Word List-33 (selected words only)

Lion (India)
GRE Barron's 15th ed.
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  1. obstetrician
    a physician specializing in childbirth
  2. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  3. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  4. obtuse
    slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
  5. obviate
    do away with
  6. occident
    the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
  7. occlude
    block passage through
  8. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  9. oculist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  10. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  11. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  12. odoriferous
    emitting a smell, especially an unpleasant smell
  13. odyssey
    a long wandering and eventful journey
  14. offhand
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  15. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  16. ogle
    stare or look at, especially with amorous intentions
  17. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
  18. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
  19. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  20. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  21. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  22. onslaught
    an offensive against an enemy
  23. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  24. opalescent
    having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
  25. opportune
    suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
  26. opportunist
    a person who places expediency above principle
  27. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  28. optician
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
  29. optometrist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  30. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  31. oracular
    of or relating to prophecy or someone who tells the future
  32. ordain
    invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  33. ordeal
    a severe or trying experience
  34. ordinance
    an authoritative rule
  35. orgy
    a wild gathering
  36. orient
    the eastern hemisphere
  37. orientation
    the act of determining one's position
  38. orifice
    an opening, especially one that opens into a bodily cavity
  39. ornithologist
    a zoologist who studies feathered animals
  40. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  41. orthography
    representing the sounds of a language by written symbols
  42. osseous
    composed of or containing bone
  43. ossify
    become bony
  44. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  45. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  46. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  47. outlandish
    noticeably or extremely unconventional or unusual
  48. outmoded
    no longer in fashion
  49. outstrip
    go far ahead of
  50. outwit
    beat through cleverness
  51. ovation
    enthusiastic recognition
  52. overbearing
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  53. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
Created on Mon Jun 03 01:31:43 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Jun 03 14:35:56 EDT 2013)

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