Gre Verbal Set 3

Front 1

Abasement

Back 1

Humiliation

Front 2

Abate

Back 2

Become less intense or widespread

Front 3

Accession

Back 3

The action of formally joining an organisation

Front 4

Acerbic

Back 4

Sharp

Front 5

Acolyte

Back 5

Assistant

Front 6

Acumen

Back 6

An ability to make good judgements

Front 7

Apostle

Back 7

Supporter of a particular case

Front 8

Apprise

Back 8

Notify

Front 9

Armanda

Back 9

Navy

Front 10

Arson

Back 10

The criminal act of deliberately setting the fire to property

Front 11

Ascribe

Back 11

Assign to

Front 12

Barrage

Back 12

Abundance

Front 13

Bevy

Back 13

A large group of people

Front 14

Boor

Back 14

I’ll mannered

Front 15

Bucolic

Back 15

Countryside

Front 16

Canonical

Back 16

Belonging to literary or artistic canon

Front 17

Capricious

Back 17

Given to sudden or accountable change in mood or behaviour

Front 18

Chauvinism

Back 18

Excessive or prejudiced loyalty or support for one’s own cause

Front 19

Circumspect

Back 19

Cautious

Front 20

Coalesw

Back 20

Unite

Front 21

Coffer

Back 21

Funds reserved of a group

Front 22

Condone

Back 22

Disregard

Front 23

Contrite

Back 23

Regretful

Front 24

Credulous

Back 24

Naive

Front 25

Demur

Back 25

Raise doubts

Front 26

Depravity

Back 26

Moral corruption

Front 27

Deride

Back 27

Mock

Front 28

Diatribe

Back 28

Verbal attack against someone

Front 29

Dictum

Back 29

Short statement that express a general truth or principle

Front 30

Diffuse

Back 30

Spread over large area

Front 31

Dilate

Back 31

Become wider

Front 32

Discordant

Back 32

Disagreeing

Front 33

Divest

Back 33

Rid oneself of something that one no longer wants

Front 34

Droll

Back 34

Humorous

Front 35

Echelon

Back 35

A level or rank in an organisation

Front 36

Eddy

Back 36

Move in circular way

Front 37

Effigy

Back 37

A sculpture or model of a person

Front 38

Elucidate

Back 38

Make clear

Front 39

Endemic

Back 39

Regional

Front 40

Epistemology

Back 40

The theory of knowledge

Front 41

Epithet

Back 41

An insulting work or phase

Front 42

Errant

Back 42

Behaving badly

Front 43

Esoteric

Back 43

Likely to be understood by small number of people with a specialised knowledge

Front 44

Exemplar

Back 44

Perfect example

Front 45

Extol

Back 45

Praise enthusiastically

Front 46

Facade

Back 46

Face of a building

Front 47

Fetid

Back 47

Extremely unpleasant smell

Front 48

Florid

Back 48

Using unusual words

Front 49

Flout

Back 49

Openly disregard

Front 50

Foible

Back 50

Minor weakness

Front 51

Forestall

Back 51

Obstruct an event by taking action ahead of time

Front 52

Frenetic

Back 52

Fast and energetic

Front 53

Gall

Back 53

Bold

Front 54

Galvanize

Back 54

Excite

Front 55

Gambit

Back 55

Plan, scheme

Front 56

Goad

Back 56

Provoke or annoy so as to stimulate a reaction

Front 57

Gossamer

Back 57

Ultra thin

Front 58

Gouge

Back 58

Swindle

Front 59

Grandiloquent

Back 59

Bombastic

Front 60

Grouse

Back 60

Groan

Front 61

Hapless

Back 61

Unfortunate

Front 62

Homages

Back 62

Special honour

Front 63

Imbue

Back 63

Inspire

Front 64

Immutable

Back 64

Permanent

Front 65

Impasse

Back 65

Dead-end

Front 66

Inculcate

Back 66

Inspire

Front 67

Indolence

Back 67

Laziness

Front 68

Irascible

Back 68

Short tempered

Front 69

Itinerant

Back 69

Travelling from place to place

Front 70

Laconic

Back 70

Using very few words

Front 71

Largesse

Back 71

Bounty

Front 72

Leery

Back 72

Circumspect/ careful

Front 73

Limpid

Back 73

Understandable

Front 74

Loquacious

Back 74

Talkative

Front 75

Lucid

Back 75

Showing ability to think clearly

Front 76

Malign

Back 76

Evil in nature

Front 77

Maudlin

Back 77

Emotional

Front 78

Milieu

Back 78

A person’s social environment

Front 79

Mire

Back 79

Involved

Front 80

Modish

Back 80

Modern

Front 81

Morose

Back 81

I’ll-tempered

Front 82

Nascent

Back 82

Beginning

Front 83

Natty

Back 83

Stylish

Front 84

Nexus

Back 84

Union

Front 85

Nexus

Back 85

Union

Front 86

Non plussed

Back 86

Baffled

Front 87

Nexus

Back 87

Union

Front 88

Non plussed

Back 88

Baffled

Front 89

Normative

Back 89

Deriving from standard

Front 90

Opine

Back 90

Suggest

Front 91

Pallid

Back 91

Pale typically because of I’ll health

Front 92

Panache

Back 92

Style

Front 93

Paragon

Back 93

Perfect example of a particular quality

Front 94

Parry

Back 94

Avoid

Front 95

Penchant

Back 95

Fondness

Front 96

Pithy

Back 96

Belief

Front 97

Plethora

Back 97

Surplus

Front 98

Posit

Back 98

Putting forward

Front 99

Presage

Back 99

Be a sign or a warning of

Front 100

Prolific

Back 100

Productive

Front 101

Proxy

Back 101

Representative

Front 102

Prudish

Back 102

Having a tendency to get easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity

Front 103

Qualm

Back 103

Doubt

Front 104

Quell

Back 104

Calm

Front 105

Quibble

Back 105

Argue on trivial matters

Front 106

Quotidian

Back 106

Day to day

Front 107

Recalcitrant

Back 107

Incorporation ve

Front 108

Recant

Back 108

Say that one no longer holds a belief

Front 109

Salient

Back 109

Important

Front 110

Sardonic

Back 110

Sarcastic

Front 111

Savant

Back 111

Intellectual

Front 112

Soliloquy

Back 112

Monologue

Front 113

Stigma

Back 113

Dishonour disgrace shame

Front 114

Stipulate

Back 114

Set out

Front 115

Stratum

Back 115

Level

Front 116

Subpoena

Back 116

Court order

Front 117

Syntax

Back 117

Arrangement of words to create well formed sentence in a language

Front 118

Tenet

Back 118

A belief

Front 119

Tout

Back 119

Urge

Front 120

Urbane

Back 120

Sophisticated

Front 121

Verbose

Back 121

Worst

Front 122

Whet

Back 122

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