Some Highly repeated words of GRE

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Learning with the usage is the best way to improve your vocabulary. Hence usage is provided for some uncommon words.

 

Aberration          - deviation

                  Usage: survivors of a major catastrophe are likely to exhibit aberrations of behavior

Access                - to approach

Acclivity               - an upward slope

                  Usage: car could not go up the acclivity in high gear.

Acronym                –abbreviation

Acumen               -exactness, mental keenness

                  Usage: Her business acumen helped her to succeed.

Adage                  -proverb, wise saying

                  Usage: There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.

Adherence           - stick

Adhesive             - bonding agent, glue, gum

Admonish           - usurp (reprove),warn                                

                  Usage: He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways.

Adversary            - opposition, enemy

                  Usage: batman struggled to save the city from the villain’s wicked adversary.

 Affable               - lovable, approachable

Affinity               - strong liking

Agrarian              - related to agriculture

Alacrity                 - Eagerness, Readiness

                  Usage: they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with alacrity.

Alienate               - estrange (isolate),           make hostile

                  Usage: her attempts to alienate the two friends failed.                 

Aloofness            – unfriendliness, remoteness, apart, reserved

                  Usage: She remained aloof when all the rest conversed.

Ambiguity           - unknown

Amiable              - friendly

Annihilate           - to destroy                                   

Aplomb               - Self-confidence, composure, poise

                  Usage: Owens’ aplomb in handling embarrassing moments was legendary

Apparatus            - appliance

Asperity              – roughness, severity, brusqueness, sharpness.

                  Usage: These remarks spoken with asperity stung the boys

Assess                 - determine the amount or value

 Augury               - prediction, prophecy.

                  Usage: he interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.

Avid                    - keen, eager

                  Usage: he was avid for learning everything he could get.

Awry                   – skewed, crooked, wrong, twisted, distorted

                  Usage: he held his head awry giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck.

Baffle                  - Frustrate, perplex

Baleful                – threatening, deadly, menacing

Balmy                 – mild, clement, pleasant, fragrant

                  Usage: a balmy breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast .

Banal                    - Stale, Common place, Usual

Baneful                - Destructive, Harmful, cause of ruin

                  Usage: Lucy’s little brother was the bane of her existence

Behest                - request  

Belated               - too late  

                  Usage: belated birthday wishes

Belief                 - conviction

Bilk                    - baffle, cheat, elude*seek, inquire

Usage: Jim bilked his father in a property issue.

Boisterous          - energetic, animated, violent, rough, noisy

                  Usage: the unruly crowd became more boisterous when he tried to quiet them

Brackish             - salty, briny

                  Usage: he found that only wells in the area were brackish.

Brazen                - bold, shameless, insolent

                  Usage: her brazen contempt for authority angered the officials.

Cacophony           –discordance,*melodiousness

Usage: there was a great Cacophony after the ambush.

Cajole                 - coax (wheedle – sweet talk)        

                  Usage: she wanted to cajole her father

Callow                – inexperienced, immature, youthful

                  Usage: he made fun of freshers as callow youths

 

Candid                 –frank, open,*guarded

Usage: Jamie is basically candid

Caprice              - whim (impulse)

                  Usage: she was an unpredictable creature acting on caprice.

Cargo                 - freight (load)                               

Cavil                  – quibble, complain, niggled, split hairs, carp, make frivolous objections

                  Usage: I dislike the way you cavil about unimportant details.

Celibacy              - Chastity, State of not being married

                  Usage: he was celibate throughout his life

Chaste                 - Pure, Modest, virginal

                  Usage: he was chaste in doing the work.

Chide                   - Scold

                  Usage: the principal chided the student.

Choleric               - Hot Tempered, Irritate

                  Usage: his angry face indicated her choleric nature.

Churlish               - Boorish, Cruel, Rude

                  Usage: she dismayed her friends by her churlish manners at the party

Circuitous            - Indirect in action or language, round about

                  Usage: he had a circuitous approach towards the problem

Claustrophobia   - fear

Cleft                    - split, crack

                  Usage: mountaineer grasps the edge of a cleft

Cliché                   - Commonplace, Truism, and phrase dulled in meaning due to repetition

                  Usage: school compositions are often marred by such clichés

Clutch                  –grasp, hold,*let go, volatile

Usage: he clutched the concept momentarily.

