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94 Cards in this Set
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Telling [adj.] |
it is significant and Revealing of another factor |
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Wax [n./v] |
to increase
As she ate the jollof rice, her love for it waxed strong.
Anonym: Wane |
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Check [n/v] |
to limit If your Son's behaviour isn't on check, he may grow to be very uncontrollably rude
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Alacrity |
the eager and willingness to do something He worked with such Alacrity |
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Prosaic |
Boring , dull and lack of Imagination The art Gallery seemed Proasic to me |
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Varacity |
truthful Inspite of his years of Veracity, he wasn't relected as President due to his 11th hour bribery |
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Paucity |
lack There is a great Paucity of Jobs in the Market
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Maintain |
to assert The scientist maintaned that the molecule could undergo complete change |
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Contrite |
to be remorseful As soon as his sister started crying, he became contrite and returned the candy |
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Laconic |
one who says few or no words She is laconic but smart |
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Pugnacious |
aggressively argue about everything I dont like engaging in a conversation with him, because he can be pugnacious |
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Disparate |
Different
They are disparate in looks.
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Egregious |
Stnding out in a bad way
Kevin was egregious in the class. |
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Innocuous |
harmless The Bacteria is Innocuous, so stop acting like you'll die. |
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Candid |
straigthfoward and honest Charles was always candid whenever he spoke |
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Erratic |
to be wild , nonconventional I broke up with him because he was too erratic. I always felt embarrased around him |
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Bleak |
dull outlook She has a bleak future
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Profuse |
Outflow
She cried profusely |
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Extant |
opposite to Extinct
The Bible is one book that would forever really Extant |
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Contentious |
you like to argue I stopped watch sport games with him; He is contentious. |
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Auspicious |
favourable I wantto get married on an auspicious date |
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Enervate |
to energize
I felt enervated after the workout
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equivocal |
ambigious
Both views were equivocal, so that, at the end i could pin point the truth |
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Ambivalent |
to be indifferent towards something I was initially ambivalent about writing GRE because i only have 3 months before the exam date
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sedulous |
diligently
I must however study sedulously for the Exam. I have no choice |
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Stem |
means to hold back or limit
If he doesn't stem his over eating habits now, he will gain alot of weight in the future |
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Blinkered |
means to have a limited outlook or understanding
Kevin is always blinkered about his past beautiful girlfriends, but forgets to take care of the one he has now. |
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Check |
to stop something from growing The weeds wee left unchecked, making it difficult to harvest to produce. |
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Involved |
means complicated, difficult to comprehend
I was so sleepy in class due to his involved Lecture about Quantum Mechanics |
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Retiring |
to be shy
Mat was retiring during his Speech. |
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Expansive |
communicative, social
I love hiring those who are expansive and express their opinions without fear |
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Imbibe |
intake of information One should imbibe the scriptures in their Hearts in order to grow. |
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Inundate |
means to flood
The room was inundated with so many singers, |
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Scintillating |
who is brilliant and lively
ironically the Professor's lecture was scintillating |
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Benighted |
a group that falls in a state of ignorance Most Nigerians are living in a state of Benightedness andthus would not fight for their right. |
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Galvanize |
to motivate somebody
I would like to galvanize somebody here to write the GRE Exam |
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Hedge |
to avoid making a statement ; playing safe During our Conversation, he hedged the question I asked about the state of his Health. |
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Fell |
terribly evil
The fell Lord Voldemort is finally dead |
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Beg |
to evade a question
Why did you beg the question about your Health, I cunningly asked him. |
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Tender |
to offer up I normally not give to strangers,but ill gladly tendr my clothing line to charity |
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intimate |
to suggest something subtly
My Brother intimated to Dad that he like a Girl |
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Wanting |
to lack
H&M is always found wanting, when it came to quality. |
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Frugal vs Miserly |
Frugal:you spend money wisely Miserly:you pinch every penny |
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prevaricate |
to speak in an evasive way |
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Histrionic |
to be overly threatrical
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Demur |
to object or show reluctance
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Demure |
to be shy and modest,only in context of a woman |
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Beatific |
