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
