GRE Vocabulary Power (13-128)
Vocabulary Cards: 29
- 1.
- song of praise or patriotism
- 2.
- counterfeit
- assumed
- hypothetical
- 3.
- having many talents
- capable of working in many fields
- having many uses or functions
- 4.
- swirling current of water, air, etc.
- 5.
- (of a part of the body) swollen
- distended
- bombastic
- pompous
- 6.
- mental or bodily powers
- teaching staff
- 7.
- vex
- annoy or make angry (by testing the patience)
- 8.
- elliptic
- oval
- of an ellipse
- containing an ellipsis
- ambiguous either purposely or because key words have been left out
- 9.
- uppermost edge of a cup
- projecting rim (as on a hat)
- V: be full to the brim
- 10.
- graciously generous
- showing bounty
- generous
- 11.
- sustaining
- means of livelihood, support, food, nourishment
- something that maintains life
- food
- 12.
- filch
- steal things of small value
- snitch
- 13.
- smart
- neat and trim in appearance
- 14.
- make young again
- 15.
- shrivel
- (of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture
- lose freshness
- decay
- 16.
- encode
- convert a message into code
- put into cipher
- 17.
- burden
- responsibility
- 18.
- immediate insight
- power of knowing without reasoning
- ADJ. intuitive
- 19.
- any gain above stipulated salary
- 20.
- delicate
- money
- extend
- soft
- offer formally
- N: formal offer
- ADJ: young and vulnerable
- sensitive to the touch
- sore
- 21.
- act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
- sudden attack made from a concealed position
- 22.
- ceremony conferring holy orders
- ceremony of ordaining a priest
- 23.
- energetic
- vigorously active
- 24.
- highly successful action or sudden attack
- 25.
- cutting
- sarcastic
- stinging
- biting
- (apprec.) incisive
- 26.
- do or give something in return
- repay in kind
- give or take mutually
- interchange
- move
- 27.
- secondary or minor occupation
- 28.
- severe disapproval
- 29.
- state of disorder
- a disorderly or untidy state