[noun] 1.the highest point that the sun or moon reaches in the sky, directly above you:
eg:-The sun rose towards its zenith.
2. the time when sth is strongest and most successful eg:-Bill is at the zenith of his career.
SYNONYMS:-apex, acme, apogee, capstone, climax, culmination, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit
ANTONYMS:-NADIR
2.Xenophobe
[noun] one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin : a xenophobic person
3.Tarnish
[verb] to spoil the good opinion people have of sb/sth:
eg:-He hopes to improve the newspaper"s somewhat tarnished public image.
SYNONYMS:-taint, besmear, besmirch, defile, discolor, smear, soil, stain, sully, tar, defame, disgrace
4.Rhinestone
[noun] a colorless imitation stone of high luster made of glass, paste, or gem quartz
5.Rigid
[adj] 1.(of rules, methods, etc.) very strict and difficult to change:eg:-His rigid adherence to the rules made him unpopular.
2.(of a person) not willing to change their ideas or behaviour:eg:-rigid attitudes
3.(of an object or substance) stiff and difficult to move or bend:eg:-a rigid support for the tent
SYNONYMS:-stiff, immalleable, inflexible, unbending, strict, stringent, unpermissive, uncompromising, unyielding, adamant
6.Debilitating
[adj] Impairing the strength and vitality
SYNONYMS:- weakening, crippling, disabling, enfeebling, draining, attenuate
ANTONYMS:-invigorating
7.Degenerate
[verb] to become worse, for example by becoming lower in quality or weaker: eg:-Her health degenerated quickly.
[adj] having moral standards that have fallen to a level that is unacceptable to most people:
eg:-The movie is full of scenes of crime and degeneracy.
SYNONYMS:-vicious, corrupt, depraved, flagitious, infamous, miscreant, nefarious, rotten, unhealthy, villainous
8.Deficiency
[noun] 1.the state of not having, or not having enough of, sth that is essential:eg:-Vitamin deficiency in the diet can cause illness.
2.a fault or a weakness in sth/sb that makes it or them less successful:eg:- deficiencies in the computer system
SYNONYMS:-failure, defalcation, deficit, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, scantiness, shortage, defect
9.Denigrate
[verb]to criticize sb/sth unfairly; to say sb/sth does not have any value or is not important:
eg:-I didn't intend to denigrate her achievements.
SYNONYMS:- malign, asperse, calumniate, defame, libel, scandalize, slander, traduce, vilify
10.Resolve
[verb] 1. to break up into constituent parts; to analyze; 2. to change; 3. to cause; 4. to show the solution —n. firmness of purpose; determination
eg:-A prism can resolve white light into the colors of a rainbow.* The two sides tried for weeks to resolve their dispute.
4 Static
[adj]characterized by relatively little or no movement, progression, or change (as in conditions)
eg:-Prices on the stock market, which have been static, are now rising again. * a static population level
SYNONYMS:-immobile, stagnant, stationary, unmoving
2.Intercede
[verb] ~ (with sb) (for / on behalf of sb) to speak to sb in order to persuade them to show pity on sb else or to help settle an argument:
eg:-They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees.
SYNONYMS:- interpose, interfere, intermediate, intervene, mediate, step in
3.Exigent
[adj] 1. Demanding attention, needing immediate looking into; urgent; critical;
2. Requiring precise accuracy
eg:- It is exigent that Diane return the poorly fitting blouse before the time allowed expires.
SYNONYMS:-pressing, burning, clamant, clamorous, crying, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, urgent
4.Amenable
[adj] 1.RESPONSIBLE, accountable, answerable, liable
ANTONYMS:-independent (of); autonomous
2.OBEDIENT, biddable, docile, tractable, controllable, submissive
ANTONYMS:-recalcitrant, refractory
5.Culpability
[noun] A state of guilt
SYNONYMS:-BLAME, fault, guilt, onus, blameworthiness, culpableness
ANTONYMS:-inculpability
6.Curmudgeon
[noun] a crusty, ill-tempered, or difficult and often elderly person
SYNONYMS:-churl, cantankerous
7.Introspective
[adj] tending to think a lot about your own thoughts, feelings, etc:
eg:-There were a lot of family problems and Jim became increasingly introspective. * an introspective piece of writing
SYNONYMS:-self-examining, meditative, heart-searching, self-contemplating
8.Feckless
[adj]having no real worth or purpose; having a weak character; not behaving in a responsible way:
eg:-Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man.
