GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 75
rally = come or bring together; call up or summon (forces,
vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate (after illness or
difficulty); N: act of rallying; mass gathering
crest = top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the
head of a bird
cadaverous = like a corpse; pale
outrage = act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful
anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ.
outrageous: offensive
reciprocate = do or give something in return; repay in
kind; give or take mutually; interchange; move backwards
and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by
inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship;
mutual interchange of advantages between two groups;
Ex. reciprocity in trading rights
mischief = behavior (of children) causing trouble with no
serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops;
ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome
mite = very small object or insect-like creature; small coin
placebo = harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
impeccable = faultless
terminal = part that forms the end; railroad or bus station;
ADJ. forming an end; ending in death; fatal; Ex. terminal
cancer
figment = invention; something invented; imaginary
thing; Ex. figment of your imagination
refute = disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation
pretend = feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions
to; Ex. I don.t pretend to much expertise; N.
pretense
rampart = defensive mound of earth
wont = (the stated person.s) habit or custom; habitual
procedure; ADJ. wonted: customary
animated = lively; spirited
indomitable = unconquerable; unyielding
feasible = practical; able to be carried out; practicable
indignity = treatment or situation that causes shame or
loss of dignity, respect; offensive or insulting treatment;
humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the
indignity of having to say that in front of them.
contusion = bruise
dotage = senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In
one.s dotage
wrinkle = small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth);
V.
amazon = female warrior
ambidextrous = capable of using either hand with equal
ease
malicious = hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; N. malice:
desire to harm others; spite
disseminate = distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)
grim = causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in
spite of fear; Ex. grim smile
lavish = liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving
or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly;
V. give in abundance
impenitent = not repentant
obstreperous = boisterous; noisy and uncontrollable
substantial = of substance; material; solid; essential or
fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy
affinity = feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity
for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages
executive = person having administrative authority; one
branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to
executing
gullible = easily deceived
subsidy = direct financial aid by government, etc.; V. subsidize:
assist with a subsidy
Shangri-la = imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF.
Lost Horizon
recrimination = countercharges; V. recriminate
procrastinate = postpone; delay or put off
agitate = stir up; disturb
disquisition = formal systematic inquiry; explanation of
the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or
written report
contaminate = pollute
amiss = wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.
potentate = monarch; sovereign
pristine = unspoiled; remaining in a pure state; characteristic
of earlier times; primitive; Ex. an old book in
pristine condition
homage = honor; tribute; great respect; Ex. pay/do
homage to
choleric = hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily
angered; CF. cholera
heed = pay attention to; N: close attention
extraneous = not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external;
coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/
noise/to the subject
suffragist = advocate of the extension of voting rights (for
women); CF. suffrage
finesse = delicate skill; V: handle with finesse
propagate = increase in number by producing young;
multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed;
Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas
foil = contrast; one that by contrast enhances the distinctive
characteristics of another
transcendent = exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing;
V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N.
transcendancy
hermetic = sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight
ablution = washing
dinghy = small boat (often ship.s boat)
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