GRE General Set 11

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	Term	Definition
	maniacal	raging mad; insane; N. maniac: insane person; CF. mania: disorder of the mind; intense enthusiasm
	whorl	ring of leaves around stem; ring; circular arrangement; Ex. ~s on the fingers [[Middle English whorle, alteration of whirle, whirl, from whirlen, to whirl. See whirl.]
	petulant	touchy; peevish; ill-tempered; [Latin petulāns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail.]
	decimate	kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of; # To select by lot and kill one in every ten of.
	resolve	decide; settle; solve; separate; make a determined decision; N. -lution
	brave	face courageously; Ex. ~ the storm
	viscous	(of a liquid) thick and sticky; gluey; viscid; CF. consistency
	grovel	crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; behave in a servile manner
	compliance	conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; V. comply
	invalid	one incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health
	spurious	false; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Ex. ~ arguments
	lechery	gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. -rous; N. -cher: ~ man
	entomology	study of insects
	molt	(moult) periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)
	expatiate	talk at length; speak or write in detail; To speak or write at length: ~ed on the subject until everyone was bored.; To wander freely.; [Latin expatiārī, expatiāt- : ex-, ex- + spatiārī, to spread (from spatium, space).]
	tribute	tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay ~ to
	askance	with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look ~ at
	dour	sullen; gloomy; stubborn
	prate	talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly; To talk idly and at length; chatter.
	cardinal	chief; most important; N: priest; ~ number: number that shows quantity rather than order
	pastry	paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)
	betroth	become engaged to marry; To promise to give in marriage: was ~ed to a member of the royal family.
	valediction	saying farewell; expression of leave-taking[[From Latin valedictus, past participle of valedīcere, to say farewell : valē, farewell; see vale2 + dīcere, to say.]
	hygiene	science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. -nic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. ~ condition
	elaboration	addition of details; intricacy
	homeostasis	tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium; CF. homeo-: constant; Ex. homeotherm; The ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes.
	palimpsest	parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original w[Latin palimpsēstum, from Greek palimpsēston, neuter of palimpsēstos, scraped again : palin, again + psēn, to scrape.]as been erased; A manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased and often legible.;[Latin palimpsēstum, from Greek palimpsēston, neuter of palimpsēstos, scraped again : palin, again + psēn, to scrape.]
	vaporize	turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)
	lackadaisical	lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid; Lacking spirit, liveliness, or interest; languid: “There'll be no time to correct ~ driving techniques after trouble develops” (William J. Hampton).
	bulk	size or volume (esp. when very large); main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has already been done; ADJ. bulky: having great size
	rectitude	moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment [from Late Latin rēctitūdō, from Latin rēctus, straight.]
	vainglorious	boastful; excessively conceited; N. -ry: great vanity
	filing	particle removed by a file
	inveigh	denounce; utter censure or invective; Ex. ~ against the evils of drink; To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.
	supererogatory	superfluous; more than needed or demanded
	engross	occupy fully; absorb [from Medieval Latin ingrossāre : Latin in-, in; see en–1 + grossa, a copy in a large hand (from Late Latin grossus, thick).]
	orgy	wild drunken revelry; unrestrained indulgence in an activity; Ex. ~ of shopping
	feral	(of an animal) not domestic; wild
	hilarity	boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter
	incandescent	strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. ~ light bulb; CF. candle; Characterized by ardent emotion, intensity, or brilliance: an ~ performance.
	forebears	(forbears)ancestors
	disenfranchise	disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise
	slink	move furtively; ADJ. -y: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush); To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: ~ away ashamed; a cat ~ing through the grass toward its prey. v. To give birth to prematurely: The cow ~ed its calf.
	besmirch	soil; defile; make dirty; To stain; sully: a reputation that was ~ed by slander.; To make dirty; soil.
	brood	sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time
	beholden	obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude
	flay	strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly
	sophomoric	immature; half-baked; like a sophomore
	exculpate	clear from blame or guilt
	perturb	disturb greatly; # To throw into great confusion.; [from Latin perturbāre : per-, per- + turbāre, to throw into disorder (from turba, confusion, perhaps from Greek turbē).]
	variegated	(esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
	excerpt	selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V.
	insolvent	bankrupt; lacking money to pay; N. -cy
	parley	conference (between opponents); negotiation, discussion between enemies; CF. speak [, from Late Latin parabolāre, from parabola, discourse. See parable.]
	compendium	brief, comprehensive summary; A short, complete summary; an abstract.; A list or collection of various items. ADJ. compendious [Latin, a shortening, from compendere, to weigh together : com-, com- + pendere, to weigh.]
	gusty	windy; Blowing in or marked by gusts: a ~ storm.; Characterized by sudden outbursts.
	benison	blessing [from Latin benedictiō, benedictiōn-, praising. See benediction.]
	don	put on; OP. doff
	chaffing	bantering; joking
	catapult	slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from ~
	aspirant	seeker after position or status; One who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position.;
