GRE Vocabulary Power (11-100)
Vocabulary Cards: 29
- 1.
- inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract
- 2.
- debark
- go ashore (from a ship)
- unload cargo from a ship
- 3.
- ointment
- 4.
- indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said)
- evasive
- hypocritical
- 5.
- pertaining to the improvement of race
- 6.
- sensitive
- impressionable
- having little resistance as to a disease
- likely to suffer
- receptive to
- capable of accepting
- easily influenced
- 7.
- existing at the beginning (of time)
- rudimentary
- 8.
- cheating
- deceitful
- swindle
- 9.
- give an indication beforehand
- be a sign of (what is coming)
- prefigure
- portend
- 10.
- saying farewell
- expression of leave-taking
- 11.
- presentiment
- foreboding
- forewarning
- 12.
- bad
- contemptible
- miserable person
- bad or despicable person
- ADJ. wretched: miserable
- vile
- 13.
- complete
- pure
- mixture as of metals
- something added that lowers in value or purity
- V: mix
- make less pure
- lower in value or quality
- unqualified
- spoil
- 14.
- harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
- 15.
- offensive in odor or flavor
- 16.
- active enmity
- 17.
- scarcity
- dearth
- 18.
- light
- kindle
- catch fire or set fire to
- 19.
- misleading
- likely to delude
- raising vain hopes
- deceptive
- 20.
- clumsy
- not skillful
- awkward
- bungling
- 21.
- relating to paradise
- blissful
- 22.
- auxiliary
- serving as an aid or accessory
- 23.
- offensive
- objectionable
- likely to cause dislike
- 24.
- limit
- confine
- draw a line around
- 25.
- moment of calm
- period of reduced activity
- V: cause to become less active
- cause to sleep or rest
- 26.
- abnormal
- irregular
- 27.
- set free
- liberate
- 28.
- chaplain (in the armed forces)
- 29.
- examination of a dead body
- postmortem