GRE Preparatory Class

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GRE Preparatory Class

• Word 2
• GSC

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Gearing up

• Amorphous
• Extradite
• Expatriate
• Ossify
• Ameliorate
• Precipice
• Preclude

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Where r u?

• having two opposing feelings at the same time
• arguing and complaining a lot, quarrelsome
• having very little money poor, penniless
• To damage a holy thing or treat without respect
• complain or find fault continually
• a beginner or novice

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Know Your Words

• Atheist
• Agnostic
• Instigator
• Insurgent
• Stereotype
• Futile
• Misrepresentation
• Auspicious

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Know Your Words

• Vital
• Dubious
• Monotonous
• Dynamic
• Banal
• Concise
• Eccentric

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Atrophy

• Verb 1 (of body tissue or an organ) waste away. 2
  gradually become less effective or vigorous.
• noun the condition or process of atrophying
• ORIGIN from Greek atrophia lack of food.
• Syn- wither, decline, weaken, deteriorate
• Ant- strengthen, flourish,

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Attenuate

• verb 1 reduce the strength, effect, or value of.
  2 make thin or thinner.
• After accident, his muscles were attenuated.
• attenuation noun.
•  ORIGIN Latin attenuare make slender.
• Syn- reduce, lessen, impair, weaken
• Ant- plump, broad, strengthened

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Augment

• verb make greater by addition increase.
• augmentation noun.
• He would have to find work to augment his income
• ORIGIN Latin augmentare, from augere to
  increase.
• Syn- add to, build up, enlarge, expand, raise
• Ant- decrease

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Austere

• adjective 1 severe or strict in appearance or
  manner. 2 lacking comforts, luxuries, or
  adornment.
•   austerely adverb austerity noun.
• Origin Greek austeros severe
• Syn- stern, steely, unfriendly.
• Ascetic, self-disciplined, frugal

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Balk (baulk)

• verb - to be unwilling to do something or to
  allow something to happen
• I balked at the prospect of spending four hours
  on a train with him.
• Syn- eschew, hesitate over

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Colloquial

• adjective (of language) used in ordinary or
  familiar conversation not formal or literary.
•   colloquially adverb.
•   ORIGIN from Latin colloquium conversation.
• Syn- conversational, everyday, non-literary,
  popular

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Collusion

• noun secret cooperation in order to cheat or
  deceive.
• It is thought that they worked in collusion with
  ( secretly together with) the terrorist network.
• collusive adjective collude verb
• Syn- conspiracy, plot, plan

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Commandeer

• verb 1 officially take possession of for military
  purposes. 2 seize for ones own purposes.
• Origin Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch
  commanderen command.
• Syn- take, requisition, annex

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Complacent

• adjective smug and uncritically satisfied with
  oneself or ones achievements.
• complacency noun complacently adverb.
• Origin  from Latin complacere to please.
• Syn- self-satisfied, content, pleased,

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Compliant

• adjective willing to do what other people want
  you to doa compliant child
• compliance noun comply v
• Syn- docile, acquiescent, obedient, tame,
  submisive

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concatenation

• nouna series of events, ideas or things that are
  connecteda concatenation of circumstances/events
  
• ORIGIN Latin concatenare link together
• Syn- series, sequence, chain

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Condescend

• verb 1 show that one feels superior. 2 do
  something despite regarding it as below ones
  dignity
• he condescended to see me at my hotel.
• Syn- lower oneself, demean oneself

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Condone

• verb to accept or allow behaviour that is
  wrong
• If the government is seen to condone violence,
  the bloodshed will never stop.
• ORIGIN Latin condonare refrain from punishing.
• Syn- disregard, accept, allow, overlook

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Recap

• We are never .about the threat from global
  terrorism.
• The police were operating in with the drug
  dealers.
• A complicated .of events leading to the freak
  accident.
• Provide the antonyms
• Insurgent
• Auspicious
• Austere
• Provide the synonyms
• Colloquial
• Monotonous

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Dotard

• noun an old person, especially one who is weak or
  senile.
• Aversion
• noun a strong dislike or disinclination.
• aversive adjective.
• Syn- dislike, hatred, distaste, antipathy

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Drawl

• verb speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged
  vowel sounds.
• "Hey, what's the rush? Slow down baby, " he
  drawled.
• noun a drawling accent.
• ORIGIN from Low German or Dutch dralen delay,
  linger.
• Syn- say slowly, drone