to radiate bliss; somewhat related to someone holy and a saint.. |
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perfunctory |
"careless" |
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preemptively |
to act before someone else does |
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indigent |
poor |
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indigenous |
related to a particular area those men are indigenous to the US |
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indignant |
to feel anger over something |
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errant |
is to be wandering, not sticking to the circumscribed path Unlike my Friends, who studying all through the night, I preferred taking errant walks through the university. |
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Arrant |
complete and uter
He is an arrant fool. I just can'#t stand his Presence. |
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errand |
is a small choreIi already carried out my errand before Scandal |
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err |
to make a mistake
He erred by thinking that, errant and arrant were synonyms. |
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Artless |
if someone is innocent and guileless, one is called artless. |
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artful |
a positive Remark to art
Picasso is artful |
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artless |
the anonym of artful |
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expurgate |
to remove objectionable material
certain words have been expurgated from R-Films, e.g. F-words. |
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expunge |
is to wipe out or remove any trace off
most Ex-criminals try to expunge there criminal record, even though it is most unlikely. |
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censure |
is to express strong disapproval of one person, I had to censure him when unexpectedly dropped the F-word out of frustration. |
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Ponder |
means to think over |
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ponderous |
to be weighed down, to move slowly in a labored fashion |
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imponderable |
An Imponderable is something that is impossible to estimate, fathom or figure out. Her child asked me an imponderable question " Why can't I see your God?" |
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Eponym |
a word that is derived from a person's name |
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mesmerize |
to hold spellbound The Plot of the Movie was to well written, the viewers were mesmerized unable to move their eyes from the screen |
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to gerrymander |
to manipulate boundries in oder to favor a certain group
The Party gerrymandered the public so to garanty their success at the election |
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to hector |
means to bully or intimidate The Boss'es hectoring manner put me off, I had to quit. |
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Supercilious |
is to be haughty or disdainful when we look down on somebody in a demeaning way .
The Boss acted superciliously towards his employees |
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Protean |
to describe a perosn's Ability one who as several talents is protean |
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Sartorial |
refers to the mode of dressing He fufilled almost all requirments, except that he was sartorially incompetent. He leacked great sense of Fashion. |
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Mercurial |
Anyone who unpredictably changes his or her mood is mercurial
Karen is a sweet sister, however I can't always have a sensible and matured argument with her due to her mercurial approach. |
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Anomaly |
Something that is not normsl, an abnormality I found a genetic Anomaly in his DNA |
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Equivocal |
neutral, uncertain, very vague
to mislead someone , or cofused
the judge gave an equ |
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lucid |
very transparent, clear to the point the lecture on physics was completely lucid. |
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precipitate |
to fall down, bring down vertically
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Assuage |
to satisfy someone , provide relief
The CC manage to assuage the angry customer |
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Erudite |
having or showing alot of profound knowledge
the book showed his erudite beginnings. |
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opaque |
opposite of transparent, not clearly understood his hypothesis seemed opaque |
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prodigle |
wasteful, very extravagent his prodigal habits led his father to remove his name from his will |
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Enigma |
a mystery that cannot be explained |
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Fervid |
intense emotion the fervid display of emotions hapered the drama of the family |
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Placate |
gaining good will , to satisfy someone , assuage
The CC managed to placate the angry customer
Implacable : one is not satisfied with what he or she has
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Zeal |
Enthusiasm, a flare for something the student showed a zeal for sports |
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Abstain |
to stay away from something, refrain
After jaundice, patients should abtain from alcohol |
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Apathy |
absence fo feeling, indifference apathetic attitude to the accident surprised me |
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adulterate |
to contaminate The milk was adultrated with urea and other impurities |
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Audacious |
invunerable to fear, bold
One should not be audacious in the presence of adults |
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Laconic |
brief to the point, tense, direct he gave a very laconic lecture of what is supposed to be 500 years of archtecture |
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Capricious |
something that keeps on changing,
capricious thoughts |
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laudable |
appreciated, worthy of high praise that was a laudable gesture from ur side |
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loquacious |
talkative
loquacious people speak even when they are not required to |
