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GRE Lesson 39
100 word chunks of Barron's data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reverberate | echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley. |
| reverend | deserving reverence; N: priest |
| reverent | respectful; worshipful; V. revere: regard with reverence; N. reverence: profound respect |
| reverie | daydream; abstracted musing |
| revert | relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion |
| revile | attack with abusive language; vilify(slander) |
| revoke | cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable |
| revulsion | sudden strong feeling of disgust; sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction; Ex. revulsion from the scenes of torture |
| rhapsodize | speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner; Ex. rhapsodize over the beauty of the scenery |
| rhapsody | excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it) |
| rhetoric | art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as |
| ribald | marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke |
| rickety | (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D |
| riddle | pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone) |
| rider | amendment or clause added to a legislative bill |
| rife | (of something bad) widespread; abundant; current |
| rift | narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation |
| rig | arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails |
| righteous | morally upright; just |
| rightful | legally correct; Ex. rightful owner |
| rigid | hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule |
| rigor | severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter |
| rile | irritate; vex; muddy |
| rip | tear or be torn quickly and violently; Ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; N. |
| rivet | metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross |
| riveting | holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing |
| rivulet | small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river |
| robust | strong; vigorous |
| rococo | ornate; highly decorated; N. CF. 18th century |
| roil | make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| romp | play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N. |
| rooster | cock; adult male chicken |
| roseate | rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views |
| roster | list (of names) |
| rostrum | raised platform for speech-making; pulpit |
| rote | repetition; memorization through repetition without understanding; Ex. learn poetry by rote |
| rotund | (of a person) fat and round |
| rotunda | circular building or hall covered with a dome |
| rotundity | roundness; sonorousness of speech |
| rou\'e | lecherous man |
| rousing | lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up |
| rout | put to rout; stampede; drive out; N: complete defeat and disorderly retreat |
| rubble | fragments (esp. from a destroyed building) |
| rubric | title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol |
| ruddy | reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking |
| rudimentary | elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language |
| rue | regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful |
| ruffian | violent scoundrel; bully |
| rumble | make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach) |
| ruminant | animal that ruminates; ADJ. |
| ruminate | chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over(ponder) |
| rummage | ransack; thoroughly search |
| run-down | (of a place) dilapidated; in a bad condition; (of a person) weak or exhausted |
| runic | mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm |
| ruse | trick to deceive; stratagem |
| rustic | pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person |
| rusticate | banish to the country; dwell in the country |
| rustle | make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together |
| ruthless | pitiless; merciless; cruel |
| saboteur | one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property; N. sabotage: destruction of property (usually carried out secretly) |
| saccharine | cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin |
| sacrilegious | desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred |
| sacrosanct | invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable |
| sadistic | inclined to cruelty; N. sadism: delight in cruelty |
| saga | Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative |
| sagacious | wise; perceptive; shrewd; having insight; N. sagacity |
| sage | person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise |
| salacious | lascivious; lustful; Ex. salacious monk |
| salient | prominent; projecting beyond a line; conspicuous; Ex. salient features |
| saline | salty |
| sallow | (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice |
| salubrious | healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health |
| salutary | tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health |
| salvage | rescue (goods or property) from loss; N: saving; property saved |
| sanctimonious | displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; N. sanctimony: hypocritical piety |
| sanction | approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance |
| sanctuary | place of refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place; Ex. The outlaw was granted sanctuary in the church. |
| sanguinary | bloody; with much bloodshed |
| sanguine | optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red |
| sap | diminish; weaken; undermine the foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The element kryptonite sapped his strength. |
| sarcasm | cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks; stinging rebuke; ADJ. sarcastic |
| sardonic | scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile |
| sartorial | pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| satellite | small body revolving around a larger one |
| satiate | satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated |
| satire | form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly |
| satirical | using satire; mocking |
| saturate | soak thoroughly; imbue; impregnate; charge; fill to capacity |
| saturnine | morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance. |
| satyr | half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man |
| saunter | stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly; N. |
| savant | scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know |
| savor | enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality |
| savory | pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable; Ex. savory reputation |
| scabbard | case for a sword blade; sheath |
| scad | a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes |
| scaffold | temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground); bracing framework; platform for execution |
| scale | climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones |
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