Kaplan Prep 7 Flashcards
Emend
Verb: to make corrections and improvements (as in a text)
Frolicsome
Adj: lively and playful
Pulchritude
Adj: beauty
Vaunt
Verb: to boast or praise (excessively)
Potentate
Noun: a monarch or ruler (especially an autocrat)
Provenance
Noun: a place of origin, the earliest known history of something
Paucity
Noun: a small quantity
Spate
Noun: a large quantity
Dirigible
Adj: capable of being steered
Noun: an airship, zeppelin
Suborner
Noun: one who bribes or induces
Verb form: suborn
Interstitial
Adj: living in interstices/very small spaces, like between grains of sand
Gourmand
Noun: a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much
Myopic
Adj: nearsighted, lack of imagination
Recidivist
Noun: a convicted criminal who reoffends, especially repeatedly
Largesse
Noun: generosity in bestowing gifts