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GRE English
pg 25-29
Question | Answer |
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Juxtapose, to | To place side by side |
Ken | Range of knowledge |
Kismet | Fate |
Kith | Familiar friends |
Labile | Unstable |
Laconic | Brief and to the point |
Languor | Lassitude, depression |
Largess | Generous gift |
Lassitude | Languor, weariness |
Legerdemain | Sleight of hand |
Lethargy | Torpor |
Ligneous | Like wood |
Limn | To draw or paint, to describe or depict |
Limpid | Clear |
Lionize, to | To treat as a celebrity |
Loquacious | Talkative, garrulous |
Lucre | Money |
Lurid | Wild, sensational |
Macerate, to | To soften in a liquid, to cause to waste away, to grow thin |
Magniloquent | Boastful, pompous |
Maladroit | Clumsy, bungling |
Malaise | Uneasiness, distress |
Manumit, to | To emancipate, to free from slavery |
Marshal, to | To put in order |
Martinet | Strict disciplinarian |
Matrix | Mold, die |
Melange | Medley, miscellany |
Mendacious | Lying, false |
Mendacity | A lie |
Metaphysical | Pertaining to speculative philosophy |
Mettle | Courage, spirit |
Miasma | Swamp gas |
Milieu | Environment, means of expression |
Militate, to | To work against |
Minaret | Slender tower |
Minion | A servile dependent |
Misanthrope | One who hates mankind |
Misapprehension | Error, misunderstanding |
Miscreant | Wretch, villian, heretic, infidel, unbeliever |
Misogynist | Woman hater |
Modicum | Limited quantity of something |
Modish | Fashionable |
Moiety | Half, part |
Mollify, to | To soothe |
Mordant | Biting, sarcastic, stinging |
Mortise, to | To fashen |
Mugwump | Defector from a party, indicisive person |
Multifarious | Varied, greatly diversified |
Munificent | Very generous |
Nadir | Lowest point |
Nether | Lower |
Nettle | To annoy, to vex |
Nice | Precise |
Nicety | Minute distinction |
Nitid | Bright, lustrious |
Noisome | Foul smelling, unwholesome |
Nonage | Immaturity |
Nonplus, to | To bring to a halt by confusion |
Nosegay | Fragrant bouquet |
Nuance | Shade of difference in meaning or color |
Nubile | Marriageable |
Obdurate | Stubborn |
Objurgation | Severe rebuke, scolding |
Oblique | Slanting |
Obloquy | Slander, disgrace, infamy |
Obsequious | Slavishly attentive, servile, sycophantic |
Obsequy | Funeral ceremony |
Obstreperous | Boisterous, noisy |
Obtrusive | Pushing forward |
Obtuse | Blunt, stupid |
Obviate, to | To make unnecessary |
Occlude, to | To shut, to close |
Offal | waste, garbage |
Officious | Meddlesome, trying to please excessively |
Omniscient | All-knowing |
Onus | Burden, responsiblilty |
Opprobrious | Disgraceful |
Oracular | Foretelling, mysterious |
Orotund | Round resonant quality, inflated speech, bombastic |
Ostensible | Apparent, professed |
Ovid | Egg shaped |
Oxymoron | A combination of opposite or contradictory terms, |
Paean | Song of praise or joy |
Palaver | Discussion, misleading speech, chatter |
Palliate, to | To mitigate |
Paradigm | Model, example, pattern |
Paragoric | Medicine that eases pain |
Parley | Conference |
Paroxysm | Fit or attack of pain, laughter, or rage |
Parricide | Person who murders his own father |
Parse, to | To break a sentance down into its gramatical parts |
Parsimonious | Stingy |
Pastiche | Imitation of anothers style of music or writing |