Set 22 - GRE Mock 1 - Part 4

Question 1

Croon (v.)

Answer 1

Sinatra crooning mellow words.
She crooned “oh my dear child”
(to sing or talk in a very gentle voice especially about love.)

Question 2

Caterwaul (v.)

Answer 2

To make a high irritating noise like the one a cat makes.

Question 3

Shriek (v.)

Answer 3

Scream

Question 4

Overtures (n.)(pl.)

Answer 4

He told his family that she was his girlfriend even after she had rejected his overtures.
they began “making overtures” to the Irish government.
(sing = the beginning of a sound
plural = attempts at befriending someone)

Question 5

Locust (n.)(c.)

Answer 5

ملخ

Question 6

Pasture (n.)(c.)(uc.)

Answer 6

You don’t have many neighbors Mrs. Blythe. all these lands belong to Mr. Howard who rents them for pasture.
(مرتع)

Question 7

Crude (adj.)

Answer 7

We have a crude estimate of the population.
(not exact or with details but usually correct.)
(insulting usually in a sexual way)

Question 8

Inadvertent (adj.)

Answer 8

Viruses can be spread inadvertently by mail.
Inadvertent exposure to chemicals.
(uintentional)

Question 9

Brute (adj.)

Answer 9

The idea of a language gene might be jarring to those who view languages as the pinnacle of human intelligence and genes as brute impulses.
A brute man who kicks his pregnant wife in the gut.
(Resembling a beast - primary and simple)
بدوی

Question 10

Fret (v.)

Answer 10

She is always fretting about the children.
Now white parents are concerned about the race theory and fret that their children might feel bad for being white.
(worry too much especially when there is no need to worry.)

Question 11

Sway (v.)

Answer 11

Do not let him sway you with his empty promises.
She will be sitting at the pinnacle of power, but in many senses she will be powerless, surrounded by colleagues who know what they want and are unlikely to be swayed.
(to move slightly from one side to another
to influence someone so that they change their opinion.)

Question 12

Defy (v.)

Answer 12

She defied the eleven o’clock curfew.
Defy logic
(resist or confront with resistance -
به معنای تبعیت نکردن است و با رد کردن تفاوت دارد. وقتی ساعت تعیین شده را رعایت نمیکنی محدودیت را از بین نمیبری از آن تعبیت نمی کنی)

Question 13

Rehash (v.)

Answer 13

This issue has been rehashed too many times already.

to repeat something that has been discussed previously - used to show disapproval

Question 14

Espouse (v.)

Answer 14

The idea, while hardly new, has rarely been espoused by a scholar of his distinction.
(to support a cause, idea, policy, especially a political one)

Question 15

Backhanded (adj.)

Answer 15

coming from me, teasing is a backhanded compliment.

Having a meaning that is expressed indirectly or ambiguously.

Question 16

Paltry (adj.)

Answer 16

The government is being accused of offering a paltry solution to the housing crisis.
She only received a paltry of $10 a day.
(very small amount of something)

Question 17

Hitherto (adv.)

Answer 17

A kind of fish, hitherto unknown.
The implication is that a hitherto implacable party is ready to negotiate.
(up to this point)

Question 18

Sacrosanct (adj.)

Answer 18

I’m willing to help any weekdays, but my weekends are sacrosanct.
It is bewildering how willing we are to let borders we once drew ourselves become sacrosanct.
(too important or special to be changed, inviolable)

Question 19

Derision (n.)

Answer 19

Bobo’s stories were greeted with derision and disbelief.

Mockery - to be ridiculed

Question 20

Malleable (adj.)

Answer 20

Changing adults is hard, but it is easier to make kids whose ideas are still malleable excited about healthy eating.
(Easily influenced, tractable, a metal that can be hammered)

Question 21

Reclusive (adj.)

Answer 21

He led a reclusive, unsocial life.
She was a reclusive figure, whom few had ever seen.
(solitary - avoiding the company of other people - withdrawn from the society)

Question 22

Extinguish (v.)

Answer 22

Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires could be contained at best.
Socialism extinguished these archaic customs.
(Put an end to, cease, douse)

Question 23

Assiduous (adj.)

Answer 23

His assiduous attempts to learn French.
A detailed and assiduous report.
(Marked by care and persistence.)

Question 24

Stupefy (v.)

Answer 24

A store was rubbed and a stupefied customer caught all on video.
The offense of administrating drugs to women in an attempt to stupefy them.
(Make someone unable to think or feel properly, Amazed, shocked, stunned.)

Question 25

Proscribe (v.)

Answer 25

The act proscribes discrimination on the grounds of race.
Malcom talked like a black man who was free, above the laws that proscribed our imagination.
(forbit - prohibit)