GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 14
effusion = pouring forth; unrestrained outpouring of
feeling; V. effuse: pour out; ADJ. effusive: pouring forth;
gushing
imprecation = curse; swearword
replicate = reproduce; duplicate
hibernal = wintry; wintery; of or like winter
unsullied = untarnished; CF. sully
figure = written symbols; number; amount represented
in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human
body; person (well-known); impression; diagram; pattern;
group in a dance; Ex. figure of speech; V. calculate
with numbers; adorn with figures; appear; consider; Ex.
My name did not figure in the list.
goad = urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do
something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded
him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharppointed
stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually
sow = plant or scatter seed
requite = make return for; repay; reciprocate; revenge; N.
requittal
flicker = burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N:
flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker
of excitement
reciprocal = mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable;
interacting; Ex. reciprocal trade agreement
laud = praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ.
laudatory: expressing praise
expunge = cancel; remove a word or name (from a book
or list); erase
notch = V-shaped cut in a surface; V.
translucent = partly transparent
repellent = driving away; disgusting; offensive; repulsive;
unattractive; N.
institution = instituting; (building for the) organization;
established custom, practice, or relationship in a society;
mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage
obstinate = stubborn; hard to control or treat; Ex. obstinate
cough; N. obstinacy
riveting = holding one.s attention; absorbing; engrossing
formality = ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence
to rules; something done just for form.s sake; Ex. mere
formality
hinterlands = back country; inner part of a country; OP.
foreland
satyr = half-human, half-bestial being in the court of
Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(
unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF.
goat: lecherous man
throttle = strangle; regulate the speed of with a throttle;
N: valve that regulates the flow; CF. throat ?
faction = party; clique (within a large group); dissension
pinion = restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or
legs; N: bird.s wing
filch = steal (things of small value)
sportive = playful; frolicsome; merry; CF. sport: play or
frolic; CF. sportsmanlike
spontaneity = lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom
from constraint; ADJ. spontaneous: self-generated;
unpremeditated; happening without being planned
concede = admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly);
yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal
galleon = large three-masted sailing ship
dissemble = disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend
missive = letter; written statement; CF. sent
temporize = gain time as by postponing an action; avoid
committing oneself
veracity = truthfulness; adherence to the truth
valedictory = pertaining to farewell; N: farewell address
(esp. at graduation exercises)
tithe = tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church); V: pay a
tithe
lexicographer = compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography:
work of compiling a dictionary
plumage = feathers of a bird;
molecule = the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a
substance that has all the properties of that substance
turmoil = extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion;
Ex. throw the country into turmoil
endue = provide with some quality; endow
parsimony = stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious
gouge = tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge
his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in
wood
homely = not good-looking; unattractive
trajectory = path taken by a projectile; Ex. trajectory of a
bullet
gallows = framework from which a noose is suspended
(used for execution by hanging)
censorious = severely critical
aggregate = sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or
whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars
gnarled = twisted
beeline = direct quick route
baroque = highly ornate
anecdote = short story of an amusing or interesting event
serendipity = gift for finding valuable things by accident;
accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes
of Serendip
lackluster = lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull
flag = droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength;
ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging
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