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GRE
GRE vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |