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Word list 39
Barron's GRE wordlist 39
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| quash | subdue; crush; squash |
| quay | dock; landing place |
| queasy | easily nauseated; squeamish |
| quell | extinguish; put down; quiet |
| quench | douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy |
| querulous | Continually complaining in nature; fretful; whining |
| query | inquiry; question |
| queue | line |
| quibble | minor objection or complaint |
| quiescent | at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
| quietude | tranquility ( state of peace and quiet) |
| quintessence | purest and highest embodiment |
| quip | A clever, often sarcastic remark; taunt |
| quirk | an unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; startling twist; caprice |
| quisling | traitor who aids invaders |
| quiver | case for arrows |
| quiver | tremble; shake |
| quixotic | idealist but impractical |
| quizzical | teasing; bantering; mocking; curious |
| quorum | number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
| quotidian | daily; commonplace; customary |
| rabid | like a fanatic; furious |
| raconteur | story-teller |
| ragamuffin | person wearing tattered clothes |
| rail | scold; rant |
| raiment | clothing |
| rakish | stylish; sporty |
| rally | call up or summon (forces, vital forces, etc.); revive; recuperate |
| ramble | wander aimlessly ( physically or mentally) |
| ramification | branching out; subdivision; outgrowth; consequences |
| ramify | divide into branches or subdivision |
| ramp | slope; incline plane |
| rampant | growing in profusion; unrestrained |
| rampart | defensive mound of earth; a defensive or protective barrier. |
| ramshackle | rickety; falling apart |
| rancid | having the odor of stale fat |
| rancor | bitterness; hatred |
| random | without definite purpose, plan or aim; haphazard |
| rankle | irritate; fester |
| rant | rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech |
| rapacious | excessively grasping; plundering |
| rapport | emotional closeness; harmony |
| rapt | absorbed; enchanted |
| rarefied | made less dense ( of gas) |
| raspy | grating; harsh |
| ratify | approve formally |
| ratiocination | reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises |
| rationale | fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action |
| rationalize | give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable one; offer an excuse |
| raucous | harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous |
| ravage | plunder; despoil |
| rave | overwhelmingly favorable view |
| ravel | fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle |
| ravenous | extremely hungry |
| ravine | narrow valley with steep sides |
| raze | destroy completely |
| reactionary | opposition progress; politically ultraconservative |
| realm | kingdom; field or sphere |
| reaper | one who harvest grain |
| rebate | discount |
| rebuff | snub; beat back |
| rebuke | scold harshly; criticize severely |
| rebus | puzzle in which pictures stand for words |
| rebuttal | refutation; response with contrary evidence |
| recalcitrant | obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly |
| recant | disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error |
| recapitulate | summarize |
| recast | reconstruct ( sentence, story, etc.); fashion again |
| receptive | quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions, etc. |
| recession | withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity |
| recidivism | habitual return to crime |
| recipient | receiver |
| reciprocal | mutual; exchangeable; interacting |
| reciprocate | repay in kind |
| recluse | hermit; loner |
| reconcile | correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel |
| recondite | abstruse; profound; secret |
| reconnaissance | survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering |
| recount | narrate or tell; count over again |
| recourse | resorting to help when in trouble |
| recrimination | countercharges (charge in opposition to another charge) |
| rectify | set right; correct |
| rectitude | uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
| recumbent | reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| recuperate | recover |
| recurrent | occuring again and again |
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