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She is standoffish with strangers.
2.
The two governments are currently in a
standoff over who has rights to the land.
They played to a 3-3 standoff (tie)
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A glacial lake/erosion
4.
Glacial flow/ice
5.
A glacial stare/business-man
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Glacial progress/pace
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Limber body/gymnast
8.
She limbered up for the election. (figurative)
She limbered up for a few minutes before
starting to run.
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Her analysis of the problem was very
insightful.
an insightful comment/remark
10.
Wicked activity/step-mother
11.
Saturated fat
12.
Saturated sponge/towel
His shirt was saturated with sweat
13.
The room was saturated with her perfume
Newspapers are saturated with
advertisements
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The ascendant belief at that time
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Meanings
adj.
Not friendly with other people
n.
adj.
adj.
adj.
adj.
adj.

An argument, contest, etc. in which there is no

winner
Produced or caused by glacier
Of or relating to glacier
Very unfriendly (standoffish)
Very slow
Bending easing (flexible)

v.

To prepare for physical activity by doing

exercises so that your body can bend more easily.

adj.

(Used before person/activity) having or showing

very clear understanding of sth.

adj.
adj.

Morally bad; evil

Bad for your health

adj.

Completely wet

adj.

Completely filled with sth.

v.
v.

More powerful or important than any other

(dominant)
Rising: becoming more powerful or successful.
A position of power in which someone can
control or influence other people.
To promise to give up sth. or to stop doing sth.
To end or cancel (sth.) in a formal or official way.

v.

To fail to do

v.
v.
v.
v.
v.
n.

To violate: breach
to quench
To satisfy
To flow out fast and forcefully
To express fast and forcefully
Difficulty to understand (opacity)
A humorous way of using a word or phrase that
suggests more than one meaning (difficult to
understand)

adj.

The ascendant career of the politician

The ascendancy of the government
She gained ascendancy in the debate.
To forswear smoking
To abrogate a treaty/law
The company's directors are accused of
abrogating their responsibilities
To abrogate the contract
They slaked their thirst with cold water.
To slake curiosity/lust
Smoke spewed out from the volcano.
He spews vitriol.
He has a reputation for linguistic density.

n.

He used puns in his essay.

n.

n.

A havoc of war
A powerful tornado wreaked havoc on the
small village
The disease can play havoc with the body's
immune system.
The children caused havoc in the house.
A monolithic building
Monolithic thinking

adj.
adj.

He is verbally prolix and emotionally costive.

adj.

n.

Devastation; disorder

Massive
Inflexible
Slow and reluctant in speech or action;
unforthcoming.

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Flagitious person/action
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He was wounded during a fracas.
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Economic decrepitude
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It is possible to deduce 'matter of fact' from
logic
5.
Unemployment and other social maladies
6.
The patient is suffering from a mysterious
malady.
7.
With little warrant, he derived truth.
8.
The police have a warrant for the politician's
arrest.
9.
She imbibed vast quantities of fruit-juice.
10.
She never imbibes but is not offended when
others do.
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No one questioned his impartiality.
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A beneficent leader/policy
To breach the wall/contract
He worked to forestall the damage.
They decided to amalgamate two companies.
To amalgamate different kinds of music.
They amalgamated the hospital with the
university.
The amalgamation of two companies
There are no tears, no recriminations.
Ulterior motive/intent
The rebels were given immunity from
prosecution
He has a unique immunity to invective and
slight
A libelous newspaper story

P.O.S.
Meanings
adj.
Criminal (villainous)
n.
A noisy disturbance or quarrel
n.
Deterioration
v.

To form a conclusion or opinion (using logic)

n.
n.

Problems

n.
v.

A reason for doing sth.

A document issued by a court that gives the
police the power to do sth.
To drink (sth.)

v.

To drink alcohol

n.

The activity treating all people or group equally

(the state of not being biased or partial)
Doing or producing good
To break
To prevent sht. from happening

n.

adj.
v.
v.

Ailment (a disease or illness)

v.

