April - 8th - 2008 - GRE Verbal

April - 8th - 2008 - GRE Verbal

1.Dissension(n):strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
Synonyms: altercation, contention, dissent, faction, fuss, strife, variance, wrangle.
Antonyms: accord, agreement, comity, harmony.


2.Enliven(v): to make vigorous or active; invigorate; To make lively or spirited; brighten.
Synonyms: animate, brace up, buoy, exhilarate, galvanize, invigorate, rejuvenate, vitalize, vify.
Antonyms: bore, dampen, dull, extinguish, subdue, tire.


3.Nugatory(adj): of no real value; trifling; worthless; of no force or effect; ineffective; futile


4.Zeitgeist(n): the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time.


5.Welsh(v): to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt; to go back on one's word.
Synonyms: bamboozle, con, defraud, dodge, flimflam, hoodwink, scam.


6.Yank(v): to pull or remove abruptly and vigorously; an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.


7.Feint(n): a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; a feigned or assumed appearance
Synonyms: artifice, bait, bluff, distraction, dodge, expedient, gambit, hoax, imposture, maneuver, pretension, ruse, snare, subterfuge, wile.


8.Exchequer(n): a treasury, as of a state or nation.


9.Gubernatorial(adj): of or pertaining to a state governor or the office of state governor.


10.Frieze(n): any decorative band on an outside wall, broader than a stringcourse and bearing lettering, sculpture, etc.


11.Expatiate(v): to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion; to expatiate upon a theme.


12.Rig(v): to put in proper order for working or use; to assemble, install, or prepare
Synonyms: accouterments, apparatus, equipage, fixtures, outfit, tackle.


13.Loom(n): the art or the process of weaving.
Synonyms: approach, be forthcoming, be imminent, brew, dawn, emanate, impend, menace, overhang, portend.


14.Dabble(v): to play and splash in or as if in water, esp. with the hands; to wet slightly in or with a liquid; splash;
Synonyms: boggle, boondoggle, dally, diddle, jerk off, potchky, trifle, twiddle.
Antonyms: be into, be proficient, take seriously.


15. Lurk(v): to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; to exist unperceived or unsuspected
Synonyms: creep, crouch, prowl, skulk, slink, sneak.


16.Libretto(n): the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.


17.Whit(n): a particle; bit; jot (used esp. in negative phrases);
Synonyms: atom, crumb, fragment, mite, modicum, speck, trace.
Antonyms: lot


18.Whiff(n): a slight gust or puff of wind, air, vapor, smoke; a slight trace of odor or smell.
Synonyms: aroma, blast, draught, flatus, gust, inhalation, smack, soupcon, trifle, waft.


19.Staccato(adj): shortened and detached when played or sung.