Gre38 Flashcards
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Fervid
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Passionate, intense
Ex) he is known for his fervid devotion to the movement
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Fervor
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열정
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Fetid
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Having a bad smell
The fisherman didn’t like the look of the black and fetid water of the lake
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Fetter
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To bind, confine
The police fettered the suspect
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Fey
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Having a magical or fairy-like quality
The hero meets a fey girl who says nothing and smiles enigmatically
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Fiasco
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Disaster
The party was a fiasco
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Fiefdom
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Estate of a feudal lord; something over which a dominant person or group has control
The principal runs the school like his fiefdom
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Figurative
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Using figures of speech, metaphorical
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Filial
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Pertaining to ason or daughter
Mr.smith’s son took his filial duties seriously
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Finesse
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To handle with deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse that is refinement, in performance
The diplomat was able to finesse the problem
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Plight
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Unpleasant condition
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Colliery
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A coal mine
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Fission
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Splitting into two parts
The first nuclear fission was produced in 1942
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Fitful
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Starting and stopping
I had a fitful sleep last night
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Flag
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Verb) to grow tired, weak, or less enthusiastic
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Florid
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Ruddy; reddish; flowery
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Flout
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To treat scornfully
Don’t flout school regulations
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Flux
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A continuous flowing
Many people treat time as a flux
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Foible
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Minor weakness
John’s foible is his tending to want to take too long to complete tasks
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Foment
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To incite; arouse
The protesters were accused of fomenting revoliution
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Foolhardy
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Rash; heedless
We told them that the plan was foolhardy, but they went ahead with it anyway
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Foreshadow
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To suggest beforehand
The novel foreshadows certain events early in the story
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Forlorn
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Dreary; unhappy; dispairing
After the ship sank there were only three forlorn survivors
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Forswear
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To renounce; repudiate
The country forswears the use of nuclear weapons
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Fracas
Loud dispute
| There was a fracas outside the house last night
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Fractious
Unruly, rebellious
| The president tried to control fractious elements in the party
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Froward
Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
| Even the most experienced trainer has trouble handling the froward colt
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Fulminate
To attack loudly; denounce
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Fundamentalist
A person who believes in a literal interpretation of the bible or other holy book
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Funereal
Mournful
| The mood at the school was funereal after we lost the state championship game
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Furor
General commotion, disorder; frenzy
| The arrival of the movie star created a furor
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Furtive
Sneaky; stealthy
| Cheryl keeps stealing furtive glances at peter
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Gaffe
Social blunder
| Jim was so afraid of making a gaffe that he barely spoke to anyone at the party
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Galvanize
To rouse or stir
| The speech galvanized support for the plan
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Gambit
A stratagem or ploy
| The general decided on the risky gambit
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Gambol
To frolic; leap playfully
| We watched the dolphins gambol in the waves
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Gargantuan
Huge, tremendous
| There has been a gargantuan increase in public debt
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Garner
To gather and store
| The candidate garnered the greatest support in rural areas
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Gauche
Coarse and uncouth; clumsy
| The girls were embarrassed by the boy's gauche behavior
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Genial
Having a pleasant or friendly deposition
| People like ted's genial personality
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Gentry
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People of standing; class of people just below nobility
The king made sure he had the support of the gentry before~
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Geriatric
Related to the aged or the aging process
| As the population ages, geriatric medicine is becoming more important
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Gestalt
Relating to a pattern of elements so unifed that properties cannot be derived from the sum of its parts
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Gestation
Growth process from conception to birth
| Human beings have a long gestation period
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Gingerly
Very carefully
| The soldier walked through the mine field gingerly
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Glacial
