GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 82
entree(entr´ee) = entrance; a way in; right to enter; main
dish of a meal; Ex. entree into the exclusive circle
toady = servile flatterer; yes man; sycophant; V: be a
toady to; fawn
disparate = basically different; impossible to compare;
unrelated
abscond = depart secretly and hide
mendacious = lying; habitually dishonest; N. mendacity
anticlimax = letdown in thought or emotion; something
unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after
something important or exciting
inquisitor = questioner (especially harsh); investigator;
person making an inquisition
pilfer = steal things of small value; filch; snitch
effluvium = noxious(harmful) smell
sardonic = scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical;
Ex. sardonic smile
amulet = charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect
against evil, bad luck
transcribe = copy; write a copy of; N. transcription
rant = speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly
showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex.
The priest ranted about the devil.
vindicate = clear from blame; free from blame or accusation
(with supporting proof); exonerate; substantiate;
justify or support; avenge; Ex. vindicate one.s client; Ex.
vindicate one.s claim; CF. vindicator
drivel = nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense
unregenerate = making no attempt to change one.s bad
practices
haven = place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven
foist = insert improperly; impose upon another by coercion;
palm off; pass off as genuine or worthy; CF. fist
contagion = infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF.
infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air
subterfuge = stratagem(deceptive scheme); pretense;
evasion; Ex. resort to a harmless subterfuge
windfall = fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event
stipple = paint or draw with dots or short strokes
irascible = irritable; easily angered
trilogy = group of three related works (connected by a
shared subject but each complete in itself)
carousal = drunken revel; V. carouse
pedigree = ancestry; lineage
orifice = mouthlike opening; small opening (esp. to a cavern
or passage of the body); CF. mouth
sinuous = twisting; winding; bending in and out; not
morally honest
nonplus = put at a loss; bring to a halt by confusion; perplex;
CF. no more
earthly = of this earth; terrestrial; worldly; not divine;
possible; Ex. no earthly reason
dowse = use a divining rod to search for underground
water or minerals
miscellaneous = made up of a variety of parts
bountiful = generous; graciously generous; showing
bounty
glacial = like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely cold; Ex.
glacial epoch; CF. iceberg
expedite = hasten; make go faster
expiate = make amends for (a sin)
ward = administrative division of a city; division in a hospital
or prison; incompetent person placed under the
protection of a guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert
flippant = lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks
about death; N. flippancy
embellish = adorn; ornament; enhance as a story (by
adding fictitious details)
indolent = lazy
impersonal = not being a person; not showing personal
feelings; Ex. impersonal force/manner/organization
conformity = harmony; agreement with established rules
or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with;
V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex.
conform to the rule; CF. conformance
brink = edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the
Grand Canyon
nubile = marriageable; of marriageable age; CF. connubial
criteria = standards used in judging; CF. criterion
soothsayer = one who foretells the future
clot = half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V.
artifice = deception; trickery
prowess = extraordinary ability; military bravery; Ex.
prowess in battle
fruitful = producing results; profitable; prolific; producing
in abundance
adroit = skillful (in using mind or hand)
agenda = items of business at a meeting
guile = deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning; Ex. persuade
her by guile
cemetery = place for burying the dead
bourgeois = middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested
in material possessions
loathe = detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive;
Ex. loathsome smell
calculated = deliberately planned; likely
obscure = dark; vague; unclear; not well known; Ex. obscure
meaning/village; V: darken; cover; make unclear;
Ex. obscure the moon/meaning
physiological = pertaining to the science of the function
of living organisms; N. physiology
bellicose = warlike
headfirst = moving with the head leading; headlong
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