Shared Flashcard Set

Details

GRE Vocab
Really hard words..
70
Writing
Undergraduate 3
06/26/2011

Additional Writing Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Beatify
Definition

(bee-at-uh-fy) v.

to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as faintly

Term
Bane
Definition

(bayn) adj.

cause of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration

Term
Baleful
Definition

(BAyl-ful) adj.

sinister, pernicious, ominous

Term
Axiom
Definition

(Ak-see-um) n.

a univerdally recognized principle, a generally accepted or common sayings

Term
Aver
Definition

(uh-Vur) v.

to state as a fact; to confirm or support

Term
Avarice
Definition

(a-vuh-rus) n.

greed, especially for wealth

Term
Austere
Definition

(aw-STEER) adj.

without adornment, bare, severly simple, ascetic

Term
Auspicious
Definition

(aw-SPI-shus) adj.

favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous

Term
Auspice
Definition

(AW-spis) n.

protection or support, patronage

Term
August
Definition

(aw-gist) adj.

majestic, venerable

Term
Augary
Definition

(aw-GYUH-ree) n.

omen, portent, the reading of omens

Term
Audacious
Definition

(aw-DAY-shus) adj.

daring and fearless, recjlessly bold

Term
Attenuate
Definition

(uh-TEN-yoo-ayt) v.

to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen

Term
Astringent
Definition

(uh-STRIN-junt)

having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh, severe

Term
Assuage
Definition

(uh-SWAY-j)

to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

Term
Assiduous
Definition

(uh-SID-yoo-us) adj.

diligent, hard working

Term
Aspersion
Definition

(uh-SPER-zhun) n.

an act of defamation or maligning

Term
Ascetic
Definition

(uh-SET-ik) n.

one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religiuos devotion

Term
Artless
Definition
completely without guilw; natural, without artificiality
Term
Articulate
Definition

v.

to enunciate or pronounce clearly; to express oneself clearly

Term
Arrest
Definition

v.

to suspend, to engage

Term
Arrant
Definition

(AR-unt) adj.

impudent; in every way, being completely such, bare-faced, utter

Term
Arduous
Definition

(ar-juh-uus)  adj.

strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

Term
Archaic
Definition
outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time
Term
Arcane
Definition

adj.

mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates

Term
Arabesque
Definition

(ar-uh-BESK) n.

complex, ornate design

Term
Asperity
Definition

(uh-SPER-uh-tee) n.

severuty, rigor; roughness, harshness, acrimony, irritability

Term
Appropriate
Definition

v.

to take for ones own use, confiscate

Term
Approbation
Definition

(a-pruh-Bay-shun) n.

an expression of approval or praise

Term
Aprise
Definition
give notice to, inform
Term
Apposite
Definition

adj.

appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos

Term
Apotneosis
Definition

n.

defication, glorification to godliness, the perfect example

Term
Apostate
Definition

(uh-PAH-stayt) n.

one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of cause

Term
Apogee
Definition

(a-poh-jee) n.

farthest or highest point; culmination, zenth

Term
Apocryphal
Definition

adj.

of dubious authenticity or origin, spurious

Term
Apathy
Definition
lack of interest or feeling
Term
Antuthetical
Definition

(an-tuh-THET-i-cul)

diametrically opposed, as in antithesis

Term
Antipathy
Definition
aversion, dislike
Term
Antagonize
Definition
to irritate or cause hostility
Term
Anomaly
Definition
devition from the normal order, form, or rule, abnormality
Term
Anodyne
Definition
soothing
Term
Anathema
Definition
solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse, accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
Term
Anachronism
Definition
something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chonological context
Term
Amenable
Definition

(uh-MEE-nah-bull)

agreeable, responsive to suggestsion

Term
Amliorate
Definition

(uh-MEE-lee-or-ayt)

to make better or more tolerable

Term
Ambivalence
Definition
the quality of having opposing ideas or feelings
Term
Ambiguty
Definition
uncertainty in meaning
Term
Amalgamate
Definition
to combine several elements into a whole
Term
Alloy
Definition
to commingle, debase by mixing w. something inferior
Term
Abate
Definition
to lesson in intensity or degree
Term
Aberrant
Definition
deviating from the norm
Term
Abjure
Definition
to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
Term
Abrogate
Definition
to abolish or annul by authority; put down
Term
Abscission
Definition
act if cutting off of removing
Term
Abscond
Definition
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
Term
Abstain
Definition
to refrain from an activity
Term
Accolade
Definition
An expression of praise; an award
Term
Accretion
Definition

(uh-KREE-shun)

growth, increase by successive addition, building up

Term
Acerbic
Definition

(uh-suhr-bik)

having a sour or bitter taster or charecter

Term
Acumen
Definition

(Ak-u-men)

quick, keen ir accurate knowledge or insite

Term
Admanisn
Definition
to reprove, to express warning or disapproval
Term
Adroit
Definition
adept, dexterous
Term
Adulation
Definition

(a-ju-LAY-shun)

excessive praise, intense adoration

Term
Adulterate
Definition
to reduce purity by combing w/ inferior ingredients
Term
Adumbrate
Definition
to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest or outline sketchily
Term
Advocate
Definition
to argue for or support a cause
Term
Aesthetic
Definition
dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
Term
Aggrandize
Definition
to increase in intensity, power or prestige, to make appear greater
Term
Alacrity
Definition

(ah-LAK-rah-tee)

eager and enthusiastic willingness

Term
Alchemy
Definition
magical or wonderful transformation
Supporting users have an ad free experience!