Barron's GRE(7th100) Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| profound | deep; not superficial |
| prohibitive | so high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding |
| proliferate | to increase rapidly |
| propensity | inclination; tendency |
| propitiate | to win over; appease |
| propriety | correct conduct; fitness |
| proscribe | to condemn; forbid; outlaw |
| provident | providing for future needs; frugal |
| puissant | powerful |
| punctilious | careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony |
| pungent | strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point |
| purport | to profess; suppose; claim |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| quagmire | marsh; difficult situation |
| quail | to cower; lose heart |
| qualified | limited; restricted |
| qualm | sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the rightness of actions |
| query | to question |
| quibble | to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details |
| quiescent | inactive; still |
| quorum | number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
| raconteur | witty, skillful storyteller |
| rail | to scold with bitter or abusive language |
| raiment | clothing |
| ramification | implication; outgrowth; consequence |
| rarefied | refined |
| rationale | fundamental reason |
| rebus | puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words |
| recalcitrant | resisting authority or control |
| recant | to retract a statement or opinion |
| recluse | person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude |
| recondite | abstruse; profound |
| redoubtable | formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect |
| refractory | stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment |
| refulgent | brightly shining; resplendent |
| refute | to contradict; disprove |
| regale | to entertain |
| relegate | to consign to an inferior position |
| remonstrate | to object or protest |
| renege | to go back on one's word |
| reparation | amends; compensation |
| repine | fret; complain |
| reprise | repetition, especially of a piece of music |
| reproach | to find fault with; blame |
| reprobate | morally unprincipled person |
| repudiate | to reject as having no authority |
| rescind | to cancel |
| resolution | determination; resolve |
| resolve | determination; firmness of purpose |
| reticent | not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant |
| reverent | expressing deep respect; worshipful |
| riposte | a retaliatory action or retort |
| rococo | excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth-century Europe |
| rubric | title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol |
| rue | to regret |
| ruse | trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge |
| sage | wise |
| salacious | lascivious; lustful |
| salubrious | healthful |
| salutary | expecting an improvement; favorable to health |
| sanction | to approve; ratify; permit |
| sardonic | cynical; scornfully mocking |
| sartorial | pertaining to tailors |
| satiate | to satisfy |
| saturate | to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout |
| saturnine | gloomy |
| satyr | a creature that is half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; it is a follower of Dionysos; a lecher |
| savor | to enjoy; have a distinctive flavor or smell |
| schematic | relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram |
| secrete | produce and release substance into organism |
| sedition | behavior prompting rebellion |
| sedulous | diligent |
| seismic | relating to earthquakes; earthshaking |
| sensual | relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses, especially sexual appetites |
| sensuous | relating to the senses; operating through the senses |
| sentient | aware; conscious; able to perceive |
| servile | submissive; obedient |
| sextant | navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude |
| shard | a piece of broken glass or pottery |
| sidereal | relating to the stars |
| simian | apelike; relating to apes |
| simile | comparison of one thing with another using "like" or "as" |
| sinecure | well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
| singular | unique; extraordinary; odd |
| sinuous | winding; intricate; complex |
| skeptic | one who doubts |
| sobriety | seriousness |
| sodden | thoroughly soaked; saturated |
| solicitous | concerned; attentive; eager |
| soliloquy | literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others |
| solvent | able to meet financial obligations |
| somatic | relating to or affecting the body; corporeal |
| soporific | sleep producing |
| sordid | filthy; contemptible and corrupt |
| specious | seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so |
| spectrum | band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; a broad range of related ideas or objects |
| spendthrift | person who spends money recklessly |
| sporadic | irregular |
| squalor | filthy, wretched condition |
| staccato | marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds |
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