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GRE English

pg 38-42

QuestionAnswer
sybaritte lover of luxury
sycophant servile
sylvan pertaining to the woods
synecdoche figure of speech-whole for a part, part for a whole
taciturn talking little
taper candle
tarn small mountain lake
tautological redundant
tawny tan
to temporize to stall
tendentious having an aim-advancing
tenet doctrine
tensile capable of being stretched
tergiversation evasion
terse concise
tesselated inlaid with different colored materials
thaumaturgist miracle worker
theocracy government by religious leaders
thespian pertaining to drama, stage
thrall slave
timbre quality of musical tone
to toady to kiss up to someone
tocsin alarm bell
torpor lethargy
touchstone stone used to test fineness of gold alloy
tractable docile
to traduce to expose to slander
travail painful labor
trenchant cutting, keen
trencherman good eater
trite hackneyed, commonplace
troglodyte cave dweller
trope figure of speech
troth pledge of good faith
truculence aggresiveness
tryst meeting
tumid swollen
turgid swollen
tyro beginner
ubiquitous omnipresent
umbrage resentment
uncanny strange
unctuous oily
unfledged immature
unobtrusive inconspicuous
unsullied untarnished
upbraid scold
urbane suave
vacuous empty
vagary caprice.whim
vainglorious boastful
valedictory pertaining to farewell
valetudinarian sickly
vapid insipid
variegated multicolored
vaunted highly publicized
venal capable of being bribed
venial forgiveable
ventral abdominal
verdigris green-colored
verisimilitude appearance of truth
vernal pertaining to spring
vertiginous causing dizziness
verve enthusiasm
viand food
vicarious acting as a substitute
vicissitudes ups and downs of life
victuals food
vignette picture
virulent extremely poisonous
viscid sticky
vitiate to make ineffective
vitriolic sarcastic
vituperative abusive
vixen female fox
voluble fluent
vouchsafe to guarantee
vulpine like a fox
waggish mischievous tricky
wan pallid
warren rabbit tunnel
wastrel squanderer
welter to wallow
whelp pup
winnow to sift
winsome agreeable
wizened withered
wont custom
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