Essential GRE Words: Level 1 lesson 4

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WORD LIST Adverse Antique Benefit Consensus Default Duration Exit Facile Fashion

Genre Incident Lien Objective Proxy Retrieve Static Transition Vie

ADVERSE

ADJECTIVE: contrary to your interests or welfare

SYNONYMS: inauspicious, untoward

“The majority of evidence appears to support the concept that hypertension has an adverse effect on prognosis in the diabetic.”

ANTIQUE

ADJECTIVE: belonging to or lasting from times long ago

SYNONYM: age-old

“Because, given the circumstances of my unauthorised departure, I have had to make the transit by very antique and cumbersome methods, without the assistance of Engineering.”

BENEFIT

NOUN: something that aids or promotes well-being

SYNONYM: welfare

“In a democracy we are entitled to choose not to die for someone else’s benefit or profit.”

CONSENSUS

NOUN: agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole

“Perhaps the consensus was that as Elfed had borne the burden, he had the right to make the decision.”

DEFAULT

NOUN: act of failing to meet a financial obligation

SYNONYMS: non-payment, nonremittal

“In cases where a Default Notice has not been served because it is not required under the Consumer Credit Act, we shall send you a letter of demand requiring repayment of a specified sum.”

DURATION

NOUN: the period of time during which something continues

SYNONYM: continuance

“The duration of the course would be two years full-time.”

EXIT

NOUN: the opening that permits escape or release

SYNONYMS: issue, outlet, way out

“The tunnel’s exit forms one of the three arches of the bridge over the Dickler at this point.”

FACILE

ADJECTIVE: quick and easy, but ignoring the details

SYNONYMS: superficial, simplistic

“There’s something about the man that is familiar, his art and the apparent ease of getting his work printed seem somehow facile and presumptive.”

FASHION

NOUN: the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior

“By the time she was in senior school her love of fashion was firmly established.”

GENRE

NOUN: a class of art (or artistic endeavour) having a characteristic form or technique

“She is one of the successful new generation of country artists brave enough to stretch the genre, and talented enough to take its audience along for the ride.”

INCIDENT

NOUN: an event or occurrence, often involving conflict

“The evening passed largely without incident, with no wars breaking out in the terraces.”

LIEN

NOUN: the right to take another’s property if an obligation is not discharged

“A common law or possessory lien is the right to retain goods, money, or documents which are in one’s possession until payment of some claim due from the owner.”

OBJECTIVE NOUN: the goal intended to be attained (and which is

believed to be attainable) SYNONYMS: aim, object, target “The objective is simple – to ensure that others learn

from the experience of the identified ‘best’ and raise their own level of performance to that which has been shown to be attainable.”

PROXY

NOUN: a person authorized to act for another

SYNONYMS: placeholder, procurator

“Mr. and Mrs. Chambers were more like proxy parents than servants; they might be upset at his sending back so much food.”

RETRIEVE

VERB: pick up and bring back

“We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw for our four-legged companion to retrieve.”

STATIC

ADJECTIVE: showing little if any change

SYNONYMS: stable, unchanging

“Though the death toll appears to have remained static, it is, in fact, rising.”

TRANSITION

NOUN: a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another.

“It was not an easy transition.”

VIE

NOUN: compete for something

SYNONYMS: compete, contend

“A more likely scenario is that GM and Ford will vie for a strategic yet friendly investment in Jaguar.”

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