November - 27th - GRE - Verbal

November - 27th - GRE - Verbal
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November - 27th - GRE - Verbal

1.Pulchritude: Great physical beauty and appeal.
Synonyms : adorableness, allure, allurement, attraction, elegance, exquisiteness, glamour, good looks, handsomeness, loveliness, physical attractiveness, prettiness, shapeliness
Antonyms: plainness, repulsiveness, ugliness

2.Dire : causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible
Synonyms: acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, climacteric, critical, crucial, crying, desperate, drastic, exigent, extreme, immoderate, imperative, importunate, instant, pressing
Antonyms: insignificant, trivial, unimportant

3.Inapt: not apt or fitting, without aptitude or capacity
Synonyms: awkward, banal, clumsy, gauche, inadept, incongruous, inept, infelicitous, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, undexterous, unproficient, unskilled.
Antonyms: competent

4.Convert (v): to change (something) into a different form or properties
Synonyms: adapt, alter, apply, appropriate, commute, interchange, make, metamorphose, modify, remodel, reorganize, restyle, revise, switch, switch over, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, turn.
Antonyms: endure, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay.

5.Intractable: not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable
Synonyms: awkward, bull-headed, cantankerous, contrary, fractious, hang tough, hard-line, headstrong, incurable, indocile, indomitable, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, unpliable, unruly, unyielding, wayward, wild, willful
Antonyms: manageable

6.Tinge: To apply a trace of color to
Synonyms: cast, colorant, coloration, coloring, dye, dyestuff, hue, nib, pigment, shade, stain, tincture, tint, tone, wash
Antonyms: white

7.Vex: to irritate, to disturb by motion
Synonyms: abrade, afflict, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, be at, bug, chafe, depress, exasperate, fret, gall, harass, Harry, hassle, infuriate, irk, irritate, molest, nettle, offend, peeve, perplex, pester, pique, plague, rasp, ride, rile, tease, torment.
Antonyms: aid, assist, help, soothe

8.Mind
Synonyms: apperception, attention, capacity, cognizance, conception, consciousness, genius, ingenuity, instinct, intellect, intuition, lucidity, perception, psyche, ratiocination, sanity, soundness, talent, wisdom, wits.

9.Tranquility: quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness;
Synonyms: ataraxia, calmness, composure, equanimity, hush, imperturbability, imperturbation, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, sedateness, serenity, stillness.
Antonyms: chaos, violence, wildness

10. Jargon (n): any talk or writing that one does not understand.
Synonyms: blubbering, burble, chatter, clamor, drivel, gab, gibberish, gossip, gushing, idle talk, jabber, jabbering, jargon, murmur, muttering, prattle, ranting, tattling.
Antonyms: quietness, silence, stillness

11. Altercation: a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.
Synonyms: argument, bickering, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, falling-out, fuss, hassle, punch out, quarrel, rhubarb, row, spat, squabbling
Antonyms: agreement, concord, harmony, peace, union, unity.

12.Phlegmatic: not easily excited to action or display of emotion
Synonyms: apathetic, cold-blooded, distant, emotionless, frigid, frosty, glacial, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, inhibited, lukewarm, matter-of-fact, passionless, spiritless, standoffish, stony, unenthusiastic, unimpassioned.
Antonyms: animated, enthusiastic, excited, fervid, friendly, warm.

13.Magniloquent: speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous
Synonyms: aureate, balderdash, bullshitting, declamatory, euphuistic, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, histrionic, inflated, loudmouth, magniloquent, orotund, ostentatious, ranting, rhapsodic, rhetorical, Sonorous, swollen, tumid, turgid, verbose.
Antonyms: humble, quiet, reserved, restrained, subtle, understated

14.Intangible

15. Excise

16. Altercation

17. Matter-of-fact

18. Lithe

19.Maverick
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Re: November - 27th - GRE - Verbal
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2007, 01:37:56 AM »

ANALOGIES:


1.Actor: cast

2.Nimble: movement

3.Collude: cooperate

4.Insect: insipid

5.Disguise: alter