GRE VOCAB 2

Question 1

adulterate

Answer 1

fake stuff = mixing with cheap material

fake love = adultery = intercourse with a younger person

Question 2

advocate

Answer 2

support

Question 3

aggrandize

Answer 3

big size? seeking BIG POWER

Question 4

alacrity

Answer 4

cheerful readiness

Question 5

ambivalent

Answer 5

“feeling vague” about things

ambiguous = being vague?

Question 6

ameliorate

Answer 6

make thing better

HIPT is aiming to ameliorate technical skills performance at high intensity

Question 7

amenable

Answer 7

agreeable

amendment?

Question 8

anachronistic

Answer 8

Old-fashion!
The anachronistic conditioning method of long-distance running is not suitable for modern soccer anymore

anarchy? hierachy?

Question 9

audacious

Answer 9

dashing = bravery

Question 10

avaricious

Answer 10

very very greedy $$$$$
VIET A officials are avaricious by using the disease to earn unlawful money

Question 11

banal

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

benign

Answer 12

kind

Thu loves Minh because he is a benign man.

Question 13

brazen

Answer 13

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

Question 14

calumny

Answer 14

lie to defamatory - to slander their reputation

NGUYEN PHUONG HANG is in jail because of calumnies. Still debatable though

Question 15

candid

Answer 15

very straightforward = not vague

Question 16

castigate

Answer 16

Asian parents use whipping to castigate their children

Question 17

caustic

Answer 17

joking that burns

Question 18

construe

Answer 18

interpret

Question 19

contrite

Answer 19

regretful = penitent = remorseful

Drinking and driving, his family all got in severe condition. He is now a contrite man =(

Question 20

convoluted

Answer 20

complex = complicated

Question 21

covet

Answer 21

LOKI covet THOR’s power

Question 22

craven

Answer 22

coward - CHICKEN OUT

He is a craven person. He chicken out when come to his responsibility

Question 23

decorum

Answer 23

keeping good manner
= propriety

Wearing a Suit is a wedding decorum

Question 24

deft

Answer 24

very skillful

Anh Vinh has a deftness for symmetric art

Question 25

demur

Answer 25

show reluctant/hesitant

She was appointed to take the penalty kick. She failed because she demurred. The penalty kicker must not show reluctant.

Question 26

derivative

Answer 26

derive from some other sources

Question 27

desiccate

Answer 27

dry = desiccated fruits from Vietnam is famous

Question 28

diatribe

Answer 28

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

Question 29

incredulous

Answer 29

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.

Question 30

ingenuous

Answer 30

vs disingenuous
honest vs dishonest