Barron's - 3 Flashcards
GRE words
Grandiloquent
pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.
“a grandiloquent celebration of Spanish glory”
Similar:
pompous
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
“he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles”
Similar:
exaggeration
overstatement
Idolatry
the worship of idols.
Similar:
idol worship
immutable
unchanging over time or unable to be changed.
“an immutable fact”
Similar:
unchangeable
fixed
impassive
not feeling or showing emotion.
“his cold, impassive face”
Similar:
expressionless
Imperturbable
unable to be upset or excited; calm.
“an imperturbable tranquillity”
Similar:
self-possessed
composed
impervious
not allowing fluid to pass through.
“an impervious layer of basaltic clay”
Similar:
impermeable
impenetrable
impregnable
waterproof
watertight
water-resistant
water-repellent
sealed
hermetically sealed
imperviable
Opposite:
permeable
2.
unable to be affected by.
“he worked, apparently impervious to the heat”
Similar:
unaffected b
Implicit
suggested though not directly expressed.
“comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies”
Similar:
implied
indirect
inferred
understood
hinted
suggested
deducible
unspoken
unexpressed
undeclared
unstated
unsaid
tacit
unacknowledged
silent
taken for granted
taken as read
assumed
inherent
latent
underlying
inbuilt
incorporated
fundamental
Opposite:
explicit
direct
2.
always to be found in; essentially connected with.
“the values implicit in the school ethos”
Implode
collapse or cause to collapse violently inwards.
“both the windows had imploded”
end or fail suddenly or dramatically.
“can any amount of aid save the republic from imploding?”
Inadvertently
without intention; accidentally.
“his name had been inadvertently omitted from the list”
Similar:
accidentally
by accident
unintentionally
Inchoate
just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
“a still inchoate democracy”
confused or incoherent.
“inchoate proletarian protest
Inconsequential
not important or significant.
“they talked about inconsequential things”
Similar:
insignificant
unimportant
Indigence
a state of extreme poverty; destitution.
“he did valuable work towards the relief of indigence”
Similar:
poverty
penury
indolent
wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
“they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure”
Similar:
lazy
idle
slothful
Insensible
without one’s mental faculties, typically as a result of injury or intoxication; unconscious.
“they knocked each other insensible with their fists”
Similar:
unconscious
insensate
senseless
insentient
comatose
knocked out
passed out
blacked out
inert
stupefied
stunned
numb
benumbed
numbed
lacking feeling
lacking sensation
out
out cold
out for the count
out of it
zonked (out)
dead to the world
spark out
soporose
soporous
Opposite:
conscious
responsive
(of a person or bodily extremity) without feeling; numb.
“the horny and insensible tip of the beak”
2.
unaware of or indifferent to.
“they slept on, insensible to the headlight beams”
Similar:
unaware of
ignorant of
without knowledge of
unconscious of
unmindful of
mindless of
oblivious to
indifferent to
impervious to
deaf to
blind to
careless of
unmoved by
untouched by
unaffected by
unresponsive to
in the dark about
insensitive of
negligent of
Opposite:
aware
heedful
3.
too small or gradual to be perceived; inappreciable.
“varying by insensible degrees”
