GATE 1-2, Vocabulary 81-100
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 audacious | (adj) 1 : intrepidly daring. 2 : contemptuous of flaw, religion, or decorum. |
| cobalt | (n) : a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. 2 : a strong greenish blue. |
| conspicuous | (adj) 1 : easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable. 2 : attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities. |
| corselet | (n) 1 : a piece of armor covering the trunk. 2 : a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece. |
| cumber | (tr. v) 1 : to hinder; hamper. 2 : to overload; burden. |
| glade | (n) : an open space in a forest. |
| goad | 1 : (n) : a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc. 2 (tr. v) to incite or rouse as with a stick |
| haughty | (adj) 1 : disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious. 2 : lofty or noble; exalted. |
| havoc | (n) : great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage. |
| hew | (tr. v) : to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop. |
| mare | (n) : a female horse or other equine animal especially when fully mature or of breeding age. |
| pitiless | (adj) : devoid of pity. |
| ponder | (tr. v) : to consider something deeply and thoroughly. |
| preeminent | (adj) : eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing. |
| quiver | 1 : (int. v) : to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble. 2 (n) : a case for holding or carrying arrows. |
| scion | (n) 1 : a descendant. 2 : a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting. |
| supplicate | 1 (tr. v) : to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition. 2 (int. v) : to seek or ask for by humble entreaty. |
| tawny | (adj) : of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color. |
| thicket | (n) : a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice. |
| wit | (n) 1 : the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. 2 : understanding, intelligence, or sagacity; astuteness. |
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