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GRE
GRE vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pertinant | Relevant |
| Vitiate | Make ineffective or reduce value of |
| Sanctimonious | Holy or making a show of being holier than others |
| Impart | Bestow |
| abeyance | suspend action |
| accede | agree |
| admonish | to warn or reprove |
| ambivalence | Having contradictory emotional attitudes |
| apprise | inform |
| appropriate (v) | acquire |
| ascetic | self-denial |
| boorish | rude insensitive |
| burnish | make shiny by rubbing; polish |
| buttress | support; prop up |
| cessation | coming to an end |
| cession | yeilding to another |
| confound | confuse |
| connoisseur | a person competent to act as a judge of an art |
| contention | claim; thesis |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| craven | cowardly |
| daunt | frighten |
| default | failure to act |
| delineate | portray; depict; sketch |
| dichotomy | split; branching into two parts |
| diffuse | wordy; rambling; spread out |
| discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |
| discrete | separate; unconnected |
| disingenuous | insincere; lacking genuine candor |
| disinterested | unprejudiced |
| disjointed | lacking coherence; separated at the joints |
| disparage | belittle |
| disseminate | spread; scatter |
| distend | expand |
| distill | purify; refine; concentrate |
| diverge | vary; go in different directions from the same point |
| divest | strip; deprive |
| empirical | based on experience |
| equanimity | calmness of temperament; composure |
| extrapolation | projection; conjecture |
| fatuous | brainless; foolish |
| felicitous | suitably expressed; well chosen |
| flag | droop; grow feeble |
| fledgling | inexperienced |
| forestall | prevent by taking action in advance |
| gainsay | deny |
| candor | candid |
| amity | a peaceful relationship |
| admonish | to reprove gently |
| Area of a circle | |
| Area of a sector of a circle | |
| Area of a regular triangle | = base x height x 1/2 |
| Area of a square/rectangle | = base x height |
| Area of a trapezoid (4 sides with 3 lengths) | = (base1+base2) x height x 1/2 |
| equilateral triangle | three equal sides, three equal angles |
| isosceles triangle | two equal sides, two equal angles |
| scalene triangle | three sides, none are equal |