export_gre 10001500 Flashcards
despoiled
(v) to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder
despondent
depressed from loss of hope or conbfidence
Despot
Def: A dictator with absolute power. A great despot was Hitler. Noun: Person, Place, Thing Syn: tyrant Amt: none 1.) tyrant 2.) ruler 3.) evil
Desuetude
N. Disuse; After years of desuetude, my French skills were finally put to use
Desultory
Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
Denotation
the literal or dictionary meaning of a word
detraction
slandering; verbal attack; damaging comment; The Asperger’s syndrom student was suspended because of his detraction towards the instructor.
Devolved
to transfer / pass on a duty / responsibility
Diadem
Type of crown/ornamental headband worn by kings, worn as a sign of authority
Dialectical
clash of views, debate
diaphanous
transparent, expensive, such fine texture
Dictum
an authoritative saying, statement, or pronouncement
He had to remember the ancient dictum
diffidence
lack of confidence in oneself; hesitation
Digression
Departure from the subject
Dilatory
(adj. ) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone
syn: stalling, slow, tardy, laggard
ant: prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious
Diminution
Diminishing in value
reduction
Din
Clamor, noise
dinghy
noun
small boat
“In the film lifeboat , an assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at sea in a ____.”
dint
means; effort
dirge
a song of mourning, sung at a funeral (a dirge can also be the wake itself)
Dis-abuse
(v.) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
- He thinks that all the women adore him, but my sister will probably _______ him of that idea.
SYN: undeceive, enlighten, set straight
ANT: to brainwash
Dis-affected
Having Lost Faith Or Loyalty
Dis-approbation
disapproval
Dis-avowal
denial
dis-comfit
v.
to thwart, baffle, defeat, frustrate, confuse, perplex, or embarrass
SYN: nonplus, disconcert, foil
dis-concerted
to throw into disorder ; to confuse
dis-consolate
extremely depressed or dejected
John, the disconsolate boy, could not be cheered up because his test scores were so low
dis-cordant
- lacking agreement in sound
- lacking harmony
- Synonym-shrill
- Antonym-harmonious
dis-cursive
(adj.) rambling, lacking order (The professor’s discursive lectures seemed to be about every subject except the one initially described.)
Dis-enfranchised
Are those residents who do not have the legal right to participate in choosing one government.
Dis-gorged
Cause or allow to flow or run out or over
dis-passionate
impartial
Dis-pirited
to discourage or dishearten somebody; lacking spirit or energy
Dis-port
To play or frolic
dis-putatious
likes to argue
dis-quietude
anxiety
Disquisition
a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject
Dissident
differing; dissagreeing; dissenting
Dis-simulate
To hide or disguise one’s true thoughts, feelings, or intentions.
Dis-sipated
characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure
Dis-solution
Break up of rock when water dissolves the rock.
distrait
absent-minded
diurnal
occurring every day, quotidian; happening in the daytime (rather than at night)
diurnal ablutions
Divest
Retrieving the casting from the ring by carving away the investment and exposing the casting.
Doctrinaire
Dogged, dogmatic, inflexible
Doddering
Trembling, shaking
Doggerel
Term used for lines whose subject matter is trite and whose rhythm and sounds are monotonously heavy-handed (Ex: I Scream, you scream / We all scream / For ice cream.)
Doleful
Sad dreary; mournful
Dolt
Stupid
Dormer
A window projecting from a sloping roof.
dossier
a collection of documents related to a particular person or topic
dotage
senile condition, mental decline
dour
(adj) stern, unyeilding, gloomy, ill-humored
Dowdy
Adj poorl dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
The actor wore dowdy clothing and sunglasses so that no one Wouk recognize him.
dregs
the leftovers of a liquid, sometimes sediment, the least valuable part
droll
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish
Ductile
Behavior of material whereby stress causes permanent flow or strain.
dulcet
melodious, pleasant to hear
dyspeptic
grumpy, pessimistic, irritable; suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion)
ebulient
very enthusiastic
Ecclesiastic
of the church or clergy
edict
an official order
effaced
blotted out
Effectual
able to produce desire effect
Effervescence
(n) the quality of being lively
effete
lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted; out to date
effigy
a likeness, a figured constructed in mockery
effluvium
foul smelling outflow/vapor (gaseous waste)
Effrontery
N: A person, place, thing, or idea shameless boldness
Syn: impudence, nerve, audicity Ant: timidity
cheekiness, discourtesy, presumption
His effrontery led to his execution.
egress
(n) person place or think
a exit; means of going out
the only egress out of a bus is the front of the bus
syn passage ant ingress / entrance
- egress
- egresses
- egressed
Elegy
A sorrowful poem or speech
Ellipsis
Three periods (…) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation.
elysian
relating to paradise
emended
to edit or revise
Emetic
-An agent that causes vomiting
Emollient
(noun)
an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
Sentence(s):
Encomiastic
Praising; Eulogistic
encomium
(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.
