing
e.
Type of: blowing-up expanding going inflating
locomoting soaring surging travelling zooming.
3.
Cower:
Crouch or curl up; they covered outside in the rain.
a.
Show submission of fear.
b.
Crawl creep cringe fawn grovel huddle
c.
Type of: bend bow crouch flex scrooch stoop
4.
Enhance:
Add something extra to make more intense or better; this will enhance your
enjoyment
a.
Make better or more attractive; this sauce will
enhance the flavour of the meat.
b.
Heighten increase raise
c.
Type of: ameliorate amend better compound deepen
heighten improve intensify meliorate mend
5.
Harangue:
(V) Deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
a.
(N) A loud bombastic declamation expressed with
strong emotion
b.
Rant ranting
c.
Type of: address declamation speak
6.
Labyrinth:
Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost.
(Labyrinth game)
a.
A complex system of interconnecting cavities;
concerned with hearing and equilibrium
b.
Maze
7.
Nullify:
declare invalid; the contract was nullified
a.
Annul void invalidate negate neutralize quash
void
8.
Plaintiff:
(law) a person who brings an action in a court of law
a.
If an injured plaintiff is
treated in hospital as a private patient he is entitled to recover the cost of
that treatment.
b.
Prosecutor -
complainant - claimant - suitor – accuser
9.
Replete:
Filled to satisfaction with food or drink; A replete stomach
a.
(Followed by ‘with’) deeply filled or permeated;
it is replete with misery.
10.
Tangible:
Perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; skin with a
tangible roughness
a.
Capable of being treated as fact; Tangible
evidence
b.
(Of especially business assets) having physical
substance and intrinsic monetary value; Tangible property like real estate
c.
Palpable real touchable; Ant: intangible
Group
4
1.
Abrogate:
Revoke formally; Repeal or do away with (a law,
right, or formal agreement); the judge would not abrogate the law.
a.
Type of: abolish, get rid of.
2.
Blasphemy:
Blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or something sacred)
a.
Blasphemous behaviour; the act of depriving
something of its sacred character;
b.
Desecration profanation sacrilege
c.
Type of: discourtesy disrespect irreverence
profanity violation
3.
Credible:
Capable of being believed; Credible information
a.
Believable Ant: Incredible
4.
Enigma:
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; a difficult
problem
a.
Brain-teaser closed-book conundrum mystery
riddle secret
b.
Much research is
still to be done to resolve the enigma of
learning styles.
5.
Harbingers:
Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
a.
(V) Foreshadow or presage
b.
Announces annunciates forerunners foretells
heralds precursors predecessors
c.
As that country
had been a major customer, the tariff soon became the harbinger of
doom for much of the south wales industry.
6.
Labyrinthine:
Relating to, affecting or originating in the inner ear; labyrinthine deafness
a.
Resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; A
labyrinthine network
7.
Nuzzle:
move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position; we nuzzled to keep
warm
a.
Rub noses;
b.
Dig out with the snout; the pig nuzzled the
truffle
c.
Beak honker hooter neb nozzle rostrum schnoz
snoot
8.
Plaudit:
Enthusiastic approval; he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd
a.
Acclaim éclat
9.
Reprehensible:
Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; adultery is as reprehensible
for a husband as for a wife
a.
Condemnable criminal deplorable vicious
10.
Tardy:
After the expected or usual time, delayed; tardy children are sent to the
principal
a.
Belated late unpunctual
Group
5
1.
Absolution:
The condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of
penance.
a.
Remission remittal redemption salvation
2.
Blatant:
Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; blatant disregard of
the law
a.
Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to
vehement outcry; blatant new channels
b.
Blazing clamant clamorous conspicuous strident
vociferous
3.
Creditable:
Worthy of often limited commendation; the student's effort on the essay--though
not outstanding--was creditable
a.
Worthy
4.
Ensconce:
Fix firmly; He ensconced himself in the chair
a.
Settle lay place put set
5.
Hasten:
Act or move at high speed; we have to hasten
a.
Acceleration expedite hotfoot hurry induce
speed-up stimulate zip
6. Laceration: A torn ragged wound;
lacerating=Cut or tear irregularly
i.
The driver, aged
25, suffered serious facial lacerations.
ii.
Lesion tear wound
7.
Obdurate:
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; Showing unfeeling resistance to tender
feelings.
a.
The child's misery would move even the most
obdurate heart
b.
Cussed flint flinty granitic obstinate stony
unrepentant
8.
Plausible:
Apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; given to or characterized by
presenting specious arguments
a.
A plausible excuse
b.
Arguable believable credible glib insincere pat
slick
9.
Reprieved:
Postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution; Relieve
temporarily
a.
Respited
b.
Reprieve from threats of sales call service disruption as the ntp
patent case came to a close.
10.
Tawdry:
Tastelessly showy, cheap and shoddy
a.
Tawdry moviemaking that feeds on the low taste
of the mob
b.
Brassy cheap flash flashy garish gaudy gimcrack
loud meretricious shoddy tacky tatty trashy
