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GRE Words #8
"R" and "S" Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Raconteur (noun) | witty, skillful storyteller |
| Raiment (noun) | clothing |
| Ramification (noun) | implication; consequence |
| Rarefied (adj) | refined |
| Rationale (noun) | fundamental reason |
| Rebus (noun) | puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words |
| Recluse (noun) | person who lives in solitude (often) and in seclusion |
| Refractory (adj) | stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment |
| Refract (verb) | deflect sound or light |
| Regale (verb) | to entertain |
| Reparation (noun) | amends; compensation |
| Repine (verb) | fret; complain |
| Reprise (noun) | repetition, esp. of a piece of music |
| Reproach (verb) | to find fault with; blame |
| Reprobate (noun) | morally unprincipled person |
| Resolution (noun) | determination; resolve |
| Resolve (noun) | determination; firmness of purpose |
| Riposte (noun) | a retaliatory action or retort |
| Rococo (adj) | excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in 18th century Europe |
| Rubric (noun) | title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol |
| Rue (verb) | to regret |
| Ruse (noun) | trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge |
| Rail (verb) | to complain about bitterly |
| Rancorous (adj) | characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
| Rarefy (verb) | to make or become thing; less dense; to refine |
| Recalcitrant (adj) | obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
| Recant (verb) | to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
| Recondite (adj) | hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
| Redoubtable (adj) | awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
| Refulgent (adj) | radiant; shiny; brilliant |
| Refute (verb) | to disprove; to successfully argue against |
| Relegate (verb) | to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
| Remonstrate (verb) | to protest, to object |
| Renege (verb) | to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
| Rent (verb) | torn (past tense of rend); an opening or tear caused by such |
| Repudiate (verb) | to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown |
| Rescind (verb) | to invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
| Reticent (adj) | quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
| Reverent (adj) | marked by feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
| Rhetoric (noun) | the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion |
| Sage (adj) | wise |
| Sanction (noun) | approval; ratification; permission or penalization |
| Sardonic (adj) | cynical; scornfully mocking |
| Sartorial (adj) | pertaining to tailors |
| Satiate (verb) | to satisfy |
| Saturate (verb) | to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout |
| Satyr (noun) | creature that is half man, half beast with horns and legs of a goat; it's a follower of Dionysos, a lecher |
| Savor (verb) | to enjoy; have a distinctive flavor and smell |
| Schematic (adj) | relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram |
| Secrete (verb) | produce and release substance into organism |
| Sedition (noun) | behavior prompting behavior |
| Seismic (adj) | relating to earthquakes; earthshaking |
| Sensual (adj) | relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses, esp. sexual appetites |
| Sensuous (adj) | relating/operating to and through the senses |
| Sentient (adj) | aware; conscious; able to perceive |
| Servile (adj) | submissive; obedient |
| Sextant (noun) | navigation tool that determined latitude and longitude |
| Simian (adj) | apelike; relating to apes |
| Simile (noun) | comparison of one thing with another using "like" or "as" |
| Sinecure (noun) | well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
| Sinuous (adj) | winding; intricate; complex |
| Skeptic (noun) | one who doubts |
| Sobriety (noun) | seriousness |
| Sodden (adj) | thoroughly soaked; saturated |
| Soliloquy (noun) | literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others |
| Somatic (adj) | relating to/affecting the body; corporeal |
| Spectrum (noun) | band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; broad range of related topics, ideas, or objects |
| Spendthrift (adj) | wasteful and extravagant |
| Squalor (noun) | filthy, wretched condition |
| Staccato (adj) | marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds |
| Stanch (verb) | to check or stop the flow of |
| Stigma (noun) | mark of disgrace or inferiority |
| Stint (verb) | to be sparing |
| Stint (noun) | period of time spent doing something |
| Stipulate (verb) | to specify as an essential condition |
| Stolid (adj) | having or showing little emotion |
| Stratified (adj) | arranged in layers |
| Striated (adj) | marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels |
| Stricture (noun) | something that restrains; negative criticism |
| Strident (adj) | loud; harsh; unpleasantly noisy |
| Stultify (verb) | to impair or reduce to uselessness |
| Subside (verb) | to settle down; grow quiet |
| Substantiate (verb) | to support with proof or evidence |
| Substantive (adj) | essential; pertaining to substance |
| Subsume (verb) | to include; incorporate |
| Subversive (adj) | intended to undermine or overthrow, esp. an established government |
| Subversive (noun) | person intending to undermine something |
| Succor (noun) | relief; help in time of distress or want |
| Suffrage (noun) | the right to vote |
| Sundry (adj) | various |
| Supersede (verb) | to replace, esp. to displace as inferior or antiquated |
| Supine (adj) | lying on the back; marked by lethargy |
| Suppliant (adj) | beseeching |
| Supplicant (noun) | one who asks humbly and earnestly |
| Supposition (noun) | the act of assuming to be true or real |
| Syllogism (noun) | a form of deductive reasoning that has a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion |
| Sylvan (adj) | related to the woods or forest |
| Sagacious (adj) | having sound judgement; perceptive, wise; like a sage |
| Salacious (adj) | lustful, lascivious, bawdy |
| Salubrious (adj) | promoting health or well-being |
| Salutary (adj) | remedial, wholesome, causing improvement |
| Sanction (noun/verb) | authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
| Sanguine (adj) | cheerful, confident, optimistic |
| Sap (verb) | to enervate or weaken the vitality of |
| Sap (noun) | a fool or nitwit |
| Satire (noun) | a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision |
| Saturnine (adj) | gloomy, dark, sullen, morose |
| Scurvy (adj) | contemptible, despicable |
| Sedulous (adj) | diligent, persistent, hard-working |
| Sententious (adj) | aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively |
| Shard (noun) | a piece of broken pottery or glass |
| Singular (adj) | exceptional, unusual, odd |
| Solicitous (adj) | concerned and attentive; eager |
| Solvent (adj) | able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
| Soporific (adj) | causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| Sordid (adj) | characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
| Sparse (adj) | thin; not dense; arranged at wildly spaced intervals |
| Specious (adj) | seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false |
| Spendthrift (noun) | one who spends money wastefully |
| Sporadic (adj) | occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
| Spurious (adj) | lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
| Squalid (adj) | sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect |
| Squander (verb) | to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
| Stand (noun) | a group of trees |
| Static (adj) | not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
| Steep (verb) | to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep |
| Stentorian (adj) | extremely loud and powerful |
| Stoic (adj) | indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
| Strut (noun) | the supporting structural cross-part of a wing |
| Stupefy (verb) | to stun, baffle, or amaze |
| Stygian (adj) | gloomy, dark |
| Stymie (verb) | to block; to thwart |
| Subpoena (noun) | a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony |
| Subtle (adj) | not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
| Succinct (adj) | brief; concise |
| Superfluous (adj) | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
| Supplant (verb) | to take the place of; to supersede |
| Surfeit (verb) | an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess |
| Sycophant (noun) | toady, servile, self-seeking flatterer; parasite |
| Synthesis (noun) | the combination of parts to make a whole |
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