GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 85
domicile = home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one.s domicile;
Ex. He is domiciled in Britain.
loom = appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct,
or distorted form); Ex. The shadow of the gallows
loomed threateningly. N: apparatus for making
thread into cloth
resplendent = brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling;
glorious
monogram = design composed of one or more initials of
a name; V.
visage = face; appearance
threadbare = worn through till the threads show; shabby
and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses
kernel = central or vital part; core; whole seed (as of corn)
traumatic = (of an experience) deeply shocking; pertaining
to an injury caused by violence; N. trauma: serious
wound; emotional shock that causes lasting psychological
damage
defeatist = resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat
or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism
gentle = kindly; soft; mild; of good family
correlate = either of the correlated things; V.
incisive = (appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex. incisive remarks;
V. incise: make a cut into
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