GRE POwer Vocab - T/U

Question 1

Table

Answer 1

v. to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

Question 2

Taciturn

Answer 2

adj. not talkative, silent

Taciturn shares a root with the Italian Tacet, which in music, means to be quiet or rest. Tacit, similarly means implied or not directly stated

Question 3

Talisman

Answer 3

n. something believed to have magic power or bestow good luck

Question 4

Tamp

Answer 4

v. to plug, to drive in or downby a series of blows

Question 5

Tautology

Answer 5

n. a repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument

Question 6

Tawdry

Answer 6

adj. cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent

Question 7

Temperance

Answer 7

n. moderation of self-restraint; self-control

Question 8

Tenacity

Answer 8

n. the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

Tenacious means stubborn, refusing to give up or let go of something

Question 9

Tendentious

Answer 9

adj. biased, showing marked tendencies

Question 10

Tender

Answer 10

v. to offer formally

Question 11

Tenuous

Answer 11

adj. having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak

Question 12

Tepid

Answer 12

adj. characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm

Question 13

Terse

Answer 13

adj. brief and concise in wording

Question 14

Timorous

Answer 14

adj. timid, fearful, diffident

Question 15

Tirade

Answer 15

n. a long and extremely critical speech, harsh denunciation

Question 16

Toady

Answer 16

n. sycophant, flatter, yes-man

to toady is to behave like a toady

Question 17

Torpid

Answer 17

adj. lethargic, sluggish, dormant

Torpor is a state of inactivity or lethargy

Question 18

Torque

Answer 18

n. a force that causes rotation

Question 19

Torrid

Answer 19

adj. scorching, ardent, passionate, hurried

Question 20

Tortuous

Answer 20

adj. winding, twisting, excessively complicated

be careful not to mix it up with torturous

Question 21

Tractable

Answer 21

adj. docile, obedient, easily led

Intractable means unruly

Question 21

Tout

Answer 21

v. to publicly praise or promote

Question 21

Transient

Answer 21

adj. fleeting, passing quickly, brief

Transience in the state of being transient

Question 22

Travesty

Answer 22

n. mockery, caricature, parody

as a verb, travesty means to imitate in such a way as to ridicule

Question 23

Trenchant

Answer 23

adj. sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating, bitting, clear cut

Question 24

Trite

Answer 24

adj. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use of excessive repetition

Question 25

Truculent

Answer 25

adj. fierce, scathing, eagar to fight

Question 26

Tumid

Answer 26

adj. swollen

Tumescence is swelling

Question 27

Turbid

Answer 27

adj. muddy, having sediment stirred up, clouded to the point of being opaque, in a state of turmoil

Question 28

Turgid

Answer 28

adj. swollen, bloated, pompous, excessively ornate

Turgid is a synonym for tumid

Question 29

Turpitude

Answer 29

n. depravity, baseness

Question 30

Tyro

Answer 30

n. novice, beginner in learning

Neophyte is a synonymn for tyro

Question 31

Ubiquitous

Answer 31

adj. existing everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered, widespread

Ubiquity is the state of being everywhere at the same time

Question 32

Umbrage

Answer 32

n. offense, resentment

Question 33

Undulate

Answer 33

v. to move in a wavelike fashion, fluctuate

Undulations are the motions somethins makes when it undulates

Question 34

Unfeigned

Answer 34

adj. genuine, not false or hypothetical

Question 35

Untenable

Answer 35

adj. indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

Question 36

Untoward

Answer 36

adj. troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse

Question 37

Upbraid

Answer 37

v. to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise

an upbraiding is a severe scolding

Question 38

Urbane

Answer 38

adj. sophisticated, refined, elegant

Question 39

Usury

Answer 39

n. charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest