GRE Vocabulary Power (15-142)
Vocabulary Cards: 33
- 1.
- ring of leaves around stem
- ring
- circular arrangement
- 2.
- lawyer in the lower court of law
- 3.
- cause of complaint
- complaint
- 4.
- display ostentatiously
- 5.
- insolent
- without shame
- bold
- V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence
- 6.
- habitually intoxicated
- drunk
- 7.
- aqueduct
- passageway for fluids
- 8.
- excessively exacting
- too critical (without noticing good qualities)
- 9.
- disagreeable
- distasteful
- morally offensive
- 10.
- treacherous
- disloyal
- 11.
- reproduce
- duplicate
- 12.
- (of behavior) proper
- appropriate
- 13.
- legal claim or right on a property
- 14.
- boast
- 15.
- poor verse
- 16.
- perceptive
- shrewd
- having insight
- wise
- 17.
- seeker after position or status
- 18.
- highly skilled artist (esp. in music)
- 19.
- abandon
- renounce under oath
- make a solemn promise to give up
- 20.
- violation (of a rule or regulation)
- breach
- 21.
- make or become dull or discolored
- 22.
- advantage
- anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit
- money provided by the government to the people
- fund-raising public entertainment
- V: receive benefits
- be beneficial to
- give benefits
- 23.
- periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
- 24.
- deadly
- evil
- ominous
- threatening
- malignant in intent or effect
- having a malign influence
- portending evil
- 25.
- be violently disturbed
- boil
- (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling
- 26.
- deadly
- very harmful
- very destructive
- 27.
- suffering from a disease
- destroyed
- 28.
- obligatory
- imposed as an obligation
- currently holding an office
- N: person who holds an office
- 29.
- calmness
- placidity
- ADJ. serene
- 30.
- paint or draw with dots or short strokes
- 31.
- superiority of power, quantity, etc.
- ADJ. preponderant
- 32.
- sour
- bad-tempered
- peevish
- difficult to read as handwriting
- 33.
- relapse
- backslide
- turn back to
- return to the former owner