Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

gre for koreans-YMKIM > gre1 > Flashcards

gre1 Flashcards

lets finish this within a year

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
GRE® Vocabulary flashcards GRE® Psychology flashcards
1
Q

bastion

A

stronghold;fortress;fortified place

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

ascendancy

A

supremacy; domination

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

axiom

A

a self-evident rule of truth, a widely accepted saying

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

ardent

A

passionate, enthusiastic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

augment

A

to make bigger, to add to , to increase

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

antipathy

A

firm dislike

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

beget

A

to give birth to , to create, to lead to , to cause

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

abstruse

A

hard to understand

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

abate

A

to subside, to reduce

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

awry

A

off course, twisted to one side

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

appreciate

A

to increase in value

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

beset

A

to harass, to surround

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

amorous

A

feeling love, especially in a sexual sense; in love ; relating to love

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

austere;

A

unadorned, stern, forbidding, without excess

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

appropriate

A

to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

archetype

A

an original model or pattern

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

allusion

A

an indirect reference, a hint

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

avuncular

A

like an uncle, especially a nice uncle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

equine

A

horse related

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

aberration

A

something not typical; a deviation from the standard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

assiduous

A

hardworking; busy;quite diligent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

approbation

A

approval, praise

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

acerbic

A

sour; severe; like acid in temper, mood or tone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

assuage

A

to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

blatant

A

1) brazenly obvious; flagrant: a blatant error in simple addition; a blatant lie.
2) offensively noisy or loud; clamorous: blatant radios.
3) tastelessly conspicuous: the blatant colors of the dress.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

feline

A

cat related

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

blithe

A

carefree, cheerful

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

abnegate

A

to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

ambience

A

atmosphere; mood; feeling

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

burlesque

A

a ludicrous mocking, lewd imitation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

analogy

A

a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

beleaguer

A

to surround; to besiege; to harass

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

avow

A

to claim, to declare boldly to admit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

bequest

A

something left to someone in a will

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

apocryphal

A

of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

abash

A

to make ashamed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

benefactor

A

one who provides help, especially in the form of a give/ donation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

allege

A

to assert without proof

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

abstinent

A

voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is not good for you

40
Q

autonomous

A

acting independantyl

41
Q

belligerent

A

combative; quarrelsome, waging war

42
Q

auspicious

A

favorable, promising, pointing to a good result

43
Q

broach

A

to open up a subject for discussion often a delicate subject

44
Q

autocratic

A

ruling with absolute authority, extremely bossy

45
Q

canine

A

dog related

46
Q

ursine

A

bear related

47
Q

adherent

A

follower; supporter; believer

48
Q

piscine

A

fish related

49
Q

artifice

A

a clever trick; cunning

50
Q

ameliorate

A

to make better or more tolerable

51
Q

adroit

A

skillful, dexterous, clever; shrewd

52
Q

artful

A

crafty; wily;sly

53
Q

avarice

A

greed, excessive love of riches

54
Q

audacity

A

boldness, reckless daring, impertinence

55
Q

agnostic

A

one who believes that the existence of god can be neither proven nor disproven

56
Q

banal

A

unoriginal, ordinary

57
Q

apartheid

A

the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the republic of south africa

58
Q

belabor

A

to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

59
Q

blight

A

a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys

60
Q

arbiter

A

one who decides; a judge

61
Q

bureaucracy

A

관료 조직/ 비 능률, 수많은 규제 형식주의로 대변

62
Q

affectation

A

unnatural or artificial behavior; usually intended to impress

63
Q

amenable

A

ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable:

64
Q

ambivalent

A

undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously

65
Q

agrarian

A

relating to land; relating to the management of farming of land

66
Q

abstract

A

theoratical

67
Q

accolade

A

an award, an honor

68
Q

attrition

A

gradual wearing away, weakening or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers/size

69
Q

aristocratic

A

of noble birth; snobbish

70
Q

procine

A

pig related

71
Q

arcane

A

mysterious; known only to a select few

72
Q

bovine

A

cow related

73
Q

burgeon

A

to expand, to flourish

74
Q

apprehensive

A

worried; anxious

75
Q

bourgeois

A

middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional

76
Q

apotheosis

A

elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

77
Q

alacrity

A

cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

78
Q

adverse

A

unfavorable

79
Q

capricious

A

unpredictable; likely to change at any moment

80
Q

bemused

A

confused, bewildered

81
Q

apathy

A

lack of interest

82
Q

benign

A

gentle, not harmful, kind, mild

83
Q

aesthetic

A

having to do with artistic beauty, artistic

84
Q

adulate

A

wild or excessive admiration; flattery

85
Q

belie

A

to give a false impression of; to contradict

86
Q

abysmal

A

extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

87
Q

abortive

A

unsuccessful

88
Q

anitthesis

A

the direct opposite

89
Q

affinity

A

sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

90
Q

affluent

A

rich, prosperous

91
Q

amenity

A

pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

92
Q

anachronism

A

something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

93
Q

bane

A

poison, torment, cause of harm

94
Q

aphorism

A

a brief often witty saying a proverb

95
Q

aloof

A

uninvolved; standing off keeping one’s distance

96
Q

abject

A

hopeless, extremely sad and servile, defeated

gre for koreans-YMKIM (42 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions