gre flashcards 12 random words from everywhere
delves
reach inside a receptacle and search for something.
flagrancy
shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error. notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender.
moot
debatable, irrelevant
macabre
death related
articulate
elaborately explained, having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.
palaver
verb: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Pal+forever; What do we do when we are with our best friends (pal + forever). We endlessly gossip and babble anything. 4 0.
temerity
audacity
genuflected
lower one’s body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect.
pelagic
The pelagic zone refers to open and free waters in the body of the ocean that stretch between the ocean surface and the ocean bottom
froward
(of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary.
eg of froward - Roland Schitt
succor
aid, assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.
effete
weakened
EFFETE = EFFECT + NAHI = INEFFECTUAL.
semantics
means the meaning and interpretation of words
obfuscation
means the act of confusing or obscuring,
verbiage
verbose
pensive
thoughtful
propinquity
a closeness or similar to
quiescence
inactivity or dormancy
singular
remarkable
kindred
ones family and relations
esurient
hungry or greedy
blather
palaver
oratory
place of worship, chapel-like
preponderance
the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.
myriad
pre- pond- e - rance. Consider only pond and d(r)ance .. Earlier times witnessed lot of kings enjoying dance with decorations around ponds and lakes !! So this means superiority of power, quality.
impotent
helpless or powerless.
larceny
theft of personal property.; theft, stealing , robbery
larceny(very close to COMPANY NAME LARCEN & TURBO..)…. SO theives theft a great sum from larcen and turbo office.
sardonic
grimly mocking/ satirical/ sarcastic
dissemble
conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.; deceive
seminal
containing the seeds for later development
antecede
precede
encomium
a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.0; panegyric
essay
attempt or effort
rococo
its a style of art
paramour
a lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.; mistress types
assignation
rendezvous; date; appointment; meeting
filibuster
-act in an obstructive manner in a legislative assembly, especially by speaking at inordinate length.
“he was one of four Tories who filibustered for more than 30 minutes each to derail the free parking plan”
aka delaying tactics
ruse
n. an action intended to deceive someone; a trick.
“Emma tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house”
riposte
make a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.
“‘You’ve got a strange sense of honour,’ Grant riposted”
impetus
momentum; something that makes a process or activity happen or happen more quickly.
plural noun: impetuses
“the ending of the Cold War gave new impetus to idealism”
abnegation
self-denial; the action of renouncing or rejecting something.
subjugation
the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.
ramification
consequence; result; aftermath
Ram jaldi se fix kar de nahi toh be ready for ramification
The word ramification contains word cation. Cation sounds similar to action. After performing an action, we look for possible result of an action. Therefore, ramification means the possible result of an action.
precept
tenet; principle; rule; doctrine
indigence
a state of extreme poverty; destitution.
axiomatic
unquestionable.
“it is axiomatic that dividends have to be financed”
ludicrous
so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.
“it’s ludicrous that I have been fined”
absurd
ridiculous
subsume
include or absorb (something) in something else.
“most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories”
soliloquy
“Edmund ends the scene as he had begun it, with a soliloquy”; monologue
salacious
having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters.
unpremeditated
spontaneous
