GRE General Set 3
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settinghead on June 15, 2007
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 refurbish | renovate; make clean, bright, or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; Ex. ~ an old theater; CF. furbish: polish |
| desolate | make ~; forsake; abandon and desert |
| fumble | move the fingers and hands awkwardly (in search of something); mishandle or drop a ball that is in play; bungle; botch; spoil by mishandling; N. |
| isthmus | narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land |
| skulduggery | dishonest behavior or action; Ex. ~ in the election |
| odium | detestation; quality of being odious; hatefulness; disrepute (resulting from hateful conduct) |
| deserts | what someone deserves |
| nugatory | worthless; futile |
| incursion | temporary invasion; CF. excursion: short journey |
| stigma | token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize: mark with a ~; characterize as disgraceful |
| gross | total; fragrant; clearly wrong; (of people's behavior) coarse; corpulent; Ex. gross insolence/behavior; V: earn as a total amount; N: 12 dozens |
| misnomer | wrong or improper name; incorrect designation |
| lucid | easily understood; clear; intelligible; N. lucidity |
| tremulous | trembling; wavering |
| garish | overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy |
| euphony | sweet sound; ADJ. euphonious |
| girth | distance around something; circumference |
| lap | take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently; Ex. waves ~ing the shore; N: front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person |
| adulation | flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved |
| redoubtable | formidable; causing fear |
| approbation | approval, an act of approving officially or formally |
| attrition | rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of ~ |
| poignancy | quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. -nant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick |
| regale | entertain; [entertain or amuse (someone) with talk : he regaled her with a colorful account of that afternoon's meeting.] |
| warren | tunnels in which rabbits live; overcrowded living area; crowded conditions in which people live |
| entrance | put under a spell(condition caused by magical power); carry away(fill with strong feeling) with emotion; put into a trance; fill with delight |
| temperate | moderate; restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature; CF. temperance: moderation and self-restraint; abstinence of alcoholic drinks; Ex. temperance society |
| glamor | compelling charm; ADJ. -rous |
| stint | supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year ~ in the army; Ex. without ~ |
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