GRE Vocabulary Power (14-138)
Vocabulary Cards: 27
- 1.
- leave to someone by means of a will
- hand down in his will
- 2.
- cover with a thin layer of gold
- 3.
- trail of ship or other object through water
- path of something that has gone before
- 4.
- disapproval
- condemnation
- 5.
- selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work
- 6.
- discourage
- 7.
- sham
- made of inferior material
- not genuine
- inferior
- dishonest
- 8.
- surpass
- exceeding ordinary limits
- superior
- exceed
- surpassing
- 9.
- wandering (esp. in search of adventure)
- straying from proper moral standards
- 10.
- brief explanation of words used in the text
- 11.
- thought
- working of the brain
- 12.
- pious
- deeply religious
- sincere
- earnest
- 13.
- moo
- make the sound of a cow
- 14.
- missile
- fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet)
- 15.
- moving with a wavelike motion
- 16.
- loud and harsh
- insistent
- 17.
- one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)
- 18.
- having many languages
- fluent in several languages
- 19.
- homeless child or animal
- 20.
- third in order or rank
- 21.
- training
- guardianship
- function of a tutor
- instruction
- 22.
- malicious misrepresentation
- slander
- 23.
- exercising the most influence
- high and easily seen
- stronger than the other part of a system
- not recessive
- 24.
- (derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air
- descend to the level of one considered inferior
- 25.
- climax
- highest point
- end in
- 26.
- scholar
- learned person
- 27.
- secure grasp or hold
- firm grasp or footing