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drivel

• noun nonsense, useless information
• You're talking drivel as usual!
• verb (drivelled, drivelling US driveled,
  driveling) talk nonsense.
• Syn- rubbish, mumbo-jumbo, gribberish

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Droll

• adjective amusing in a strange or quaint way.
• a droll remark/expression/ person
•  drollery noun drollness noun drolly /drol-li/
  adverb
• Syn- funny, amusing, humorous, comical

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Drone

• verb 1 make a continuous low humming sound.
• 2 speak tediously and at length.
• noun 1 a low continuous humming sound. 2 a male
  bee
• 3. an idler.
• 4 a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft.
• the drone of an engine
• Syn- hum, vibrate, murmur, rumble

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Dupe

• verb deceive trick.
• The girls were duped by drug smugglers into
  carrying heroin for them.
• noun a victim of deception.
• Syn- cheat, hoodwink, hoax, swindle

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Ebullient

• adjectivevery energetic, positive and happyHe
  wasn't his usual ebullient self.
• ebullience noun ebulliently adverb.
• Origin from Latin ebullire boil up
• Syn- exuberant, cheerful, merry , jolly, sunny

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Furrow

• noun 1 a long, narrow trench made in the ground
  by a plough. 2 a rut or groove. 3 a deep wrinkle
  on a persons face.
• Furrows in a ploughed field
• verb 1 make a furrow in. 2 mark or be marked with
  furrows.
• Syn- rut, trench, channel

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Furtive

• adjective characterized by guilty or evasive
  secrecy stealthy.
• He made one or two furtive phone calls.
•  furtively adverb furtiveness noun.
• Origin Latin furtivus, from furtum theft.
• Syn- secretive, clandestine, hidden, sneaky

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Recap

• Outside the tent I could hear the constant. of
  insects.
• You don't believe the you read in the papers, do
  you?
• A deep has formed in the rock, where water has
  run over it for centuries
• Provide the synonyms
• Dotard
• Furtive
• Provide the antonyms
• Ebullient

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Galleon

• noun historical a large square-rigged sailing
  ship with three or more decks and masts.

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Gambol

• verb (gambolled, gambolling)
• to run and jump in a happy and playful way
• Lambs were gambolling (about/around) in the
  spring sunshine.
• Syn- frolic, frisk, dance, leap

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Lets Have A Break

• A palindrome is a word that reads the same if it
  is turned back-to-front. So the names Bob, Eve,
  and Otto are all palindromes.
• Part of the body
• Midday
• A young dog
• Flat
• A word for addressing a lady
• A system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc.
• An action

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Garble

• verb reproduce (a message or transmission) in a
  confused and distorted way.
• noun a garbled account or transmission.
• garbler noun.
• Syn- mixed up, muddle, jumble, confuse, distort

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Garish

• adjective unpleasantly brighta pair of garish
  Bermuda shorts
• garishly adverb garishness noun.
• Syn- gaudy, laud, over bright, brassy, violent
• Ant- drab

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Garner

• verb 1 gather or collect. 2 archaic store
  deposit.
• noun archaic a storehouse for corn a granary.
• ORIGIN Old French gernier, from Latin granarium
  granary.
• Coppola garnered several Oscar awards for 'The
  Godfather'.
• Syn- accumulate, amass

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Garrulous

• adjective excessively talkative.
• garrulity noun garrulously adverb garrulousness
  noun.
• ORIGIN Latin garrulus, from garrire to chatter,
  prattle.
• Syn-loquacious, verbose, chatty, voluble, gossipy
• Ant- taciturn, concise

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Gaunt

• adjective1 very thin, especially because of
  illness or hungerHer face was gaunt and grey.
• 2 LITERARY bare and unattractive
• gauntly adverb gauntness noun.
• Syn- haggard, lean, skinny
• Ant- plump

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Interminable

• adjective endless.
• interminable stories of his days as a soldier
• interminably adverb.
• ORIGIN Latin interminabilis, from in- not
  terminare to end.
• Syn- never-ending, everlasting, unending, non-stop

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Intermittent

• adjectivenot happening regularly or
  continuously stopping and starting repeatedly
• intermittent rain
• intermittently adverb
• Syn- sporadic, irregular, fragmentary
• Ant- continuous

