gre flashcards 8 Manhattan

Question 1

licentious

Answer 1

promiscuous / debauchery

Question 2

whet

Answer 2

sharpen; stimulate ;a thing that stimulates appetite or desire.
“he swallowed his two dozen oysters as a whet”

Question 3

botched

Answer 3

(of a task) f*ck up; carried out badly or carelessly.

“a botched attempt to steal a car”

Question 4

seething

Answer 4

unexpressed hate or anger; move in a rapid or hectic way

Question 5

unkempt

Answer 5

untidy; un kept

Question 6

decamped

Answer 6

leave a place suddenly or secretly; elope

“now he has decamped to Hollywood”

Question 7

abscond

Answer 7

escape

Question 8

risque

Answer 8

slightly indecent and liable to shock, especially by being sexually suggestive.
1. Barry’s risqué jokes were indecent and considered out of place at the wedding.

Question 9

pandered

Answer 9

gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste).
“newspapers are pandering to people’s baser instincts”
syn - indulge or cater to

Question 10

incensed

Answer 10

to make angry

Question 11

in the name of

Answer 11

meaning: to

Question 12

festered

Answer 12

(not improve and likely get worse over time) - irritated

Question 13

fealty

Answer 13

loyalty; treaty of fealty

Question 14

lassitude

Answer 14

lethargy

Question 15

transgress

Answer 15

breaks a law or moral rule; misbehave; go beyond the limits of (what is morally, socially, or legally acceptable).

Question 16

vapid

Answer 16

bland, insipid, boring, uninteresting

Question 17

ingenue

Answer 17

an innocent or unsophisticated young woman, especially in a play or film.

Question 18

stanchion

Answer 18

buttress, support; an upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier.

Question 19

rudder

Answer 19

rudder a flat piece hinged vertically near the stern of a boat or ship for steering.

Question 20

touchstone

Answer 20

benchmark ; a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized.
1. I used the essay that I received a perfect score on as a touchstone for the other essays I had to write later, so I could get a high score on them as well.

Question 21

cornerstone

Answer 21

predicated; an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based.; “the basic part of something,”

Question 22

conceit

Answer 22

narcissism; excessive pride in oneself

Question 23

vitreous

Answer 23

glass like appearance

Question 24

tacky

Answer 24

sticky; (of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel.

Question 25

grizzled

Answer 25

having or streaked with grey hair

Question 26

grizzler

Answer 26

an annoying person

Question 27

helmsman

Answer 27

a person who steers a ship or boat.

Question 28

dissuaded

Answer 28

persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.
“his friends tried to dissuade him from flying”

Question 29

warded off

Answer 29

to avoid being hit by (something)

Question 30

mutiny

Answer 30

Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people to oppose, change, or overthrow an organization to which they were previously loyal.; rebellion

Question 31

sea change

Answer 31

a profound or notable transformation.

“recent years have witnessed a sea change in the fortunes of car safety as a marketable quantity”

Question 32

interlocutors

Answer 32

a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

Question 33

explicate

Answer 33

analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.
“an attempt to explicate the relationship between crime and economic forces”
syn - explain, clarify

Question 34

populist

Answer 34

a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
“he ran as a populist on an anti-corruption platform”

Question 35

allegorical

Answer 35

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
“Pilgrim’s Progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey”
syn - parable, analogy, it is a litrary device

Question 36

avantgarde

Answer 36

new and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.
“he has been called a promoter of the avant-garde”
“a controversial avant-garde composer”
syn - innovative, advanced, original

Question 37

contrived

Answer 37

forced, strained, artificial

Question 38

imbues

Answer 38

inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality).

“his works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity”; kuut kuut ke bhara hua

Question 39

nonplussed

Answer 39

so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react.; confused