Barron's Essential Words for the GRE - Sheet7 Flashcards
Profound
deep; not superficial
Prohibitive
so high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding
Proliferate
to increase rapidly
Propensity
Inclination; tendency
Propitiate
to win over; appease
Propriety
correct conduct; fitness
Proscribe
to condemn; forbid; outlaw
Provident
providing for future needs; frugal
Puissant
powerful
Punctilious
careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony
Pungent
strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point
Purport
to profess; suppose; claim
Pusillanimous
cowardly
Quagmire
marsh; difficult situation
Quail
to cower; lose heart
Qualified
limited; restricted
Qualm
sudden feelings of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the righteousness of actions
Query
to question
Quibble
to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details
Quiescent
inactive; still
Quorum
number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
Raconteur
witty, skillful storyteller
Rail
to scold with bitter or abusive language
Raiment
clothing
Ramification
implication; outgrowth; consequence
Rarefied
refined
Rationale
fundamental reason
Rebus
puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words
Recalcitrant
resisting authority or control
Recant
to retract a statement or opinion
Recluse
person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude
Recondite
abstruse; profound
Redoubtable
formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect
Refractory
stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
Refulgent
brightly shining; resplendent
Refute
to contradict; disprove
Regale
to entertain
Relegate
to consign to an inferior position
Remonstrate
to object or protest
Renege
to go back on one’s word
Reparation
amends; compensation
Repine
fret; complain
Reprise
repetition, especially of a piece of music
Reproach
to find fault with; blame
Reprobate
morally unprincipled person
Repudiate
to reject as having no authority
Rescind
to cancel
Resolution
determination; resolve
Resolve
determination; firmness of purpose
Reticent
not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant
Reverent
expressing deep respect; worship
Riposte
a retaliatory action or retort
Rococo
excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth-century Europe
Rubric
title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol
Rue
to regret
Ruse
trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge
Sage
wise
Salacious
lascivious; lustful
Salubrious
healthful
Salutary
expecting an improvement; favorable to health
Sanction
to approve; ratify; permit
Sardonic
cynical; scornfully mocking
Sartorial
pertaining to tailors
Satiate
to satisfy
Saturate
to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout
Saturnine
gloomy
Satyr
a creature that is half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; it is a follower of Dionysos; a lecher
Savor
to enjoy; have a distinctive flavor or smell
Schematic
relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram
Secrete
produce and release substance into organism
Sedition
behavior prompting rebellion
Sedulous
diligent
Seismic
relating to earthquakes; earthshaking
Sensual
relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses, especially sexual appetites
Sensuous
relating to the senses; operating through the senses
Sentient
aware; conscious; able to perceive
Servile
submissive; obedient
Sextant
navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude
Shard
a piece of broken glass or pottery
Sidereal
relating to the stars
Simian
apelike; relating to apes
Simile
comparison of one thing with another using “like” or “as”
Sinecure
well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
Singular
unique; extraordinary; odd
Sinuous
winding; intricate; complex
Skeptic
one who doubts
Sobriety
seriousness
Sodden
thoroughly soaked; saturated
Solicitous
concerned; attentive; eager
Soliloquy
literature or dynamic speech by one character; no addressed to others
Solvent
able to meet financial obligations
Somatic
relating to or affecting the body; corporeal
Soporific
sleep producing
Sordid
filthy; contemptible and corrupt
Specious
seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so
Spectrum
band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; a broad range of related ideas or objects
Spendthrift
person who spends money recklessly
Sporadic
irregular
Squalor
filthy; wretched condition
Staccato
marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds