AEnglish Vocabulary List

GRE Vocabulary Power (14-139)

Vocabulary Cards: 31

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  • 1.
    • predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape
    • situation allowing for no further progress
  • 2.
    • give a personal guarantee
  • 3.
    • stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue
    • foil
    • stop or get in the way of
    • frustrate
  • 4.
    • artificial
    • produced artificially
    • sham
    • false
  • 5.
    • hatred of marriage
  • 6.
    • very large number
    • ADJ. CF. ten thousand
  • 7.
    • annoy
    • distress
  • 8.
    • dispute
    • argue about the rightness of
    • compete for
    • try to win
  • 9.
    • act of providing
    • something provided
    • preparatory measure
    • provisions: necessary supplies (esp. food)
    • stipulation
    • condition in an agreement
  • 10.
    • rankle
    • produce irritation or resentment
    • (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot
  • 11.
    • crude
    • unsophisticated
    • simple
    • pertaining to country people
    • uncouth
    • (of furniture) rough with the bark left on
    • rustic person
  • 12.
    • official with power to administer the law
  • 13.
    • holding of an office or real estate
    • time during which such an office is held
  • 14.
    • sniffle
    • sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose)
  • 15.
    • daydream
    • abstracted musing
  • 16.
    • attract
    • entice
    • tempt
  • 17.
    • unwilling
    • reluctant
    • disinclined
  • 18.
    • award of merit
    • strong praise and approval
  • 19.
    • wipe out
    • destroy completely
  • 20.
    • without previous preparation
    • off the cuff(end of a sleeve)
    • on the spur of the moment
  • 21.
    • large sled drawn by work animals
  • 22.
    • state of being married
  • 23.
    • great waterfall
    • eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight)
  • 24.
    • enemy
    • opponent
  • 25.
    • sudden flood or rush
  • 26.
    • (of a place) be filled with sound
    • (of a sound) sound loudly
    • sound back
    • echo
  • 27.
    • confuse
    • mix up confusedly
    • N: state of confusion
  • 28.
    • depart secretly and hide
  • 29.
    • brief statement used to express a principle
  • 30.
    • selective
    • composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
    • selecting individual elements from a variety of sources
  • 31.
    • fault
    • bad quality