Barron's Gre Vocab 2Nd 40

Front 1

inadvertently

Back 1

Carelessly, unintentionally
The song writer says that it is easy to inadvertently use the melody of another song when composing.

Front 2

Ineluctable

Back 2

Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable
No one can escape the ineluctable truth that every creature that is born will one day die.

Front 3

insuperable

Back 3

Insurmountable; unconquerable
Attempts by the united states to develop an antiballistic missile system have met with limited success because of almost insuperable difficulties presented by the speed of the approaching warhead that must by intercepted.

Front 4

inundate

Back 4

to cover with water; overwhelm
some people don't like inundation of land because it would have an adverse effect on wildlife.

Front 5

itinerary

Back 5

route of a traveler's journey
we planned our itinerary to be flexible.

Front 6

lambaste

Back 6

to thrash verbally or physically
the critic lanbasted the movie in her column

Front 7

libido

Back 7

sexual desire

Front 8

lucid

Back 8

Bright; clear; intelligible
This is a lucid injunction: "The primal goal is to alleviate suffering and not to prolong life. And if you treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, the treatment should be stopped."

Front 9

malleable

Back 9

Capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
Behaviorists believe hat human nature is melleable.

Front 10

meteorological

Back 10

Concerned with the weather.

Front 11

miscellany

Back 11

mixture of writings on various subjects
The book is a fascinating miscellany collected from the writer's like work.

Front 12

multifarious

Back 12

diverse
Modern technology is so complex and multifarious that is requires thounds of specialists to devise and operate.

Front 13

nugatory

Back 13

trifling; invalid
The historian has a knack for focusing on information that appears nugatory but that, upon examination, illuminates the central issue

Front 14

oligarchy

Back 14

Form of government in which power belongs to only a few leader

Front 15

pallid

Back 15

lacking color or liveliness
Archeological evidence indicates that women have been using makeup to give color to a pallid face for millennia

Front 16

penury

Back 16

extreme poverty
The autobiography tells the story of the billionaire's journey from penury to riches beyond his imagining

Front 17

petulant

Back 17

rude; peevish
The boy's father worried that his disobedient and petulant child would grow up to be a bitter and annoying man.

Front 18

plasticity

Back 18

Condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability
The sociologist is continually amazed by the plasticity of social institutions.

Front 19

prate

Back 19

to talk idly; catter
The talk radio program allows people to call in and prate about the pet peeves.

Front 20

premonition

Back 20

forewarning; presentiment
Shortly after his reelection in 1864, President Lincoln had a premonition of his impending death.

Front 21

profound

Back 21

deep; not superficial

Front 22

pungent

Back 22

strong of sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic
Slang frequently expresses an idea succinctly and pungently

Front 23

quorum

Back 23

number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
The us Senate's majority leader asked three members of his party to be available to help form a qorum.

Front 24

recluse

Back 24

person who lived in seclusion and often in solitude
The monk spent three years of his life as a recluse, praying and meditating.

Front 25

reparation

Back 25

amends; compensation
The judge said that she would not sentence the man to jail on the condition that he pay full reparation to the family hurt by his crime

Front 26

reverent

Back 26

expressing deep respect; worshipful
The biologist Loren Eisely had what could be described as a reverent attitude toward nature

Front 27

sanction

Back 27

To approve; Ratify; permit
For many palestinians it meant the sanctioning of continued domination of their land by Europeans

Front 28

sedition

Back 28

hehavior promption rebellion
the federal prosecutor argued that the journalist's article could be interpreted as an act of sedition, since it suggested that the government shoud be overturned.

Front 29

simian

Back 29

apelike; relating to apes
Many people in the nineteenth century denied the evolutionary significance of the simian characteristics of human beings

Front 30

solvent

Back 30

able to meet financial obligations
During the financial crisis several large banks bad difficulty remaining solvent

Front 31

stanch

Back 31

to stop of check the flow of
The country's government has put controls on currency movement to stanch the flow of money out of the country

Front 32

strut

Back 32

swagger; display to impress others
The star quarterback strutted around campus the entire week after he led his term to win.

Front 33

succor

Back 33

relief; help in time of distress or want
The woman was accused of providing succor to the enemy in the form of food.

Front 34

sylvan

Back 34

related to woods or forest
The house's sylvan setting provides the family wth beauty and tranquility.

Front 35

thespian

Back 35

an actor or actress
Every year this festival gives thespian from around the world the oppurtunities to perform before a diverse audience.

Front 36

Transgression

Back 36

Act of trespassing of violating a law or rule
The teacher made it clear on first day of the term that she would not countenance any transgression of classroom rules.

Front 37

tumid

Back 37

swollen; distended
The prose of writers discussing lofty subjects sometimes becomes tumid.

Front 38

vacillate

Back 38

to weaver; oscillate
The senator's position keeps vacillating between remaining neutral and lending his support to the proposal.

Front 39

verbose

Back 39

wordy
The skillful editor cut 20% of words from the verbose manuscript without appreciably altering his meaning

Front 40

vivisection

Back 40

dissection, surgery, or painful experiments on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research
The book contains a long discussion of vivisection