Merge: unite (two or more)

n.

Merger (combination)
Counter-accusation (an accusation in response to
one from someone else)
Intentionally hidden

n.
adj.
n.

Protection from obligation or penalty

She sued two newspapers for libel.

n.

Impassive mien

n.

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25.

He was appointed (as a) vassal to the king

n.

The vassal is affluent.

n.

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The coronation of the prince

His face looked even more lugubrious than
usual.
lugubriosity /n./; lugubriousness /n./
Coveted diploma/award

n.

Lack of susceptibility (esp. sth. unwelcome or

harmful)
Defamatory (in written form/not spoken)
A published false statement that is damaging to a
person's reputation; a written defamation
A person's appearance or manner esp. as an
indicator of their character or mood.
Sub-ordinate (helper)
A person holding land (he receives the land from
the state and becomes responsible for the same
state)
The ceremony of crowning

adj.

Looking or sounding sad (in an exaggerated way)

adj.

He fingered my coat with covetous hands

adj.

Indefatigable person/optimism

adj.

That you yearn or strongly desire

Having or showing a great desire to possess sth.
that belongs to sb. else.
Never tiring

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adj.

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The cell has a permeable membrane.
Permeable limestone
An atrocious period in the history
Atrocious crime/criminal/Hitler
The atrocity of war
Atrocities committed by both sides
The oil-spill was an environmental catastrophe.
Humanitarian catastrophe
The area is on the brink of catastrophe.
A global/nuclear/economic catastrophe
Precarious financial situation
Calamitous oil-spill
The calamitous state of the nation's economy
Floods, earthquakes, and other cataclysms of war
To Fortify a city against attack
A heavily fortified town/border
A city fortified by high walls
To fortify a body against malady
The conclusion has been fortified.

adj.

Meanings
A person who is guided and supported by an older,
more experienced or influential person
Allowing water or gases to pass through

adj.

Very evil or cruel

The dictator abased the people.

The politicians are abasing themselves before
wealthy businessmen.
To mitigate damage
Infuriated customer
His arrogance infuriates me.
He has an infuriating habit of ignoring others.
He is a coworker
He is expatiating on Hinduism.
The essay expatiated on/upon the legislative
process.
He attempts to abnegate personal responsibilities.
The king's abnegation of throne
Atrocious (terrible; awful) handwriting
His performance was atrocious (horrible).
Atrocious (appalling) behavior
The weather is atrocious (awful).
The city was invulnerable to invasion.
The candidate is in invulnerable position.
A mawkish love-story
A mawkish poetry
His curt reply got my dander up.
They uttered calumnies against him.
He was the target of calumny.

He submitted his protg's name for election.

Calumnious remarks
He tried to discuss his political adversaries
respectfully, without casting aspersions.
He spoke with his ex-girlfriend with asperity.
(acrimony)
He took a deep breath to fortify himself before
stepping onto the stage.
To fortify soil with fertilizer
Milk was fortified with vitamin.

P.O.S.
n.

n.

A very cruel or terrible activity

n.

A terrible disaster

adj.

Unstable

adj.

Causing great harm or suffering (disastrous)

n.

Sth. that causes great destruction or harm

v.

To strengthen (a place) by building military defenses

(such as walls, trenchless, etc.)

v.

Strengthen

v.

Humiliate

v.

Behave in a way that makes you seem lower.

v.
adj.
v.
adj.
n.
v.
v.
n.

Lessen (the intensity of sth. negative)

Very angry
To make sb. very angry: to make sb. furious
Causing anger
A person who works at the place where you work.
To speak or write about sth. in a way that includes a
lot of details or uses many words (usually followed by
on/upon)
Renounce (sth. valuable)
The action of renouncing sth. valuable

adj.

Very bad

adj.

Impossible to harm, damage or defeat

adj.

Sad or romantic in a foolish or exaggerated way

ph. v.
n.
adj.
ph. v.

