GRE Vocab and Math
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 kismet | destiny; fortune |
| imbroglio | difficult or embarrassing situation |
| palaver | flattery intended to persuade |
| prolixity | tedious verbosity |
| bandishment | flattery |
| feckless | ineffective, irresponsible |
| obloquy | slander; disgrace; infamy |
| sycophant | flatterer |
| opprobrious | disgraceful, contemptuous |
| excoriate | verbally flog |
| garrulous | talkative |
| excogitating | pondering |
| intransigent | uncompromising |
| abnegating | relinquishing |
| quotidian | everyday |
| abstruse | obscure |
| inchoate | nascent |
| parochial | provincial |
| craven | cowardly |
| interdict | to forbid |
| -dign | worth |
| -cli | lean |
| esurient | greedy |
| sinecure | $ job ohne work |
| minatory | menacing |
| calumny | slander |
| inimical | unfriendly |
| maladroit | awkward |
| sanguine | cheerful |
| word prob with number ansrs | backsolve |
| algebra prob with number ansrs | backsolve |
| Backsolve Strategy | B or D, then B or D. Don't check! |
| Isosceles Right | 1, 1, root2; 45-45-90 |
| Ratios of Rights | 3-4-5, 5-12-13, 1-1-r2, 1-2-r3 |
| 30-60-90 Triangle | 1-2-r3 |
| Odd +/- Odd | Even |
| Odd +/- Even | Odd |
| Only Even Prime | 2 |
| Smallest Prime | 2 |
| Not a Prime | 0, 1 |
| First 10 Primes | 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 |
| Total Population in Ratio | Multiple of Sum of Ratio terms |
| Divisible by 3 | Sum of digits is divisible by 3 |
| Divisible by 4 | the last two digits form a number divisible by 4 |
| Divisible by 9 | Sum of digits is divisible by 9 |
| x%= | (part/whole)100 |
| a^b x a^c | a^b+c |
| a^b/a^c | a^b-c |
| (a^b)^c | a^bxc |
| a^-b | 1/a^b |
| rt(ab) | rt(a) x rt(b) |
| rt(a/b) | rt(a)/rt(b) |
| rt(a+b) | NOT rt(a)+rt(b) |
| rt(a-b) | NOT rt(a) - rt(b) |
| 1/6 | .17 |
| 1/8 | .13 |
| 1/9 | .11 |
| 1/7 | .14 |
| 1/12 | .08 |
| 1/15 | .07 |
| 1/20 | .05 |
| 1/18 | .06 |
| x or / negative number around > or < | flip > or < |
| pillory | punish, scorn publicly |
| vitiate | to corrupt |
| reprobate | a person without moral scruples |
| turpitude | depravity |
| canard | lie |
| encomium | High praise |
| proselyte | a new convert |
| dilettante | amateur |
| callow | young and inexperienced |
| renitent | stubborn |
| venal | corrupt |
| periphrastic | expressed in a roundabout way |
| prolix | tediously wordy |
| hegemonic | dictatorial |
| expiate | make amends for |
| esurient | devouring or craving food in great quantities |
| impecunious | poor |
| indigent | very poor |
| nugatory | worthless |
| propitiate | conciliate, appease |
| sepulchral | suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial |
| expatiate | to elaborate |
| salubrious | promoting health |
| apothegm | a pithy saying, epigram |
| bromide | A trite or obvious remark |
| distaff | family, or of females |
| dudgeon | anger, resentment |
| umbrage | offense, resentment |
| panegyric | a formal expression of praise |
| entelechy | perfect realization of ultimate goal |
| a^2-b^2 = (factor) | (a-b)(a+b) |
| a^2+2ab+b^2 | the square of a binomial (a+b)^2 |
| a^2-2ab+b^2 | (a-b)^2 |
| sum of interior angles of polygon | 180(n-2) n= number of sides |
| area of a trapezoid | (average of parallel sides)(height) |
| area of a parallelogram | bh |
| size of third side in triangle | greater than the difference, less than the sum |
| recreant | disloyal coward |
| tyro | beginner |
| inchoate | not fully formed; disorganized |
| abjure | renounce |
| objurgate | criticize |
| rebarbative | disgusting/offensive |
| gibe | laugh at with contempt and derision |
| turgid | swollen, wordy |
| levity | lightness of manner |
| vitiate | to corrupt morally; to contaminate |
| hackneyed | overused, cliched |
| prosaic | lacking wit or imagination |
| vituperate | to berate |
| turbid | cloudy; confused |
| recondite | difficult to understand |
| antithetic | oppositional |
| fulsome | disgustingly excessive, insincere |
| abrogate | abolish |
| invidious | hateful or spiteful |
| recidivism | habitual relapse into crime |
| mendacity | dishonesty |
| perfidy | an act of deliberate betrayal |
| at x intercept, _ = 0 | y |
| at y intercept, _ =0 | x |
| combined work formula | AB/A+B |
| slope of perpendicular line | negative reciprocal (4 vs -1/4) |
| order doesn't matter | group!/part!(group-part)! |
| order matters | group!/(group-part)! |
| extended Right Ratios | 7-24-25 8-15-17 9-40-41 |
| arc/circumference | angle/360 |
| Vregularsolid | (Area of base)height |
| exterior angles of triangle | add to 360 |
| find an exterior angle of triangle | add two nonadjacent interior angles |
| sum of interior angles of quadrilateral | 360 |
| Surface Area of cylinder | 2(area of circle)+2(piradiusheight) |
| Surface Area of regular solid | 2(lw+lh+wh) |
| slope | rise over run, y1-y2/x1-x2, m=(y-b)/x |
| Group problem with Both/neither | Group1+Group2+Neither-Both= Total |
| the number of ways to permute n objects | n! |
| sum of values in averages problem | number of values * average value |
| number of values in averages problem | sum of values/average value |
| number of outcomes, two events do not influence one another | number of possible results for first * number of possible results for second |
| probability of two events occurring, where each must occur a certain way | prob(a)*prob(b) (P of A intersect B) |
| interquartile range | spread of middle two fourths of data (1234). (only three quartiles, "Q") |
| Q1 | median of all numbers below the mean |
| Q2 | median in general |
| Q3 | median of all numbers above Q2 |
| prob of two events occurring, where each event can have different types of outcomes | list out possibilities. number of desired/Total number of all outcomes. |
| y=mx+b what is b | y-intercept |
| what is x intercept | 0=mx+b |
| combine work formula | 1/time a takes + 1/time b takes = 1/time a and b take working together |
| refulgent, fulgent | shining |
| gnomic | wise and pithy |
| brevet | certificate |
| dele | Erase |
| antipodes | opposite sides (of the Earth) |
| adumbrate | foreshadow |
| bifurcate | split or divide into two |
| amortize | pay off gradually, dissolve |
| internecine | deadly to both sides |
| ramiform | branchlike |
| pseudepigraphia | falsely attributed works |
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