GRE Vocabulary Flashcards
Excessively talkative
She kept her door closed in order to avoid her garrulous roommate nonstop ranting
Garrulous Gabby’s gabbing infuriated Gracie!
garrulous
excessive talking
garrulous
Easily influenced; pliable
Children’s minds are often malleable since children are greatly affected by their surroundings.
Mini Mikey’s malleable mind was easily managed by the malicious man.
malleable
pliable, easily influenced
malleable
To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due or necessary as in a duty
behooves
However, before you get on the slopes, it** behooves **you to learn to put on your skis and boots.
You will also see the word used with the word** ill**, in front, and that makes the situation negative or not suitable, for example:
It ill behooves** anyone to look down and frown at this part of the schedule in front of the manager.
to use your authority to abolish, do away with or put an end to
abrogate
Biden’s decision to **abrogate **Trump’s border policy’s proved detrimental to the country that was now overrun by migrants
immediately, without delay, at once, directly
forthwith
Right, well, I am left with no option but to dismiss you** forthwith** and to insist on your immediate deportation.
to make into law, to decree
enact
Maine was the first state in the Union to enact a law for prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors.
to decree, to make into law as in legislation
to enact
to do away with, to end, to use authority to abolish
abrogate
To make known to the public; especially a law, popularize or advocate, To make known by open declaration
promulgate
The federal and state governments, at their core, establish laws and promulgate rules.
An inclosure or clasp with the arms; specifically, a pressure to the bosom with the arms; an embracement; a hug.
embrace
In law, to attempt to influence corruptly, as a court or jury, by threats, bribes, promises, services, or entertainments, or by any means other than evidence or open argument.
They ‘re nothing more than legislators who embrace the same organized crime syndicate.
relinquish possession or control over
cede
Eventually, all parents must cede control of their growing childrens’ educations and allow their offspring some autonomy.
cede and relinquish are synonyms
To give up the possession or occupancy of; withdraw from; leave; abandon; quit.
relinquish
To cease from; give up the pursuit or practice of; desist from: as, to relinquish bad habits.
They have **relinquished **their powers of individual action and even their belief in individual enterprise.
to send (a person) away permanently in punishment
banish
When my parents banished my boyfriend Mitchell from our house, he wasn’t even allowed on the front lawn: he had to stay as far away as possible.
To make a **promise **of; engage to do, give, grant, or procure for some one; especially, to engage that some benefit shall be conferred.
To afford reason to expect: as, the year promises a good harvest; the clouds promise rain.
promise
synonyms: grant, procure, predict, foretell, prognosticate, forebode, anticipate, declare, guess, hazard, pretend, venture
verb: to agree to give (something that was asked for)
grant
synonyns:
grant, promise, procure,
The government has recently** granted** us access to information that was secret before.
Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
supplant
The duke of Orleans, a weak and dissolute but ambitious man, had conceived the hope of **supplanting **his cousin on the throne.
