201-300 Words for 160+ Score Flashcards
peril
GRE: danger or trouble
exposure to risk
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‘‘She seemed blissfully unaware of the peril she was in.’’
render
GRE: to give in acknowledgement of dependence or obligation: pay
to give up
kuch karna because you are obliged to do it
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‘‘He witnessed a car accident and stopped to render aid.’’
eviscerate
GRE: used as depriving of vital content or force
to clean / disembowel usually used in the context of removing an organ.
deprive (something) of its essential content
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‘‘The bank is going to eviscerate the crooked businessman by freezing his assets.’’
spurring
to incite action or to stimulate
“her sons’ passion for computer games spurred her on to set up a software business”
codifying
to arrange or assign according to type.
usually used with the word cataloging.
shackle
(handcuffs)
something that physically prevents free movement.
usually used with the word stifle.
admonish
GRE: used as ‘to indicate duties or obligations to’
to criticize usually gently so as to correct a fault
‘‘he admonished her for the error’’
enliven
(naruto)
to give life, action or spirit to: animate
preclude
to close out or make impossible by necessary consequence: rule out in advance
‘‘We will preclude it from consideration’’
‘‘Their secret opinion of one another didn’t preclude them from being mutually polite.’’
symbiosis
symbiotic:
cooperative relationship or mutualism
denoting a mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups
‘‘The birds live in symbiosis with the cattle, picking insects from their skin to eat.’’
stasis
a state of static balance or equilibrium: stagnation
Usually used with inertia
‘‘She’s in a stasis right now, caught between life and death.’’
espoused
(from the word spouse)
GRE: marry
to become attached to
eschewed
to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds: shun
to deliberately avoid
“he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence”
derided
ridicule
mock
usually used with ‘lambaste’
lambaste: criticize (someone or something) harshly.
‘‘People once derided the idea that man could fly.’’
bedrock
(rock-bottom)
GRE: lowest point
basis / foundation
index
GRE: as indicating something or as a measure of
an arrow shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information
“exam results may serve as an index of the teacher’s effectiveness”
catalyst
something that provoked significant change or action
‘‘War is the most powerful catalyst in technical developments.’’
diatribe
GRE: Ironic or satirical criticism
Abusive speech
‘‘An example of a diatribe is a father lecturing his son about how the son is not doing anything with his life.’’
disquisition
a systematic search for truth or facts about something
‘‘Adam Smith’s celebrated disquisition on the factors contributing to the wealth of nations’’
‘‘the advocate gave a two-hour disquisition on the pros and cons of the American medical system’’
malfeasance
misbehaviour or fraud
‘‘He was accused of malfeasance in office’’
hysteria
GRE: uproar or agitation
wildly excited activity or emotion
behavior that seems excessive and out of control.
‘‘The spreading of the disease caused mass hysteria in the village.’’
pathos
an emotion of sympathetic pity
‘‘The dramatic performance was rich in sad pathos and left the audience with teary eyes’’
lucubration
intensive study
‘‘The book is a collection of lucubrations on the effect advancements in computer science have on economic policy.’’
polarised
to unify or unite
‘‘The war has polarized the nation.’’
reparations
remuneration (payment to another for a loss or injury)
“the courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim”
stratify
to divide or arrange into classes, castes or social strata. Paired with the word hierarchical
‘‘stratified by age and gender.’’
indictment
a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
‘‘The grand jury has handed down indictments against several mobsters.’’
denunciations
public or formal expressions of disapproval. Paired with indictment
“denunciation of his reckless methods”
extenuated
GRE: make something less bad by making excuses
To mitigate or make something less worse
‘‘The woman’s troubled childhood wasn’t enough to extenuate or excuse her of killing her husband’’
‘‘Shahbaz tries to extenuate Aima’s cheating and make it seem as if her affairs are no big deal’’
stymied
to prevent
staid
boring / ill fashioned
vilified
(villain-ified)
to defame
repudiate
to reject
deny the truth or validity of
often used with the word recant
‘‘I utterly repudiate those remarks’’
“the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses”
recant
you no longer hold that belief
ornate
elaborately or excessively decorate
‘‘The church has an ornate black and white marbled interior.’’
castigate
punishment
penalising
‘‘Health inspectors castigated the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness’’
countenance
to extend approval or toleration to
Paired with sanction
‘‘he was reluctant to countenance the use of force’’
pedestrian
commonplace
paired with unimaginative
indeterminacy
(Not determined)
Vague or not known in advance
Pacific
(from the word pacify)
Peaceful paired with Dovish
“a pacific gesture”
indolent
Lethargic or Lazy
“they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure”
erroneous
GRE: wandering
Mistaken
“He has an erroneous opinion about the problem.”
“No erroneous ideas should be allowed to spread unchecked.”
delusive
Deceiving
Paired with specious
specious: misleadingly attractive.
“The delusive ad made it seem that the senator had did things she had not.”
Relic
Remains of Past
Vestige
Shadow
Trace
Ephemeral
Short lived
“fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old”
oracular
(The Oracle from Matrix)
a person giving wise or authoritative decisions or opinions
“In this oracular role, though, she does not speak for herself.”
prophetic
(From prophecy)
Predictive
mirthful
Good humour
Paired with Jovial
“Her funny costume caused much mirthful laughter among the guests”
“She had even lost the mob popularity which she had once gained by her jovial manners.”
tepid
GRE: showing little or no enthusiasm
Lacking energy
“the applause was tepid”
strenuous
GRE: aggressive
Energetic
“The proposal has faced strenuous opposition”
arduous
GRE: challenging
Marked by great effort
“It was an arduous climb up the mountain.”
subjective
Technical
“Law can be maddeningly subjective.”
fastidious
demanding or hard to please
Gordon Ramsay maybe?
