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GRE vocab week 2

Terms in this set (38)

sanction
Positive meaning - permission negative meaning - to penalize for violation of law usually
Complaisant
"when unharnessed, Northern dogs are peaceful and complaisant"
Distend
To extend or to swell. The hernia caused his stomach to distend from organ misplacement
perfidy
State of being disloyal: an example of perfidy is spreading a Friends secrets
derivative
Unoriginal or copied
Fracas
a noisy quarrel or brawl
explicit
definite, clearly stated
presumptuous
assuming too much; arrogant
extraneous
Irrelevant, or non essential. Could also mean coming from outside
Slight
to treat as unimportant; to do without paying attention
Vigor
strength, energy
Pristine
Untouched by civilization, earliest condition- primitive, or clean
Confound
To confuse to mix up. If the nurse does not read the labels, she will confound the medications and possibly harm patients.
Discrete
Separate or distinct, individual thing
Specious
Deceptive
approbation
Official approval
nadir
The lowest point
tractability
Capacity for being led, docility, ease of being worked with
Denunciation
public condemnation of someone or something
foment
(v) to foster or promote the development of; to incite or rouse. He was accused of fomenting violence.
veracity
Conformity or adherence to truth
Diffuse
Dispersed or wordy and poorly organized
innocuous
Harmless
exculpate
To clear from charge of guilt
Abate
To reduce in amount or intensity. In an hour or so the storm would abate and they could leave.
obstinate
Stubborn
prodigious
(adj.) immense; massive. He had a prodigious appetite.
Stolid
Unemotional. A person who stays calm and shows little emotion in a crisis is an example of someone who would be described as stolid.
Levy
To collect like a tax, to draft troops, or to declare and wage war
Apprise
To inform
recalcitrant
stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
Derision
Ridicule, mockery. People laugh in derision when they find out that my name is Dick
Taciturn
silent; not talkative
Blithe
lighthearted, joyous, glad or carefree and thoughtless. The rebellious teenager was blithe about her failing grades
Convoke
To call a meeting. NOT EVOKE NOT EVOKE
Catholic
universal, broad minded. In order to be a well rounded person, Jeff enrolled in a catholic range of hobbies
martinet
Narc. Adheres to rules closely. Sentence: im a narc.
ponderous
Heavy and slow moving. Lifeless
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