Gre Vocab

Front 1

stall

Back 1

delay

Hint 1

table

Front 2

retribution

Back 2

retaliation, repayment, recompense

Hint 2

opposite: absolve, magnanimity

Front 3

begrudge

Back 3

to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone, to be reluctant to give, grant to allow

Front 4

arid

Back 4

lacking moisture, extremely dry, lacking interest or imaginativeness

Front 5

debilitate

Back 5

to make weak or feeble, enfeeble

Hint 5

debilitant
debilitation
debilitative

Front 6

squelch

Back 6

to strike or press, crush down, squash, suppress, to make a splashing sound

Front 7

maladroit

Back 7

unskillful, awkward, tactless

Hint 7

opposite: dexterous, adroit

Front 8

carnal

Back 8

earthly

Hint 8

opposite: spiritual

Front 9

aura/ aural

Back 9

character, ambience, appearance, aspect, atmosphere, background, feeling, mood, quality

Hint 9

a distinctive ans pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere

Front 10

alleviate

Back 10

to make easier, to endure, lesen, mitigate

Hint 10

assuage, allay, pacify

Front 11

revitalize

Back 11

to give new life to, to give new vitality or vigor to

Front 12

aerate

Back 12

to expose to the action or effect of air to cause air to circulate through

Front 13

bashful

Back 13

uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed, shy, timid

Front 14

render

Back 14

contribute, show, translate

Front 15

duplicity

Back 15

a twofold or double state or quality, double dealing, deceive

Hint 15

duplicitous

Front 16

surpassingly

Back 16

a large amount or high degree, exceeding, excelling or extraordinary

Front 17

discourteous

Back 17

not courteous, uncivil, rude

Front 18

refurbish

Back 18

to furbish again, to renovate, brighten

Front 19

redact

Back 19

to put into suitable literary form, revise, edit, to draw up or frame

Front 20

incriminate

Back 20

to accuse of or present proof of crime or fault, to charge with responsibility

Front 21

deformity

Back 21

the quality or state of being deformed (having the shape changed), disfigured or misshapen, hatefulness, ugliness

Front 22

condescending(ly)

Back 22

showing or implying usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority

Front 23

cursive

Back 23

of handwriting: in flowing strokes with the letters joined together

Front 24

accession

Back 24

coming into possession of a right, title, office
an increase in something by adding
consent, agreement, approval

Front 25

usurpation

Back 25

illegal seizure and occupation of a throne, wrongful or illegal encroachment

Front 26

severance

Back 26

to set or keep apart, divide, separate, to cut off from the whole

Front 27

tardy

Back 27

late, behind, not on time
moving or acting slowly

Front 28

forlorn

Back 28

unhappy or miserable, lonely, sad, hopeless, destitude

Front 29

deplete

Back 29

to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance of supply of

Front 30

stalwart

Back 30

strong and brave, firm

Hint 30

steadfact, uncompromising

Front 31

seemly

Back 31

fitting or becoming with respect to prepriety or good taste, decent

Hint 31

decorous

Front 32

accalim

Back 32

to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval, to announce or proclaim with enthusiastic approval

Front 33

controvert

Back 33

to argue against, dispute, deny, oppose

Front 34

taunt

Back 34

to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting manner, mock

Front 35

proscribe

Back 35

to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful, prohibit, to exile

Front 36

vitriolic

Back 36

very caustic, scathing

Front 37

immersed

Back 37

to plunge into or place under a liquid, to involve deeply, absorb

Front 38

sedate

Back 38

calm, quiet or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitment