GRE Vocabulary Power (2-15)
Vocabulary Cards: 28
- 1.
- surround with armed forces
- harass (with requests)
- annoy continually
- 2.
- state confidently
- declare as true
- 3.
- expand
- swell out
- 4.
- excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature)
- ADJ. prudish: excessively concerned with propriety
- 5.
- interpret
- explain
- 6.
- able to live both on land and in water
- 7.
- assent
- agree passively
- comply without protest
- 8.
- possible
- of this earth
- terrestrial
- not divine
- worldly
- 9.
- divide into parts
- 10.
- spoil the appearance of
- 11.
- sharpen
- stimulate
- 12.
- lacking in spirit or energy
- languid
- 13.
- picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles
- ADJ.
- 14.
- surround
- 15.
- long life
- long duration
- 16.
- parody
- 17.
- self-righteous
- pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition
- hypocritical
- 18.
- arrival
- 19.
- having a common ancestor
- 20.
- leap or spring
- limit or confine
- constitute the limit of
- N: leap or jumping
- boundary
- ADJ: certain
- having a duty to do something (legally or morally)
- confined by bonds
- 21.
- twistings
- distortions
- 22.
- excessive zeal
- extreme devotion to a belief or cause
- ADJ. fanatic
- 23.
- conducive to mental or physical health
- healthful
- 24.
- gaunt
- wasted away
- 25.
- failure to act
- failure to perform a task or be present
- 26.
- counselor
- teacher
- 27.
- forward
- jaunty
- trim
- (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent
- 28.
- relating to races