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GRE Hit List 5
Beyond the Hit Parade Group 1, Princeton Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alloy | to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior (unalloyed = pure) |
| appropriate | to take for own use; to confiscate |
| arrest, arresting (verb/adj.) | to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention |
| august | majestic, venerable (respect) |
| bent | leaning, inclination, proclivity |
| broach | to bring up; to announce |
| brook | to tolerate; to countenance (admit as acceptable) |
| cardinal | major, as in cardinal sin |
| chauvinist | a blindly devoted patriot |
| color | to change by dyeing; to distort, gloss, or affect |
| consequential | pompous |
| damp (verb) | to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound |
| die (noun) | a tool used for shaping (as in a tool-and-die shop) |
| essay (verb) | to test or try; to experiment |
| exact (verb) | to demand; to take |
| fell (verb) | to cause to fall by striking |
| fell (adj) | inhumanely cruel |
| flag (verb) | to sag or droop; to decline |
| flip (adj) | sarcastic, as in flippant |
| ford (verb) | to wade across a shallow part of a river or stream |
| grouse | to complain or grumble |
| guy (noun) | a rope or cord attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy. THINK GUIDE |
| intimate (verb) | to imply |
| list (verb) | to tilt or lean to one side |
| lumber (verb) | to move heavily and clumsiy |
| meet (adj) | fitting, proper |
| milk (verb) | to exploit |
| mince (v) | to pronounce or speak affectedly, to tip toe or speak too carefully |
| nice (adj) | exacting, extremely precise |
| obtain (adj) | to be established, accepted |
| pedestrian (adj) | commonplace, trite |
| pied (adj) | multicolored |
| pine (verb) | to lose vigor |
| plastic (adj) | moldable, pliable |
| pluck (noun) | courage, spunk |
| prize (v) | to pry, to press or force with a lever, something taken by force |
| rail (v) | to complain about bitterly |
| rent (v) | torn (past tense of rend); an opening or tear caused by such |
| quail (v) | to lose courage |
| qualify (v) | to limit |
| sap (v) | to weaken |
| sap (n) | a fool or nitwit |
| scurvy (adj) | contemptible, despicable |
| singular (adj) | exceptional, odd, unusual |
| stand (n) | a group of trees |
| steep (v) | to saturate or completely soak |
| strut (n) | the supporting structural cross-part of a wing |
| table (v) | to remove from consideration |
| tender (v) | to offer or proffer |
| waffle (v) | to equivocate; to change one's position |
| wag (n) | wit, joker |
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