iv GRE Cards Flashcards
Parochial
narrow-minded
Precipitous
hasty
Perfidy
lowest circle in Dante’s inferno we’re for those who has practices perfidy (betrayal)
Gossamer
delicate. The gossamer wings of a butterfly
Virulent
very bitter, very poisonous. The virulent look on his face made me certain he’d say something mean
Viruliferous
containing a virus
Avocation
something done in addition to the principal job
Convoke
call together
Vociferous
vehement shouting or calling out. vociferous cries of protest and outrage.
Volition
free of choice, of own will. The product has the capacity to generate revenue on its own volition
Voracious
eating or absorbing everything. Victor had a voracious appetite growing up
Pertinacious
stubborn
Contort
to twist. He contorted his face into a grimace of pain
Torque
twisting force
Protract
prolong. He protracted the process
Transgress
go over bounds of moral code
Ulterior
beyond what us immediately stated. Could there be an ulterior motive
Adumbrate
to outline partially (adumbrate a plan), or to foreshadow lightly (the social unrest that adumbrated the French Revolution)
Penumbra
the space outside the perfect shadow but still in partial illumination
Usurp
to seize and hold without right. To usurp a throne
Convalescent-
recovering strength from sickness or injury. I am convalescing from my muscle injury.
Valediction
say farewell
Adventitious
accidental
Aver
to affirm, declare to be true. He averred that he was innocent
Senescent
getting old (adjective). wrinkles are a part of the normal senescence that is happening in a person’s body
Insensate
without feeling or sensitivity. The belief that god is present in all even insensate objects
Insentient
incapble of feeling. Animals are not insentient
Sentinel
a guard that stands watch
Sinuous
moving in a wavy or bending manner. The river follows a sinuous trail
Soliloquize
talk to oneself
Solipsism
the belief that the only thing that can be known is one self
Dissolute
indifferent to moral restraints, unrestrained. A dissolute, drunken lifestyle
Soluble
capable of being dissolved or liquified
Somnambulist
sleep walker
Somniferous
sleep inducing
Somniloquist
sleep talker
Somnolent
sleepy, drowsy - good way. The somnolent hum of bees in summer grass
Sophism
superficially appealing but fallacious argument
Perspicacious
keen mental perception and understanding
Apostasy
renunciation of an object of one’s previous loyalty. He was an apostate o the church
Destitute
without means of substance. the charity cares for destitute children
Astringent
causing to tighten, or stringent taste
Dissuade
to advise against (opposite of persuade)
Suave
smooth
Subterfuge
act of lying or otherwise trick to escape a bad consequence
Supercilious
arrogant, condescending, behaving as if better than someone. Devin is very supercilious
Contiguous
sharing a boundary, directly touching. Contiguous vineyards in Italy
Tactile
touchable. The keyboard has good tactile feedback
Risible
causing laughter. The suggestion was downright risible
Rubicund
reddish
