RC Word List

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GRE RC and Sentence Completion Word list
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  1. staunch
    firm and dependable especially in loyalty
    However, the author makes a staunch stand..
  2. ridge
    a long narrow natural elevation or striation
  3. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  4. Hispanic
    an American whose first language is Spanish
  5. contention
    a point asserted as part of an argument
    Therefore, the passage is not at all organized as suggested by choice E, so eliminate it from contention.
  6. holistic
    emphasizing the organic relation between parts and the whole
    Consider the author's holistic perspective on the issue to select
    Holistic means encompassing the whole of a thing, and not just the part. If you think holistically about your life, you look at every aspect of it. You might find that working late interferes with your overall happiness.
  7. rendering
    an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
    I am confirmed in correcting the statement of the excellent Schmidt by the fact that my rendering agrees with the doctrine of the Sufis,
  8. chastity
    abstaining from sexual relations
  9. communicable
    readily transmitted
  10. obviate
    do away with
  11. proletariat
    a social class comprising those who do manual labor
  12. litany
    a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
  13. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  14. exterminate
    kill on a large scale
  15. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  16. seminal
    influential and providing a basis for later development
  17. plummet
    drop sharply
    in ocean areas experiencing significant levels of oxygen scarcity, or hypoxia, fish populations are plummeting
  18. evangelical
    marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause
    Influenced by Evangelical attitudes, art and literature of the nineteenth century were expected to contribute to moral education
  19. hypoxia
    oxygen deficiency
  20. ordain
    invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  21. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  22. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
Created on Wed May 23 09:06:36 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Aug 30 02:20:06 EDT 2012)

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