To make sb. angry

Untrue statement intended to damage others'
reputation
Intended to damage one's reputation using untrue
statements.
To criticize (sb.) harshly on unfairly

n.

Bitterness and anger (harshness of behavior or anger)

v.

To make (sb./sth.) stronger or less fearful

v.

Enrich

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They tested the permeability of the fabric.
An impermeable layer of rock
A fabric impermeable to moisture
Insuperable difficulties/barriers
The test is challenging but not insuperable.
A vulnerable young woman
He was very vulnerable after his divorce.
The patient will be more vulnerable to infection
after surgery.
The troops were in vulnerable position.
The fort was undefended and vulnerable.
Your computer is vulnerable to virus.
He excelled in cerebral pursuits.
A cerebral hemorrhage/hemisphere.
His cerebration is excellent.
An avowed (bald) liar
The habiliments of the mendicant are of typically
of white clothes.
Self-aggrandizement
He acted only for his politically advantage and
personal aggrandizement.
We were tired of his bluster.

P.O.S.
n.
adj.

Meanings
The state of allowing liquids or gases to pass through
Not allowing sth. (such as gas/liquid) to pass through

adj.
adj.

Impossible to solve or get control of (impossible to

overcome)
Easily hurt or harm (physically/mentally/emotionally)

adj.

Open to attack, harm or damage

adj.
adj.
n.
adj.
n.

Intellectual rather than emotional or physical

Relating to brain
The working of the brain; thinking
Open
Clothes

He brags and blusters.

A hubristic person blusters.
The wind is blustering.
A hubristic person doesn't aggrandize or augment
power because he thinks that he is already more
powerful than others.
He is a malingerer.
His boss suspected him of malingering.

v.

Hikers made a grim discovery when they came

across a dead body in the woods. (forest)
The accident serves as a grim reminder.
His remarks nettled some members of the
community.
Nettle
He decided to grasp the nettle and try to solve
the problem himself.
A jocular comment
The jocular man could make the serous person
smile.
She inveigled him to write the letter.
They tried to inveigle her into taking the job.
We inveigled the information from him.
He inveigled his way into a position of authority.
(he gained a position of authority by using tricks)
He is working as a minion.
Intellectual entropy
A staid approach to life
A staid business person/husband
A staid demeanor/manner
Revolting color

n.

Advancement or increase (power or importance)

n.

Words that are loud and aggressive (intended to

threat)
To speak in a loud and aggressive or threatening way.

v.
adj.
n.
v.
adj.

To blow loudly and violently

Arrogant
A person who malingers (a person who shirks)
To pretend of being sick or injured to avoid work;
shirk
Unpleasant or shocking (to see or think about)

v.

To make sb. angry

n.

A plant that has leaves with hairs that sting if you

touch them.
To deal with an unpleasant situation without delay

ph. v.
adj.
adj.
v.
v.
n.

Said or done as a joke

Liking to tell jokes
To persuade sb. to do sth. (in a clever or deceptive
way)
To get sth. (in a clever or deceptive way)

n.
adj.
adj.

Someone who is not powerful or important and who

obeys the orders of a powerful leader or boss.
Chaos; disorder.
Serious, sedate (by temperaments or habits)
Serious, boring or old-fashioned

adj.

Disgusting (that you don't like)

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Waggish pranks
Waggish humor
A waggish writer
He is known as a wag.
A childish prank
He enjoys playing pranks on his friends.
He is always pulling pranks.
Playful puppy/kitten
He has a playful expression on his face.
A playful tone of voice
Playful mood/slap
His face looked grim.
A grim smile
He spoke grimly of the scarcity of jobs.
Grim determination (+ve)
A grim winter
The prognosis is grimdoctors do not expect her to
live longer than six months
The abbot's commitment to a transcendent reality
Transcendent beings/truths
Transcendent (transcendental) experience form
meditation.
Transcendent beauty/performance

15.

