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Some tough vocabulary I have encountered preparing for GRE revised general test
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cow‘Logic monsters’ use ‘logic’ to bully and cow
people into doing what they want.
cow (v.): cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation.Synonyms: intimidate, daunt, browbeat, bully, scare, terrorize, frighten, unnerve, subdue, psych out, bulldoze
wooPolitical parties have roped in Bollywood stars
only to woo the young.
woo (v.): try to gain the love of (someone, typically a woman), especially with a view to marriage.Synonyms: entice, tempt, coax, persuade, sweet-talk
fecklessThere are feckless and irresponsible young
fathers out there.
feckless (adj.): lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible.Synonyms: useless, worthless, incompetent, inept, good-for-nothing
scintillatingIt’s a bright day with scintillating sun.
scintillating (adj.): sparkling or shining brightly.Synonyms: sparkling, shining, bright, brilliant
incendiaryOnly one incendiary bomb would set the
whole place into fire.
incendiary (adj.): (of a device or attack) designed to cause fires.Synonyms: combustible, inflammatory
veraciousIt is disheartening for a veracious wife to
listen to the lies of a prevaricating husband.
veracious (adj.): speaking or representing the truth. Synonyms: right
impecuniousShe comes from an impecunious family. She
barely has the money to make her living.
impecunious (adj.): having little or no money.Synonyms: penniless, poor, impoverished
assiduousShe deserved the grant. She was assiduous in
pointing out every feature in her proposal.
assiduous (adj.): showing great care and perseverance. Synonyms: diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough
irksomeHis victory was so irksome to his opponents
that they left without congratulating him.
irksome (adj.): irritating; annoying.
pivotalThe manager’s decision to stop the project
was pivotal to minimize our losses . Without it we would have lost all the fund.
pivotal (adj.): of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else.Synonyms: central, crucial, vital, critical
reconditeThe book is full of recondite terms. We consulted our professor to comprehend
them.
recondite (adj.): (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.Synonyms: obscure, difficult, complex, incomprehensible
efflorescenceIn the era of Renaissance, the whole country
witnessed efflorescence in sciences, arts and commerce.
efflorescence (n.): blossoming, flowering.
tepidThe performance wasn’t very impressive. The
applause it received was tepid.
tepid (adj.): showing little enthusiasm.Synonyms: unenthusiastic, apathetic, muted
clangorousThe clangorous sounds the band made by
their instruments proved that they were not clever musicians.
clangorous (adj.): making a loud, resonant metallic sound or series of sounds. Synonyms: ringing, chiming
feignHe feigned injury to win the sympathy of the
judge, but she knew he was lying.
feign (v.): pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).Synonyms: simulate, pretend, affect, assume
dissembleHe is an honest, sincere person with no need
to dissemble.
dissemble (v.): conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs. Synonyms: dissimulate, pretend, feign
untappedUntil only a few years ago, Sudan's oil
reserves represented no more than untapped potential.
untapped (v.): (of a resource) not yet exploited or used.
apportionedIn Europe, football is the most popular sport, whereas in America, fandom is fairly evenly apportioned among a few different sports.
apportion (v.): divide and allocate.
castigatedHe was castigated for not setting a good
example.
castigate (v.): reprimand (someone) severely. Synonyms: chastise, scold, rebuke
demonize The movie seeks neither to glorify nor to
demonize slavery.
demonize (v.): portray as wicked and threatening.
deifyShe was deified by the early Romans as a
fertility goddess.
deify (v.): worship, regard, or treat (someone or something) as a god.Synonyms: worship, revere
ruminatePeople are often consumed with the past,
ruminating about events and chewing them over and over.
ruminate (v.): think deeply about something.Synonyms: contemplate, muse
averHis confession averred that it was he who
committed the crime.
aver (v.): state or assert to be the case.Synonyms: allege, assert, verify
contortA spasm of pain contorted his face.
contort (v.): twist or bend out of its normal shape.Synonyms: twist, bend out of shape, distort
leniencyThe court showed leniency toward the
criminal because of his young age.
leniency (v.): the fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected.Synonyms: tolerance, mildness
probityHis probity prevented him from maligning his
opponent.
probity (v.): the quality of having strong moral principles.Synonyms: integrity, honesty, uprightness
swindleHis is just a dishonorable businessman who swindles investors out of millions of dollars.
swindle (v.): use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.Synonyms: cheat, trick, deceive
disabuseProphets of universal religions came to
disabuse people of their mercenary conception of their lives.
disabuse (v.): persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken.Synonyms: disillusion about, open someone's eyes about, enlighten on/about
delugeThe rainfall was heavy and the flood deluged
the banks of the river.
deluge (v.): inundate with a great quantity of something.Synonyms: overwhelm, overrun, flood