Word knowledge Flashcards
Kagan maintains that an infant’s reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or _________ signs of adolescent anxiety
A) prophetic B) normal C) monotonous D) virtual E) typical
A) prophetic
” Prophetic” signs, like harbingers, foretell future occurrences, and for the infant, adolescent anxiety is a future occurence.
Harbingers - предвестники
Prophetic - пророческий, содержащий предсказанье
Sign - знак
Dominant interests often benefit most from _______ of governmental interference in business, since they are able to take care of themselves if left alone.
A) intensification B) authorization C)centralization D) improvisation E) elimination
E) Elimination
Since businesses are good when left alone, the government must b absent.
An investigation that is __________ can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.
A) timely B) unguided C) consistent D) uncomplicated E) subjective
The words “can occasionally” and “but typically” indicate, the missing word describes an investigation that contrasts with a “search in a definite direction”
B) unguided
Preternatural
Сверхъестественный
Conductor
Дирижёр.
Enduring
Прочный,
Неугасающий
: The ring was enduring :
At odds
Conflicting
Discordant
Несогласный
Противоречивый
Reluctance
Нежелание
Dichotomy
Разделение Различение Разъединение Split Division \:Dik split anatomy:
Interpretive
Пояснительный
Ascribe
Приписывать
It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) predictable B) unexpected C) admirable D) explicit E) confusing
The word “on the other hand” indicate that while the existence of societal codes of behavior is no surprise, their character may be quite surprising.
B) unexpected
Fastidiousness
Having high and often capricious standards
Разборчивый
Утончённый
Didacticism
Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art.
Поучительность, назедательность.
Iconoclasm
Distraction of religious images
Религиозно-политическое движение против культа почитания икон и других изображений хреста и святых
Agonizing
Мучительный Страшный Агонизировать Бороться Кончаться Умирать
Acumen
Проницательность
Сообразительность
Острота ума
Acuvue - пронизывает
Reverence
Благоговение
Почтение
Polemical
A controversial (спорный) argument, especially one refuting (опровергающий) or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
Спор, в большинстве случаев при выяснении вопросов в политической, филосовской, литературной или художественной темах. Дискуссия, прения.
Полено - спорам нужно дать время.
Dissimilar
Not alike. Different
Разные
Political advertising may be well the most (i)__________ kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii)_________, yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A) polemical A) interchangeable
B) effective B) dissimilar
C) deceptive C) vocal
“hide” and “smoke screens” suggest that blank (i) is deceptive. Blank (ii) is then “dissimilar” since what is deceptive about political advertisements is that they hide important differences.
Debunking
To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of: debunk a supposed miracle drug
Разоблачать обман
Acerbic
Резкий, неприятный
Scathing
Sharp, caustic
Уничтожающий
Select TWO answer choices. Ever a demanding reader of the fiction of others, the novelist Chase was likewise often the subject of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ analyses by his contemporaries. A) exacting B) copious C) respectful D) acerbic E) scathing F) meticulous
Word “likewise” indicates that the analyses of Chase’s work by contemporaries were like the readings he gave the fiction of others. Since he is describes as “demanding” reader, the words in a blank are similar to “demanding”, exact(A) and meticulous (F)
Copious
Abundant in supply or quantity
Обильный
: обильное кол-во опиума:
Frugality
Economical in use of expenditure, not wasteful
Бережливость
Illiberality
Narrow-minded, bigoted :fatality:
Непросвещённый
Intolerance
Нетерпимость
Thrift
The quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully
Бережливость, хозяйственность, экономность
Miserliness
Total lack of generosity with money
Скупость, скаредность, прижимость
Копить мизер. Скупой.
Her \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ should not be confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she has always been willing to assist those who are in need. A) stinginess B) diffidence C) frugality D) illiberality E) intolerance F) thrift
C) frugality
&
F) thrift
Engage
Занятый
Вовлечённый
Вступать
Essential
Существенный
Fanciful
Overimaginative and unrealistic
Причудливый, фантастический
Фантастикул
Inconsequential
Not important of significant
Нескщественный, незначительный
:No sequence-significance:
Involved
Вовлечённый
Holistic
Целостный
: Whole :
Embodiment
Воплощение
Олицетворение
Flutter
Развеваться,
Трепетать
: The flag fluttered frantically:
Robust
Strong & healthy Крепкий Здравый Сильный Здоровый
Agile
Quick & well coordinated in movement Проворный Живой Вёрткий \: Agile lizard :
Wit
Ability to think quickly, intelligence Остроумие Ум Разум \: quick int:
Commodity
Marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs
Товар
Продукт
: common goods - продукты:
Savvy
Practical understanding, shrewdness or intelligence; common sense Здравый смысл Смекалка Понимание Умение соображать \: smart & heavy:
Ad hoc
For this
К этому
Для этого случая, для этой цели
Типичный пример- организация, комитет и комиссия, созданный на национальном или международном уровне для решения конкретной задачи.
The smallest of policy decisions are made through faculty governance and ad hoc committees.
But the ad hoc coalition of radio scientists did like the idea of setting up new heater in Alaska.
Epitomize
Ideal or perfect example
Воплощение
: epic tomb of Tutanchamun epitomizes egyptian culture:
Status-quo
The existing state of affairs
Существующее положение
: my current status-quo in gre studies needs to improve :
Assimilate
To take into the mind and thoroughly comprehend
Усваивать
: immigrants want to thoroughly comprehend or assimilate the citizen’s test:
Impetus
Импульс
Стимул
Толчок
Bolster
Поддерживать
Coalesce
To unite into a whole; to fuse
Сливаться
Объединяться
Self-consciousness
Aware of oneself as an individual or of one’s own being.
Socially ill at ease.
Самосознание
Застегьчивость
Tenuous
Having a thin consistency, dilute
Незначительный, тонкий
:Ten guitar string. Each is tenious, cuts like snake’s toungue venomous:
Avidly
Desirous to the point of greed, urgently, eager
Жадно
Ascertain
Устанавливать,
Выяснять
: because it is impossible to ascertain which notation and terminology should be clarified for an individual test taker, extra material is included:
Juxtaposition
Сопоставление
Соприкосновение
: Multlication is usually denoted by juxtaposition such as 2y or (3)(4.5):
Convex
Выпуклый
Having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere
Society
A community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests
Controversial habit
Спорная привычка
Cherished tradition
Заветная традиция
Disquieting ritual
Тревожный ритуал
Acceding to public demand
Присоединиться к общественному спросу
Belie
Опровергать
Injudicious
Неразумный
Select two answer choices: Overlarge, uneven, and ultimately disappointing, the retrospective exhibition seems too much like special pleading for a forgotten painter of real but \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ talents. A. Limited B. Partial C. Undiscovered D. Circumscribed E. prosaic F. Hidden
A. Limited
D. Circumscribed - ограниченный
Choose 2 correct answers: Newspapers report that the former executive has been trying to keep a low profile since his \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ exit from the company. A. Celebrated B. Mysterious C. Long-awated D. Fortuitous E. Indecorous F. Unseemly
E. indecorous
F. Unseemly - неблаговидный
Fortuitous - случайный, удачный
Precocious
преждевременный
Perfidious
Вероломный, предательский
Spiteful
Злобный
Gleefully
Радостно
Rancorous
Злобный
Враждебный
Litigious
Спорный
Vindictive
Мстительный
Conformity
Соответствие, подчинение
Exasperation
Раздражение, озлобленность
Profess
Притворяться
