GRE- Word List - C 170 words

a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

a dissenting clique

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

collect or look around for (food)

young and inexperienced

young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

any new participant in some activity

a deliberately misleading fabrication

an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)

a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

righteousness by virtue of being pious

a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text

large in capacity

any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules

surrender under agreed conditions

determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

tending to find and call attention to faults

persistent petty and unjustified criticism

pitching dangerously to one side

revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

someone injured or killed in an accident

a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

relating to or included in a category or categories

having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

a gallant or courtly gentleman

raise trivial objections

evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

a quarrel about petty points

surround so as to force to give up

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable

harshly critical or expressing censure

of or relating to the cerebrum or brain

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

light teasing repartee

showing inappropriate levity

a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup

hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water

set of bells hung in a bell tower

free from provincial prejudices or attachments

a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight

burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

someone who has won first place in a competition

a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

characterized by great caution and wariness

marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

censure severely

censure severely

censure severely

patterned with alternating squares of color

tooth on the rim of gear wheel

to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

an indirect way of expressing something

surround so as to force to give up

heedful of potential consequences

censure severely or angrily

an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

characterized by anger

a secret method of writing

hidden from general view or use

a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

overly sweet

a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will

having a bad disposition; surly

make a loud resonant noise

being or relating to or like a chimera

a soft partly suppressed laugh

characterized by anger

loud and clear

the closing section of a musical composition

consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind

related by blood

organize into a code or system, such as a body of law

a trite or obvious remark

a trite or obvious remark

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

to assemble in proper sequence

assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence

formal conversation

secret agreement

according with custom or propriety

suitable for use as food

an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved

fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment

characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect

a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole

following or accompanying as a consequence

a confidential or secret meeting

an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

making or willing to make concessions

mix together different elements

become gelatinous

guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

behave in a certain manner

large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)

a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass

the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate

acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

agreement on a secret plot

implied by or inferred from actions or statements

an idea that is implied or suggested

of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband

of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband

(anthropology) related by blood

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

excessively fat

an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

the act of competing as for profit or a prize

go against, as of rules and laws

having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

be resistant to

overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing

a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity

having material or physical form or substance

meet formally

call together

occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company

shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

cancel officially

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

(usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly

give over to another for care or safekeeping

enroll into service compulsorily

a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another

hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

any system of principles or beliefs

be false to; be dishonest with

annoyed and irritable

(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return

(music) a gradual increase in loudness

having a difficult and contrary disposition

remove something that has been rejected

a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway

rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper

something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)