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GRE Major Tests Chapter 15 Flashcards

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Atheist

A

person who does not believe in God

ex) Being an atheist, he did not attend church.

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Colloquial

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local and informal

ex) While my father always speaks formally at work, he addresses us in colloquial terms at home.

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Dotard

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foolish old man

ex) I was ashamed to lose my patience with such a dotard.

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Furrow

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groove

ex) Her brows furrow slightly.

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Instigator

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troublemaker

ex) She was the instigator of their quarrel.

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Misnomer

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wrong name

ex) The name she chose made no sense to anyone so we could only assume it was a misnomer.

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Percipient

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perceptive, insightful

ex) The real space is public, the apparent space is private to the percipient.

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Quaff

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drink down quickly

ex) My husband always has to quaff a pot of coffee before leaving for work.

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Staunch

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loyal

ex) The men and women who serve in out military are staunch defendants of our country.

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Vilification

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blackening someone’s name

ex) We have to do something about vilification.

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Atrophy

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waste away from lack of use, to weaken in ability or function

ex) When she stopped practicing the piano, her musical skills started to atrophy.

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Collusion

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plotting and planning

ex) The collusion between the two oil companies is being investigated by the justice department.

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Drawl

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speak slowly with words running together

He drawled an apology.

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Furtive

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hidden and secret

ex) Though he was furtive with his tears, I could still visibly see them

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Insurgent

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a rebel

ex) The soldiers were trained to shoot any enemy insurgent on sight.

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Misogynist

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hater of women

ex) According to the criminal profiler, only a person with misogyny could kill so Manu women so brutally.

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Perdition

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damnation

ex) The priest hoped he could save the troubled woman from perdition.

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Quagmire

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a situation from which it is hard to escape

ex) Many young people do not realize the quagmire to which occasional drug use can lead.

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Stereotype

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fixed image

ex) In some areas of France, citizens accept the stereotype of Americans as rude people.

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Vindicate

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prove right, remove blame

ex) If you want me to vindicate your point of view, you’re going to have to explain your ideas to me in a way that I can understand.

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Attenuate

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weaken

ex) Doctors claim taking the vaccine will attenuate the effects of the illness.

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Commandeer

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take possession of

ex) The taxi driver shot the escaped convict who was trying to commander his vehicle.

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Drivel

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nonsense

ex) Sometimes listening to my mother’s nonstop drivel makes my head hurt.

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Futile

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useless, hopeless

ex) It appears that filling out job applications in this troubled economy is a futile exercise.

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Interminable

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never-ending

ex) His friend complained about hid interminable tweets.

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Misrepresentation

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deliberately deceiving

ex) There are quite a few misrepresentations of historical facts in the college textbook.

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Peremptory

A

in a commanding manner

ex) The prison guard spoke to the inmate in a peremptory tone.

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Quaint

A

picturesque

ex) My grandmother’s quaint home is filled with knick-knacks from her childhood.

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Stevedore

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dockworker

ex) Stevedore has a very hard life.

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Virtuoso

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an accomplished musician

ex) Ruben is a musical virtuoso who runs his own school of music.

31
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Augment

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increase, make bigger

ex) Because I want to augment my income, i’am thinking about getting a second job.

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Complacent

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self-satisfied

ex) I’am rightfully not complacent with low quality service.

33
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Droll

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dryly amusing

ex) The droll performance by the children’s choir.

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Galleon

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ancient type of sailing ship

ex) The English galleon gradually developed more sail and gun power.

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Intermittent

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sporadic, irregular

ex) When the cops arrived the land intermittent noise had stopped.

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Mitigate

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lessen, make less severe

ex) Medicines are used to mitigate a patient’s suffering.

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Perfidy

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treachery, behavior that shows that someone cannot be trusted

ex) Because my brother was the one who attacked me, I know I could never forget the perfidy of the incident.

38
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Quandary

A

dilemma

ex) Whether or not you should drink and drive is an easy decision, not a quandary.

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Stifle

A

suppress

ex) The hot temperature is so stifling it is pulling all the energy out of my body.

40
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Virulent

A

dangerous

ex) The firemen had to wear masks that would protect them from the virulent fumes.

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Auspicious

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favorable

ex) Everybody knows that the end of the year is an auspicious time to buy a car.

42
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Complaint

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easy to control

ex) The men were complaint.

43
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Drone

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monotonous noise, to speak with no emotion

ex) A drone of noises was audible through the closed window.

44
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Gambol

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frolic, leap

ex) They gambled about without a care.

45
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Intransigence

A

stubbornness

ex) Because my father is usually intransigent, he rarely lets my mother have her way.

46
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Modicum

A

small amount

ex) We collectively felt a modicum of relief.

47
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Perfunctory

A

superficial, done routinely

ex) The beauty queen waved so often that her greeting was simply perfunctory.

48
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Quarantine

A

isolation to prevent the spread of disease

ex) The animals are quarantined before they are allowed to enter a foreign nation.

49
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Stoic

A

known for fortitude

ex) His features were stoic, his beautiful purple eyes.

50
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Vital

A

essential

ex) Water is vital in order to survive in a desert.

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