Coerce                – force, compel, making someone to obey

Cognizance        - knowledge

                  Usage: Sita had full Cognizance about politics

Cohere                - hold together

Coincident          - incidentally

Compensation     - salary

Compunction       - remorse (regret)  

                  Usage: the criminal had shown no compunction for his crime

Conciliation         -To make less angry or friendlier

                  Usage: she was still angry despite his conciliatory words.

Concur                 -acquiesce (accept)                     

                  Usage: did u concur with the court’s decision?

Confiscate            - appropriate (to take charge), seize, commandeer 

                  Usage: the army confiscated all the Uranium

Conglomeration   - group, mass of material sticking together

                  Usage: in a conglomeration of miscellaneous statistics, it was difficult to analyze a single area

Connotation         -Suggest in addition to the fundamental meaning

                  Usage: foreigners are unaware of the connotations of the words they use.

Console                - to show sympathy

Constituent          - accompanying

Contraband          – illegal trade

                  Usage: the coast guard tries to prevent contraband in US waters.

Corpulent             – fat, pump

                  Usage: The corpulent man resolved to reduce.

Covet                   - crave (desire)                                        

Credibility          - ability to common belief, quality of being credible .

Dangle                  – hang down,*stick up

Usage: Kate’s dangling was pretty.

 

Debacle                - disaster, catastrophe;*success

Usage: September 11 attack was a greatest debacle

Décolleté            – low necked, revealing

                  Usage: Fashion decrees that evening gowns be Décolleté this season;bare shoulders are again the vogue.

Decomposable    - rotten

 

Defection            - desertion

                  Usage: The children, who had made him an idol, were hurt most by his defection from our cause.

Degrade               -damage, humiliate;*upgrade, exalt

Deprecate           - Feel and express disapproval of

Depreciation       - Deflation, Depression, Devaluation, fall, slump in value

                  Usage: If u neglect this property, it will depreciate.

Deprecate            - feel and express disapproval

                  Usage: A firm believer in old fashioned courtesy, Miss post deprecated the modern tendencies to address new acquaintances by their first names..

Despondent         -hopeless, dejected;*cheerful

Usage: Lampard looked despondent after he missed the goal

Detrimental       -Harmful

                  Usage: The candidate’s acception of major financial contributions from a well-known racist ultimately proved detrimental to his campaign.

Diatribe            – attack, criticism

                  Usage: During the lengthy diatribe delivered by his opponent, he remained calm.

Differential       - having or showing or making use of

Discretion         - Prudence

                  Usage: Because we trusted our architect’s judgment, we left many decisions about the renovation to his discretion.

Dispel               - dissipate (dismiss): Scatter

                  Usage: The bright sunlight eventually dispelled the morning mist.

Distention         - act out, stretching out, swelling out

                 

Divulge               –reveal, make known;*conceal

Usage: Jane divulged the truth before the highness.

 

Dwindle               –decline, decrease,*incline, increase, and boom.

Usage: the IT industry dwindled in the early 21^st century

Echelon             - Level of authority or responsibility

 

Efface                 –wipeout, obliterate; *protect

Usage: the poachers effaced the fauna.

Eliminate        - to reduce

Emancipate     - liberate                              

                  Usage: At first, the attempts of the abolitionists to emancipate the slaves were unpopular.

Embrace          - hug (hold-cuddle)               

                  Usage: Robin Hood embraced him lovingly.

Ensue               - follow

                  Usage: What a holler would ensue if the people had to pay the minister as much to marry them, as they have to pay a lawyer to get them a divorce.

Equanimity      – composure, poise, calmness, self-control

                  Usage: Even the inevitable strains of caring for an ailing mother do not disturb Bea’s equanimity.

Erudite             - wise, profound

                  Usage:  Unlike much Scholarly writing, Huizinga’s prose was entertaining as well as erudite.

