GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 79

GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 79

overbearing = bossy; domineering and arrogant; decisively
important; Ex. overbearing manner/importance;
V. overbear: dominate
indissoluble = permanent; impossible to dissolve or disintegrate
rotund = (of a person) fat and round
contention = assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition
treatise = article treating a subject systematically and
thoroughly
exude = flow out slowly; discharge (gradually); give
forth; N. exudation
creed = system of religious or ethical belief
scrimmage = disorderly fight between two or more people
delete = erase; strike out
mandate = order; charge; authoritative command; power
to govern another country; power to given to a government;
region under administration; V: give a mandate
to; place under a mandate; Ex. mandated territory
astral = relating to the stars
quicksilver = mercury
buoyant = able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy;
Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market
prostrate = stretch out full on ground; make prostrate; enervate;
Ex. prostrating illness; ADJ: lying face down;
having lost all strength
embryonic = undeveloped; rudimentary; N. embryo: organism
in the early stage of development
exegesis = explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible)
passages
quizzical = curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying);
questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex.
quizzical glance
retrospective = looking back on the past; N. retrospection;
V. retrospect
monetary = pertaining to money
sidereal = relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day
quibble = minor objection or complaint; V: raise minor
objections; carp; cavil
controvert = oppose with arguments; attempt to refute;
contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy
ordination = ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony
of ordaining a priest
coeval = living at the same time as; existing during the
same period of time; contemporary; of the same age
nullify = make invalid; make null; invalidate
prolixity = tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ. prolix:
wordy; verbose; diffuse
equity = fairness; justice; OP. inequity
derivative = unoriginal; obtained from another source;
Ex. derivative prose style; N.
intimate = hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close
relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate
knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or
confidant; CF. intimacy
retinue = following; attendants
dabble = work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around;
move noisily in a liquid
penetrate = enter into; pierce; permeate; see through;
grasp the inner significance of; understand
swamp = wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in
with liquid
inquisitive = eager for knowledge; unduly curious
feint = trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw
away defensive action; V.
portly = stout; corpulent
irreproachable = beyond reproach; blameless; impeccable;
Ex. irreproachable conduct
couple = join; unite; OP. uncouple
caprice = whim; sudden change of mind without any real
cause
compound = combine; produce by combining; increase;
make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex.
compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more
parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed
by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex.
factory compound; CF. complex
capsize = (of a boat) turn over
nonentity = person of no importance; nonexistence
mulct = defraud a person of something; swindle; Ex.
mulct the boy of his legacy
egregious = notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
attentive = alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying
attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex.
attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady;
N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration
propitious = favorable; auspicious; advantageous; fortunate;
Ex. propitious day/sign
synoptic = providing a general overview; summary; N.
synopsis
opprobrium = infamy; disgrace arising from shameful
conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium
hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing
contempt; shameful or infamous
despondent = without hope and courage; depressed;
gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection
derivation = deriving; origin or source of something; Ex.
the derivation of the word
concise = brief and compact
exclaim = cry out suddenly; N. exclamation; ADJ. exclamatory
chuckle = laugh quietly
ossify = change or harden into bone; become hard and
unchanging in one.s ideas



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