	supplicant	one who supplicates; ADJ.
	scrappy	quarrelsome; contentious; Full of fighting spirit.
	intelligentsia	intellectuals; members of the educated elite (often used derogatorily) [Russian]
	crochet	make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet
	vagrant	wandering from place to place; 1. One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.; roving; stray; moving in a random fashion; Ex. ~ thoughts; N.
	philatelist	stamp-collector; N. philately: stamp collecting [French philatélie : Greek phil-, philo-, philo- + Greek ateleia, exemption from payment (because a postage stamp indicates prepayment of postage) (a-, without; see a–1 + telos, tax, charge).]
	grotesque	fantastic; comically hideous; strange and unnatural (causing fear or amusement)
	accessible	easy to approach; obtainable
	inane	silly; senseless; Ex. ~ remarks; One that lacks sense or substance: interrupting with ~ comments; angry with my ~ roommate. N. -nity
	orientation	act of finding oneself in society; orienting
	acidulous	slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic
	crabbed	sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting
	lagoon	shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs; [French lagune and Italian laguna, both from Latin lacūna, pool, hollow, gap, from lacus, lake.]
	unprepossessing	unattractive Not overtly impressive; unremarkable; nondescript: an ~ little hotel.
	airy	of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal
	acuity	sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) [ultimately from Latin acūtus, sharp. See acute.]
	dispatch	speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill
	knead	mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. ~ dough
	spry	(esp. of older people) vigorously active; nimble
	bizarre	fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional [French, from Spanish bizarro, brave, probably from Basque bizar, beard.]
	humane	marked by kindness or consideration; kind and compassionate; humanitarian
	sycophant	servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man; A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.; ADJ. -tic; [Latin s[ymacr]cophanta, informer, slanderer, from Greek sūkophantēs, informer, from sūkon phainein, to show a fig (probably originally said of denouncers of theft or exportation of figs) : sūkon, fig + phainein, to show.]
	swear word	word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody''
	sedate	composed (with no excitement); grave; V: administer a sedative to; CF. sedative
	monograph	scholarly article; A scholarly piece of writing of essay or book length on a specific, often limited subject.
	preternatural	beyond what is normal in nature; supernatural; Ex. ~ strength/forces [from Latin praeter nātūrām, beyond nature : praeter, beyond; see preterit + nātūra, nature; see nature.]
	jurisdiction	right and power to apply the law; authority
	despoil	plunder; sack; Ex. ~ the village [from Latin dēspoliāre : dē-, de- + spoliāre, to plunder (from spolium, booty).]
	voluminous	having great volume (as of a garment or container); bulky; large
	dapper	neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry; Very stylish in dress.
	sleigh	large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice
	sullen	silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy
	anathema	solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. -tize [Late Latin anathemat-, anathema, from Greek, thing devoted to evil, curse, from anatithenai to set up, dedicate, from ana- + tithenai to place, set]
	destitute	extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. ~ of any experience [from Latin dēstitūtus, past participle of dēstituere, to abandon : dē-, de- + statuere, to set.]
	disclaim	disown; renounce claim to; deny; CF. disclaimer
	indoctrinate	cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. ~ed with mindless anti-communism
	indigence	Poverty; neediness.
	interstice	narrow space between things; A space, especially a small or narrow one, between things or parts: “There is a gleam of luminous gold, where the sinking western sun has found a first direct ~ in the clouds” (John Fowles).
	abode	dwelling place; home; # The act of abiding; a sojourn.
	avuncular	of or like an uncle [From Latin avunculus, maternal uncle.]
	matinee	dramatic or musical performance given in the afternoon
	welt	raised mark from a beating or whipping; A strip, as of leather or other material, stitched into a shoe between the sole and the upper.; A tape or covered cord sewn into a seam as reinforcement or trimming: a. A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction. b. A lash or blow producing such a mark.
	flotsam	drifting wreckage; Wreckage or cargo that remains afloat after a ship has sunk.; Floating refuse or debris.; # Discarded odds and ends.; Vagrant, usually destitute people.
	eclipse	darken; extinguish; outshine; surpass; cause an eclipse
	putative	supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such; Ex. ~ father of the child [from Late Latin putātīvus, from Latin putāre, to prune, think.]
	gerrymander	change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander
	implicate	incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. ~ someone in the crime [from Latin implicāre, implicāt-, to entangle, unite : in-, in; see in–2 + plicāre, to fold.]

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settinghead : Changed slink → move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush); To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: ~ away ashamed; a cat ~ing through the grass toward its prey. v. To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf. to slink → move furtively; ADJ. -y: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush); To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: ~ away ashamed; a cat ~ing through the grass toward its prey. v. To give birth to prematurely: The cow ~ed its calf.

settinghead : Changed inane → silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; One that lacks sense or substance: interrupting with ~ comments; angry with my ~ roommate. N. inanity to inane → silly; senseless; Ex. ~ remarks; One that lacks sense or substance: interrupting with ~ comments; angry with my ~ roommate. N. -nity

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