SYNONYMS:-fustian, good-for-nothing, meaningless, purposeless, unpurposed, useless, worthless, ineffective
ANTONYMS:-efficient, feckful
9.Archaic
[adj] old and no longer used; very old-fashioned; from a much earlier or ancient period of history
eg:-The system is archaic and unfair and needs changing. *archaic art
SYNONYMS:-old-fashioned, antiquated, antique, bygone, dated, old, old-timey, outdated, out-of-date, passe
ANTONYMS:- up-to-date, fresh, modern, new, novel
10.Subsume
[verb] to include sth in a particular group and not consider it separately:
eg:-All these different phenomena can be subsumed under just two broad categories.
SYNONYMS:-include, comprehend, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, involve, take in.
1.Aberration
[noun] a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable:
eg:-a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind * A childless woman was regarded as an aberration, almost a social outcast.
SYNONYMSdeviation, deflection, departure, divergence, diversion, turning, abnormality, mistake, slip, oddity
2.Concur
[verb] 1. to occur at the same time; coincide;
2.to act together; 3. to agree; to be in accord
SYNONYMS:-unite, band, coadjute, combine, conjoin, league, accord, agree, harmonize, jibe agree, coincide, concert, concord, harmonize
ANTONYMS:-contend, altercate
3.Harrow
[verb] to torment; vex; cause mental distress
eg:- Studying for the GRE test was a harrowing experience for George because so much depended on his doing well.
SYNONYMS:- afflict, agonize, crucify, excruciate, martyr, rack, torment, torture, try, wring, vex
4.Vehement
[adj] 1. violent; impetuous; moving with considerable force;
2. characterized by strong feeling or passion; impassioned; fervent
eg:-a vehement denial / attack / protest * He had been vehement in his opposition to the idea.
SYNONYMS:- intense, concentrated, desperate, exquisite, fierce,fervent furious, terrible, vicious, violent
5.Demise
[noun] 1. the end or failure of an institution, an idea, a company, etc.
2. (formal or humorous) death:
eg:-his imminent / sudden / sad demise
SYNONYMS:- die, decease, depart, drop, expire, pass away, succumb
6.Vituperative
[adj] berating; speaking abusively to or about
eg:-a vituperative article / attack / commentary
SYNONYMS:-abusive, contumelious, invective, opprobrious, scurrile, scurrilous, truculent, vituperatory, vituperous
7.Haughty
[adj] behaving in an unfriendly way towards other people because you think that you are better than them:
eg:-a haughty face / look / manner * He replied with haughty disdain.
SYNONYMS:-proud , arrogant, cavalier, disdainful, high-and-mighty, autocratic, insolent, lordly, overbearing, supercilious
ANTONYM:-lowly
8.Adulterate
[verb] ~ sth (with sth) to make food or drink less pure by adding another substance to it:
eg:-The water supply had been adulterated with chemicals from the soil.
SYNONYMS:-debase, doctor, dope (up), load, sophisticate
ANTONYM:-refine
9.Conventional
[adj] 1. growing out of custom or normal usage; customary;
2. conforming to accepted standards, rather than natural; 3. non-nuclear
eg:-conventional behaviour / methods / approaches/ morality * She's very conventional in her views. * It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel
SYNONYMS:-button-down, orthodox, square, straight
ANTONYM:-unconventional
10.Deuterium
[noun] the isotope of hydrogen that has atoms of twice the mass of ordinary light hydrogen atoms, that occurs naturally in very small amounts in water, and that is used in nuclear reactions and as a tracer in chemical and biological investigations called also heavy hydrogen; symbol D, H2, or 2H.
Resilient
[adj] 1. able to feel better quickly after sth unpleasant such as shock, injury, etc:
eg:- He"ll get over it, young people are amazingly resilient. * These plants are very resilient to rough handling.