Enervated
Deprived of physical, nervous, and emotional energy
Ennui
: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
Examples
the kind of ennui that comes from having too much time on one’s hands and too little will to find something productive to do
Origin: French, from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to vex, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome — more at annoy.
First use: 1732
Synonyms: blahs, doldrums, boredom, listlessness, restlessness, tedium, weariness
enumerated
named one by one; specified; as in a list
environed
surrond, envelope
Epaulet
n. ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.).
Epigrams
a concise and witty saying or remark
epilogue
a short concluding section to a literary work or play
Epithet
Adj or noun together to stand for or respresent something more vividly Ex: sweet silent thought, glimmering landscape
equable
steady, uniform
Equanimity
Evenness of mind or spirit; calm
Equinox
equal day and night!
equipoise
genuine doubt about the efficacy of the treatment and sufficient belief that it will work, balance
Equivocal
ambiguous; intentionally vague
Equivocate
to be unclear
erotic
of or having to do with sexual passion or love; greek god of love, Eros
errant
- wandering or moving about aimlessly.
2. Straying outside proper bounds, or away from an accepted pattern or standard.
erudite
having or displaying extensive knowledge: learned; scholarly
Estimable
admirable
ethereal
light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly
ethos
ethical appeal
eulogistic
adj. full of high praise
Euphony
Pleasing, harmonious sounds.
evanescent
fading away
- briefly present; fleeting; gradually disappearing
evinced
v; to show clearly or make evident.
Ex: “He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest…” (Chopin 48)
synonyms: manifest or prove
Ewe
Noun
A female sheep
exalted
elevated, noble
Ex-coriated
To tear or wear off the skin.
ex-culpated
cleared of guilt
Ex-ecrable
Extremely bad, deserving of hate
ex-crate
denounce or curse
ex-egesis
scholarly explanation
Ex-horted
The girl exhorted her friend not to start smoking
Verb
To strongly advise
urge-persuade
to not care-allow
Ex-igency
Urgency
ex-iguous
scanty, meager
Exotic
From another part of the world;mysterious;foreign
ex-patiated
to speak or write about in great detail
Ex-patriate
An exile
Ex-piated
Made up for
Ex-pository
Serving to expound, set fourth, or explain.
ex-propriated
v. take away from its owner
ex-purgate
to remove objectional words from somewhere
Extemporaneous
(adj.)
improvised, done without preparation
Sentence(s):
ex-tirpate
(v.) to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
SYNONYMS: uproot, eradicate, wipe out, excise
ANTONYMS: implant, sow, foster, nourish
The house had to be extirpated after the storm damaged so much of it that it couldn’t be fixed.
Extolled
Praised
”. . .vanquished in single combat by the never sufficiently extolled knight Don Quixote of La Mancha. . .”(1011)
Exult
to rejoice over a success or victory
facet
small flat surface
facetious
adjective: playful; humorous
Facile
Easy; Easily done
factious
pertaining to a group who wants to quarrel with an established group;
Factitious
Not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived
made
factotum
handyman
fallow
(adj) inactive; unproductive
syn: idle, barren
Ant: fertile, productive
Fancier
n. breeder or dealer of animals. The dog fancier exhibited her prize collie at the annual Kennel Club show
Fastidious
difficult to please because of an excessive attention to detail or appearance
fatuous
adj. foolish; insane
Fawning
To seek notice or favor by servile demeanor
fazed
- caused to show discomposure
- disconcerted; worried; disturbed
“He refused to be fazed by the objections.”
feckless
adj, lacking in spirit and strength, ineffective
Fecundity
The biological capacity to reproduce.
feigned
v. to pretend; to make up
Feint
feint - noun - a false apperance movment intended to decive
verd - to make a fient
sny: pretense,trick,suptrefuge,sham
sen: she made a feint of studying will she was acualy lisining to the radio
Felicitous
Pleasant, delightful
fell
cruel deadly
feral
feral- savage, wild untamed
adj
ferment
a state of great excitement
Feted
(adjective) fun; a celebration or festival
fetid
having a heavy offensive smell
fiat
an official order, a decree
filched
snithed:stole
Filial
having to do with the relationship between parent and child
filigree
n. ornamental work of fine wire
Firebrand
A piece of Burningwood, a trouble maker, and extremely energetic or emotional person
fitful
irregular
Flair
(n) a natural quality, talent or skill; a distinctive style.
Synonym: knack
Antonym: inability
flit
fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
Floe
Sheet of floating ice
Flotsam
(n) floating debris, homeless, impoverished people.
