GRE Vocabulary Power (4-34)
Vocabulary Cards: 32
- 1.
- (of something written or painted) still in existence
- 2.
- not thick
- thinly scattered
- scanty
- 3.
- formal demand or request
- 4.
- government by a privileged few
- 5.
- spying
- 6.
- implying a cause-and-effect relationship
- 7.
- soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
- 8.
- make perpetual
- make something last for a long time
- preserve from extinction
- 9.
- practical person
- 10.
- one opposed to force
- antimilitarist
- ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes
- 11.
- suitable for drinking
- drinkable
- 12.
- (of costs or demands) excessive
- exceeding reasonable bounds
- 13.
- staying for a short time
- momentary
- N: one that is transient
- temporary
- 14.
- accumulate
- total
- sum
- ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole
- add up to
- 15.
- reservoir or water tank
- 16.
- glut
- stuff oneself (with food)
- 17.
- (of a person) unable to express what one really feels
- 18.
- messenger
- 19.
- people of standing(rank or position)
- people of good family or high social position
- class of people just below nobility
- 20.
- tireless
- untiring
- showing no sign of getting tired
- 21.
- contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
- 22.
- place of spiritual expiation
- temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins
- 23.
- (sitting or standing) straight up
- honest
- moral
- 24.
- plan in advance
- 25.
- something attached to but holding an inferior position
- 26.
- official periodical publication
- newspaper
- 27.
- excessive
- unrestrained
- beyond reasonable limits
- 28.
- seriousness
- gravity
- 29.
- important in history
- 30.
- violent anguish
- 31.
- written command issued by a court (telling someone to do or not to do something)
- 32.
- collarbone