SYNONYMS:-airy, bouncy, buoyant, effervescent, expansive, volatile
2. (of a substance) returning to its original shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed
SYNONYMS:-elastic, flexible, springy, stretch, stretchy, supple, whippy
ANTONYMS:-flaccid
2.Receptor
[noun] 1. a receiver;
2. a sense organ; a group of nerve endings specializing in receiving impulses
eg:-A radar antenna is both a sender for putting out radio waves and a receptor for receiving the signals when they bounce off something.
3.Exculpate
[verb] to clear from alleged fault or guilt : prove to be guiltless
eg:-the court exculpated him after a thorough investigation* *The defendant was able to exculpate himself from liability.
SYNONYMS:-CLEAR, ABSOLVE, EXONERATE, ACQUIT, VINDICATE, DISCULPATE
ANTONYMS:- inculpate
4.Faction
[noun] 1.a party, combination, or clique (as within a state, government, or other association) often contentious, self-seeking, or reckless of the common good
2.a small group of people within a larger one whose members have some different aims and beliefs to those of the larger group: rival factions within the administration
3.opposition, disagreement, etc. that exists between small groups of people within an organization or political party: a party divided by faction and intrigue
5.Garrulous
[adj] talking a lot, especially about unimportant things
eg:-He became positively garrulous after a few glasses of wine.
SYNONYMS:-talkative, babblative, chatty, gabby, loose-lipped, loose-tongued, loquacious, multiloquent, talky, tonguey
ANTONYMS:-taciturn
6.Harbinger
[noun] a sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad
SYNONYMS:-forerunner, herald, outrider, precursor
7.Interpolate
[verb] 1.to make a remark that interrupts a conversation: [Vspeech] 'But why?' he interpolated.
2. ~ sth (into sth) to add sth to a piece of writing:
eg:-The lines were interpolated into the manuscript at a later date
SYNONYMS:-introduce, fill in, insert, insinuate, intercalate, interject, interpose, throw in, estimate
8.Hieroglyphic
[Adj] 1.Resembling hieroglyphic writing
2.Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
9.Extricable
[adj] : capable of being extricated,
extricate [verb] ~ sb/sth / (yourself) (from sth)
1. to escape or enable sb to escape from a difficult situation:
eg:-He had managed to extricate himself from most of his official duties.
2. to free sb/sth or yourself from a place where they/it or you are trapped:
eg:-They managed to extricate the pilot from the tangled control panel
10.Hackneyed
[adj] used too often and therefore boring: a hackneyed phrase / subject
SYNONYMS:- trite, bathetic, cliched, commonplace, hack, stale, timeworn, tired, well-worn, worn-out
1.Vacillate
[Verb] to keep changing your opinion or thoughts about sth, especially in a way that annoys other people
SYNONYMS: Fluctuate, hesitate, dither, falter, halt, shilly-shally, stagger, waver, whiffle, wiggle-waggle
eg: The country's leaders are still vacillating between confrontation and compromise.
2.Torpor
[Noun] the state of not being active and having no energy or enthusiasm
SYNONYMS: lethargy, coma, dullness, hebetude, languor, lassitude, sleep, stupor, torpidity, torpidness
ANTONYMS: activity; animation
eg:In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.
3.Subliminal
[Adj] 1: falling below the threshold of stimulation (as for nerve or muscle) : inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception : too small for discrimination
2 a : existing or functioning outside the area of conscious awareness : influencing thought, feeling, or behavior in a manner unperceived by personal or subjective consciousness eg:subliminal perception, the subliminal mind
b : designed to influence the mind on levels other than that of conscious awareness and especially by presentation too brief to be consciously perceived . eg:subliminal techniques in TV advertising SYNONYMS:Unconscious,imperceptible,unperceivable
4.Squander
[verb] to waste money, time, etc. in a stupid or careless way:
SYNONYMS:waste, blow, consume, dissipate, fool (away), fritter, frivol away, prodigalize, throw away, trifle (away)
eg:My uncle squandered all his money on gambling. * She squandered her chances of winning.
