GRE Vocabulary Power (10-91)
Vocabulary Cards: 29
- 1.
- split into opposite extremes or camps
- 2.
- trinket
- cheap jewel
- trifle
- 3.
- support
- confirm
- strengthen
- 4.
- recollection
- 5.
- army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers
- 6.
- stamp-collector
- 7.
- very small
- 8.
- supplicatory prayer
- prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
- 9.
- characteristic frame of mind
- emotional excess
- ADJ. temperamental: of temperament
- having frequent changes of temper
- disposition
- 10.
- combative
- bellicose
- 11.
- hatch
- warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching
- maintain at optimal environment conditions for development
- be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease
- 12.
- muscular
- having well-developed muscles
- 13.
- life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history
- three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background
- 14.
- lacking courage
- fainthearted
- cowardly
- 15.
- servile dependent
- obsequious follower
- 16.
- sheer
- transparent
- 17.
- artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)
- 18.
- supreme
- ruler in a monarchy
- ADJ: (of a country) independent and self-governing
- having supreme power
- excellent
- 19.
- tickle
- excite pleasantly
- 20.
- study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation
- 21.
- incorporate
- give a bodily form to
- include
- 22.
- loiter
- hang around
- waste time doing nothing
- 23.
- maim
- injure lastingly
- deprive of a limb or an essential part
- 24.
- tiny
- insignificant
- weak
- 25.
- ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority
- clublike medieval weapon
- 26.
- combination of different things
- mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth
- 27.
- sad
- disheartened
- directed downward
- dejected
- 28.
- insane
- 29.
- bold
- fearless