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GMAT 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tangential | adj. diverging from a previous course; hardly touching a matter; peripheral |
| verbatim | adj. copied; quoted; word for word |
| holistic | adj. comprehension of the pars of sth as interconnected only by reference as a whole |
| reconcile | v. restore a relationship; settle; to make congruous |
| attrition | n. the act of weakening or exhausting; a reduction in number as a result of retirement |
| counterargument | n. an opposing argument |
| teem | v. to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantity |
| radiation | n. the action or process of radiating; sth that is radiated |
| atypical | adj. not typical; irregular |
| allude | v. to make indirect reference; suggest; imply |
| heir | b. one who receive property form an ancestor; inherit |
| dismantle | v. to disconnect the pieces of; to stripe of dress |
| protocol | n. an original draft of a document; the official procedure |
| arbitrary | adj. coming about at random or by chance; determined by personal preference |
| mutation | n. the action of process of mutating; alteration; change |
| docile | adj. obedient; submissive; meek |
| propel | to drive forward or onward |
| compact | adj. predominately formed; composed; made; not diffuse |
| concession | n. the act of conceding, sth conceded or granted |
| diffuse | adj. not concentrated or localized; spread freely |
| postpone | v. to put off to a later time; to place later in order of precedence |
| pernicious | adj. having a harmful effect; inimical |
| plurality | n. the fact or state of being plural. |
| negligible | adj. so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : TRIFLING |
| interim | n. meantime, meanwhile; provisional; temporary |
| exorbitant | adj. price unreasonably high, excorticate |
| contaminant | n. a polluting or poisonous substance that makes sth impure |
| streak | n. a long, thin line; v. cover with streak |
| spur | v. give an incentive or encouragement; n. an incentive |
| commuter | n. as person who travels some distance to work on a regular basis |
| entail | v. to impose, involve or imply a necessary result; to confer, assign; to fix |
| resemble | v. to be like or similar to |
| pledge | n. a solemn promise or undertaking; give as a security on a loan |
| particle | n. a minute quantity or fragment |
| indigenous | adj. originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native |
| ingenuous | adj. unsophisticated; innocent |
| ingenious | adj. inventive, creative |
| erratic | adj. unpredictable; not even or regular in pattern |
| repertory | n. the performance of various plays, operas |
| devise | v. conceive, think up; plan or invent by careful thought |
| borne | past participle of bear; carried or transported by the thing specified |
| emancipate | v. set free, especially from legal, social, or political restriction |
| ethos | n. the characteristic spirit of a culture, era or community; spirit |
| flounder | v. struggle or stager helpless in water or mud |
| obsolete | adj. outdated; v. cause sth to be obsolete by replacing it with sth new |
| erect | v. rigidly upright or straight; build, construct |
| leverage | v. use sth to maximize the advantage; the ratio of a company's loan capital to the value of its common stock |
| exempt | adj. &v. free from an obligation, spared |
| concur | v. agree; happen or occur at the same time, coincide |
| facile | adj. superficial, simplistic; effortless, easy |
| sovereign | n. a supreme ruler; a monarch; adj. possessing absolute power |
| eliminable | adj. able to be eliminated, removed |
| preliminary | adj. preparatory; initial; n. an action preceding or preparing for sth fuller or more important |
| perpetuate | v. preserve (something valued) from oblivion or extinction; make something continually indefinitely |
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