5.Rhinestone
[Noun] a colorless imitation stone of high luster made of glass, paste, or gem quartz
6.Scrutiny
[Noun] careful and thorough examination:
SYNONYMS:Surveillance, examination, analysis, audit, check-over, inspection, perlustration, review, scan, survey, view
eg: Her argument doesn"t really stand up to scrutiny. * Foreign policy has come under close scrutiny recently.
7.Vindictive
[Adj] having a bitterly vengeful character, disposed to seek revenge
SYNONYMS:revengeful, vengeful, wreakful
eg:He accused her of being vindictive. * a vindictive comment / person
8.Tritium
[noun] an isotope of hydrogen with atomic weight 3 and a 12.5-year half-life, used in thermonuclear bombs
• Tritium oxide is often referred to as "heavy water"
• Molecules of tritium are created by bombarding hydrogen atoms with protons in a particle accelerator.
9.Superimpose
[verb] ~ sth (on / onto sth)
1. to put one image on top of another so that the two can be seen combined:
eg:A diagram of the new road layout was superimposed on a map of the city.
2. to make a system or pattern combine with an existing system or pattern that contrasts with it SYNONYMS:Overlay,lay over, superpose
10.Ruthless
[adj] (of people or their behaviour) hard and cruel; determined to get what you want and not caring if you hurt other people:
SYNONYMS:Cruel, grim, implacable, ironfisted, merciless, mortal, relentless, unappeasable, unflinching, unrelenting, unyielding
eg:a ruthless dictator * He has a ruthless determination to succeed. * We'll have to be ruthless if we want to make this company more efficient.
4 GRE Vocabulary- Words from Proper Names
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1.Jingoist
One who boasts about his patriotism and favors a warlike foreign policy. In 1877, British Prime Minister Disraeli sent the fleet to Gallipoli to slow up the Russians. A singer wrote a ditty called By Jingo in honor of that action.
2.Lothario
rake; seducer; lover. Lothario was an amorous character in an eighteenth-century play. The Fair Penitent.
3.Maverick
one who acts independently. Samuel Maverick was a Texas rancher who refused to brand his cattle as others were doing.
4.Nemesis
Agent of retribution; just punishment. In Greek mythology, the goddess Nemesis punished pretentiousness with her swords and avenging wings.
5.Philanderer
one who makes love insincerely; one who engages in passing love affairs. The word comes from the Greek philandros (man loving) but gained its current usage because many English playwrights gave the name to their romantic leads.
6.Philippic
Bitter verbal attack. Philip II of Macedon wanted to make Greece into a monarchy. He was opposed by the great orator, Demosthenes, who denounced Philip in devastating speeches that came to be known as philippics.
7.Procrustean
designed to secure conformity; drastic. An ancient Greek robber named Procrustes tied his victims to a bed and then, to make them fit the bed, stretched the short ones and hacked off the limbs of the taller ones.
8.Pyrrhic victory
a victory that is exceptionally costly. Pyrrhus defeated the Romans in 279 B.C. but his losses were terribly heavy.
9.Quixotic
romantically idealistic; impractical. The Spanish novelist, Cervantes, brought this word into our language when he wrote Don Quixote. His hero went forth foolishly to tilt against windmills and help the downtrodden.
10.Protean
changeable; taking on different forms. In Greek mythology, Proteus was a sea god who could change his appearance at will.
11.Saturnine
sluggish; gloomy; grave. The planet Saturn is so far form the sun that it was thought to be cold and dismal.
12.Solecism
substandard use of words; violation of good manners. This word derives form the Greek inhabitants of the colony of Soloi who used a slangy dialect.
13.Sybarite
one who is fond of luxury and soft living. Sybaris was a fabulously wealthy Italian city, symbolic of the good life.
14.Spoonerism
an unintentional exchange of sounds. Reverend Spooner of New College, Oxford occasionally twisted his words around when he got excited so that “conquering kings: came out as “kinkering congs”
15.Tawdry
cheap; gaudy; showy. This word can be terraced to St. Audrey. Scarves called St. Audrey"s laces were sold in England where the local people changed the pronunciation to tawdry. The quality of the scarves, which at first was good, deteriorated, when they were mass produced for the peasant trade.
eg:-The sun rose towards its zenith.
