gre flashcards 6 Manhattan
afford
provide or supply (an opportunity or facility)
credulity
easily persuaded; gullible;
a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.
credence
belief
elude
escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.; evade
escape from or avoid in a skillful way
taxing
tiring
precipitate
hastily done
lacerate
distress deeply; criticize forcefully or severely;
lacerate - lazer - cut karna
gaffe
social blunder
socially embarrassing moment; blunder; eg “in my first few months at work I made some real gaffes”
trepidation
a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
intrepid
fearless
aghast
filled with horror or shock
expatriate
a person who lives outside their native country
repatriate
send (someone) back to their own country
emigrant
a person who leaves their country to settle permanently in another
Emigrate means to leave one location, such as one’s native country or region, to live in another. Immigrate means to move into a non-native country or region to live.
lascivious
sexually perverted
embodied
be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling)., kuut kuut ke bhara hua
indemnify
reimburse ;compensate
indemnify
• make secure against damage or loss; compensate for damage or loss; CF. make uninjured
Mnemonics:
• look for the word-“demn” which can be connected to “demon”..so what does demon do? it destroys property..
IN(not)+demni+fy= correct what the demon inside you has done..make amends for it.
actuarial
risk manager
An actuary is a business professional who deals with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty.
mercenary
oppo. of golddigger; primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
lackey
sycophant
a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant..verb -behave in a servile way towards (someone).
improvident
not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless
dissolute
(of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.
listlessly
anemic
characterized by a lack of energy or interest; feckless; languid, lazy
catharsis
music is a means of catharsis for me;
MN - detox in extreme cases; the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
purgation
purification or cleansing
coda
a concluding event, remark, or section.(like dance, music, theatre, or anything)
“his new novel is a kind of coda to his previous books”
eg twinkle twinkle little star mein last para ka twinkle twinkle little star CODA hai
homily
MN - gyaan about how someone should behave
a piece of spoken or written advice about how someone should behave:; basically a priest delivers his homily
emblematic of
representative types; symbolic
maudlin
overly sentimental
coltish
energetic but awkward in one’s movement or behavior
captain HOLT
horse ka bachcha
tremulous
shaking or quivering slightly; trembling ; unsteady;
“Barbara’s voice was tremulous” ; timid; nervous.
beguiled
charm or enchant (someone) often in a deceptive way;
MN - deceive someone by alluring them
ginny and georgia mei georgia was a beguiling person
chary of
wary; cautious of
eg “she had been chary of telling the whole truth”; heedful
heedful
aware of and attentive to
harbinger
- LH44
- PRESAGES
one that initiates a major change; 2. something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come.; something like ‘presages’
sentries
soldier watchman
recanted
recant the offer;
disavow, renounce, abjure
; openly confess error.
Mnemonics: : RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = “I have told you this AGAIN and AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it has been REJECTED.”
heralded
PRESAGES
eg “the band have been heralded as the great hope for the nineties”; basically same as presages
ostracize
: (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with
Mnemonic (Tag: splitting this gives something like Aus + tere . Its like in australia are strict with Racial abuse.
Harbahjan said tere ***ki, thats a racial abuse a) Austere
MN - EXCLUDE
omnipotent
having great power and influence
incendiaries
(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires
consanguines
of the same blood or origin specifically
sanguine
blood red color; optimistic
deification
is when a person is treated like a god
excoriation
criticize (someone ) severely;
2. damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).
apotheosis
the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax.;2 the elevation of someone to divine status.
MN - highest point; god
obloquies
calumny
pedantry
excessive concern with minor details or rules
dogmatism; overscrupulousness
parsimony
miserliness
niggardly
miser
pulchritude
physical beauty or attractiveness
