GRE - Manhattan Essential Word List - L7

Question 1

Abrasive

Answer 1

Rough, suitable for grinding or polishing (such as sandpaper); causing irritation or annoyance

Question 2

Affable

Answer 2

Warm and friendly, pleasant, approachable

Question 3

Anoint

Answer 3

Rub or sprinkle oil on; make sacred, such as by a ceremony that includes applying oil to someone

Question 4

Artless

Answer 4

Free of deceit or craftiness, natural, genuine; lacking skill or knowledge, crude, uncultured

Question 5

Balk

Answer 5

Refuse to proceed or to do something

Question 6

Buttress

Answer 6

Support or encourage (v); a support or prop, esp. projecting from and supporting the wall of a building (n)

Question 7

Censure

Answer 7

Strong disapproval or official reprimand (n); to issue such disapproval or reprimand (v)

Question 8

Compliant

Answer 8

Obeying, submissive; following the requirements

Question 9

Construe

Answer 9

interpret or translate

Question 10

Cosmopolitan

Answer 10

Belonging to the entire world, at home globally; free from local or national prejudices or attachements

Question 11

Crescendo

Answer 11

Steady increase in force, intensity, or the loudness of a musical passage; a climactic moment or peak

Question 12

Deference

Answer 12

Respectful submission; yielding to the authority or opinionj of another

Question 13

Deterrent

Answer 13

Something that restrains or discourages

Question 14

Disingenuous

Answer 14

Insincere, not genuine

Question 15

Dissent

Answer 15

Disagree or take an opposing view, esp. in relation to a formal body such as a government, political party, or church; such a view

Question 16

e.g.

Answer 16

For example, such as

Question 17

Eloquent

Answer 17

Marked by forceful, fluid, apt speech; expressive, emotionally moving

Question 18

Ephemeral

Answer 18

Lasting only a short time, fleeting

Question 19

Exacting

Answer 19

Very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention

Question 20

Fanciful

Answer 20

Whimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality

Question 21

Forfeit

Answer 21

Surrender or lose as a result of an error, crime, or failure to fulfill an obligation

Question 22

Gist

Answer 22

Main idea, essence

Question 23

Hedonist

Answer 23

Person devoted to pleasure

Question 24

Impartial

Answer 24

Unbiased, fair

Question 25

Incipient

Answer 25

Just beginning; in a very early state

Question 26

Innocuous

Answer 26

Harmless, inoffensive

Question 27

Kudos

Answer 27

Praise, honor, congratulations

Question 28

Layperson

Answer 28

A person who is not a member of the clergy or not a member of a particular profession (such as medicine, law, etc.)

Question 29

Makeshift

Answer 29

A temporary, often improvised, substitute (n); improvised for temporary use (adj.)

Question 30

Monotony

Answer 30

Sameness or repetitiousness to the point of being boring; lack variation, uniformity, esp. repetition in sound

Question 31

Novel

Answer 31

New, fresh, original

Question 32

Offset

Answer 32

Counteract, compensate for (v); a counterbalance(n)

Question 33

Pariah

Answer 33

Social outcast, untouchable

Question 34

Perfidious

Answer 34

Disloyal, treacherous, violating one’s trust

Question 35

Plastic

Answer 35

Able to be shaped or formed; easily influenced

Question 36

Precursor

Answer 36

Something that comes before, esp. something that also announces or suggests something on its way

Question 37

Prodigious

Answer 37

Extraordinarily large, impressive, etc.

Question 38

Proscribe

Answer 38

Prohibit, outlaw; denounce; exile or banish

Question 39

Recluse

Answer 39

Person who lives in seclusion

Question 40

Resolution

Answer 40

The quality of being firmly determined; resolving to do something; a formal judgement, esp. decided by a vote

Question 41

Rustic

Answer 41

Relating to country life, unsophisticated; primitive; made of rough wood (adj.); a rural or uncultured person (n)

Question 42

Scant

Answer 42

Not enough or barely enough

Question 43

Slight

Answer 43

Small, not very important, slender or delicate (adj.); treat as though not very important; snub, ignore(v); an act of treating in this way; a discourtesy (n)

Question 44

Sporadic

Answer 44

Occasional, happening irregularly or in scattered locations

Question 45

Subjective

Answer 45

Existing in the mind or relating to one’s own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings

Question 46

Table

Answer 46

Lay aside to discuss later, ofter as a way to postpone discussion indefinitely

Question 47

Torrid

Answer 47

Very hot, parching, burning; passionate

Question 48

Unprecedented

Answer 48

Never before known or seen, without having happened previously

Question 49

Volatile

Answer 49

Varying, inconsistent, fleeting; tending to violence, explosive;