April - 25 - GRE Verbal Que

Today's Words:

1. Stasis(n): the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces; A condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness.


2. Proffer(v): to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
Synonyms: bid, proposal, tender.


3. Belie(v): to show to be false; to misrepresent; to act unworthily according to the standards.
Synonyms: refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay.
Antonyms: prove, verify, support.

4. Repudiate(v): to reject as having no authority or binding force; to reject with disapproval or condemnation.
Synonyms: disavow, renounce, discard, disclaim, condemn, disapprove, deny, disacknowledge, reject.
Antonyms: accept, approve.

5. Aggrandize(v): to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend; to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
Synonyms: inflate, strengthen, exalt, magnify.
Antonyms: reduce, diminish, minimize.


6. Lithe(adj): bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible; Marked by effortless grace.


7. Happenstance(n): a chance happening or event


8. Spartan(adj): sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere; Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained, brave; undaunted.


9. Mulish(adj): as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack.


10. Persuaded(v): to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging; to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince.


11. Impetuous(adj): of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, moving with great force; violent.
Antonyms: planned, careful.



Analogies:

1. Impetuous: hesitancy

2. Mulish : persuaded



Issue Topic:

1. Importance of general welfare of people of a country rather than its achievers.



Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared in a memorandum from a dean at Omega University.
"Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by thirty percent. Potential employers apparently believe the grades at Omega are inflated;
this would explain why Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University. To enable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should now terminate student evaluation of professors."