GRE 46-50

Aseem S. (India)
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  1. apologue
    a short moral story (often with animal characters)
  2. remuneration
    paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
  3. confabulate
    talk socially without exchanging too much information
  4. confiscate
    take temporary possession of a security by legal authority
  5. discombobulate
    cause to be confused emotionally
  6. fleece
    the outer coat of an animal, especially sheep and yaks
  7. frivolity
    the trait of being not serious or sensible
  8. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  9. mettlesome
    having a proud, courageous, and unbroken spirit
  10. objurgate
    censure severely
  11. stunt
    check the growth or development of
  12. yoke
    a wooden frame across the shoulders for carrying buckets
  13. yokel
    a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture
  14. yore
    time long past
  15. zany
    ludicrous or foolish
  16. waspish
    very irritable
  17. welt
    a raised mark on the skin
  18. whelp
    young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
  19. whet
    sharpen by rubbing
  20. whinny
    the characteristic sounds made by a horse
  21. whiff
    a short light gust of air
  22. whit
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  23. wispy
    thin and weak
  24. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
  25. wither
    lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
  26. witless
    lacking sense or understanding or judgment
  27. witticism
    a message whose ingenuity has the power to evoke laughter
  28. wizardry
    exceptional creative ability
  29. woe
    misery resulting from affliction
  30. wont
    an established custom
  31. wrangle
    quarrel noisily, angrily, or disruptively
  32. wrath
    intense anger
  33. wreak
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  34. wrest
    obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
  35. writ
    a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
  36. writhe
    move in a twisting or contorted motion
  37. wry
    humorously sarcastic or mocking
  38. absinthe
    strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise
  39. aftermath
    the consequences of an event, especially a catastrophic one
  40. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  41. endogenous
    derived or originating internally
  42. exogamy
    marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
  43. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  44. lucre
    informal term for money
  45. niche
    a small concavity
  46. repine
    express discontent
  47. trollop
    a woman adulterer
  48. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  49. upbraid
    express criticism towards
  50. vainglorious
    feeling self-importance
  51. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  52. vassal
    a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  53. vaunt
    show off
  54. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  55. virile
    characteristic of a man
  56. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  57. visage
    the human face
  58. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
  59. swathe
    wrap in or as if in strips of cloth
  60. swill
    drink large quantities of
  61. tessellated
    decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone
  62. threadbare
    thin and tattered with age
  63. throes
    violent pangs of suffering
  64. throng
    a large gathering of people
  65. thwart
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  66. tightlipped
    inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
  67. tightfisted
    unwilling to part with money
  68. tightwad
    a miserly person
  69. titter
    laugh nervously
  70. tongue-tied
    unable to express yourself clearly or fluently
  71. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  72. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  73. unfledged
    young and inexperienced
  74. unravel
    become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers of
  75. unsightly
    unpleasant to look at
  76. unsullied
    free from blemishes
  77. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
  78. untrammelled
    not confined or limited
  79. upshot
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  80. upstart
    a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
  81. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  82. acetic
    relating to a clear organic acid with a pungent odor
  83. acidulous
    being sour to the taste
  84. acquittal
    a judgment of not guilty
  85. addle
    mix up or confuse
  86. adverse
    in an opposing direction
  87. advert
    a public promotion of some product or service
  88. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  89. animadversion
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  90. annotate
    add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
  91. bacchanalian
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  92. bandy
    discuss lightly
  93. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  94. capacious
    large in the amount that can be contained
  95. indict
    accuse formally of a crime
  96. perspicuous
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  97. welter
    a confused multitude of things
Created on Sun Jul 28 07:38:42 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Jul 29 03:10:42 EDT 2013)

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