Barron's GRE with sentences -Wordlist U 1/1
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bwees on December 27, 2012
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A complete list of Barron's GRE Wordlist, with meanings and sentences.
The series has the entire wordlist split by alphabets, and also a mega complete wordlist, of all 3757 words.
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Terms | Definitions |
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 ubiquitous | being everywhere; omnipresent; catholic; pandemic That Christmas "The Little Drummer Boy" seemed ubiquitous: Justin heard the tune everywhere he went. |
| ulterior | buried; concealed (ẩn giấu; không nói) You must have an ulterior motive for your behavior, since there is no obvious reason for it. |
| ultimatum | last demand; warning (tối hậu thư) Since they have ignored our ultimatum, our only recourse is to declare war. |
| umbrage | resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult; huff; irritation She took umbrage at his remarks and stormed away in a huff. |
| unanimity | complete agreement We were surprised by the unanimity with which our proposals were accepted by the different groups. |
| unassuaged | unsatisfied; not soothed Her anger is unassuaged by your apology. |
| unassuming | modest; humble He is so unassuming that some people fail to realize how great a man he really is. |
| unbridled | violent She had a sudden fit of unbridled rage. |
| uncanny | strange; mysterious; hermetic; enigmatic; perplexing You have the uncanny knack of reading my innermost thoughts. |
| unconscionable | unscrupulous; excessive (1.vô lý 2. unscrupulous thiếu trung thực) She found the load shark's demands unconscionable and impossible to meet. |
| uncouth | clumsy; boorish; brusque; blunt; abrupt; barbarian; churlish Most biographers portray Lincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man. |
| unction | the act of anointing with oil (sự xức dầu) The anointing with oil of a person near death is called extreme unction. |
| unctous | oily; bland (hypocritical; sanctimonious lịch sự quá mức như giả tạo) Uriah Heep disguised his nefarious actions by unctuous protestations of his "'umility." |
| undermine | weaken; sap; attenuate; enervate; grow feeble; flag The recent corruption scandals have undermined many people's faith in the city government. |
| underscore | emphasize Adressing the jogging class, Kim underscored the importance to runners of good nutrition. |
| undulate | move with a wavelike motion The flag undulated in the breeze (wind) |
| unearth | dig up When they unearthed the city, the archeologists found many relics of an ancient civilization. |
| unearthly | not earthly (mundane; terrestrial thuộc trái đất, trần tục); weird There is an unearthly atmosphere in her work that amazes the casual observer. |
| unequivocal | plain; obvious (equivocal = ambiguous = vague = nebulous = hazy = obscure) My answer to your proposal is an unequivocal and absolute "No." |
| unerring | infallible My teacher unerringly pounced on the one typographical error in my essay. |
| unfaltering | steadfast She approached the guillotine with unfaltering steps. |
| unfeigned | genuine; real She turned so pale that I am sure her surprise was unfeigned. |
| unfettered | liberated; freed from chains Chained to the wall for months on end, the hostage despaired that he would ever be unfettered. |
| unfledged | immature; fledgling It is hard for an unfledged writer to find a sympathetic publisher. |
| unfrock | to strip a priest or minister of church authority (bắt trả áo thầy tu, tước chức) To disbar a lawyer, to unfrock a priest, to suspend a doctor's license to practice--these are extreme steps that the authorities should take only after careful consideration. |
| unguent | ointment Apply this unguent to the sore muscles before retiring. |
| unilateral | one-sided; biased; prejudiced; partisan; partial This legislation is unilateral since it binds only one party in the controversy. |
| unimpeachable | blameless and exemplary (quá trung thực đến k thể nghi ngờ) Her conduct in office was unimpeachable and her record is spotless. |
| unison | unity of pitch; complete accord The choir sang in unison. |
| unkempt | disheveled; with uncared-for appearance; messy The beggar was dirty and unkempt. |
| unobtrusive | ambiguous The secret service agents in charge of protecting the President tried to be as unobtrusive as possible. |
| unprecedented | novel Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind was an unprecedented success. |
| unprepossessing | unattractive During adolescence many attractive young people somehow acquire the false notion that their appearance is unprepossessing. |
| unravel | disentangle; solve; figure out With equal ease Miss Marple unraveled tangled balls of yarn and baffling murder mysteries. |
| unrequited | not reciprocated (không được đáp lại) (reciprocate = requite = return) Suffering the pangs of unrequited love, Olivia rebukes Cesario for his hard-heartedness. |
| unruly | disobedient; lawless; stubborn The only way to curb this unruly mob is to use tear gas. |
| unsavory | 1.distasteful; 2.morally offensive People with unsavory reputations should not be allowed to work with young children. |
| unscathed | unharmed They prayed he would come back from the war unscathed. |
| unseemly | unbecoming; indecent; inappropriate (không thích hợp; k tề chỉnh) Your levity is unseemly at this time of mourning. |
| unsightly | ugly Although James was an experienced emergency room nurse, he occasionally became queasy when faced with a particularly unsightly injury. |
| unsullied | untarnished 1. stainless 2. angelic (không có vết nhơ) I am happy that my reputation is unsullied. |
| untenable | unsupportable I find your theory untenable and must reject it. |
| untoward | unfortunate; hapless Untoward circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion. |
| unwarranted | unjustified; groundless; undeserved (không có lý do no foundation to support) We could not understand Martin's unwarranted rudeness to his mother's guests. |
| unwieldy | awkward; cumbersome; unmanageable; ungainly (nặng nề, cồng kềnh) The large carton was so unwieldy that the movers had trouble getting it up the stairs. |
| unwitting | unintentional; not knowing She was the unwitting tool of the swindlers |
| unwonted | unaccustomed He hesitated to assume the unwonted role of master of ceremonies at the dinner. |
| upbraid | scold; reproach; chide; chastise; chasten (quở mắng) I must upbraid him for his unruly behavior. |
| uproarious | marked by commotion; extremely funny; very noisy; boisterous The uproarious comedy hit Home Alone featured Macaulay Culkin, whose mugging and comic antics provoked gales of uproarious laughter from audiences coast to coast. |
| upshot | outcome; consequence The upshot of the rematch was that the former champion proved that he still possessed all the skills of his youth. |
| urbane | suave; elegant (lịch lãm duyên dáng) The courtier was urbane and sophisticated |
| urchin | mischievous (bad) child (usually a boy) (ranh con, nhóc hư) Get out! This store is no place for grubby urchins! |
| ursine | bearlike; pertaining to a bear Because of its ursine appearance, the great panda has been identified with the bears; actually, it is closely related to the raccoon. |
| usurp | seize power; supplant The revolution ended when the victorious rebel leader usurped the throne. |
| usury | lending money at illegal rates of interest The loan shark was found guilty of usury. |
| utopia | imaginary land with perfect social and political system Shangri-la was the name of James Hilton's Tibetan utopia. |
| uxorious | excessively devoted to one's wife His friends laughed at him because he was so uxorious and submissive to his wife's desires. |
| undergird | strengthen the base of; support Whereas relativity theory undermined the Newtonian mechanics, cosmology was undergirded by it. |
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