Like a glacier; extremely cold; slow
| The weather man predicts a glacial winter this year
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Glib
Fluent in an insincere way; offhand
| His remark sounded glib, but i don't think he meant it
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Gloamng
Twilight; dusk
| In the first gloaming of the night we heard a trumpet sound
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Gnomic
Expressed in short, pithy saying
| Few of the guru's followers fully understood her gnomic aphorisms
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Goad
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Urge on
The class goaded the teacher into telling them the date of her wedding
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Gossamer
Sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs
| Her blouseis made of a gossamer material
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Gourmet
Connoisseur of food and drink
| The gourmet decided to open a restraunt
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Grandiloquence
Pompous language
| The old senator was known for his grandiloquence
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Gratify
To please
| The teacher was gratified by the student's progress
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Grouse
To complain
| Stop grousing about having too much work
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Gustatory
Affecting the sense of taste
| The restraunt is famous for its gustatory delights
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Hackneyed
Worn out by overuse
| The politician used the same hackneyed phase in every speech
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Hamper
방해하다
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Hapless
Unfortunate, having bad luck
| The hapless soldiers were killed by a powerful explosion
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Harangue
Long pompous speech; tirade
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Harbinger
Precursor, sign of something to come
| The fall in the stock market is a harbinger of economic decline
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Harrowing
Extremely distressing, terrifying
| We had a harrowing journey by train along the mountainside
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Headstrong
Reckless; insisting on one's way
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Heathen
Pagan; uncivilized and irreligious
| The missionary preaches to the heathen people
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Hector
To bully; torment
| The bully hectored the boy
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Hegemony
Leadership, domination, usually by a country
| No one challenges the country's hegemony in the region
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Deferred
연기된
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Fin de siecle
시대의 끝/ 새로운 시작
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Schlocky
Cheap, trashy
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Fiscal
재정
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Chuffed to bits
Be thrilled by something
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Prosthetic
인공사지
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Tethering
인터넷이 가능한 기기를 통하여 다른 기기로 접속이 가능하게 해줌
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Herculean
Calling for great strength or courage
| The historian started on the herculean task of writing a comprehensive history of the world
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Hermaphrodism
A condition in animals and humans in which male and female reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics are present in the same individual
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Hermeneutic
Explaining; interpreting
| The two literary critics disagree on which of the two approaches is the best hermeneutic approach
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Hermetic
Tightly sealed; magical
| The scholar is studying the hermetic tradition associated with the egyptian pyramids
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Heuristic
Helping to learn
| The science teacher uses models of organic compounds as a heuristic device
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Hidebound
Excessively rigid; dry and stiff
| The students complain that the principal is so hidebound that she won't consider any of their new ideas
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Hieroglyphics
A system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meaning or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher
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Hinterland
The remote or less developed parts of a country
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Hirsute
Covered with hair
| Scientists believe early man was hirsute
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Histrionics
Exaggerated emotional behavior calcualted for effect ; theatrical arts or performances
Critics panned the actor's performance as mere histrionics
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Hoary
Very old; whitish or gray from age
| The hoary poet read the poem he had written as a young man
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Hobson's choice
A double bind; that is, a situation in which a person must choose between alternatives that are equally unsatisfactory
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Hoi polloi
The common people
| The billionaire told his son not to mix with the hoi polloi
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Homage
Public honor and respect
| On george washington's birthday we pay homage to "the father of our nation"
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Homily
Sermon; tedious moralizing
| The minister has the habit of writing his weekly homily on wednesday morning
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Host
A great number
| The bankruptcy of the large company presented the town with a host of problems
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Hubirs
오만
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Husband
To farm, manage carefully and thriftily
| The expedition husbanded their supplies
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Hypochondria
Unfounded belief that one is often ill
| The doctor suspected that her patient was suffering from hypochondria
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Hypostatize
To ascribe physical existence to
| The human mind seems to have a tendency to hypostatize the self
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Iconography
The traditional or conventional images or symbols associated with a subject, especially a religious or legendary subject
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Ideology
A set of beliefs forming the basis of a political system
| The country's ideology was shaped by its culture
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Idiosyncrasy
Peculiarity of temperament, eccentricity
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Idiot savant
A mentally retarded person who exhibits extraordinary talent in one field
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Idolatry
Idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
| The young lover ~ worship him with honest idolatry
