GRE-01-200Words-05 Flashcards
sponge
live at another’s expense
spurious
FALSE
spurn
to reject
squalid
dirty
squander
to spend wastefully
squat
to crouch
stanch
to stop the flow of a fluid
steeply
rising or falling sharply
stentorian
extremely loud
stickler
one who insists unyieldingly
stigma
mark of shame
stigmatize
describe scornfully
sting
something sharp
stingy
spending unwillingly
stint
to be thrifty
stipple
to paint with dots
stipulate
to state as necessary condition
stolid
showing no emotion
stray
to wander
streak
to move very fast
striated
striped
stride
to walk with long steps
strut
a supporting bar
stygian
gloomy
stymie
to hinder
subdue
bring under control
sublime
astounding
submerge
to put under water
suborn
to induce by bribery
subpoena
written order to appear in court
substantiation
giving facts to support
subsume
include under a rule
succor
relief in time of distress
suffice
to meet needs
suffocate
to cause difficulty breathing
sullied
to be stained
summarily
without delay
sumptuous
magnificent
sundry
miscellaneous
supercilious
disdainful
superfluous
more than needed
superimpose
to put on top
supersede
to take place of
supine
lying on back
suppliant
asking humbly
supplicate
to make humble petition to
suppress
to put an end to
surcharge
additional charge
surfeit
feet to fullness
susceptibility
sensitivity
swerve
to change direction suddenly
sycophant
person who flatters to the rich
synopsis
summary
taciturn
untalkative
tadpole
frog in early stage of development
talon
claw of a bird of prey
tamp
to drive down with repeated blows
tamper
to interfere with
tangential
suddenly changeable
tarnished
lost brightness
tassel
bunch of threads
taunt
to reproach
taut
tight
tautology
redundancy
tawdry
gawdy
teetotal
opposed to alcohol
temerity
boldness
temperance
moderation
temperate
showing self-control
tenacity
firmness
tenuous
insubstantial
tepid
lukewarm
terse
brief and to the point
testiness
irritated
thrift
economy
thwart
frustrate
timid
shy
timorous
fearful
toady
obsequious flatterer
tonic
something giving strength
topple
to make unsteady and overturn
torment
severe pain
torpid
sluggish
torque
twisting force
tortuous
devious
tout
to solicit customers
tractable
easily controlled
transgress
to beyond limit
transient
fleeting
transitory
brief
travesty
parody
trenchant
vigorous
trepidation
fear
trickle
to flow in drops
trifling
unimportant
trite
common
truce
agreement to stop fighting
truculence
ferocity
trudge
to walk heavily
turbid
muddy
turbulence
being uncontrolled
turgid
bloated
turmoil
disturbance
turpitude
wickedness
turquoise
greenish-blue precious stone
tyro
beginner
ubiquitous
to annoy
ulterior
situated beyond
umbrage
offense
uncouth
awkward
underbid
make a lower bid
undermine
to weaken
undulate
to fluctuate
unearth
to discover
unencumbered
easy-going
unfeigned
sincere
unscathed
unharmed
untoward
inconvenient
upbraid
to scold
urbane
elegant
vacillation
being uncertain
vagary
strange act
vain
conceited
valiant
brave
valorous
brave
vanquish
to conquer
veer
to change direction
venal
capable of betraying honor
veneer
covering true nature
veneration
regarding with deep respect
veracity
truth
verdant
fresh and green
verisimilitude
appearing real
veritable
rightly named
verve
spirit
vestige
trace
vex
to annoy
vigilance
watchfulness
vigilant
member of a vigilance committee
vigorous
energetic
vilify
to slander
vindictive
having a desire to revenge
virago
a loud domineering woman
visceral
of the internal organs
viscous
semi-fluid
vitiate
to lower quality of
vituperate
abuse in words
vivacious
lively
volatile
fickle
volubility
verbosity
voluble
fluent
waffle
to talk vaguely
waft
to send floating through air
wag
merry person
warmonger
person who stirs up war
warrant
written order
wean
to turn away
weigh
to measure how heavy
welter
confusion
wend
to proceed
whimsical
full of odd and fanciful ideas
wince
to show pain
woo
to try to win
writ
written order
yarn
story