GRE Vocabulary Power (15-146)
Vocabulary Cards: 27
- 1.
- matter
- important
- expressing a meaning
- signal
- make known
- be significant
- mean
- meaning
- 2.
- call and bring into use (a right or law)
- call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help
- ask for
- beg for
- conjure (a spirit)
- 3.
- morose
- gloomy
- 4.
- (of an animal) feed on growing grass
- cause (an animal) to feed on grass
- scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing
- brush
- N: surface wound
- 5.
- morbid fear
- 6.
- participation
- involvement (in a questionable act or a crime)
- 7.
- support militantly
- fight for
- N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.)
- 8.
- deliverance from a charge
- discharge from a duty
- conduct (oneself) in a specified manner
- 9.
- obstruct
- prevent the free movement of
- 10.
- neigh like a horse
- 11.
- delicate skill
- V: handle with finesse
- 12.
- reasoning
- act of drawing conclusions from premises
- 13.
- short-lived
- fleeting
- 14.
- door bar
- fastening pin or screw
- length of fabric
- large roll of cloth
- V: dash or dart off
- fasten (a | door)
- gobble down
- 15.
- bitterness
- long-lasting hatred
- ADJ. rancorous
- 16.
- distinctive behavioral trait
- affected style in art (according to a set of styles)
- 17.
- fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)
- 18.
- foretell
- prophecy
- sign of coming events
- be a sign of (something in future)
- omen
- 19.
- small cavern
- 20.
- twist in coils
- contort in pain
- 21.
- one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
- 22.
- presumptuous
- arrogant
- 23.
- immature
- youthful
- inexperienced
- 24.
- pertaining to marriage
- 25.
- seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning
- sophism
- 26.
- balance
- balancing force
- equilibrium
- 27.
- sin
- violate
- violation of a law
- do wrong