GRE VOCABULARY Flashcards
REPOSE
RELAXATION
LEISURE
REPUDIATE
VERB
TO REJECT THE VALIDITY OF
SYN: DENY, DISAVOW, DISCLAIM; RENOUNCE
DISOWN
SACROSANCT
ADJ
EXTREMELY SACRED; BEYOND CRITISISM
SYN: HOLY, INVIOLABLE; OFF LIMITS
RUSTIC
RURAL
SYN; BUCOLIC , PASTORAL
RESTIVE
ADJ
IMPATIENT, UNEASY, RESTLESS
SYN; AGITATED, ANXIOUS FRETFUL
RHETORIC
NOUN
EFFECTIVE WRITING OR SPEAKING
LINCOLN’S TALENT FOR RHETORIC WAS EVIDENT IN HIS BEAUTIFULLY EXPRESSED GHETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
SYN ELOQUENCE, ORATORY
RIBALD
ADJ
HUMOROUS IN A VULGAR WAY
THE COURT JESTERS RIBALD BRAND OF HUMOR DELIGHTED THE RATHER UNCOUTH KING.
SYN: COARSE, GROSS, INDELICATE, LEWD, OBSCENE
ROCOCO
ADJ
VERY HIGHLY ORNAMENTED; RELATING TO AN 18TH CENTURY ARTISTIC STYLE OF ELABORATE ORNAMENTATION.
THE ORNATE FURNITURE IN THE HOUSE REMINDED HIM OF THE ROCOCO STYLE.
SYN: INTRICATE, ORNATE
PRUDENCE
NOUN
WISDOM, CAUTION, OR RESTRAINT
SYN; ASTUTENESS, CIRCUMSPECTION, DISCRETION, FRUGALITY,JUDICIOUSNESS, PROVIDENCE, THRIFT
PROPRIETY
NOUN
THE QUALITY OF BEHAVING IN A PROPER MANNER
OBEYING RULES AND CUSTOMS
SYN; APPROPRIATENESS, DECENCY, DECORUM, MODESTY
DISTEND
VERB
TO SWELL, INFLATE, OR BLOAT
SYN; BROADEN, BULGE
DISSONANCE
NOUN
A HARSH AND DISAGREEABLE COMBINATION, ESP OF SOUNDS
SYN; CLASH, CONTENTION, DISCORD, DISSENSION, DISSENT, DISSIDENCE, FRICTION, STRIFE, VARIANCE
DISCERN
VERB
TO PERCEIVE OR RECOGNIZE
SYN; CATCH, DESCRY, DETECT, DIFFERENTIATE, DISCRIMINATE, DISTINGUISH, EPSY, GLIMPSE, KNOW, SEPARATE, SPOT, SPY, TELL
OBDURATE
ADJ
HARDENED, IN FEELING; RESISTANT TO PERSUASION.
SHE WAS COMPLETELY OBDURATE ON THE ISSUE.
SYN; INFLEXIBLE, INTRANSIGENT, RECALSITRANT, TENATIOUS, UNYIELDING
OCCULDE
VERB
TO STOP UP; TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF
SYN; BARRICADE, BLOCK, CLOSE, OBSTRUCT