Equivocate       - tallying on both sides

                  Usage:  No matter how bad the news is, give it to us straight, above all Equivocate.

Expedite           - hasten

                  Usage: The more expeditious your response is, the happier we will be.

Expedient        - fitting proper, desirable

                  Usage: A pragmatic politician, she was guided by what was expedient rather than by what was ethical.

Extraneous       – irrelevant, unrelated

                  Usage: No wonder Ted can’t think straight! His mind is so cluttered up with extraneous trivia.

Fallible             -Liable to err

                  Usage: Although I am fallible, I feel confident that I am right this time.

Felicitous         – fortunate, luck

                  Usage:  He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as master of ceremonies.

Florid               - Ornate, Showy

                  Usage: If u go to Florida and get sunburn, your complexion will look florid.

Fluctuate          - wavering

Foil                  – frustrate, halt

                  Usage: In the end Skywalker was able to foil Vader’s diabolical schemes.

Furtive             - stealthy (secret)                             

                  Usage: Noticing the furtive glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter.

Fuse                 -combine

Gambol            - skip

                  Usage:  Watching the children gambol in the park,Betty marvelled at their youthful energy.

Gauche             - clumsy, vulgar

                  Usage:  Compared to the sophisticated young ladies, tomboyish jo felt gauche and out of place.

Gaudy               – garish, flashy, extravagant, loud, showy, colorful

                  Usage:  The newest Trump skyscraper was typically gaudy, covered in glided panels.

Genuflect          – kneel, bow

                  Usage: A proud democrat, he refused to genuflect to any man.

Gist                   – general idea, substance, essence

Guile                 – cunningness, deviousness, slyness, cleverness, wiliness

                  Usage:  Lago uses considerable guile to trick Othello into believing that Desdimona has been unfaithful.

Hamper                -basket, hinder, *facilitate

Usage: growth in cognizance should not be hampered

 

Harbinger            -fore runner, herald

Usage: Christ was a perfect harbinger.

Heap                 - to pile (collect)                             

Heterogeneous - non-similar things

                  Usage: This year’s entering class is a heterogeneous body.

Hidebound           - narrow-minded, *broadminded

High handed     – dominant, imperious

Hover                - linger (stay close)                         

                  Usage:  The police helicopter hovered above the accident.

Icon                   – image, idol, emblem, symbol

Ignorance          - blindness or inexperience

Illustrious            –distinguished, famous;*obscure

Usage: Billy G is a very illustrious person.

 

Impugn                -question, doubt, dispute *reply, trust

Usage: the committee impugned my work’s accuracy.

Incentive           - spur, thing that encourages a person to do something

Inconsistent       – conflicting, contradictory, unreliable, incompatible, incoherent

Incontinent          -self-restraint, willpower; *abandon

Usage: his incontinence is his strength.

Incorrigible      - habitual, persistent, inveterate, hopeless

                  Usage: Though widow Douglass hoped to reform Huck, Miss Watson pronounced him incorrigible.

Indignity             –native, inborn; *alien, accured

Usage: he was indigenously gifted with poetic thoughts.

Indubitably      – undoubtedly, certainly

                  Usage:  Auditioning for the chorus lines, Molly was an indubitable hit.

Indulgent         - Obliging

                  Usage: jay’s mom was excessively indulgent; she bought him every computer game in the market.

Inept                 –incompetent, inexpert; *competent

Usage; it was an inept combat that ever took place.

Inert               - passive        

Infirmity          –illness, frailty, *health, supple;

Usage: it was his infirmity, which caused his failure.

Innovation     -To make changes or introduce new things

Instigate         - incite

                  Usage: Sir Toby sets out to instigate a quarrel between Sir Andrew and Cesario.

Interdict          – prohibit, veto, injunction, bar, embargo

                  Usage: Civilized nations must interdict the use of nuclear weapons.

Intermittent     -Externally stopping and then starting

                  Usage: The outdoor wedding reception had to be moved indoor to avoid the intermittent showers.

Intrinsic           - essential

                  Usage: Although my Grandmother’s china has little intrinsic value, I will cherish it.