2. the time when sth is strongest and most successful eg:-Bill is at the zenith of his career.
SYNONYMS:-apex, acme, apogee, capstone, climax, culmination, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit
ANTONYMS:-NADIR
2.Xenophobe
[noun] one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin : a xenophobic person
3.Tarnish
[verb] to spoil the good opinion people have of sb/sth:
eg:-He hopes to improve the newspaper"s somewhat tarnished public image.
SYNONYMS:-taint, besmear, besmirch, defile, discolor, smear, soil, stain, sully, tar, defame, disgrace
4.Rhinestone
[noun] a colorless imitation stone of high luster made of glass, paste, or gem quartz
5.Rigid
[adj] 1.(of rules, methods, etc.) very strict and difficult to change:eg:-His rigid adherence to the rules made him unpopular.
2.(of a person) not willing to change their ideas or behaviour:eg:-rigid attitudes
3.(of an object or substance) stiff and difficult to move or bend:eg:-a rigid support for the tent
SYNONYMS:-stiff, immalleable, inflexible, unbending, strict, stringent, unpermissive, uncompromising, unyielding, adamant
6.Debilitating
[adj] Impairing the strength and vitality
SYNONYMS:- weakening, crippling, disabling, enfeebling, draining, attenuate
ANTONYMS:-invigorating
7.Degenerate
[verb] to become worse, for example by becoming lower in quality or weaker: eg:-Her health degenerated quickly.
[adj] having moral standards that have fallen to a level that is unacceptable to most people:
eg:-The movie is full of scenes of crime and degeneracy.
SYNONYMS:-vicious, corrupt, depraved, flagitious, infamous, miscreant, nefarious, rotten, unhealthy, villainous
8.Deficiency
[noun] 1.the state of not having, or not having enough of, sth that is essential:eg:-Vitamin deficiency in the diet can cause illness.
2.a fault or a weakness in sth/sb that makes it or them less successful:eg:- deficiencies in the computer system
SYNONYMS:-failure, defalcation, deficit, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, scantiness, shortage, defect
9.Denigrate
[verb]to criticize sb/sth unfairly; to say sb/sth does not have any value or is not important:
eg:-I didn't intend to denigrate her achievements.
SYNONYMS:- malign, asperse, calumniate, defame, libel, scandalize, slander, traduce, vilify
10.Resolve
[verb] 1. to break up into constituent parts; to analyze; 2. to change; 3. to cause; 4. to show the solution —n. firmness of purpose; determination
eg:-A prism can resolve white light into the colors of a rainbow.* The two sides tried for weeks to resolve their dispute.
4 Static
[adj]characterized by relatively little or no movement, progression, or change (as in conditions)
eg:-Prices on the stock market, which have been static, are now rising again. * a static population level
SYNONYMS:-immobile, stagnant, stationary, unmoving
2.Intercede
[verb] ~ (with sb) (for / on behalf of sb) to speak to sb in order to persuade them to show pity on sb else or to help settle an argument:
eg:-They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees.
SYNONYMS:- interpose, interfere, intermediate, intervene, mediate, step in
3.Exigent
[adj] 1. Demanding attention, needing immediate looking into; urgent; critical;
2. Requiring precise accuracy
eg:- It is exigent that Diane return the poorly fitting blouse before the time allowed expires.
SYNONYMS:-pressing, burning, clamant, clamorous, crying, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, urgent
4.Amenable
[adj] 1.RESPONSIBLE, accountable, answerable, liable
ANTONYMS:-independent (of); autonomous
2.OBEDIENT, biddable, docile, tractable, controllable, submissive
ANTONYMS:-recalcitrant, refractory
5.Culpability
[noun] A state of guilt
SYNONYMS:-BLAME, fault, guilt, onus, blameworthiness, culpableness
ANTONYMS:-inculpability
6.Curmudgeon
[noun] a crusty, ill-tempered, or difficult and often elderly person
SYNONYMS:-churl, cantankerous
7.Introspective
[adj] tending to think a lot about your own thoughts, feelings, etc:
eg:-There were a lot of family problems and Jim became increasingly introspective. * an introspective piece of writing
SYNONYMS:-self-examining, meditative, heart-searching, self-contemplating
8.Feckless
[adj]having no real worth or purpose; having a weak character; not behaving in a responsible way:
eg:-Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man.
