TOP 10 GRE WORDS Flashcards
Prosaic
adj. dull and lacking imagination
ex. Prose is opposite to poetry–
poetry = bursts with imagination
prose = lacks imagination
–> Prose-aic
Alacrity
n. eager willingness to do something
ex. First day on the job, you will work with ____, of course!
Paucity
n. a lack of something
Veracity
n. truthful
ex. Vera Wang is very truthful to herself when she wears no makeup outside.
Contrite
adj. remorseful
ex. after stealing his sister’s candy, Chucky soon became ____ when his sister wouldn’t stop crying.
Maintain*
v. to assert
ex. A scientist can ____ that a recent finding supports her theory.
adj. dull and lacking imagination
ex. Prose is opposite to poetry–
poetry = bursts with imagination
prose = lacks imagination
–> Prose-aic
Prosaic
n. eager willingness to do something
ex. First day on the job, you will work with ____, of course!
Alacrity
n. a lack of something
Paucity
n. truthful
ex. Vera Wang is very truthful to herself when she wears no makeup outside.
Veracity
adj. remorseful
ex. after stealing his sister’s candy, Chucky soon became ____ when his sister wouldn’t stop crying.
Contrite
v. to assert
ex. A scientist can ____ that a recent finding supports her theory.
Maintain
Pugnacious
adj. aggressively argue about everything
adj. verbally combative
ex. like a pug
Laconic
adj. when he/she says very few words
ex. Christian Bale (Batmen) says very few words so he is the _____ caped crusader
egregious
adj. standing out in a bad way
ex. ____ foul would be called on a player who slugged another player