Inundate           - flood, overwhelm;*starve

Usage: Clara was inundated with joy

 

Irksome            –annoying, irritating:*pleasant

Usage: Bert is an irksome creature

 

Jaunty                 -carefree, cheerful;*troubled

Usage: Tery is a jaunty chap.

 

Lackluster           - lack of vitality, dull;*bright

Usage: Don’t be a lackluster

 

Latent               - potential   

Latitude            -scope

                  Usage:  I think you have permitted too much latitude to your son in this matter.

Lethargy           -stupor (lazy)                                   

Litigation          - engaging in a law suite

                  Usage:  Try to settle this amicably; I do not want to start any litigation.

Manifestation    -clear or obvious

Mawkish             - Over emotional, weepy

                  Usage: Whenever Gigi and her boy friend would sigh and get all lovey-dovey, her little brother would shout protesting their mawkish behavior.

Meager              -Scanty

                  Usage:  Still hungry after a meager serving of porridge, Oliver Twist asked for more.

Melee                -Fight, Combat

                  Usage: The captain tried to ascertain the cause of the melee that had broken out among the crewmembers.

Menial               – unskilled, boring

Merry                - gay

Metamorphosis - transform

                  Usage: The Metamorphosis of catterpillar to butterfly is typical of any such changes in animal life.

Misanthrope       - pessimist, cynic;*philanthropist.

Usage: His misanthropism is killing him.

 

Misapprehension –misunderstanding, delusion;*comprehend

Usage: that was the best way to avoid misapprehension.

Misery               - distress

Mitigate                - Appease, conciliate, make less intense, greater leniency*

Usage: Joshua is good at mitigating circumstances

Mollify              – placate, pacify, calm, appease, soothe

                  Usage: The Airline customer service representative tried to mollify the angry passenger by offering her seat in first class.

Momentary        - Transient

Moribund            -declining, dying;*thriving, well;

Usage: the father revealed the will in his moribund.

 

Mulch                  -covering, protection, insulation*unprotected

Usage: there was excellent mulch over the clandestine resources

Mundane          – ordinary, dull, monotonous, dreary

                  Usage: Tom talked only of mundane matters such as daily weather forecast

Musty              – mildewed, moldy, stale, rank, fusty, stuffy

                  Usage: The attic was dark and musty.

Naive              -innocent, rustic

Nebulous         – vague, hazy, unformulated, tenuous

                  Usage: Sam and Paul tried to come up with a clear, intelligible business plan, and not some lazy, nebulous proposal

Negotiate         - discuss or bargain

Nettle               - annoy, bother* to please

Usage: he was nettling me for a long time.

 

Obese               –fat, over weight;*under weight;

Usage: obesity is fatal

Obloquy            –censure, disgrace,*praise

Usage: that was a worst political obloquy.

Omniscience – knowing all

                  Usage: I do not pretend to be omniscient, but I am positive about this fact.

Orthodox        -. Conventional or superstitious

                  Usage: I belong to an orthodox family.

Ovation           -applause     

                  Usage: Dravid received a standing ovation for his match-saving knock.

Overt              - obvious

                  Usage: According to a U.S constituition a person must commit an overt act before being tried.

Paradox             - inconsistency, contradiction, absurdity;*correspondence

Usage: terry& john got tangled in a paradox.

Penitence         - to repeat

Physiognomy      - art of judging characters from facial characteristics

Usage: Hendry is good at Physiognomy.

Pillage            – steal, loot, and plunder

                  Usage:  The enemy pillages the quiet village and left it in ruins.

Pithy                 - Strong

Ponderous        – heavy, tedious, cumbersome

                  Usage:  His humor lacked the light touch; his jokes were always ponderous.

Postulate          -frame a theory

Precipitate        - Quicken.

                  Usage: The removal of American political support appeared to have prepicitated the downfall of the Marcos regime.

Preparation       -act of preparing

Preponderant    -superiority of power or quality

                  Usage:  The rebels sought to overcome the preponderence of strength of government forces by engaging in guerilla tactics.

