GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 30

GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 30

dank = damp; unpleasantly wet
brevity = conciseness; shortness of duration
whimsy = whim; tendency to behave amusingly
strangely; Ex. story full of whimsy
gust = strong abrupt rush of wind; V. CF. bluster
trinket = knickknack; bauble; cheap jewelry
extemporaneous = not planned; impromptu; extempore
universal = characterizing or affecting all; general;
present everywhere; of the universe; cosmic; Ex. universal
agreement; Ex. a subject of universal interest
interrogate = question closely; cross-examine; crossquestion
ferment = agitation; commotion(noisy and excited activity);
unrest (of a political kind); V. produce by fermentation;
undergo fermentation; cause (a state of trouble)
apothegm(apophthegm) = pithy, compact saying
transport = strong emotion; rapture; Ex. in a transport/
transports of; V: move to strong emotion; enrapture
tickle = touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter;
please
chaff = worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer
seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the
wheat from the chaff
irreverence = lack of proper respect or reverence; ADJ. irreverent
trifling = trivial; unimportant
chronicle = report; record (in chronological order)
gourmand = epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure
in food and drink
regal = royal; of a monarch; Ex. regal manner
earn = gain for the performance of service or labor; gain
(something that one deserves); deserve
glower = scowl; glare; look or stare angrily
prefatory = introductory; of a preface
gruff = rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse
harangue = long, passionate, and vehement speech; V.
carrion = rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture
broach = introduce as a subject; moot; open up
enigma = puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling
disinter = dig up; unearth; OP. inter
defrock = strip a priest or minister of church authority;
unfrock
craft = skill (esp. with one.s hands); skill in deceiving people;
guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning
collateral = security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended
from the same person but through different
sons or daughters
reek = emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant
odor; give out smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N:
unpleasant odor; stench
staid = serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid during the funeral
ceremony
satire = form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and
ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly
solicitor = lawyer in the lower court of law
synthesis = combining parts or separate things into a
whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize
mange = skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked
by loss of hair
camp = group sharing a common cause or opinion
viable = capable of maintaining life; feasible; practical or
workable; Ex. viable scheme
obviate = make unnecessary; get rid of; Ex. obviate the
need
confound = confuse; puzzle
conifer = pine tree (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree;
ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen
dissonance = discord
dehydrate = remove water from; dry out
cauterize = burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot
iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent
infection
suture = stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound
or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a
wound
epicure = connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ.
epicurean; CF. Epicurus
prelate = church dignitary; priest of high position in the
church (esp. bishop)
defect = shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite
one)
incriminate = accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as
evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a
crime; Ex. incriminating evidence
sectarian = of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N: member
of a sect; narrow-minded person
forsake = desert; abandon; renounce
inerrancy = infallibility
somatic = pertaining to the body; bodily; physical
die = metal block used for shaping metal or plastic; device
for stamping or impressing; mold; CF. dice
gavel = hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used
by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.
monochrome = painting in only one color; ADJ.
thrash = beat with a whip or flail; defeat utterly; talk
about thoroughly in order to find the answer; move
wildly or violently; Ex. The fishes thrashed about in the
net.




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