SYNONYMS:-fustian, good-for-nothing, meaningless, purposeless, unpurposed, useless, worthless, ineffective
ANTONYMS:-efficient, feckful
9.Archaic
[adj] old and no longer used; very old-fashioned; from a much earlier or ancient period of history
eg:-The system is archaic and unfair and needs changing. *archaic art
SYNONYMS:-old-fashioned, antiquated, antique, bygone, dated, old, old-timey, outdated, out-of-date, passe
ANTONYMS:- up-to-date, fresh, modern, new, novel
10.Subsume
[verb] to include sth in a particular group and not consider it separately:
eg:-All these different phenomena can be subsumed under just two broad categories.
SYNONYMS:-include, comprehend, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, involve, take in.
1.Aberration
[noun] a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable:
eg:-a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind * A childless woman was regarded as an aberration, almost a social outcast.
SYNONYMSdeviation, deflection, departure, divergence, diversion, turning, abnormality, mistake, slip, oddity
2.Concur
[verb] 1. to occur at the same time; coincide;
2.to act together; 3. to agree; to be in accord
SYNONYMS:-unite, band, coadjute, combine, conjoin, league, accord, agree, harmonize, jibe agree, coincide, concert, concord, harmonize
ANTONYMS:-contend, altercate
3.Harrow
[verb] to torment; vex; cause mental distress
eg:- Studying for the GRE test was a harrowing experience for George because so much depended on his doing well.
SYNONYMS:- afflict, agonize, crucify, excruciate, martyr, rack, torment, torture, try, wring, vex
4.Vehement
[adj] 1. violent; impetuous; moving with considerable force;
2. characterized by strong feeling or passion; impassioned; fervent
eg:-a vehement denial / attack / protest * He had been vehement in his opposition to the idea.
SYNONYMS:- intense, concentrated, desperate, exquisite, fierce,fervent furious, terrible, vicious, violent
5.Demise
[noun] 1. the end or failure of an institution, an idea, a company, etc.
2. (formal or humorous) death:
eg:-his imminent / sudden / sad demise
SYNONYMS:- die, decease, depart, drop, expire, pass away, succumb
6.Vituperative
[adj] berating; speaking abusively to or about
eg:-a vituperative article / attack / commentary
SYNONYMS:-abusive, contumelious, invective, opprobrious, scurrile, scurrilous, truculent, vituperatory, vituperous
7.Haughty
[adj] behaving in an unfriendly way towards other people because you think that you are better than them:
eg:-a haughty face / look / manner * He replied with haughty disdain.
SYNONYMS:-proud , arrogant, cavalier, disdainful, high-and-mighty, autocratic, insolent, lordly, overbearing, supercilious
ANTONYM:-lowly
8.Adulterate
[verb] ~ sth (with sth) to make food or drink less pure by adding another substance to it:
eg:-The water supply had been adulterated with chemicals from the soil.
SYNONYMS:-debase, doctor, dope (up), load, sophisticate
ANTONYM:-refine
9.Conventional
[adj] 1. growing out of custom or normal usage; customary;
2. conforming to accepted standards, rather than natural; 3. non-nuclear
eg:-conventional behaviour / methods / approaches/ morality * She's very conventional in her views. * It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel
SYNONYMS:-button-down, orthodox, square, straight
ANTONYM:-unconventional
10.Deuterium
[noun] the isotope of hydrogen that has atoms of twice the mass of ordinary light hydrogen atoms, that occurs naturally in very small amounts in water, and that is used in nuclear reactions and as a tracer in chemical and biological investigations called also heavy hydrogen; symbol D, H2, or 2H.
Resilient
[adj] 1. able to feel better quickly after sth unpleasant such as shock, injury, etc:
eg:- He"ll get over it, young people are amazingly resilient. * These plants are very resilient to rough handling.
