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GRE Week 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SANCTION (n-5) (v-3) | 1. official/authoritative permission 2. support/encouragement 3. principle influencing moral action 4. penalty to force compliance 5. military/economic measure 1. approve or authorize 2. support/tolerate- show approval 3. penalize |
| COMPLAISANT (adj) | agreeable, eager to please, obliging |
| UBIQUITOUS (adj) | existing or present everywhere; constantly encountered or widespread |
| DISTEND (v) | 1. to extend 2. to swell/extend from internal pressure |
| VACILLATE (v) | 1. to hesitate or waver in forming an opinion or making decision 2. to fluctuate or oscillate |
| PERFIDY (n) | 1. the quality or state of being disloyal; treachery; faithlessness 2. an act of disloyalty |
| DERIVATIVE (adj) | 1. not original, secondary, copied 2. derived |
| FRACAS (n) | a noisy, loud quarrel, brawl or disturbance |
| EXPLICIT (adj) | 1. fully and clearly expressed, w/out leaving anything to implication 2. fully developed or defined 3. forthright and unambiguous in expression |
| PRESUMPTUOUS (adj) | overstepping the bounds of what's right or proper; inappropriately forward or taking liberties |
| EXTRANEOUS (adj) | 1. irrelevant, unrelated, not pertinent 2. nonessential, not vital 3. coming from outside |
| SLIGHT (v-3) (n-1) (adj-4) | 1. to treat as unimportant or make light of 2. to treat with disdain or discourteous inattention 3. to do inattentively/negligently 1. an instance of being slighted 1. slim or delicate body 2. small in size, 3. trifling, trivial 4. lack str |
| VIGOR (n) | active strength or energy; vitality |
| TRANSPARENT (adj) | 1. permitting passage of light- sheer enough 2. frank, candid, free of deceit 3. obvious, readily seen/understood 4. open with regard to method/practice (business) |
| PRISTINE (adj) | 1. belonging or related to the original, earliest condition, primitive 2. remaining in pure, unspoiled state, untouched by civ 3. clean as if new |
| CONFOUND (v) | 1. to confuse, perplex, stump- throw into disorder 2. to mix up, fail to notice differences 3. to refute, prove wrong, put to shame |
| CONSOLE (v-1) (n-2) | 1. to comfort, alleviate someone's grief, suffering or sense of loss 1. a cabinet (for a tv?) designed to stand on floor 2. control unit for computer, electrical system, vehicle, etc... |
| DISCRETE (adj) | 1. separate or distinct; an individual thing 2. consisting of unconnected individual parts; not continuous |
| SPECIOUS (adj) | 1. deceptive in attractions or allure 2. falsely appearing true, genuine, or plausible |
| APPROBATION (n) | 1. official approval 2. commendation, praise; a warm expression of approval |
| CONCUR (v) | to agree, cooperate or coincide |
| NADIR (adj) | 1. the lowest point 2. a point on the celestial sphere, opposite the zenith and below the observer |
| TRACTABILITY (n) | 1. capacity for being led, controlled, or taught; docility 2. malleability; ease of being handled or worked with |
| IMPERMEABLE (adj) | not permeable, preventing passage through or into itself |
| DENUNCIATION (n) | 1. public condemnation or censure 2. an accusation of a crime |
| LACKLUSTER (adj) | without luster or brilliance; dull |
| FOMENT (v) | to foster or promote the development of; to incite or rouse |
| DEFERENCE (n) | submission to or due respect for superiors or elders |
| VERACITY (n) | conformity or adherence to the truth or accuracy |
| DIFFUSE (adj) | 1. dispersed, spread out 2. wordy and poorly organized |
| INNOCUOUS (adj) | 1. harmless or without negative effect 2. unlikely to offend or inspire a strong reaction; insipid or bland |
| AUDACIOUS (adj) | 1. recklessly bold 2. insolent or contemptuous of rules 3. original and spirited |
| EXCULPATE (v) | to clear from a charge or guilt |
| ABATE (v) | to reduce in degree, amount or intensity |
| OBSTINATE (adj) | stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, purpose, or course, against argument or persuasion; difficult to control, subdue , or remedy |
| PRODIGIOUS (adj) | 1. impressive or extraordinary in bulk, amount or degree; enormous 2. marvelous, eliciting amazement |
| STOLID (adj) | unemotional or impassive |
| ALLEVIATE (v) | to mitigate, lessen, or make bearable |
| LEVY (v) | 1. to impose and collect (such as a tax) 2. to draft troops into military service 3. to declare and wage war |
| EXACERBATE (v) | to make more severe, violent or bitter; to aggravate, intensify, or inflame |
| COVERT (adj) | 1. not openly done, acknowledged, or avowed; veiled 2. sheltered or covered |
| APPRISE (v) | to inform, tell, or give notice to |
| RECALCITRANT (adj) | stubbornly resisting or defying authority or guidance |
| DERISION (n) | ridicule, mockery or scorn |
| TACITURN (adj) | disinclined to speak by temperament |
| BLITHE (adj) | 1. lighthearted, carefree, joyous, or gaily cheerful 2. thoughtless, heedless, or without regard or consideration |
| CONVOKE (v) | to call (as a group of people) to a meeting |
| IMPETUOUS (adj) | 1. impulsive, characterized by sudden, passionate action 2. violent or forceful |
| PONDEROUS (adj) | 1. of great weight; unwieldy due to heaviness and bulk 2. labored, dull, or lifeless |
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