GRE Mock 2 - Part 1 Flashcards
Patent (adj.)
Given the patent shortcomings of the economic model in its portrayal of human behavior, the failure of economists in addressing them is astonishing.
(obvious - unobstructed)
Hand-wringing (n.)
There has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared American students are for college.
There is no more time for more hand-wringing on the bias in the media.
(excessive display of concern or distress)
Vanquished (adj.)
For a brief window the virus seemed to have been vanquished with the case counts hovering in the low hundreds.
(to be defeated completely.)
Spurious (adj.)
When politicians talk it is very difficult to distinguish the spurious claims from the authentic ones.
(specious - plausible but false - OPP = authentic)
Anoint (v.)
Muslims celebrate “Mabaas” which is the anniversary of their prophet’s anointments.
- put oil usually as a part of a religious ritual.
- being chosen by divine intervention.
Credence (n.)(uc.)
The DNA results lend credence to his claims of innocence.
His ideas quickly gained credence among other economists.
(the acceptance of something as true)
Cunning (adj.)
The cunning maneuvers leading to his success.
clever in a dishonest way
irresolute (adj.)
Trump’s Syrian legacy: he has proved to be even more irresolute than his predecessor, Obama.
(vacillant, not certain how to act or proceed.)
Incendiary (adj.)
Again and again he combined incendiary rhetoric with irresolute action, bringing republicans all the political costs of a hardline position without actually taking one.
(flammable - inflammatory)
Probate (v.)
All joint properties go to the named beneficiaries without having to go through probate.
(proving that a will is legal - putting a convict on probation)
Doctrinaire (adj.)
He was doctrinaire thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring any ideas he did not like.
(dogmatic - insisting on theory with no regard for practicality)
debase (v.)
There were some concerns regarding the musical episodes debasing the show, but at the point the first musical aired the writing had gone so off that no one actually noticed the bizarre low-quality episode as an anomaly.
He is left with a debased currency and an skyrocketed inflation rate .
treacherous (adj.)
If Russia could secure Ukraine’s impartiality by any other means it would no have chosen such a treacherous journey.
This was has created a new and more treacherous reality for both the Kremlin and Russia’s 145 million people.
(dangerously unreliable, perilous, tending to betray)
discomfit (v.)
Efforts by Trump to discomfit Biden through an overly aggressive first presidential debate backfired and he was severely criticized for his interruptions.
Her silence was discomfiting him.
(make someone slightly annoyed and uncomfortable- to make someone lose composure.)
expedient (adj.)
American people should know that we will always keep our commitment to the constitution, even when it is politically expedient to do otherwise.
(A solution that deals with a problem quickly but is not necessarily moral or may cause problems in the long run.)