The political party is trying to subvert the electoral

system.
They conspired to subvert the government.
Spirits haunted the house.
Some people believe that the ghost of an old sea
captain haunts the beach.
If you ignore the problem, it will come back to haunt
you.
Their failure to place ahead is now coming back to
haunt them.
He was haunted by the image of his father's murder.

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She spent much of her vacation haunting bookstores.

17.

He is something of a victim. (he is a victim to some

degree)
He is something of an expert. (he is an expert to some
degree)
He was determined to preserve his reputation at all
costs. (at any cost/no matter what)
Macabre image/story/scene
On one account -------------on another
The royal libertine
He is a libertine.
He is a thoroughly culpable reprobate.
I found ambiguity in his image.
You should remove ambiguity from your essay.
A lying rouge

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He is loveable old rouge.

His girlfriend's presence is a great solace for him.
Do not seek solace in alcohol
A verbal solecism
A stylistic solecism
We will take care of supplying the food. In this/that
regard, you have nothing to worry

P.O.S.
adj.

Meanings
Silly and playful

n.

A clever person who makes lots of jokes; joker

n.

A trick that is done to someone (usually as a joke)

adj.

Happy and full of energy (eager to play)

adj.

Showing that you are having fun and not being

serious

adj.

Having a serious appearance or manner

adj.

Strongly felt and serious

adj.

Causing feelings or sadness or worry:

gloomy/depressed.

adj.

Going beyond the limits of ordinary experience

adj.

Far better or greater than what is usual

(extraordinary)

v.

Weaken (to make weaker or less effective)

v.

To secretly try to ruin or destroy sth.

v.

To visit or live in a place

v.

To eventually cause problems for someone as time

passes by

v.
v.
ph.

ph.
Adj.
n.
n.
adj.
n.
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n.
n.
ph.

To keep coming back to the mind to (sb.) making sad

or upset.
To visit a place often.
'Something of' is used to make an expression less
forceful or definite.
'At any cost' (even if you have to suffer, work very hard,
or lose sth. you have)
Frightening/horrible (that involves death/violence)
On the one had ------------on the other hand
A man who freely indulges in sexual (sensual) pleasures
A free-thinker in religion.
Deserving blame
Sth. that dose not have a single clear meaning
(vagueness)
A dishonest person (scoundrel)
A man who causes trouble in a playful way. (still, people
like him for his humor)
Sb./sth. giving a feeling a comfort (to sb. who is
sad/depressed)
A mistake in speech or writing
An impolite or improper way of behaving
In this/that regard is used to refer to sth. just
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The president was surrounded by a claque of
bureaucrats.

P.O.S.

Meanings

n.

A group of sycophantic followers

A group of people hired to applaud or heckle a person
or orator

2.
3.

There is a claque (mass noun) in the mass.

One crotchet of many grammarians is the use of
semi-colon.

n.
n.
n.
v.
ph.
adj.

Unfounded notion.
A method of making cloth by using a needle with a
hook.
To weave
For a long time
Not going in the intended direction

adj.

Going outside the proper area

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She learned basic crotchet skills from her mother.

To crotchet an Afghan
They quibbled at great length.
An errant throw/pass/shot (sports)
An errant calf/an errant motorboat
The errant spark turned in a destructive,
widespread fire.
Dry shrub
A surfeit of shopping
He is sleeping on the pallet.
The idyllic hamlet was destroyed by
conflagration.
The regional conflagration
Ten-year-conflagration
The fire was started by an incendiary
bomb/device
Incendiary words/language
An incendiary live concert.
Incendiary

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n.
n.
n.

A plant has stems of wood and is smaller than a tree

An amount that is too much or more than needed
A small hard bed or a poor bed full of straw

n.

Widespread fire

n.
adj.

A war or conflict
Containing chemicals that explode into flames.
Causing anger (tending to sth. up conflict)

adj.
adj.
n.

a scintilla of dry shrub

A recalcitrant puzzle
A recalcitrant teen-ager/student/prisoner

n.
adj.
adj.

The student is a recalcitrant.

