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GRE Lesson 36
100 word chunks of Barron's data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prudent | cautious; careful; prudential |
| prune | cut away; trim |
| prurient | having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire |
| pry | inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying |
| pseudonym | pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; ADJ. pseudonymous |
| psyche | soul; mind |
| psychiatrist | doctor who treats mental diseases |
| psychic | of psyche; mental; of or possessing extraordinary mental powers |
| psychopathic | pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder |
| psychosis | mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic |
| psychosomatic | of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease) |
| pterodactyl | extinct flying reptile; CF. wing+finger |
| pucker | gather into wrinkles or folds; N: wrinkle or fold |
| pudding | hot sweet dish |
| puerile | childish; immature; CF. puer: boy |
| pugilist | boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing |
| pugnacity | combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature |
| puissant | powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power |
| pulchritude | beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous |
| pulmonary | pertaining to the lungs |
| pulpit | raised platform used in preaching (in a church) |
| pulsate | throb; beat regularly; vibrate regularly |
| pulse | rhythmical throbbing of arteries; brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity; V: pulsate |
| pulverize | crush or grind into very small particles |
| pummel | pommel; beat or pound with fists |
| punctilious | minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail |
| pundit | authority on a subject; expert; learned person |
| pungent | stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency |
| punitive | punishing; Ex. punitive measures |
| puny | tiny; weak; insignificant |
| purchase | secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or footing |
| purgatory | place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins |
| purge | remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted; eliminate; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of sin, guilt, or defilement); N. |
| purport | intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general |
| purported | alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored; Ex. purported Satanists |
| purse | pucker; contract (lips) into wrinkles; N: wallet |
| purveyor | furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide |
| pushy | disagreeably aggressive |
| pusillanimous | cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted |
| putative | supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such; Ex. putative father of the child |
| putrefy | make or become putrid; N. putrefaction |
| putrescent | becoming putrid; putrefying |
| putrid | decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten; decayed; N. putridity |
| puzzle | baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N. |
| pyromaniac | person with an insane desire to set things on fire |
| quack | charlatan; impostor |
| quadruped | four-footed animal; ADJ. CF. biped |
| quaff | drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment); CF. sip |
| quagmire | bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself |
| quail | cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart |
| quaint | odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque |
| qualified | limited; restricted; V. qualify: limit the meaning of; modify |
| qualify | reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated |
| qualms | uneasy feelings; misgivings; uneasy fears especially about matters of conscience; Ex. I have no qualms about giving this assignment to Helen. |
| quandary | dilemma; state of uncertainty; Ex. She is in a quandary about whether to go. |
| quarantine | isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine |
| quarry | dig into (to get stone); N: mine; |
| quash | crush; suppress; squash; subdue; annul; Ex. quash a rebellion/the decision of the low court |
| quay | dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats) |
| queasy | experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy |
| queer | strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal |
| quell | suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. ``Army Quells Rebellion'' in newspaper; CF. kill |
| quench | assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress |
| querulous | given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining |
| query | inquiry; question; V. |
| queue | line (of waiting people or vehicles) |
| quibble | minor objection or complaint; V: raise minor objections; carp; cavil |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| quiescent | dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence |
| quietude | tranquillity; calmness |
| quintessence | purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ. quintessential; CF. fifth essence |
| quip | taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V. |
| quirk | sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate |
| quisling | traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun Quisling |
| quiver | tremble; shake; N. |
| quixotic | idealistic but impractical; CF. Don Quixote |
| quizzical | curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex. quizzical glance |
| quorum | minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
| quotidian | daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine |
| rabble | mob; noisy crowd |
| rabid | of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: hydrophobia |
| rabies | disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death) |
| raconteur | story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill |
| raffle | lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car |
| rag | scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance |
| ragamuffin | dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes |
| rail | complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices |
| raiment | clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear. |
| rake | immoral or dissolute person |
| rakish | jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle. |
| rally | come or bring together; call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate (after illness or difficulty); N: act of rallying; mass gathering |
| ram | male sheep; V. strike or drive against with a heavy impact |
| ramble | wander aimlessly (physically or mentally); digress |
| ramification | branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision |
| ramify | branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions |
| ramp | slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels) |
| rampant | growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed |
| rampart | defensive mound of earth |
| ramshackle | (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart |
| rancid | having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank |
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