Pretentious         -ostentatious (affected)                  

                  Usage: The other prize winner isn’t wearing her medal ; isn’t it a bit  pretentious of you to wear yours ?

Profound           – deep, intense, thoughtful, reflective, philosophical, weighty,

                  Usage: Frued’s remarkable insights into human behavior caused his fellow scientists to honour him as a profound thinker.

Quixotic            – idealistic, romantic, dreamy, unrealistic, impracticable

                  Usage: Constantly coming up with a quixotic, unworkable schemes to save the world, Simon has his heart in the right place, but his head is somewhere off.

Recalcitrant       – unruly, disobedient, obstinate, stubborn

                  Usage: Which animal do you think as more recalcitrant, a pig or a mule?

Reciprocal        -Reverse, Opposite

Relevance         - quality of being relevant

Relish              – enjoy, savor

                  Usage: I thought “now there is a man who relishes the good dinner!”

Remiss             – careless, negligent

                  Usage: When the prisoner escaped, the guard was accused of being remiss in the duty.

Renounce         - reject

                  Usage: Lord Rama renounced his title and went to exilation.

Repartee           – banter, joking, word play

Reprobate          - Degenerate

                  Usage:  I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the reprobate you say he is.

Repudiate           - Disown, reject; * approve, accept.

Usage: Britain repudiated the treaty with the allied powers.

 

Restiveness          –fidgety, restless;*calm, casual

Usage: restiveness proves one to be impotent.

 

Retrograde         - backward, regressive;*forward, improving

Usage: teachers must not retrograde students.

Scrutiny            -close examination

Seedy              – sleazy, seamy

Servility           -Surrender

                  Usage: Constantly frawning on his employer, humble Uriah heep was a servile creature.

Simulate           - produce artificially resembling an existing one

                  Usage: She simulated insanity in order to avoid punishment for her crime.

Slack                - loose, relaxed

                  Usage: As they passed the finish line, the runners slackened their pace.

Sobriety              - abstemiousness, clear-headedness, seriousness:*flippancy

Usage: his sobriety is his inherent strength.

Solicit               - beseech (seek), urge, to request

                  Usage:  Knowing she needed to have a solid majority for the budget to pass the mayor telephoned all the members of the city council to solicit their votes.

Spurious           – false, fake

                  Usage:  The hero of Jonathan gash’s mystery novels is an antique dealer who gives the reader advice on how to tell spurious antique from the real.

Stifle                 - suffocate, suppress, and choke

                  Usage:  Halfway through the boring lecture,Lara gave up trying to stifle her yawns

Subside             -wane (drop)                                  

                  Usage:  THe doctor assured us that the fever would eventually subside.

 Surplus            - excessive

                  Usage: There are surplus amount of water in North than in South.

Tantamount      - Equivalent

Tarry                  - remain, linger; *stay, stop

Usage: The debacle tarried in the hearts of every American

 

Tenacity             - persistence,stubbornness;*irresolution

Usage: tom has a tenacious character

Tranquille        - serene (calm)                                 

Translucent       -Semi transparent; * opaque.

                  Usage: We would not recognize the people in the next room because of the translucent curtains that separated us.

Ungainly        – clumsy, awkward, ungraceful, miserly, mean, inelegant, gawky

                  Usage:  If you want to know whether Nick’s an ungainly dancer, check out my bruised feet.

Vacillate        - undecided or dilemma

                  Usage: Uncertain which suitor she ought to marry , the princess vacillated, saying now one,now the other.

Veer                - diverge                                          

                  Usage: After what seemed at eternity ,the wind veered to the east and the storm abated.

Virulent             -Poisonous, Dangerous

                  Usage: King cobra is very virulent.

Volatile           -Ever changing

                  Usage:  The political scenario today is extremely volatile.

Volume           - Quantity

                  Usage: A caftan is a voluminous garment.

Voracious        – avid, hunger, greedy

                  Usage:  The wolf is a voracious animal; its hunger is never satisfied.

Waif                  - stray, orphan*lawful

 

Usage: he is a waif (lawbreaker)

Whet               -sharpen                    

                  Usage:  The odours from the kitchen are whetting my appetite.

