Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

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


See full index

Gre > Kaplanpt3 > Flashcards

Kaplanpt3 Flashcards

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

probity

A

complete honesty and integrity

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

profigate

A

corrupt, degenerate

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

proliferate

A

to increase in number quickly

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

propitiate

A

to conciliate, appease

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

pudence

A

wisdom, caution, or restraint

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

pulchritude

A

beauty

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

pusillanimous

A

cowardly

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

querulous

A

inclined to complain, irritable

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

redress

A

relief from wrong or injury

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

repast

A

meal or mealtim

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

replete

A

abundantly supplied, complete

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

repose

A

relaxation, leisure

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

requite

A

to return or repay

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

reticent

A

silent, reserved

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

ribald

A

humurous in a vulgar way

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

sanguine

A

cheerfully optimistic

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

sedition

A

behavior that promotes revellion or civil disorder

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

sinecure

A

well paying jorb that requires little work

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

slake

A

to calm down or moderate

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

sobriquet

A

nickname

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

solecism

A

grammatical mistake

22
Q

specious

A

deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious

23
Q

stentorian

A

extremely loud

24
Q

sublime

A

lofty or grand

25
Q

sully

A

to tarnish or taint

26
Q

surfeit

A

excessive amount

27
Q

sybarite

A

person devoted to pleasure and luxury

28
Q

Sycophant

A

self serving flatterer, yes man

29
Q

symbiosis

A

cooperation, mutual helpfulness

30
Q

toady

A

one who flatters in hope of gaining favors

31
Q

transitory

A

temporary, lasting brief time

32
Q

Trenchant

A

acute, sharp, incisive

33
Q

Tyro

A

beginner, novice

34
Q

Umbrage

A

offense, resentment

35
Q

Unconscionable

A

unscupulous, shockingly unfair or unjust

36
Q

upbraid

A

to scold sharply

37
Q

usury

A

practice of lending money at exorbitant rates

38
Q

Variegated

A

varied, marked with different colors

39
Q

Veracity

A

filled with truth and accuracy

40
Q

Vernal

A

related to spring, fresh

41
Q

Vestige

A

a trace, remnant

42
Q

Vicissitude

A

a change or variation, fluctuation

43
Q

vim

A

vitality and energy

44
Q

Vituperate

A

to abuse verbally, to berate

45
Q

voluble

A

talkative, speaking easily, glib

46
Q

Wan

A

sickly pale

47
Q

Wanton

A

undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless

48
Q

wizened

A

shriveled, withered, wrinkled

49
Q

Wraith

A

ghost or spector

50
Q

Zephyr

A

gentle breeze, something airy or unsubstantial

Gre (17 decks)

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