GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L4 Flashcards
Aesthetic
Concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste, pertaining to the science of what is beautiful (adj); a sense of beauty and taste of a particular time and place (noun)
Anarchy
Absence of law or government; chaos, disorder
Artifact
Any object made by humans, especially those form an earlier time, such as those excavated bu archeologists
Avid
Enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate; excessively desirous
Burgeon
Grow or flourish rapidly; put forth buds or shoots (of a plant)
Caustic
Capable of corroding metal or burning the skin; very critical or sarcastic
Complementary
Completing; fitting together well; filling mutual needs
Constrict
Squeeze, compress; restrict the freedom of
Corroborate
Support, add evidence to
Credulous
Gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily or without enough evidence
Deem
judge; consider
Derivative
Derived from something else; not original
Discredit
Injure the reputation of, destroy credibility of or confidence in
Disposition
A person’s general or natural mood; tendency
Dogma
A system of principles laid down by an authority; established belief
Elated
Very happy, in high spirits
Enigma
Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person
Estimable
Worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated
Facilitate
Make easier, help the progress of
Fleeting
Passing quickly, transitory
Gauche
Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward, crude
Hardy
Bold, brave, capable of withstanding hardship, fatigue, cold, etc.
Illiberality
Narrow-mindedness, bigotry; strictness or lack of generosity
Incendiary
Setting on fire, pertaining to arson; arousing strife, rebellion, etc.; “inflaming” the senses
Ingenuous
Genuine, sincere, not holding back; naive
Judicious
Using good judgement; wise, sensible
Lassitude
Tiredness, weariness; lazy indifference
Loquacious
Talkative, wordy
Mitigate
Make less sever; lessen or moderate (damage, gried, pain, etc.)
Net
Remaining after expenses or other factors have been deducted; ultimate (adj.); too bring in as profit, or to catch as in a net (v)
Occult
The supernatural (n); pertaining to magic, astrology, etc.; mysterious, secret or hidden (adj.); to hide, to shut off from view (v)
Overshadow
Cast a shadow over, darken; dominate, make to seem less important
Peccadillo
Small sin or fault
Pith
Core, essence; significance or weight
Pragmatic
Practical; dealing with actual facts
Pristine
In an original, pure state; uncorrupted
Pronounced
Distinct, strong, clearly indicated
Quotidian
Daily; everyday, ordinary
Repudiate
Reject, cast off, deny tat something has authority
Rhetoric
The art or study of persuasion through speaking or writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little
Satiate or Sate
To fully satisfy; to go beyond satisfying to the point of excess (possibly inducing disgust, tiredness, etc.)
Skirt
Border, lie along the edge of, go around; evade
Specious
Seemingly true but actually false; deceptively attractive
Stoic or stoical
Indifferent to pleasure or pain, enduring without complaint; person indifferent to pleasure or pain (n)
Surmise
Guess, infer, think or make an opinion with incomplete information
Timorous
Fearful, timid
Underscore
Emphasize (or, literally, to underline text)
Vintage
Related to items of high quality from a previous era, old fashioned antique (adj.); the wine of a particular year (n)
Zenith
High point, culmination