Whimsical      -fanciful, unusual, quirky, capricious

                  Usage: In Mrs.Doubtfire, the hero is a playful, whimsical man who takes notion to dress up as women so that he can look after his children.

 

Word	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Abysmal	Adj. Bottomless Use : His arrogance is exceeded only by his abysmal ignorance	Terrible, awful, dreadful, appalling, very bad,	Superb
acronym	n. A word formed by the initial letters of a multi-word name	Contraction, ellipsis,
admonish	v. warn strongly, reprove Use: He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways	Reprove, reprimand, chide, rebuke, usurp	Approve
Circumspect	v. Investigation before acting, Use:  She tried always to be circumspect	Cutious, prudent, careful, guarded, wary, judicious, vigilant,	reckless
Conciliation	n.  the act of placating	Appeasement, pacification, propitiation	Incitement
Connotation	n.  Suggested or implied meaning of an expression. Use: Foreigners frequently are unaware of the connotations of the words they use.	Nuance, suggestion, implication, undertone, overtone, subtext,
covert	Adj.  secretor hidden, not openly practiced or vowed n. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something  Use: Investigations of CIA reveal that such covert operations can get out of control	Clandestine, concealed, stealthy, underground, copse, wood, thicket	Open
Covetous	Adj. avaricious, eagerly desirous of Use: The child was covetous by nature and wanted to take the toys belonging to his classmates	envious,  jealous, desirous, greedy	Generous, temperate
Deprecate	v.  express disapproval of, protest against, belittle Use: A firm believer of old-fashioned courtesy, Miss Post, deprecated the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.	Denounce, deplore, condemn, censure, denigrate, decry, belittle.	Approve
Diligence	n. care and perseverance in carrying out tasks. Use :  Her employers were greatly impressed by her diligence and offered her a partnership in the firm	Hard-working, assiduousness, meticulousness, conscientiousness, painstakingness	Laziness, carelessness, negligence
Discretion	n. ability to adjust action to circumstances Use: Use your discretion in this matter and do not discuss the matter with anyone.	Prudence, caution, acumen, predilection, sagacity, wariness, volition	Indiscretion
dispel	v. scatter, drive away, cause to vanish Use: The bright sunlight eventually dispelled the morning mist	Disperse	Attract
Dissemination	v. Opening to public discussion or debate, the act of spreading something, Use:By their use of the internet, propagandists, have been able to disseminate their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe	Broadcasting, diffusion, propagation,
Dogmatic	Adj. Opinionated Use: We tried to discourage him from being so dogmatic, but nothing could convince him that his opinions might be wrong	Arbitrary, doctrinal, unbending, inflexible, authoritarian,	Flexible
echelon	n. A body of troops arranged in a line	Level, stratum, rank, height
fallible	Adj. Liable to err. Use: I Know I am fallible, but I feel confident that I am right this time	Imperfect, unsound, mortal, weak, frail,	Perfect
Harbinger	n. an indication of the approach of something or someone, forerunner v. fore shadow or presage Use: The crocus is an early harbinger of spring	Forerunner, herald, potent, omen,
illustrious	Adj. Widely known and esteemed	Memorable, well-known, famous	Inglorious, shameful
impetus	n. A force that moves something along, incentive, stimulus Use: A new federal highway program would create jobs and will give added impetus to our economic recovery	Momentum, thrust, motivation	inertia
Intermittent	Adj. Periodic Use: The outdoor wedding reception had to be shifted indoor to avoid the intermittent showers that fell on and of all afternoon.	Alternating, sporadic	Constant
