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GRE Words #9
"T", "U", "V", "W", and "Z" Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Table (verb) | to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration |
| Tacit (adj) | implied; not explicitly stated |
| Talisman (noun) | charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune |
| Tangential (adj) | peripheral; digressing |
| Tautology (noun) | unnecessary repetition |
| Taxonomy (noun) | science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organisms into categories |
| Tenacity (noun) | the quality of adherence to persistence to something valued; persistent determination |
| Tendentious (adj) | biased; showing marked tendencies |
| Tender (verb) | to proffer or offer |
| Tenet (noun) | belief; doctrine |
| Tenuous (adj) | having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
| Terrestrial (adj) | earthly; commonplace |
| Terse (adj) | brief and concise in wording |
| Theocracy (noun) | government by priests representing a god |
| Thespian (noun) | an actor or actress |
| Timbre (noun) | the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color |
| Timorous (adj) | timid, fearful, diffident |
| Tirade (noun) | a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
| Toady (noun) | flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man |
| Tome (noun) | book, usually large and academic |
| Torpid (adj) | lethargic; sluggish; dormant |
| Torque (noun) | a force that causes rotation |
| Tortuous (adj) | winding; twisting; excessively complicated |
| Tout (verb) | to publicly praise or promote |
| Tractable (adj) | obedient; yielding |
| Transgression (noun) | act of trespassing or violating a law or rule |
| Transient (adj) | fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
| Translucent (adj) | partially transparent |
| Travail (noun) | work, esp. arduous work; tribulation; anguish |
| Travesty (noun) | parody; exaggerated imitation; caricature |
| Treatise (noun) | article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly |
| Tremulous (adj) | trembling; quivering; frugal; timid |
| Trenchant (adj) | sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
| Trepidation (noun) | fear and anxiety |
| Truculent (adj) | fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
| Tryst (noun) | agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous |
| Tumid (adj) | swollen; distended |
| Turbid (adj) | muddy; opaque; in a state of great confusion |
| Turgid (adj) | swollen; bloated; pompous |
| Tutelary (adj) | serving as a guardian or protector |
| Tyro (noun) | novice, greenhorn, rank amateur |
| Ubiquitous (adj) | existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread |
| Uncanny (adj) | mysterious; strange |
| Undulating (adj) | moving in waves |
| Unfeigned (adj) | genuine; not false or hypocritical |
| Untenable (adj) | indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
| Untoward (adj) | not favorable; troublesome; adverse; unruly |
| Urbane (adj) | sophisticated; refined; elegant |
| Usury (noun) | practice of lending money at exorbitant rates |
| Vacillate (verb) | to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another |
| Vacuous (adj) | empty; void; lacking intelligence; purposeless |
| Valedictory (adj) | pertaining to a farewell |
| Vapid (adj) | tasteless; dull |
| Variegated (adj) | multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
| Vaunt (verb) | to boast; brag |
| Venal (adj) | bribable; mercenary; corruptible |
| Vendetta (noun) | prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility |
| Venerate (verb) | to adore; honor; respect |
| Veracity (noun) | truthfulness; honesty |
| Verbose (adj) | wordy |
| Vertigo (noun) | dizziness |
| Vexation (noun) | annoyance; irritation |
| Viable (adj) | practicable; capable of developing |
| Vigilant (adj) | alertly watchful |
| Vilify (verb) | to defame; to characterize harshly |
| Vindictive (adj) | spiteful; vengeful; unforgiving |
| Virtuoso (noun) | someone with masterly skills; expert musician |
| Virulent (adj) | extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
| Visage (noun) | countenance; appearance; aspect |
| Viscous (adj) | thick; sticky |
| Vitiate (verb) | to corrupt, to debase, to spoil, to make ineffective |
| Vituperate (verb) | to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate |
| Vivisection (noun) | dissection, surgery, or painful experiments performed on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research |
| Vogue (noun) | prevailing fashion or practice |
| Volatile (adj) | readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive |
| Voluble (adj) | fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language |
| Voracious (adj) | having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
| Vortex (noun) | whirlpool; whirlwind; center of turbulence |
| Waffle (verb) | to equivocate; to change one's position |
| Wag (noun) | wit, joker |
| Warranted (adj) | justified |
| Wary (adj) | careful; cautious |
| Waver (verb) | to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
| Welter (verb) | to wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil |
| Whimsical (adj) | fanciful; unpredictable |
| Wistful (adj) | vaguely longing; sadly thoughtful |
| Zealous (adj) | fervent; ardent; impassioned; devoted to a cause |
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