Gre Vocabulary Word List

Front 1

menace

Back 1

something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:

"Air pollution is a menace to health."

"When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he's a real menace."

Front 2

grueling

Back 2

extremely tiring and demanding.

exhausting, tiring, fatiguing, wearying, taxing, draining, debilitating, demanding, exacting, difficult, hard, arduous, strenuous, laborious, backbreaking, harsh, severe, stressful, crippling, hellish

"a grueling hike through the snow"

"a grueling schedule"

Front 3

cram

Back 3

study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination

synonyms:study, review, bone up

"lectures were called off so students could cram for finals"

completely fill (a place or container) to the point that it appears to be overflowing.

synonyms:fill, stuff, pack, jam, fill to overflowing, fill to the brim, overload

"the ashtray by the bed was crammed with cigarette butts"

Front 4

tenuous

Back 4

very weak or slight.

synonyms:slight, insubstantial, meager, flimsy, weak, doubtful, dubious,questionable, suspect

"a tenuous cloud"

"I had little doubt Quinn would tell Howie, disrupting his tenuous relationship with Julie."

Front 5

Epiphany

Back 5

a sudden and profound understanding of something.

"As you continue to learn words, and as you continue to read, you will have more of these moments ofepiphany"

Front 6

Ratify

Back 6

To make official by signing it or voting for it

"Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery"

Front 7

Regimen

Back 7

A plan or set of rules about food, exercise, etc., to make someone become or stay healthy

A systematic plan

"His senses were quick and delicate; and, though of weak constitution, he escaped by strict regimen all serious illness."

Front 8

Alacrity

Back 8

an eagerness or willingness to do something

"The first three weeks at his new job, Mark worked with such alacrity that upper management knewthey would be giving him a promotion. "

Front 9

Conjure

Back 9

make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic.

implore (someone) to do something.

"He began explaining the wonders of the brain and its ability to conjure up subconscious fairy tales."

Front 10

Prosaic

Back 10

dull and lacking imagination

"Unlike the talented artists in his workshop, Paul had no such bent for the visual medium, so when itwas time for him to make a stained glass painting, he ended up with a prosaic mosaic. "

Front 11

Veracity

Back 11

truthful

"After years of political scandals, the congressman was hardly known for his veracity; yet despite thisdistrust, he was voted into yet another term. "

Front 12

Voracity.

Back 12

full of hunger

"This voracity must be peculiar to the inhabitants of cold countries"

Front 13

Paucity

Back 13

Paucity is a lack of something.

"There is a paucity of jobs hiring today that require menial skills, since most jobs have either beenautomated or outsourced. "

Front 14

assert

Back 14

state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully.

synonym: declare, maintain, contend, argue, state, claim, propound, proclaim,announce, pronounce, swear, insist, avow;

"the company asserts that the cuts will not affect development"

Front 15

maintain

Back 15

to assert

"The scientist maintained that the extinction of dinosaurs was most likely brought about by a drasticchange in climate. "

Front 16

tantamount

Back 16

equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.

"the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt"

Front 17

futile

Back 17

incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.

"Recitation of the Qur'an without contemplation and thought is futile."