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GRE vocab
GRE vocab
27
General Vocab
Undergraduate 4
06/17/2009

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Term

cosset

verb

Definition

to pamper

 

April cossets her racist dog all the time

Term

cabal

noun

Definition

secret group seeking to overturn something

 

The coworkers formed a cabal to keep me out of the deli

Term

bifurcate

verb

Definition

divide into two parts

 

Kalil bifurcated the cats head

Term

craven

adj

Definition

lacking courage

 

The craven girl was scared of spiders especially fiddle backs

Term

burnish

verb

Definition

to polish

 

He burnished the ring until it was ready to be given to his fiance

Term

banal

adj

Definition

predictable

 

its predictable that religious people want to ban alcohol

Term

calumny

noun

Definition

false malicious accusation

 

The deli girl made a calumny about another coworker and it caused a lot of trouble

Term

deleterious

adj

Definition

unexpectedly harmful

 

The GRE turned out to be deleterious in nature

Term

bonhomie

noun

Definition

good natured atmosphere

 

think bon bon

Term

blight

verb

Definition

to destroy

 

April blighted my trust in her when she slept with her ex boyfriend

Term

restive

adj

Definition

restless

 

Yuri is restive in the new house

Term

vituperative

adj

Definition

verbally abusive

 

Pear is verbally abusive telling you your fat and ugly and you should eat more of him

Term

laudatory

adj

Definition

praise

 

People make laudatory remarks on the beauty of my cat

Term

saturnine

adj

Definition

gloomy, sluggish

 

My satunine ways must stop if I am going to ace the GRE

Term

blanch

adj

Definition

whiten, lose color

 

The normally tan person blanched at the sight of a camel spider

Term

dissipated

adj

Definition

someone devoted to the pursuit of pleasure

 

think pleasure in sipping pee

Term

inundated

adj

Definition

overwhelmed

 

She was inundated by the tons of vocabulary she had to learn

Term

fecundity

adj

Definition
fertility
Term
culpability
Definition
guilt

think "culprit"
Term
dogma
Definition
formal religious belief
Term
obstreperous
Definition

loud and unruly

 

want to be loud but have sore pussy strep throat

Term
moribund
Definition
process of dying
Term
mawkish
Definition
sickeningly sentimental
Term
vitiate
Definition

corrupt

 

think viscously corrupt like marrying a rich man and killing him for his money

Term
jejune
Definition
immature
Term
temerity
Definition

recklessness

 

 

Term
malediction
Definition
curse
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