GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 67
impunity = freedom from punishment or harm; CF. punish
levy = impose (a fine); collect (a payment); impose or collect
(a tax); Ex. levy a tax on tobacco
compatible = harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist
together
efficacy = power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious:
effectual
collected = composed; calm; self-possessed
dupe = someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive
mettle = courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties);
spirit; ADJ. mettlesome
salutary = tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex.
The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF.
health
remnant = remainder
burlesque = give an imitation that ridicules; imitate
mockingly
aerie(aery,eyrie,eyry) = nest of a large bird of prey
enormity = hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness;
Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous
salubrious = healthful; conducive to health or well-being;
socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health
vitreous = of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V.
vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify
premonitory = serving to warn
elevation = elevated position; altitude; height; flat upright
side of a building; angle made by pointing a gun;
Ex. The elevation of her style is much admired; Ex. front
elevation of the house
gorge = narrow canyon; steep rocky cleft; ravine (made
by a stream which runs through it)
contempt = scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible
cache = hiding place; V.
sophistry = seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning;
sophism
penitent = repentant; N.
vignette = small drawing placed at the beginning or end
of a chapter; picture; short literary sketch; short written
description of a character or scene
extol = praise very highly; glorify
slew = large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left
expenditure = payment or expense; expending; something
expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure;
Ex. expenditure of all the energy
piety = devoutness; reverence for God; ADJ. pious
delude = deceive
poultice = soothing application applied to sore and inflamed
portions of the body
cynical = skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N.
cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are
motivated by selfishness
inebriated = habitually intoxicated; drunk; N. inebriety
psyche = soul; mind
eschew = avoid habitually; Ex. eschew alcoholic drinks
irrepressible = unable to be restrained or held back; impossible
to hold back
exorbitant = (of costs or demands) excessive; exceeding
reasonable bounds
innate = inborn
receptive = quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions,
etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal
assuage = mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy
(hunger); soothe (anger)
inasmuch = as since; owing to the fact that
expos´e = public revelation of something discreditable
pr´ecis = abstract; concise summing up of main points;
concise summary of a text
abominate = loathe; hate
underhand(underhanded) = done slyly and secretly (being
dishonest)
atavism = resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to
parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ.
atavistic
seminary = school for training future ministers; secondary
school, especially for young women
personable = attractive (in personality or appearance)
muggy = (of weather) warm and damp
stink = stench; V: emit a strong foul odor
duress = forcible restraint, especially unlawfully; coercion
by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under
duress
peevish = bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry
swerve = deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight
course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car
swerved to the right.
indentation = notch; deep recess; V. indent; CF. tooth
quandary = dilemma; state of uncertainty; Ex. She is in a
quandary about whether to go.
coiffure = hairstyle
demure = (of a woman or child) grave; quiet and serious;
coy; pretending to be demure
sanguine = optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of
blood; red
bombardment = attack (as with missiles or bombs); V.
bombard
flaccid = flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex. flaccid muscles
unearthly = not earthly; supernatural; weird; ghostly
fiasco = total failure; CF. bottle
threat = sign or warning (of coming danger); Ex. threat
of rain; V: express a threat; give warning of (something
bad); Ex. The cloud threatens rain.
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