Gre Barron List 38 (Words I Don't Know)

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PROPITOUS

Back 1

favourable, fortunate

Eg: Since Nov 20 is Teacher's day, it will be a propitous day for me to take the GRE test

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PROPONENT

Back 2

supporter, backer >< opponet

Eg: There were much more proponents for the policy in the meeting, than that against the policy

Front 3

PROPOUND

Back 3

put forth for analysis

Eg: You have propound many requests but I can only fulfil some among them

Front 4

PROTEGE

Back 4

người được bảo hộ

Eg: Many people think I will go and work at the MOFA,yet, I refuse to be a protege of my father, i want to be independent

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PROSCENIUM

Back 5

front of stage - infront of the curtain

Eg: Before the curtain was rise for the official show, there were several dormant speech at the proscenium

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PROSCRIBE

Back 6

ostracize, banish, outlaw

Eg:Ouraged by their betrayals, the kings decided to proscribes all the dissident

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PROSELYTIZE

Back 7

induce someone to convert to a relion or beliefe

Eg: I was proselytize to be come a catholic but I refused and thought I do not have that faith for the religion

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PROSODY

Back 8

art of versification (poem making)

Eg: He was a politicians at heart but also a person who have a special interest in prosody

Front 9

PROSTRATE

Back 9

streth out full on the ground

eg: Trying to plead her dad to go TOyRS, she prostrated before him right infront of the store =))

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PROTEAN

Back 10

versatyle, could take on many forms

Eg: She is a nice protean actor, but it's not actually a good thing because no role actually give her audience a long-lasting impression

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PROTRACT

Back 11

prolong

Eg: They were just trying to protract the period before the law is officially promulgated to canvass for more objections against it

Front 12

PROTRUDE

Back 12

stick out

Eg: the finger protruded from the gloves

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PROTUBERANCE

Back 13

protrusion, bulge
chỗ nhồi lên, cái u

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PROVENANCE

Back 14

origin or source of something

Eg: When you tried out fresh fruites in Vietnam, be sure to ask for it provenance

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PROVENDER

Back 15

dry food, fodder
Eg: I sincerely hate provender, I prefer something with liquid

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PROVISIONAL

Back 16

tentative

Eg:WIth a permit, I am considered a provision holder, until I am ready and can acquire my official driver liscense

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PROVISO

Back 17

stipulation (dđiều khoản)

eG: CSIP accepted or proposal for collaboration but with a proviso that we do not cooperate with SPARK in any way

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PROWESS

Back 18

extraordinary ability

eG: I idolize him for his prowess in making those courteous aikido moves

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PROXY

Back 19

authorized agent

Eg: You can act as my proxy and decide this

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PRUDE

Back 20

excessively modest or proper person

Eg: My mom tends to me a prude demure which I find too conservative

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PRUNE

Back 21

Cut away, trim

Eg: Since I am affected by the Vietname way of thinking and wrote the essay in prolixity, Iam in desperate need of an expert who can help me prune it to desired length

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PRURIENT

Back 22

having or casuing a lustful thoughts and desires

Eg: I freaked out when he look at me and had those prurient gestures

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PRY

Back 23

inquire impertinently
use leverage to open smt

Eg: Sometimes I don't like the way she obtrudes into my privacy, prying for information

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PSEUDONYM

Back 24

pen name

Eg: He has long been known for the pseudonym of Nguyen Ai Quoc

Front 25

PSYCHE

Back 25

soul, mind

Eg: Human's psyche probably is the most obsure things in the planet that no scientists have yet been able to penetrate

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PTERODACTYL

Back 26

extinth flying reptile

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PUERILE

Back 27

childish

Eg: Stop those puerile pranks and behave

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PUGILIST

Back 28

boxer

Eg:

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PUGNACITY

Back 29

combativeness, disposition to fight

Eg: "When you practice akido, never show pugnacity because it is actually an art of self-defense

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PULCHRITUDE

Back 30

beauty, comeliness

Eg: She doesn't have an appalling beauty but she has a special pulchritude that attracts everyone

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PULMONARY

Back 31

Pertaining to the lungs

Eg: Smoking causes pulmonary diseases

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PULSATE

Back 32

throb

Eg: I know you're excited but try to calm yourself and halt your heart from pulsating too much, I can actually hear

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PUMMEL

Back 33

beat or pound with fists

Eg: With those gesculation, she will pummel into someone sometime soon

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PUNCTILIOUS

Back 34

stressing niceties of conduct, minutely attentive

Eg: I especially hate it when people become puntilious and are captious about even the minor mistakes that I might make

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PUNY

Back 35

insignificant, tiny, weak

Eg: I put only puny efforts in it, don't mind!

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PURCHASE

Back 36

firm grasp or footing

Eg: I was able to purchase on the slippery rock and was saved from falling down the precipice

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PURGATORY

Back 37

place of spiritual expiation

Eg: After days of being penance, he decided to actually go to the purgatory

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PURGE

Back 38

remove, get rid of smt (unwanted)
free from blam/guile, clean/purify

After 1 week at the purgatory, he came home feeling relief and happy again, knowing that he has been purged from his sins

Front 39

PURPORT

PURPORTED

Back 39

intention, meaning
Eg: He said it for the purport of intimidating others

allege, claimed
Eg: He was purported to have kill the innocent girl

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PURVEYOR

Back 40

Provider of food

Eg: he has a special interest in gastronomy and thus, always act as a purveyor of good food for us

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PURSILLANIMOUS

Back 41

cowardly

Eg: his pursillanimous conduct was embarrashing

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PUTATIVE

Back 42

supposed, reputed

Eg: Many people doubt but he is known to be a putative husband of the woman

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PUTRID

Back 43

foul, rotten, decayed

Eg: the putrid smells of rotten egg nauseate us all

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PYLON

Back 44

cột tháp, đánh dấu

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PYROMANIAC

Back 45

person, insane interest to get things on fire

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QUAGMIRE

Back 46

boggy, wet, muddy land

Eg: she was trapped in quagmire

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QUAIL

Back 47

cower, lose heart

Eg: Don't quail in the way of intimidation, you can do it

Front 48

QUANDARY

Back 48

dillema

Eg: I would lovew to be in the quandary of being accepted by all 8 schools

Front 49

QUARRYvi

Back 49

1. victm object of a hung
2. dig into