Latent	Adj. Potentially existing, but not presently evident or realized Use: Polaroid pictures are popular at the parties because you can see the latent photographic image gradually appear before your eyes	Dormant, embryonic, suppressed, undeveloped,	Overt
Latitude	n. freedom from narrow limitations Use: I think you have permitted your son too much latitude in this manner	Leeway, freedom, autonomy, liberty, room, rope
Manifestation	n. outward demonstration, indication Use: Mozart’s early attraction to the harpsichord was the first manifestation  of his pronounced musical bent	Sign, demonstration, expression, symptom,
mitigate	v. lessen or try to lessen the seriousness or extent of Use: Nothing he could do to mitigate her anger, she refused to  forgive him	Appease, alleviate, allay, assuage, mollify, extenuate, palliate	Aggrevate, exacerbate
motley	Adj. Multicolored or mixed Use: he wore a motley tunic, red and green and blue and gold all patched together haphazardly	Assorted, diversed, mixed, dissimilar,	Uniform, homogenous, monochrome
pensive	Adj. Dreamily thoughtful, thoughtful with a hint of sadness Use: The pensive lover gazed at the portrait of his beloved and sighed deeply.	Brooding, pondering, meditative, contemplative
prolific	Adj. Abundantly fruitful Use: She was a prolific writer, who produced as meany as three books a years	Productive, abundant, fecund	Unproductive, scarce
relinquish	v. give up something with reluctance, yield Use: once you get used to fringes like expense account meal and company car, it is very difficult to relinquish them	Surrender, renounce, abandon, repudiate, cede,	Vanquish, retain,
solicit	v. request earnestly, seek Use: The Mayor telephoned all the member of the city council to solicit their votes	Importune, implore, crave, beseech,	Grant
tractable	Adj. Docile, easily managed, susceptible to suggestion  Use: Although Susan seemed to be a tractable young woman, she had a stubborn streak of independence	Obedient, dutiful, well-mannered	Disobedient, intractable
veer	v. change in direction Use: After what seemed to be en eternity, the wind veered to the east and the storm abated	Turn, swerve
Vehement	Adj. Forceful, intensely emotional; with marked vigor Use: He became so Vehement in describing what had happened with him that he started jumping up and down	Fervent, passionate,	Apathetic
Caprice	n. whim, a sudden desire. Use: She was an unpredictable creature, acting on caprice, never taking thought of consequences	Whim, impulse, quirk, fad, fancy, notion
stifle	v. suppress, extinguish, inhibit Use: Halfway through the boring picture, Laura gave up trying to stifle he yawns.	Smother, asphyxiate, choke, suffocate, strangle, curb, restrain, repress,	Let out
concur	v. agree Use: Did you concur with the decision of the court or did you find it unfair?	Agre, harmonize, coincide, assent, acquiesce	Conflict, resist
lethargy	v. lack of vitality or energy Use: A complete days work left him in a state of lethargy	Stupor, indolence, weariness	Get-up-and-go
Furtive	Adj. stealthy, sneaky, secret and sly or sordid Use: noticing the furtive glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter, the jeweler wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in his hands	Surreptitious, clandestine	open
efface	v. wipe out or make dim Use: The coin had been handled so many times that its date had been effaced	Obliterate, eradicate,	Engrave
Pretentious	Adj. Intended to attract notice and impress others, making unjustified claims, overambitious Use: The other prize winner isn’t wearing her medal.; isn’t it a bit pretentious of you to wear yours?	Ostentatious, pompous, conceited	Down-to-earth
Compunction	n. a feeling of deep regret (usually of some misdeed) Use: The judge was especially sever in his sentencing as the criminal had shown no compunction for his heinous crime	Regret, scruple, qualm, guilt, reluctance, hesitation,

