1-100 Words for 160+ Score Flashcards
Underwrite
'’The government has agreed to underwrite the project with a grant of ￡5 million’’
Douse
'’Keep a bucket of water nearby to douse the fire should it get out of hand.’’
Animus
'’Whenever I am around the girl who stole my boyfriend, I experience an animus that makes me want to break something.’’
Proclivity
'’After watching others succeed by working hard, I have a proclivity to behave like them.’’
anti-thetical
Being in direct and clear opposition
conjecture
an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
speculation
assumption
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‘‘He conjectured that the population might double in ten years.’’
surfeit
excess supply of
Real GRE can use this as disgust caused by excess or an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something
cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.
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‘‘The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.’’
‘‘It’s no good for your health to surfeit yourself.’’
metamorphosis
(Dragon Ball Z)
to become transformed
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‘‘We have watched her metamorphosis from a shy schoolgirl into a self-confident businesswoman’’
embraced
to hug or to accept readily
(the latter is used 99% of the time)
panacea
'’Imprisonment continues to be used as the chief penalty and most trusted panacea for all crime.’’
primitive
assumed as a basis / not derived / original
ceded to
'’this province had been ceded to Great Britain in 1713’’
gratify
'’Hopefully the chocolate bar will gratify my desire for something sweet.’’
evanescent
'’The definition of evanescent is something fleeting that passes out of sight or mind quickly. An example of evanescent is a rainbow that appears for only a moment after a storm.’’
unwieldy
(how you wield a weapon)
not easily managed or handled
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‘‘But the trucks are unwieldy, easily thrown off balance.’’
harbinger
one that pioneers or initiated a big change. also known as a precursor
rescinded
'’The vendor claimed that he had rescinded the contract on the purchaser’s failure to comply with the notice to complete.’’
evocatively
'’The question is, why is it evoking such a powerful response?’’
furtive
shady
attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.
suggestive of guilty nervousness
intrepid
'’He was a skilled knight and a daring huntsman intrepid on the field of battle.’’
specious
having a deceiving nature
delusive
‘‘his argument is rather specious than sound’’
eclectic
(Pakistan ki electric car)
composed of elements drawn from various sources (can be interchanged for heterogeneous)
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‘‘The restaurant serves an eclectic mix of seafood, poultry, red-meat and vegetarian dishes.’’
spurious
'’He was arrested in 1979 on spurious corruption charges’’
quirk
(Doug Demuro)
a particular trait
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‘‘quirks and features of a car’’
lionized
to treat an object with great interest or importance
eulogized
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‘‘Arshad Nadeem is lionized everywhere after the commonwealth games’’
ratiocinate
(from the word rational)
reason
collate
form judgements by a process of logic
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‘‘Abraham arrived at this belief through ratiocination’’
agglomerate
'’A large number of floating populations from countryside invade the cities, and are tending to agglomerate.’’
juxtapose
(pose)
to place side by side
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‘‘It is interesting to juxtapose the lifestyle of today’s teenage generation with their grandparents’ generation.’’
interpose
(inter)
to intervene
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‘‘He tried to interpose himself between the people who were fighting’’
unruliness
(un-rule-able)
refusal to obey
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‘‘The people must respond with disobedience and unruliness’’
artifact
something created by humans usually for a practical purpose
mainstay
(your main friends)
something or someone to which one looks for support
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‘‘My mother has always been the mainstay of our family.’’
mendacity
fabrication
lie
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‘‘Because Melinda was known for her mendacity, she was the first suspect the police interviewed.’’
restorative
beneficial to the body or mind
Real GRE can use this as wholesome
unmistakable
clear
decisive
genteel
(gentleman)
stylish
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‘‘The mansion had an atmosphere of genteel elegance and decay.’’
bumble
'’they bumbled around the house’’
‘‘the succeeding speakers bumbled’’
panegyric
'’After the princess died a popular singer wrote a panegyric to honor her life.’’
rebuke
to criticize sharply
mocking
reject and refuse
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‘‘I was rebuked by my manager for being late.’’
precocious
'’She is a precocious child, wise beyond her years’’
nefarious
'’It’s all a trap, masterminded by the nefarious organization known as Octopus.’’
vacuous
lacking content
empty
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‘‘For us politics is n’t about gimmicky pledge cards with vacuous statements’’
lugubrious
sad, cheerless or bleak
imperturbable
'’With her imperturbable calm she did not begin to speak in front of the valet.’’
unprepossessing
'’Despite his unprepossessing appearance, he was very popular with women’’
unruffled
'’smooth unruffled water.’’
atrocious
'’Conditions in the prison were atrocious’’
cavalier
capricious
unpredictable
fleeting
transitory
passing swiftly
thwarted
'’We successfully thwarted the enemy’s conspiracy.’’
parsimonious
sharing as little as possible
very unwilling to spend money or use resources
kanjoos
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‘‘It is, however, a very parsimonious explanation of the results.’’
