MGRE SE Flashcards
Contrite
Synonym: Penitential
Meaning: being remorseful
Sentence: Criminal defendants try and appear contrite before judges to get moral sympathy
Pious
Meaning: Devoutly religious
Sentence: My mom is quite pious but thankfully isn’t sanctimonious
Phlegmatic
Synonym: Unflappable
Meaning: calm, cool in the face of crisis
Sentence: After years of experience in the emergency room The doctor was phlegmatic in his methodology
Apocryphal
Meaning: Untrue
Sentence: If I were to say I’ll do well on this GRE it would be apocryphal
Saccharine
Meaning: Excessively sweet or sentimental
Sentence: I find myself to be too saccharine with girls I’m interested in
Protean
Synonym: Versatile
Meaning: Adaptable to a variety of different styles
Sentence: The Pianist was so protean he could mimic any artist of his time
Abated
Meaning: Diminished or fell
Sentence: it was surprising that investments in the company abated considering the company had attained high levels of profitability in the last few months
Euphony
Synonym: Tonality
Meaning: Pleasant sound
Sentence: Coldplay’s music is regarded as euphony to die hard fans like me
Dissonance/ Stridency
Meaning: Harshness
Sentence: Archana addressing our class with a tone of dissonance is never a good sign
Dally/ Tarry
Meaning: waste time
Sentence: sometimes I feel I dally/tarry a lot when I go to college which is why I prefer to stay at home and study
Appellations/ Sobriquets
Meaning: Nicknames
Sentence: I received a number of nasty appellations/sobriquets in high school but haven’t so far in college
Vexing
Meaning: annoying
Sentence: Sentence equivalence is the most vexing part of the GRE
Genial
Meaning: friendly
Sentence: the Shri ram people are the most genial people I have met
Hyperbole
Meaning: exaggeration
Sentence: I get my knack for hyperbole from my mother
Innuendos
Meaning: negative hints
Sentence: I keep giving SM innuendos that I hate her but she doesn’t get them
Conundrums
Meaning: difficult questions
Sentence: the simple questions my mom texts me at 3 am become conundrums when I’m drunk
Buttress
Meaning: to support
Sentence: we were shocked to find genuine people buttressing Trump in the US
Albatross
Meaning: On going problem
Sentence: France’s albatross of terrorism will definitely impact their tourism in the long run
Candor
Meaning: Honest
Sentence: V told me that he’s always candle with K which is an admirable quality
Insolent
Meaning: rude and arrogant
Sentence: Pranay will always be insolent no matter how much he fakes otherwise
Assimilation
Synonym: acculturation
Meaning: Adapting to a place
Sentence: SM finds it impossible to assimilate herself to any place except the US
Stoic
Meaning: unemotional
Sentence: Z told me people like me in her life are to be blamed for her stoic nature
Stolid
Meaning: unemotional
Sentence: Z told me that people like me in her life are to be blamed for her stolid nature
Callow
Meaning: Immature
Sentence: The gang of seniors in my college were amongst the most callow people I’ve ever known
Shrewd
Meaning: complete
Sentence: Thanks to my article I have a semi shrewd understanding of the 2008 financial crash
Vituperations
Meaning: abusive language
Sentence: V’s drunken vituperation so are something to be admired
Quips
Meaning: one liners
Sentence: Moulik was known for his quips in the first few semesters of college
Impasse
Meaning: stalemate
Sentence: the two debaters kept on Arguing until the judges stopped them as they had reached an impasse
Ebullient/ exuberant
Meaning: cheerful
Sentence: my first impression of the shri ram people was that they were all ebullient/exuberant in nature
Contemptible
Meaning: despicable
Synonyms: my pot brownie trip was absolutely contemptible
Fetid
Meaning: foul smelling
Sentence: you can tell a rat has died by the fetid stench throughout the house
Wizened
Meaning: old and weathered
Sentence: R Thomas’s mom was very nice and sensible for a wizened woman
Hale
Meaning: strong and healthy
Sentence: P is the most hale person I know
Satirical
Meaning: making fun of a pre-existing situation
Sentence: Parthiv’s humour is largely satirical in nature
Amiable/ Convivial
Meaning: warm and good humoured
Sentence: Vidur is one of the most amiable people I know
Farcical
Meaning: laughable
Sentence: dad has many farcical experiences on our trips
Inchoate
Meaning: partially in existence
Sentence: Devyani is inchoate I’m the lives of her former classmates
Incipient
Meaning: partially in existence
Sentence: Devyani is incipient in the lives of her former classmates
Benign
Meaning: not harmful
Sentence: people who think alcohol is benign are stupid
Explicate
Meaning: explain
Sentence: it is difficult to explicate to SM that her
life isn’t that bad
Denigrate
Synonym: disparage
Meaning: criticise
Sentence: my dad gets quite annoyed by us denigrating him constantly
Genteel
Meaning: polite
Sentence: customer service in the US is very genteel
Disposed
Meaning: inclined
Sentence: I’m quite disposed to drunk dialling someone when I reach a point of drunkeness
Triage
Meaning: prioritise
Sentence: whenever I am besotted by a female I triage her in my life
Inadvertently
Meaning: accidentally
Sentence: the time I inadvertently left my bag pack on the train in Milan was a horrible experience
Priggish/ punctilious
Meaning: someone who demands conformity in a morally superior manner
Sentence: Ahmed was a priggish/punctilious individual making him a tyrant for interns
Impious
Synonym: lax
Meaning: irreverent or not respectful of God
Sentence: being impious is not good even if you’re an aethist
Puckish
Meaning: mischievous
Sentence: Nikhil is quite a puckish child
Prurient
Meaning: having lustful thoughts
Sentence: Snehal is a very prurient person, but then again we all are
Puritanical
Meaning: very strict in religious matters
Sentence: the RSS is puritanical to the point that they are all radicals and hooligans