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Intransigent

• adjective refusing to change ones views.
• noun an intransigent person.
• intransigence noun intransigency noun
  intransigently adverb.
• Syn- uncompromising, rigid, inflexible, unbending
  
• Ant- compliant

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Recap

• Unions claim that the management continues to
  maintain an position.
• He left a rather .message on my answerphone.
• Provide the antonyms
• Garish
• Gaunt
• Provide the synonyms
• Interminable
• Garrulous

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Intrepid

• adjective fearless adventurous.
• Intrepidity noun intrepidly adverb.
• ORIGIN Latin intrepidus not alarmed
• Syn- unafraid, unflinching, undaunted, bold

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Inveterate

• adjective an inveterate liar/gambler, etc.
  someone who does something very often and cannot
  stop doing it
• I never trust anything he says - the man's an
  inveterate liar.
• ORIGIN Latin inveteratus made old.
• Syn- confirmed, incorrigible, addicted, obsessive

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Invidious

• adjective unacceptable, unfair, and likely to
  arouse resentment or anger in others.
• Such a difficult choice placed her in an
  invidious position.
• invidiously adverb invidiousness noun.
• ORIGIN Latin invidiosus, from invidia
  hostility.
• Syn- unpleasant, awkward, undesirable
• Ant- pleasant, fair

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Inviolable

• adjective never to be infringed or dishonoured.
• Everyone has an inviolable right to protection by
  a fair legal system.
• inviolability noun inviolably adverb.
• Syn- inalienable, unchallenged, sacrosanct

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Misnomer

• noun 1 an inaccurate or misleading name. 2 the
  wrong use of a name or term.
• Origin from Old French mesnommer misname, from
  Latin nomen name.

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Misogynist

• noun a man who hates women.
• misogynistic adjective.
• Syn- woman-hater, anti-feminist

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Mitigate

• verb 1 make less severe, serious, or painful. 2
  (mitigating) (of a fact or circumstance)
  lessening the gravity or culpability of an
  action.
• mitigation noun.
• ORIGIN Latin mitigare soften, alleviate
• Syn- alleviate, reduce, lessen, attenuate, weaken

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Modicum

• noun a small quantity of something.
• There's not even a modicum of truth in her
  statement
• Origin from Latin modicus moderate, from modus
  measure.
• Syn- particle, speck, fragment, scrap, pinch

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Momentous

• adjective of great importance or significance.
• momentously adverb momentousness noun.
• Syn- important, historic, crucial

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Moratorium

• noun (pl. moratoriums or moratoria) 1 a temporary
  prohibition of an activity. 2 Law a legal
  authorization to debtors to postpone payment.
• a five-year worldwide moratorium on nuclear
  weapons testing
• Origin Latin, from morari to delay.
• Syn- embargo, ban, prohibition, suspension

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Moribund

• adjective 1 at the point of death. 2 in terminal
  decline lacking vigour.
• How can the Trade Department be revived from its
  present moribund state?
• ORIGIN Latin moribundus, from mori to die.
• Syn- dying, expiring, waning
• Ant- thriving

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Morose

• adjective sullen and ill-tempered.
• a morose expression
• Why are you so morose these days?
• morosely adverb moroseness noun.
• ORIGIN Latin morosus peevish.
• Syn-bad-tempered, depressed, sour

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Percipient

• adjective FORMALgood at noticing and
  understanding things
• percipience noun percipiently adverb.

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Perdition

• noun U LITERARY( in Christian Theology) a
  state of punishment which goes on for ever,
  suffered by evil people after death
• ORIGIN Latin, from perdere destroy.
• Syn- damnation, hell

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Peremptory

• adjective 1 insisting on immediate attention or
  obedience brusque and imperious. 2 Law not open
  to appeal or challenge final.
• He started issuing peremptory instructions.
• peremptorily adverb peremptoriness noun.
• Origin Latin peremptorius deadly, decisive.
• Syn- high-handed, commanding, dictatorial

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Perfidy

• noun literary deceitfulness untrustworthiness.
• Origin Latin perfidia, from perfidus
  treacherous.
• Adverb perfidious
• Syn- disloyalty, faithlessness, betrayal

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Perfunctory

• adjective carried out with a minimum of effort or
  reflection.
• His smile was perfunctory.
• perfunctorily adverb.
• Origin Latin perfunctorius careless.
• Syn- cursory, token, routine
• Ant- careful, thorough