‘‘Luvly was fastidious about his appearance and he expected the woman at his side to mirror that image.’’
puerile
babyish or immature
‘‘a puerile argument’’
pragmatist
a practical approach to problems / affairs
‘‘He is a political pragmatist, not an idealist’’
hodgepodge
mixed up
confusion
welter
paired with Patchwork
‘‘Over the years numerous well-known architects worked on the palace, and it is known for the hodgepodge of architectural styles’’
paradigm
pattern
a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.
“society’s paradigm of the ‘ideal woman’”
affable
friendly
“an affable and agreeable companion”
antagonistic
inimical
marked by ill will
paired with adversarial
‘‘He’s always antagonistic towards new ideas’’
dichotomous
2 opposing groups
Paired with contradiction
‘‘The U.S. is politically dichotomous, being divided into two main parties’’
subversive
destructive
‘‘He was engaged in subversive activities’’
trifling
unimportant
paired with minimal
‘‘Fortunately, the stormy waves caused trifling damage to the boat.’’
momentous
important
paired with significant
‘‘Whether or not to move overseas was a momentous decision for the family’’
oust
force someone to leave a place
paired with force out
‘‘The rebels finally managed to oust the government from power.’’
belie
to misrepresent
paired with Mask
‘‘Her looks belie her 50 years’’
‘‘The gentle lower slopes belie the true nature of the mountain.’’
obscure
hard to understand
complicate
paired with the word opaque / inaccessible
professed
opened and freely acknowledged
paired with Proclaim
antediluvian
ancient or old
ridiculously old-fashioned
paired with Archaic
‘‘My mother has some hopelessly antediluvian ideas about the role of women.’’
flighty
lacking stability
paired with Capriciousness
“you may be seen as too flighty and lightweight for real responsibility”
chauvinistic
attitude of superiority in a negative sense (race, nationality, gender etc)
paired with Patronise
patronise: treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority. An example of patronize is when someone speaks slowly to an older person who can hear perfectly well.
‘‘When she tried to become an engineer, she came up against a lot of male chauvinism.’’
discern
to recognise as separate
paired with detect / discovered
“I can discern no difference between the two policies”
envisage
to have a mental of picture of
visualize
paired with Conjure up
“he knew what he liked but had difficulty envisaging it”
pugnacious
someone who fights / quarrels
paired with TRUCULENT
truculent: eager or quick to argue or fight
‘‘Squirrels are restless, pugnacious little animals’’
clandestine
secretive
paired with SURREPTITIOUS / FURTIVE
surreptitious: kept secret
‘‘He has been having a clandestine affair with his secretary for three years’’
precarious
dangerous
paired with PERILOUS
‘‘He earned a precarious livelihood/living by gambling.’’
stave off
delay something bad or dangerous
paired with:
FORESTALL
OBVIATE
PRECLUDE
‘‘We were hoping to stave off these difficult decisions until September.’’
prosaic
dull
paired with:
VAPID
BANAL: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
HACKNEYED: overused; unoriginal
INSIPID: boring
COMMONPLACE
UNEXCEPTIONAL
MUNDANE
PEDESTRIAN
‘‘shopping for groceries or running errands is prosaic’’
knotty
difficult to understand
paired with:
LABYRINTHINE
COMPLICATED
“a knotty legal problem’’
extraneous
irrelevant
‘‘Such details are extraneous to the matter in hand.’’
rapacious
paired with:
AVARICIOUS: extreme greed
COVETOUS: great desire to possess something belonging to someone else
engender
produce
paired with YIELD
cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)
‘‘The newly-cleaned park engendered great pride in the people who use it.’’
heterogeneous
eclectic
mixed
different
paired with: DISSIMILAR
‘‘Its population, then as at the present day, was a heterogeneous collection of all races.’’
impair
hamstring
less than perfect condition
paired with UNDERMINED
‘‘Smoking can impair your health.’’
abound
to be present in large quantities
paired with PROLIFERATE
‘‘The coasts abound with fish.’’
coalesce
to unite
paired with
CONJUGATE
COLLECT
‘‘The edges of the wound coalesced.’’
conundrum
something hard to understand or explain
paired with RIDDLE
‘‘He is faced with the conundrum of trying to find a job without having experience’’
paragon
a model of excellence / perfection
paired with EXEMPLAR
“it would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel viciously jealous”
(behavior showing high moral standards)
prototype
paired with MODEL
nettlesome
irritating
paired with
VEXATION: being annoyed, frustrated, or worried
‘‘But as nettlesome as these issues can be’’
incontrovertible
not able to be denied
paired with INDISPUTABLE
“incontrovertible proof”
palpable
capable of being touched or felt.
paired with TANGIBLE
‘‘There was a palpable excitement in the air as the town prepared for the festival’’
aberration
deviating from the norm
paired with ANOMALY
‘‘In a moment of aberration, she agreed to go with him.’’
‘‘She is normally calm and level headed, so this outburst is an aberration.’’
altruism
generous
paired with BENEFICENCE
exactitude
(exact)
attention to detail
paired with METICULOUS
(exacting means careful attention but used as exhausting)
eminence
paired with SUPERIORITY
fame or acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere.
‘‘People with eminence are highly regarded in their respective fields.’’
unimpeachable
reliable beyond a doubt
paired with BLAMELESS
‘‘the Bishop was a man of unimpeachable integrity and character’’
unassuming
modest
‘‘His unassuming manner gave no hint of his vast knowledge of music’’
idealistic
paired with QUIXOTIC
unrealistically aiming for perfection
seditious
causing people to rebel
paired with:
PROVOCATIVE
INCITE
‘‘She was suspected of having in her possession documents of a seditious character.’’
