Monday, April 7, 2008
April - 7th - 2008 - GRE Verbal
April - 7th - 2008 - GRE Verbal
1.Cull(v): to choose; select; pick; pluck.
Synonyms: discriminate, elect, glean, optate, sift, winnow.
2.Seer(n): a person who sees; observer; a person who prophesies future events.
Synonyms: augur, channeller, oracle, soothsayer,
3.Tantamount(adj): equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification
Synonyms: commensurate, indistinguishable, synonymous.
Antonyms: different, opposite.
4.Fastidious(adj): excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
Synonyms: captious, dainty, discriminating, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, meticulous, nitpicky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, stickling.
Antonyms: indifferent, sloppy, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding.
5.Daft(adj): senseless, stupid, or foolish; insane; crazy.
Synonyms: absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, demented, giddy, lunatic, ridiculous, wacky.
Antonyms: rational, sane, sensible, sound, wise.
6.Feckless(adj): ineffective; incompetent; futile;having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
Synonyms: feeble, fustian, futile, incautious, ineffectual, , wild.
Antonyms: competent, efficient, important, purposeful, responsible, useful.
7.Bravura(n): a display of daring; brilliant performance; A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity;(adj)--> Showy; ostentatious.
8.Perspicuous(adj): clearly expressed or presented; lucid; easy to understand.
Synonyms: apparent, comprehensible, explicit, limpid, pellucid, unambiguous, unblurred.
9.Exoteric(adj): suitable for or communicated to the general public;Not confined to an inner circle of disciples or initiates.
10.Gargoyle(n): a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
11.Weltschmerz(n): sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
12.Garbled(v): to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.)
13.Physiognomy(n): the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character;the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character.
14.Spat(n): a petty quarrel; a light blow; slap; smack.
Synonyms: altercation, argument, bickering, discord, dissension, embroilment, feud, fracas, fuss, hubbub, squabble, strife, tiff.
15.Wrench(v): to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
Synonyms: coerce, contort, dislodge, pervert, rend, tweak, yank.
16.Jibe(v): to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
Synonyms: accord, dovetail, harmonize, tally.
1.Cull(v): to choose; select; pick; pluck.
Synonyms: discriminate, elect, glean, optate, sift, winnow.
2.Seer(n): a person who sees; observer; a person who prophesies future events.
Synonyms: augur, channeller, oracle, soothsayer,
3.Tantamount(adj): equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification
Synonyms: commensurate, indistinguishable, synonymous.
Antonyms: different, opposite.
4.Fastidious(adj): excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
Synonyms: captious, dainty, discriminating, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, meticulous, nitpicky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, stickling.
Antonyms: indifferent, sloppy, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding.
5.Daft(adj): senseless, stupid, or foolish; insane; crazy.
Synonyms: absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, demented, giddy, lunatic, ridiculous, wacky.
Antonyms: rational, sane, sensible, sound, wise.
6.Feckless(adj): ineffective; incompetent; futile;having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
Synonyms: feeble, fustian, futile, incautious, ineffectual, , wild.
Antonyms: competent, efficient, important, purposeful, responsible, useful.
7.Bravura(n): a display of daring; brilliant performance; A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity;(adj)--> Showy; ostentatious.
8.Perspicuous(adj): clearly expressed or presented; lucid; easy to understand.
Synonyms: apparent, comprehensible, explicit, limpid, pellucid, unambiguous, unblurred.
9.Exoteric(adj): suitable for or communicated to the general public;Not confined to an inner circle of disciples or initiates.
10.Gargoyle(n): a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
11.Weltschmerz(n): sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
12.Garbled(v): to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.)
13.Physiognomy(n): the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character;the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character.
14.Spat(n): a petty quarrel; a light blow; slap; smack.
Synonyms: altercation, argument, bickering, discord, dissension, embroilment, feud, fracas, fuss, hubbub, squabble, strife, tiff.
15.Wrench(v): to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
Synonyms: coerce, contort, dislodge, pervert, rend, tweak, yank.
16.Jibe(v): to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
Synonyms: accord, dovetail, harmonize, tally.