‘‘To save money, the parsimonious old man always bought used clothes’’
demanded
exacted - exactly asked for
fallacious
misleading
illogical
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‘‘His argument is based on fallacious reasoning’’
unsophisticated
naive - straight forward
deprecation
refusal to accept as right or desirable
To deprecate is defined as to show disapproval about something or someone or to belittle someone. An example of deprecate is when you tell someone his idea is really stupid and that he should be quiet.
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‘‘I do not deprecate the existence of sects in the world’’
denigration
'’The essence of the denigration of women is our definition as sex object.’’
hauteur
arrogance
proud haughtiness
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‘‘She made matters worse by her hauteur in court’’
inimical
antagonistic
ill will
tending to obstruct or harm
symbiotic
cooperative relationship or mutualism
denoting a mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups.
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‘‘We have a symbiotic relationship with them’’
apathetic
little or no emotion - spiritless
trepidation
apprehension or nervous feeling
a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen
opposite of intrepid
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‘‘Yet even back then, behind the smiles, was great trepidation.’’
transience
'’The snow lover hated the transience of winter time and was always sad to see the season come to an end.’’
adducing
'’We can adduce evidence to support the claim.’’
‘‘I could adduce several reasons for his strange behavior.’’
suppleness
flexible
Real GRE uses this as complain often to point of excessive eagerness to please (MICHEAL SCOTT!)
(from flexible we derive as not having strong convictions and easily yielding to influence)
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‘‘He has knowledge of the world, the suppleness of a courtier’’
‘‘While excelling him in suppleness and dexterity, he lacked the force of character’’
fitfully
'’Carmen slept fitfully in a chair in the waiting room all night.’’
quandary
a state of perplexity or doubt
An example of quandary is being presented with two great opportunities and not knowing which to take.
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‘‘I’m in a quandary about whether I should try to repair my stereo or buy a new one’’
ploy
a devised or strategic move
cameraderie
(from comrade)
a spirit of friendly good
fellowship
mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.
“the enforced camaraderie of office life”
presage
foretell or predict
be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one).
portent
omen
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“the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow”
portent
a sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen.
presage
omen
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‘‘many birds are regarded as being portents of death’’
avert
'’she averted her eyes’’
sententious
'’Since Cara believes she is better than everyone else, she frequently makes sententious statements that describe the faults of others.’’
manifest
Real GRE uses it as crystal clear
obvious
germane
relevant
Real GRE can also use this as meaningful
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‘‘Fenton was a good listener, and his questions were germane.’’
impregnable
'’Pat Cummins has kept Gabba practically impregnable’’
credulous
'’Some people are so credulous that they would believe anything’’
equivocal
'’the results of the investigation were equivocal’’
circumspect
'’It was done in a circumspect manner.’’
inimitable
'’He delivered the speech in his own inimitable style.’’
decadence
a period of decline but can be used in GRE as degeneracy as well
purveyor
'’a purveyor of large luxury vehicles’’
ubiquitous
(uni - number)
high in number / present everywhere
omnipresent
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‘‘Computers are becoming increasingly ubiquitous.’’
‘‘He aims to make his product ubiquitous by selling it internationally.’’
intractable
not manageable but real GRE uses it as stubborn
intractability
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‘‘All attempts to arrange a truce between the two intractable conquerors were in vain’’
superlative
'’a superlative cheeseburger would be a cheeseburger that is extremely delicious or is very high quality’’
adventitious
'’The weird-looking plant is adventitious and not native to this country.’’
porous
this means having holes but real GRE uses it as not being secure
proscribe
(opposite of prescribe)
to prohibit
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‘‘They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns.’’
indict
'’his former manager was indicted for fraud’’
equivocation
'’The dishonest car salesman was careful with his speech, using equivocation to con the buyers into thinking the van was a good car without actually lying.’’
opprobrium
disgrace
something that brings disgrace
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‘‘the opprobrium of being closely associated with gangsters’’
‘‘The couple seem relaxed about the possibility of public opprobrium.’’
infamy
'’From fame to infamy is a much travelled road.’’
levity
changeable but real GRE can use it as cheerful
the treatment of a serious matter with humour
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‘‘Maybe a little levity would help.’’
exacting
careful attention but real GRE can use it as exhausting
indispensable
essential but real GRE can use it as not being neglected
perfunctory
'’he gave a perfunctory nod”
‘‘She gave the list only a perfunctory glance.’’
sullen
'’a sullen stream’’
subvert
'’This government will not allow anyone to subvert the law’’
surly
'’But his surly guest said scarcely a word.’’
interminable
'’She cried for what seemed like an interminable time.’’
prehensile
capable of easily grasping or a quick learner
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
“a monkey’s prehensile tail”
having a keen intellect
“poets–those gifted strangely prehensile men”