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Peripatetic

• adjective 1 travelling from place to place. 2
  working or based in a succession of places.
• peripatetically adverb.
• Origin Greek peripatetikos walking up and down.
• Syn- nomadic, wandering, itinerant, migratory

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Peripheral

• adjective 1 relating to or situated on the
  periphery. 2 of secondary importance marginal. 3
  (of a device) able to be attached to and used
  with a computer, though not an integral part of
  it.
• noun (Computing) a peripheral device.
• peripherality noun peripherally adverb
• Syn- outlying, surrounding, outskirts
• Ant- central

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Perjury

• noun (Law) the offence of deliberately telling an
  untruth in court when under oath.
• She was sentenced to two years in jail for
  committing perjury (telling lies in a law
  court).
• Syn- wilful falsehood

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Pernicious

• adjective having a harmful effect, especially in
  a gradual or subtle way.
• The cuts in government funding have had a
  pernicious effect on local health services.
• perniciously adverb perniciousness noun.
• ORIGIN Latin perniciosus destructive.
• Syn- damaging, injurious, hurtful, unhealthy

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pernickety (US usually persnickety)

• adjective giving too much attention to small
  unimportant details in a way that annoys other
  peopleAs a writer, he is extremely pernickety
  about using words correctly.
• Syn- fussy, difficult, particular

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Quaff

• verb drink heartily.
•  quaffable adjective quaffer noun.
• ORIGIN probably imitative.
• Syn- swallow, gulp down, slurp, consume, sup

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Quagmire

• noun 1 a soft boggy area of land that gives way
  underfoot.
• At the end of the match, the pitch was a real
  quagmire.
• 2 a complex or difficult situation.
• Since the coup, the country has sunk deeper into
  a quagmire of violence and lawlessness.
• Syn-1.marsh, swamp
• 2. muddle, mess

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Quaint

• adjective attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
• quaintly adverb quaintness noun.
• ORIGIN originally in the sense wise, ingenious
  from Old French cointe, from Latin cognoscere
  ascertain.
• Syn- unusal, unconventional, out-of-the-ordinary

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Quandary

• noun (pl. quandaries) a state of uncertainty.
•  ORIGIN perhaps partly from Latin quando when.
• Syn-predicament, plight, dilemma

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Quarantine

• noun a state or period of isolation for people or
  animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been
  exposed to contagious disease.
• verb put in quarantine.

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Quarry

• Noun - a large artificial hole in the ground
  where stone, sand, etc. is dug out of the ground
  for use as building materiala
  granite/limestone/marble/ quarry
• noun- a person or animal being hunted or looked
  forThe dogs pursued their quarry into an empty
  warehouse.
• verb
• to dig stone, etc. from a quarrySyn- prey,
  victim, goal, target

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Querulous

• adjectiveoften complaining, especially in a weak
  high voiceHe became increasingly dissatisfied
  and querulous in his old age.
• querulously adverb querulousness noun
• Syn- peevish, pettish, irritable

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Quirk

• noun Can unusual part of someone's personality
  or habit, or something that is strange and
  unexpectedBy some strange quirk/By an odd quirk
  of fate ( unexpectedly), we ended up on the same
  train.
• Quirky adjective
• Syn- idiosyncrasy, pecularity, oddidity, whim

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Ramble

• ramble (WALK)  verb to walk for pleasure,
  especially in the countrysideShall we go
  rambling tomorrow?
• ramble  noun Ca long walk especially through
  the countrysideWe go for a ramble through the
  woods every Saturday.
• rambler   noun Ca person who enjoys long walks
  in the countryside
• rambling   noun U
• Syn- walk, stroll,hike, tramp, trek

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Ramble

• ramble (TALK) verb to talk or write in a
  confused way, often for a long timeSorry, I'm
  rambling (on) - let me get back to the point.
• rambling adjectivetoo long and confuseda long
  rambling speech
• ramblings  plural nounlong and confused speech
  or writing
• Syn- chatter, babble, gabble, jabber

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Ramble

• ramble (SPREAD)  verb (especially of a plant)
  to go in many different directionsAn old
  clematis rambles over the garden wall.
• rambling   adjectivelarge and spreading out in
  many different directionsa rambling rosea
  rambling old house

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Ramifications

• noun usually pluralthe possible results of an
  actionHave you considered all the ramifications
  of your suggestion?
• Syn- consequence, aftermath, outcome, upshot,
  effect