SYNONYMS:-airy, bouncy, buoyant, effervescent, expansive, volatile
2. (of a substance) returning to its original shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed
SYNONYMS:-elastic, flexible, springy, stretch, stretchy, supple, whippy
ANTONYMS:-flaccid
2.Receptor
[noun] 1. a receiver;
2. a sense organ; a group of nerve endings specializing in receiving impulses
eg:-A radar antenna is both a sender for putting out radio waves and a receptor for receiving the signals when they bounce off something.
3.Exculpate
[verb] to clear from alleged fault or guilt : prove to be guiltless
eg:-the court exculpated him after a thorough investigation* *The defendant was able to exculpate himself from liability.
SYNONYMS:-CLEAR, ABSOLVE, EXONERATE, ACQUIT, VINDICATE, DISCULPATE
ANTONYMS:- inculpate
4.Faction
[noun] 1.a party, combination, or clique (as within a state, government, or other association) often contentious, self-seeking, or reckless of the common good
2.a small group of people within a larger one whose members have some different aims and beliefs to those of the larger group: rival factions within the administration
3.opposition, disagreement, etc. that exists between small groups of people within an organization or political party: a party divided by faction and intrigue
5.Garrulous
[adj] talking a lot, especially about unimportant things
eg:-He became positively garrulous after a few glasses of wine.
SYNONYMS:-talkative, babblative, chatty, gabby, loose-lipped, loose-tongued, loquacious, multiloquent, talky, tonguey
ANTONYMS:-taciturn
6.Harbinger
[noun] a sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad
SYNONYMS:-forerunner, herald, outrider, precursor
7.Interpolate
[verb] 1.to make a remark that interrupts a conversation: [Vspeech] 'But why?' he interpolated.
2. ~ sth (into sth) to add sth to a piece of writing:
eg:-The lines were interpolated into the manuscript at a later date
SYNONYMS:-introduce, fill in, insert, insinuate, intercalate, interject, interpose, throw in, estimate
8.Hieroglyphic
[Adj] 1.Resembling hieroglyphic writing
2.Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
9.Extricable
[adj] : capable of being extricated,
extricate [verb] ~ sb/sth / (yourself) (from sth)
1. to escape or enable sb to escape from a difficult situation:
eg:-He had managed to extricate himself from most of his official duties.
2. to free sb/sth or yourself from a place where they/it or you are trapped:
eg:-They managed to extricate the pilot from the tangled control panel
10.Hackneyed
[adj] used too often and therefore boring: a hackneyed phrase / subject
SYNONYMS:- trite, bathetic, cliched, commonplace, hack, stale, timeworn, tired, well-worn, worn-out
1.Vacillate
[Verb] to keep changing your opinion or thoughts about sth, especially in a way that annoys other people
SYNONYMS: Fluctuate, hesitate, dither, falter, halt, shilly-shally, stagger, waver, whiffle, wiggle-waggle
eg: The country's leaders are still vacillating between confrontation and compromise.
2.Torpor
[Noun] the state of not being active and having no energy or enthusiasm
SYNONYMS: lethargy, coma, dullness, hebetude, languor, lassitude, sleep, stupor, torpidity, torpidness
ANTONYMS: activity; animation
eg:In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.
3.Subliminal
[Adj] 1: falling below the threshold of stimulation (as for nerve or muscle) : inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception : too small for discrimination
2 a : existing or functioning outside the area of conscious awareness : influencing thought, feeling, or behavior in a manner unperceived by personal or subjective consciousness eg:subliminal perception, the subliminal mind
b : designed to influence the mind on levels other than that of conscious awareness and especially by presentation too brief to be consciously perceived . eg:subliminal techniques in TV advertising SYNONYMS:Unconscious,imperceptible,unperceivable
4.Squander
[verb] to waste money, time, etc. in a stupid or careless way:
SYNONYMS:waste, blow, consume, dissipate, fool (away), fritter, frivol away, prodigalize, throw away, trifle (away)
eg:My uncle squandered all his money on gambling. * She squandered her chances of winning.
