GRE VOCAB 2 Flashcards
adulterate
fake stuff = mixing with cheap material
fake love = adultery = intercourse with a younger person
advocate
support
aggrandize
big size? seeking BIG POWER
alacrity
cheerful readiness
ambivalent
“feeling vague” about things
ambiguous = being vague?
ameliorate
make thing better
HIPT is aiming to ameliorate technical skills performance at high intensity
amenable
agreeable
amendment?
anachronistic
Old-fashion!
The anachronistic conditioning method of long-distance running is not suitable for modern soccer anymore
anarchy? hierachy?
audacious
dashing = bravery
avaricious
very very greedy $$$$$
VIET A officials are avaricious by using the disease to earn unlawful money
banal
lack of originality. being a TOOL. try to copy everybody else
= hackneyed = very common
He is very banal. He is a tool. He tries to copy everybody.
benign
kind
Thu loves Minh because he is a benign man.
brazen
be courageous, be bold, be brazen
Minh continuously puts himself in an uncomfortable position because he is brazen and not afraid of failure to grow
calumny
lie to defamatory - to slander their reputation
NGUYEN PHUONG HANG is in jail because of calumnies. Still debatable though
candid
very straightforward = not vague
castigate
Asian parents use whipping to castigate their children
caustic
joking that burns
construe
interpret
contrite
regretful = penitent = remorseful
Drinking and driving, his family all got in severe condition. He is now a contrite man =(
convoluted
complex = complicated
covet
LOKI covet THOR’s power
craven
coward - CHICKEN OUT
He is a craven person. He chicken out when come to his responsibility
decorum
keeping good manner
= propriety
Wearing a Suit is a wedding decorum
deft
very skillful
Anh Vinh has a deftness for symmetric art
demur
show reluctant/hesitant
She was appointed to take the penalty kick. She failed because she demurred. The penalty kicker must not show reluctant.
derivative
derive from some other sources
desiccate
dry = desiccated fruits from Vietnam is famous
diatribe
verbal attack
In her diatribe, NPHANG aggressively criticized the corrupted system of those bad artists. Maybe she goes over the line and got put in jail because of calumnies
incredulous
incredible = giving credit
incredulous = unwilling to give credit
The results from his study are incredulous. He would have to explain a lot in his thesis.
ingenuous
vs disingenuous
honest vs dishonest
