GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 29

GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 29

equinox = period of equal days and nights; the beginning
of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox;
ADJ. equinoctial
vital = full of life; animated; vibrant and lively; critical; of
great importance; necessary to stay alive; of life; living;
breathing; N. vitality; V. vitalize
impugn = dispute or contradict (often in an insulting
way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay;
CF. fight
yen = strong desire; longing; urge; Ex. yen for travel
retrench = cut down; cut down expenses; economize
babble = chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous
sounds like water running gently over rounded stone;
N.
gastronomy = art and science of preparing and serving
good food; CF. gastronome
ventriloquist = someone who can make his or her voice
seem to come from another person or thing (without
moving lips or jaws); N. ventriloquism, ventriloquy
deplete = reduce; exhaust
necromancy = black magic; sorcery; dealings with the
dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits
of the dead so as to predict the future; CF. necromancer;
CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death; Ex. necropolis
chasm = abyss; very deep crack
maternal = motherly; N. maternity: motherhood
daze = stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.
caste = one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social
stratification; prestige
immure = imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall
rhapsodize = speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic
manner; Ex. rhapsodize over the beauty of the
scenery
stupor = state of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze;
lack of awareness
deface = mar; disfigure
revert = relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former
owner; N. reversion
parquet = floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic
like matter; CF. strip: long narrow piece
fickle = changeable (in affections or friendship); faithless
inimical = (of someone) unfriendly; hostile; (of something)
harmful; detrimental; CF. enemy
consonant = harmonious; in agreement; N.
gauche = clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth
falsify = make (something written) false by changing
repine = fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the
undone work
integral = complete; necessary for completeness; Ex. integral
part
ursine = bearlike; pertaining to a bear
miasma = swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often
emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting
influence; noxious atmosphere or influence
deviate = turn away from (a principle, norm); move away
from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N.
deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism
slapdash = hasty and careless; haphazard;
sloppy(carelessly done)
maim = mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex.
maimed for life
decapitate = behead
intractable = unruly; difficult to manage; Ex. intractable
problem/child
cordial = warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial
welcome
unilateral = one-sided; involving or affecting only one
side; Ex. unilateral declaration
verbose = wordy; N. verbosity
tonsure = shaving of the head especially by person entering
religious orders; V.
masticate = chew
gestate = evolve as in prenatal growth; N. gestation: period
of development from conception until birth
rhetoric = art of effective communication; art of using language
effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or
writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric;
ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to
which no answer is expected as .Who knows it ?.
melancholy = gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic;
CF. melancholia
retiring = shy and reserved (of a person); modest; Ex. her
retiring personality
agrarian = pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian
reform
visceral = felt in one.s inner organs; N. viscera: internal
body organs; CF. eviscerate
palate = roof of the mouth; sense of the taste
cleave = split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N.
cleavage; ADJ. cloven
detonation = explosion
levitate = rise and float in the air (especially by magical
means); CF. light
fit = sudden outburst of an illness or feeling; convulsion
caused by epilepsy
default = failure to act; failure to perform a task or be
present; V.
stampede = sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals
or people); V: participate in or cause stampede; Ex.
stampede before the price rises
factitious = artificial; produced artificially; sham; false;
Ex. factitious tears
bastard = illegitimate child
outlook = point of view; view from a particular place; expectation
for the future; prospect; Ex. outlook on life;
Ex. pleasing outlook; Ex. weather outlook




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