GRE Flashcards
alloy
to commingle to debase by mixing with something inferior
appropriate
to take for one’s own use to confiscate
arrest, arresting
to suspend; to engage holding one’s attention as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait
august
majestic,venerable
bent
leaning,inclination,productivity,tendency
broach
to bring up; to announce ; to begin to talk about
brook
to tolerate; to endure; to countenance
cardinal
major, as in cardinal sin
chauvinist
a blindly devoted patriot
color
to change as if by dyeing, i.e, to distort, gloss, or affect
consequential
pompous,self-important( logically following)
damp
to diminish the intensity or check the vibrations of a sound
die
a tool used for shaping,as in a tool-and-die shop
essay
to test or try; to attempt; to experiment
exact
to demand; to call for; to require; to take
fell(verb)
to cause fall by striking
fell (adj)
inhumanly cruel
flag
to sag or droop; to become spiritless ; to decline
flip
sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant;a flip remark
ford
to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
grouse
to complain or grumble