 

 

 

 

 

ACUMEN              a. exactness              b. potential              c. shrewdness              d. bluntness              e. None of these BEHEST             a. behavior              b. hold down             c. hold up             d. relieve             e. condemn DISCRETION              a. prudence              b. consistency              c. precipice              d. disturbance              e. distemper ORDAIN              a. arrange              b. command              c. contribute              d. establish              e. control FLORID              a. ornate              b. thriving              c. artistic              d. elegant              e. None of these PENITENCE              a. liking              b. insightful              c. attractive              d. penetrable              e. compunction WHET              a. stimulate              b. humorous              c. inculate              d. dampen              e. None of these INCENTIVE              a. reflex              b. amplitude              c. inflection              d. provocation              e. escutcheon LATITUDE              a. scope              b. segment              c. globule              d. legislature              e. lamentation

MORTIFY            a. make a cavity            b. displease            c. humiliate            d. relapse            e. murder ADAGE            a. advice            b. proverb            c. enlargement            d. advantage            e. usage TO DISPEL            a. to dissipate            b. to dissent            c. to distort            d. to disfigure            e. to dissect ERRATIC            a. unromantic            b. free            c. popular            d. steady            e. unknown TO MERIT            a. to embrace            b. to devote            c. to deserve            d. to combine            e. to display RAPT            a. lively            b. concealed            c. engrossed            d. prototype            e. None of these TO HEAP            a. to pile            b. to forbid            c. to proceed            d. to share            e. to stoop CAJOLE            a. coax            b. motivate            c. profound            d. mollify            e. evade OVULATE            a. penury            b. immunize            c. fertilize            d. reproduce            e. incisions

ABODE              a. clay              b. obstacle              c. dwelling              d. bind              e. to beguile POTENTIAL              a. latent              b. hysterical              c. conventional              d. symmetrical              e. conscientious EXTRICATE              a. terminate              b. isolate              c. liberate              d. simplify              e. frustrate DISPARITY              a. inequality              b. impartiality              c. unfairness              d. twist              e. None of these TO CONFISCATE              a. to harass              b. to repulse              c. to console              d. to appropriate              e. to congregate PIOUS              a. historic              b. devout              c. multiple              d. fortunate              e. authoritative LETHARGY              a. reminiscence              b. category              c. fallacy              d. unanimity              e. stupor CARGO              a. cabbage              b. camel              c. lance              d. freight             e. flax OVATION              a. oration              b. gesture              c. emulation               d. applause              e. nourish

 

 

SYNONYMS:
1. CIRCUMSPECT 
      (i) CONDITION (ii) INSPECT (iii) CAUTIOUS  (IV) RECKLESS

2. ABYSMAL - terrible
     (i) SLIGHT   (ii) DEEP    (iii) ILLUSTRIOUS  (iv)  PROLIFIC 

3. DILIGENT – hardworking, industrious, meticulous, careful
        (i) INTELLIGENT (ii)…..(iii)……(iv)……

4.VEHEMENT
         (i) PASSIONATE    (ii) CONFESY     (iii) NOISY   (iv) MOQULIS
5) IMPETUS
         (i) CONNECT      (ii) CRUCIAL       (iii) STIMULUS    (iv) IMMEDIATE

6) ACRONYM
         (i) ABBREVIATION    (ii) SIMILAR

7) DISSEMINATE
        (i) FORECAST   (ii) SPREAD   (iii) BRANSP
8) HARBINGER
          (i) NAVAL    (ii) UNCOMMON  (iii) FORE RUNNER    (iv) GLORY

ANTONYMS:
1) TRACTABLE
        (i) OBJECTIONABLE  (ii)ENJOYABLE   (iii) ADAPTABLE   (iv) OBSTINATE

2) COVERT
        (i) MANIFEST   (ii) INVISIBLE   (iii) SCARED    (iv) ALTER

3) PENSIVE
        (i) REPENTENT     (ii)SAD     (iii) THOUGHTLESS      (iv) CARELESS

4) MITIGATE 
        (i) AGGRAVATE     (ii) RELIEVE    (iii) ELEMINATE      (iv) EXHUMAN

5) DIVERGENT
          (i) CONTRARY             (ii) COMING TOGETHER

          (iii) CONVERSANT      (iv) CONTROVERSY

6) DOGMATIC
           (i) SCEPTICAL   (ii)RESILIENT   (iii) STUBBORN    (iv) SUSPICIOUS

7) CLUTCH
           (i) HOLD     (ii)GRAB    (iii) RELEASE       (iv) SPREAD

8) MOTLEY
           (i) BULKY    (ii)SPECKLED     (iii) HOMOGENEOUS     (iv) DIFFERENT

9) RELINQUISH
           (i) PURSUE      (ii)VANQUISH     (iii) DESTROY          (iv) DEVASTATE

10) TRANSIENT
           (i) PERMANENT             (ii)REMOVED