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Monday, April 7, 2008
April - 7th - 2008 - GRE Verbal
April - 7th - 2008 - GRE Verbal
1.Cull(v): to choose; select; pick; pluck.
Synonyms: discriminate, elect, glean, optate, sift, winnow.
2.Seer(n): a person who sees; observer; a person who prophesies future events.
Synonyms: augur, channeller, oracle, soothsayer,
3.Tantamount(adj): equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification
Synonyms: commensurate, indistinguishable, synonymous.
Antonyms: different, opposite.
4.Fastidious(adj): excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
Synonyms: captious, dainty, discriminating, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, meticulous, nitpicky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, stickling.
Antonyms: indifferent, sloppy, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding.
5.Daft(adj): senseless, stupid, or foolish; insane; crazy.
Synonyms: absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, demented, giddy, lunatic, ridiculous, wacky.
Antonyms: rational, sane, sensible, sound, wise.
6.Feckless(adj): ineffective; incompetent; futile;having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
Synonyms: feeble, fustian, futile, incautious, ineffectual, , wild.
Antonyms: competent, efficient, important, purposeful, responsible, useful.
7.Bravura(n): a display of daring; brilliant performance; A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity;(adj)--> Showy; ostentatious.
8.Perspicuous(adj): clearly expressed or presented; lucid; easy to understand.
Synonyms: apparent, comprehensible, explicit, limpid, pellucid, unambiguous, unblurred.
9.Exoteric(adj): suitable for or communicated to the general public;Not confined to an inner circle of disciples or initiates.
10.Gargoyle(n): a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
11.Weltschmerz(n): sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
12.Garbled(v): to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.)
13.Physiognomy(n): the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character;the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character.
14.Spat(n): a petty quarrel; a light blow; slap; smack.
Synonyms: altercation, argument, bickering, discord, dissension, embroilment, feud, fracas, fuss, hubbub, squabble, strife, tiff.
15.Wrench(v): to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
Synonyms: coerce, contort, dislodge, pervert, rend, tweak, yank.
16.Jibe(v): to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
Synonyms: accord, dovetail, harmonize, tally.
1.Cull(v): to choose; select; pick; pluck.
Synonyms: discriminate, elect, glean, optate, sift, winnow.
2.Seer(n): a person who sees; observer; a person who prophesies future events.
Synonyms: augur, channeller, oracle, soothsayer,
3.Tantamount(adj): equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification
Synonyms: commensurate, indistinguishable, synonymous.
Antonyms: different, opposite.
4.Fastidious(adj): excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
Synonyms: captious, dainty, discriminating, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, meticulous, nitpicky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, stickling.
Antonyms: indifferent, sloppy, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding.
5.Daft(adj): senseless, stupid, or foolish; insane; crazy.
Synonyms: absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, demented, giddy, lunatic, ridiculous, wacky.
Antonyms: rational, sane, sensible, sound, wise.
6.Feckless(adj): ineffective; incompetent; futile;having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
Synonyms: feeble, fustian, futile, incautious, ineffectual, , wild.
Antonyms: competent, efficient, important, purposeful, responsible, useful.
7.Bravura(n): a display of daring; brilliant performance; A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity;(adj)--> Showy; ostentatious.
8.Perspicuous(adj): clearly expressed or presented; lucid; easy to understand.
Synonyms: apparent, comprehensible, explicit, limpid, pellucid, unambiguous, unblurred.
9.Exoteric(adj): suitable for or communicated to the general public;Not confined to an inner circle of disciples or initiates.
10.Gargoyle(n): a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
11.Weltschmerz(n): sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
12.Garbled(v): to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.)
13.Physiognomy(n): the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character;the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character.
14.Spat(n): a petty quarrel; a light blow; slap; smack.
Synonyms: altercation, argument, bickering, discord, dissension, embroilment, feud, fracas, fuss, hubbub, squabble, strife, tiff.
15.Wrench(v): to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
Synonyms: coerce, contort, dislodge, pervert, rend, tweak, yank.
16.Jibe(v): to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
Synonyms: accord, dovetail, harmonize, tally.
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