5.Rhinestone
[Noun] a colorless imitation stone of high luster made of glass, paste, or gem quartz
6.Scrutiny
[Noun] careful and thorough examination:
SYNONYMS:Surveillance, examination, analysis, audit, check-over, inspection, perlustration, review, scan, survey, view
eg: Her argument doesn"t really stand up to scrutiny. * Foreign policy has come under close scrutiny recently.
7.Vindictive
[Adj] having a bitterly vengeful character, disposed to seek revenge
SYNONYMS:revengeful, vengeful, wreakful
eg:He accused her of being vindictive. * a vindictive comment / person
8.Tritium
[noun] an isotope of hydrogen with atomic weight 3 and a 12.5-year half-life, used in thermonuclear bombs
• Tritium oxide is often referred to as "heavy water"
• Molecules of tritium are created by bombarding hydrogen atoms with protons in a particle accelerator.
9.Superimpose
[verb] ~ sth (on / onto sth)
1. to put one image on top of another so that the two can be seen combined:
eg:A diagram of the new road layout was superimposed on a map of the city.
2. to make a system or pattern combine with an existing system or pattern that contrasts with it SYNONYMS:Overlay,lay over, superpose
10.Ruthless
[adj] (of people or their behaviour) hard and cruel; determined to get what you want and not caring if you hurt other people:
SYNONYMS:Cruel, grim, implacable, ironfisted, merciless, mortal, relentless, unappeasable, unflinching, unrelenting, unyielding
eg:a ruthless dictator * He has a ruthless determination to succeed. * We'll have to be ruthless if we want to make this company more efficient.
4 GRE Vocabulary- Words from Proper Names
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1.Jingoist
One who boasts about his patriotism and favors a warlike foreign policy. In 1877, British Prime Minister Disraeli sent the fleet to Gallipoli to slow up the Russians. A singer wrote a ditty called By Jingo in honor of that action.
2.Lothario
rake; seducer; lover. Lothario was an amorous character in an eighteenth-century play. The Fair Penitent.
3.Maverick
one who acts independently. Samuel Maverick was a Texas rancher who refused to brand his cattle as others were doing.
4.Nemesis
Agent of retribution; just punishment. In Greek mythology, the goddess Nemesis punished pretentiousness with her swords and avenging wings.
5.Philanderer
one who makes love insincerely; one who engages in passing love affairs. The word comes from the Greek philandros (man loving) but gained its current usage because many English playwrights gave the name to their romantic leads.
6.Philippic
Bitter verbal attack. Philip II of Macedon wanted to make Greece into a monarchy. He was opposed by the great orator, Demosthenes, who denounced Philip in devastating speeches that came to be known as philippics.
7.Procrustean
designed to secure conformity; drastic. An ancient Greek robber named Procrustes tied his victims to a bed and then, to make them fit the bed, stretched the short ones and hacked off the limbs of the taller ones.
8.Pyrrhic victory
a victory that is exceptionally costly. Pyrrhus defeated the Romans in 279 B.C. but his losses were terribly heavy.
9.Quixotic
romantically idealistic; impractical. The Spanish novelist, Cervantes, brought this word into our language when he wrote Don Quixote. His hero went forth foolishly to tilt against windmills and help the downtrodden.
10.Protean
changeable; taking on different forms. In Greek mythology, Proteus was a sea god who could change his appearance at will.
11.Saturnine
sluggish; gloomy; grave. The planet Saturn is so far form the sun that it was thought to be cold and dismal.
12.Solecism
substandard use of words; violation of good manners. This word derives form the Greek inhabitants of the colony of Soloi who used a slangy dialect.
13.Sybarite
one who is fond of luxury and soft living. Sybaris was a fabulously wealthy Italian city, symbolic of the good life.
14.Spoonerism
an unintentional exchange of sounds. Reverend Spooner of New College, Oxford occasionally twisted his words around when he got excited so that “conquering kings: came out as “kinkering congs”
15.Tawdry
cheap; gaudy; showy. This word can be terraced to St. Audrey. Scarves called St. Audrey"s laces were sold in England where the local people changed the pronunciation to tawdry. The quality of the scarves, which at first was good, deteriorated, when they were mass produced for the peasant trade.