GRE 2500-2600 Flashcards
cannibalism
galactic
platitudinous
lockstep
offhand
veneer
wooden
subsume
plaudits
tack
helter-skelter
acquittal
shed
rummage
disapprobation
disapprobation
regressive
yore
laggard
query
unremitting
accretive
plangent
iridescent
legible
asperity
tangential
inching
recuse
mock-up
overweening
holistic
sideshow
natter
confide
fiddle
malice
bottleneck
dismissal
at a premium
be at odds with
without fail
nothing short of
keep something at bay
on a par with
substitute A for B
accuse somebody of something
charge somebody with something / charge somebody with doing something
dubious distinction
on top of that
for all
but for
exact a toll / exact a high(heavy) price
collate … into …
some …, others …, and still others …
rest on
and the like
anything but
all but
let alone
not the least
dispense with
turn one’s back on
take issue with
conjure up
only too … to …
a far cry from
by virtue of
give way to
bring about
in response to
by and large
at large
in sharp (stark) con-trast to
run-of-the-mill
state-of-the-art
step down
a minor rash of
pertain to
be central to
be peripheral to
be accountable for
stem from / spring from
as somebody puts it
prop up
be attributed / att-ributable to
caution against doing
stop short of doing
bask in
gloat over
despair of
be subject to
become inured to
in the sense that
be numbered among
be distinguished from
with regard to
strip away
prey on
ferret out
explain away