gre flashcards 13 random words from everywhere
candor
the quality of being open and honest; frankness.; ingenuous
assent
agreement
ascent
uphill climb
dissent
disagreement
descent
downhill climb
modishness
state of being fashionable
conservancy
noun. personal knowledge or information about someone or something. synonyms: acquaintance, conversancy, familiarity.
balkanized
divide (a region or body) into smaller mutually hostile states or groups.
balk
hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
aquiline
like an eagle.
(of a person’s nose) hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak.
sophistry
the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.
“trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry”
a fallacious argument.
syn - quibbling
sinecure
well-paid position with little responsibility
Mnemonics: – I HAVE A SECURE, SINECURE JOB AND ALL THAT I HAVE TO DO IS TO SIGN AND OBTAIN 7 CRORES A DAY.
insinuated
suggest
disquiet
a feeling of worry or unease.
“public disquiet about animal testing”
Disquiet = D + is + quiet. If a baby ‘is quiet’ just after birth in spite of crying, it will make the doctors tense/anxious.
syn chagrin, dismay
comestible
edible
Comestible -> Eaten food provides energy because it is Combustible in stomach. here mes ( mess) & tible (table) ,,together it becomes mess the table with food…….
infirmity
physical or mental weakness.
in +firm = not firm
abettor
a person who encourages or assists someone to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime.
unforthcoming
uncooperative
ossify and inure difference??
ossify - harden (make solid plans jaisa)
inure - harden to something unpleasant
ribald
humorously vulgar
reprisal
re + uprise; retaliation
upend
set or turn (something) on its end or upside down.
“she upended a can of soup over the portions”
procure
obtain (something), especially with care or effort.
;2 persuade or cause (someone) to do something.
“he procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account”
bald
not having any extra detail or explanation; plain or blunt.
“the bald statement in the preceding paragraph requires amplification”
plain, simple, unadorned
redoubtable
inspiring fear
equable
not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered.
priggish
self-righteously moralistic and superior.
prurient
having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others.
“she’d been the subject of much prurient curiosity”
syn - lascivious, salacious,licentious
puritanical
moralistic, seedha-saadha;
having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex.
insidious
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects.
“sexual harassment is a serious and insidious problem”
stealthy; surreptitious
indoctrinated
teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
“broadcasting was a vehicle for indoctrinating the masses”
Similar:
brainwash
propagandize
proselytize
vivacious
attractively lively and animated (typically used of a woman).
fetid
smelling extremely unpleasant.
lobbying
seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue.
syn - importune
skulk
keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive.
“don’t skulk outside the door like a spy!”
sinister
giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen. "there was something sinister about that murmuring voice" Similar: menacing threatening ominous forbidding baleful
premeditated
characterized by fully conscious willful intent and a measure of forethought and planning premeditated murder.
pathologize
regard or treat as psychologically abnormal.
amenable
open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
MN - docile
incipient
beginning to happen or develop.
nebulous
(of a concept) vague or ill-defined.
“nebulous concepts like quality of life”
walloped
strike or hit very hard. "they walloped the back of his head with a stick" Similar: hit strike beat ;2 heavily defeat
pallid
1pale;2insipid
importunate
persistent
consternation
a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
“to her consternation her car wouldn’t start”
Similar:
dismay perturbation chagrin disquiet
divide it like con(conflicts)+ster(stir)+nation.. conflicts in gujrat stirred the whole nation..&people feared a lot from going out of their homes. 6 4.
sullied
damage the purity or integrity of.
“they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name”
syn - besmirched
undercutting
offer goods or services at a lower price than (a competitor).
“these industries have been undercut by more efficient foreign producers”
noxious
harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.
drone
make a continuous low humming sound. "in the far distance a machine droned" Similar: hum buzz
arbitrator
an independent person or body officially appointed to settle a dispute.
“the facts of the case are put to an independent arbitrator”
Similar:
adjudicator
arbiter
judge
umpire
