GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 26

GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 26

sovereign = ruler in a monarchy; ADJ: (of a country) independent
and self-governing; having supreme power;
supreme; excellent
myriad = very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand
unfledged = immature; not having the feathers necessary
to fly; CF. fledgling
rancid = having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank
pecuniary = pertaining to money
hurl = throw forcefully; shout out violently
founder = fail completely; sink; CF. flounder
sacrosanct = invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable
conviction = judgment that someone is guilty of a crime;
strongly held belief
cornucopia = horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing
with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance; horn of
plenty
disgorge = surrender something (stolen); eject; vomit; OP.
gorge
emend = correct (usually a text); N. emendation: correction
of errors; improvement
hindrance = block; obstacle; V. hinder
cistern = reservoir or water tank
cipher = nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret
code; V.
bristling = rising like bristles; showing irritation
cadence = rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds);
beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm
outlaw = fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection);
V: declare (someone) to be an outlaw; deprive
of the protection of the law; declare illegal; Ex. Drinking
has been outlawed.
gratis = free; without charge; ADJ.
stalemate = deadlock; situation in which further action is
blocked
avert = prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex.
An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She
averted her eyes from the terrible sight.
bleak = cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable;
depressing
liquidate = settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear up;
eliminate; kill or abolish
concordat = formal agreement
prance = move about in a spirited manner (proudly and
confidently)
conjecture = surmise; guess; V.
prodigal = wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a
mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality
dingy = (of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex. dingy
street/curtain
ferocious = fierce; violent; N. ferocity
confidence = self-assurance; calm unworried feeling
based on a strong belief in one.s abilities; strong belief
in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person
or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence
in your ability; Ex. I.m telling you this in confidence;
Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ.
confident
preen = make oneself tidy in appearance; feel selfsatisfaction
or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers)
with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune
adorn = decorate
malingerer = one who feigns illness to escape duty; V.
malinger: feign illness to avoid work
crotchety = (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical;
bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion
ancestry = family descent; ADJ. ancestral
quack = charlatan; impostor
inductive = pertaining to induction or proceeding from
the specific to the general
quietude = tranquillity; calmness
spartan = without attention to comfort; lacking luxury
and comfort; sternly disciplined; Ex. spartan living condition/
life
surreptitious = done secretly; secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden
undermine = weaken gradually; sap; dig a mine beneath
stultify = make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become
stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder;
Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex.
stultify free expression
querulous = given to complaining; complaining; fretful;
whining
anodyne = drug that relieves pain or trouble;.:.x]j; opiate;
ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement
comeuppance = deserts; well-deserved punishment or
misfortune; rebuke
largess = generous gift (given to people who do not have
enough)
endorse = approve; support; write one.s signature on the
back of; N. endorsement; CF. dorsal
pall = become boring; grow tiresome
frantic = wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic
with fear
voluptuous = sensual; of or giving sensual pleasure; indulging
in sensual pleasures; Ex. voluptuous lines; Ex.
voluptuous life of the Romans; N. voluptuary: voluptuous
person
clip = cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off
(as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener
podiatrist = doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist;
N. podiatrics
philistine = narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively
interested in material gain; uncultured person
who is indifferent to artistic and cultural values; member
of an ancient people in Palestine; OP. aesthete






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