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Barron's GRE(8th100)
Barron's GRE words from 701 to 800
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stanch | to stop or check the flow of |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| stigma | mark of disgrace or inferiority |
| stint | to be sparing |
| stipulate | to specify as an essential condition |
| stolid | having or showing little emotion |
| stratified | arranged in layers |
| striated | marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels |
| stricture | something that restrains; negative criticism |
| strident | loud; harsh; unpleasantly noisy |
| strut | to swagger; display to impress others |
| stultify | to impair or reduce to uselessness |
| stupefy | to dull the senses of; stun; astonish |
| stygian | dark and gloomy; hellish |
| subpoena | notice ordering someone to appear in court |
| subside | to settle down; grow quiet |
| substantiate | to support with proof or evidence |
| substantive | essential; pertaining to the substance |
| subsume | to include; incorporate |
| subversive | intended to undermine or overthrow, especially an established government |
| succor | relief; help in time of distress or want |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| sundry | various |
| supersede | to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated |
| supine | lying on the back; marked by lethargy |
| supplant | to replace; substitute |
| suppliant | beseeching |
| supplicant | one who asks humbly and earnestly |
| supposition | the act of assuming to be true or real |
| syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning that has a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion |
| sylvan | related to the woods or forest |
| tacit | silently understood; implied |
| talisman | charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune |
| tangential | peripheral; digressing |
| tautology | unnecessary repetition |
| taxonomy | science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organisms in categories |
| tenet | belief; doctrine |
| tenuous | weak; insubstantial |
| terrestrial | earthly; commonplace |
| theocracy | government by priests representing a god |
| thespian | an actor or actress |
| timbre | the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color |
| tirade | long, violent speech; verbal assault |
| toady | flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man |
| tome | book, usually large and academic |
| torpor | lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness |
| torque | a turning or twisting force; the moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce twisting or turning and rotation around an axis |
| tortuous | having many twists and turns; highly complex |
| tout | to promote or praise energetically |
| tractable | obedient; yielding |
| transgression | act of trespassing or violating a law or rule |
| transient | temporary; short-lived; fleeting |
| translucent | partially transparent |
| travail | work, especially arduous work; tribulation; anguish |
| travesty | parody; exaggerated imitation; caricature |
| treatise | article treating a subject systematically and throughly |
| tremulous | trembling; quivering; frugal; timid |
| trepidation | fear and anxiety |
| truculence | aggressiveness; ferocity |
| tryst | agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous |
| tumid | swollen; distended |
| turbid | muddy; opaque; in a state of great confusion |
| turgid | swollen; bloated; pompous |
| tutelary | serving as a guardian or protector |
| uncanny | mysterious; strange |
| undulating | moving in waves |
| unfeigned | not false; not made up; genuine |
| untenable | indefensible |
| untoward | not favorable; troublesome; adverse; unruly |
| usury | practice of lending money at exorbitant rates |
| vacillate | to waver; oscillate |
| vacuous | empty; void; lacking intelligence; purposeless |
| valedictory | pertaining to a farewell |
| vapid | tasteless; dull |
| variegated | varied; marked with different colors |
| vaunt | to boast; brag |
| venal | bribable; mercenary; corruptible |
| vendetta | prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility |
| venerate | to adore; honor; respect |
| veracious | truthful; accurate |
| verbose | wordy |
| vertigo | dizziness |
| vexation | irritation; annoyance; confusion; puzzlement |
| viable | practicable; capable of developing |
| vindictive | spiteful; vengeful; unforgiving |
| virtuoso | someone with masterly skills; expert musician |
| visage | countenance; appearance; aspect |
| viscous | thick, syrupy, and sticky |
| vitiate | to impair the quality of; corrupt morally; make inoperative |
| vituperative | using or containing harsh, abusive censure |
| vivisection | dissection, surgery, or painful experiments performed on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research |
| vogue | prevailing fashion or practice |
| volatile | tending to very frequently; fickle |
| vortex | whirlpool; whirlwind; center of turbulence |
| warranted | justified |
| wary | careful; cautious |
| welter | to wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil |
| whimsical | fanciful; unpredictable |
| wistful | vaguely longing; sadly thoughtful |
| zealot | one who is fanatically devoted to a cause |
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