The infected cells caused rapid degradation in
the body.
A modicum of tolerance is needed to avoid
dispute.
It took me a long time to emend The Statement of
Purpose'
"That is not true" she retorted
"He loves ribald songs" she retorted
Retort
A witty rejoinder
He told me an anecdote about his childhood.
There was a dearth of fruits and vegetables, so they
had to steward (husband) their existing
resources.

adj.

Very exciting
a) A person who starts fires
b) A person who starts up conflict
c) An incendiary bomb or device
A small amount of
That can't be solved
Stubbornly refusing to obey rules or order.
A person who stubbornly refuses to obey rules or
order

n.

The process of damaging or ruining.

n.

A small amount

v.
v.
v.
n.
n.
n.

To correct or rectify
To reply in a quick and angry way
To reply in a witty way
A quick and angry reply/a witty reply
Quick and angry reply
A story based on real events

v.

Manage, protect

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He is working as a steward.
Pious church-going people
They lived a quite, pious life.
I am tired of hearing politicians making pious
pronouncements about their devotion to the
people.
His speech contained no pragmatic solution, just
the pious hope that the war would end soon.
She brandished a stick at the dog.
I could see that he was brandishing a knife.
He brandished a bottle of beer.
A piquant bit of gossip
Piquant vegetables seasoned with pepper
He served the fish with piquant sauce.
A lithe, muscular body/athlete
The lithe body of a dancer
He was blithe about the risks to his health.
He showed blithe disregard for the rights of others.
A blithe spirit/enjoyment
It was very gracious (kind, courteous) of him to
offer us a place to stay.
A gracious hostess
Thank you for your gracious hospitality.

P.O.S.
n.
adj.
adj.

(disapproving) falsely appearing to be good or moral

adj.

Something that is hoped for but will probably not

happen

v.

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She is a prima-donna.
The actress is a temperamental prima-donna.
We are looking for team players, not primadonnas.
They live in an enormous house.
We chose not to undertake the project because of
the enormous costs involved.
He enjoys enormous popularity.
They didn't fully grasp the enormity of their
decision.
I was overwhelmed by the enormity of the task at
hand.
We were shocked at the enormity of the crime.
The enormities of the war
Municipal government/library/election/building
The student is dubious about the chances.
Dubious conclusion
Dubious honor/distinction
A foreign concept
The perpetrator's motivation
To perpetrate a robbery.
The attack was perpetrated by the city's gang.
An unforgiving person/attitude
They are unforgiving of the small mistakes
An unforgiving climate/environment
An unforgiving world of politics
Solicitous enquiry
They were paralyzed by indecision.

To wave or swing (sth. such as a weapon) in a

threatening or excited manner.

adj.

Interesting and exciting

adj.

Having pleasant spicy taste

adj.

Moving in an easily graceful way; lithesome

adj.

Showing a lack of thought of care: not caring or

worrying.
Happy and without worry: careful

adj.

Very polite (in a way that shows respect)

adj.

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Gracious living/mansion

Meanings
A person, esp. a man, whose job is to serve meals and
take care of passengers on a train, airplane, or ship.
Deeply religious (devoted); devoted to a particular
religion

adj.
n.
n.

adj.

Having or showing attractive things (such as charm,

good taste, and comfort that are associated with
having a lot of money)
Diva (the main female singer in an opera company)
(disapproving) a person who thinks s/he is better than
everyone else and who does not work as a part of a
team
Very great in size or amount

n.

Great importance

n.

Great size

n.
n.
adj.
adj.
adj.
adj.
adj.
n.

Great evil, or wickedness

A shocking, evil, or immoral activity(usually plural)
Of or relating to the government of a city or town.
Unsure/uncertain: feeling doubt
Causing doubt, uncertainty, or suspicion
'Dubious' is used to describe sth. bad, or unpleasant
Unknown/unfamiliar
A person who wrongs; a criminal

v.

To do sth. illegal, or wrong

adj.

Not willing to forgive others

adj.

Very hash or difficult

adj.
n.

Positively concerned about others' well-being

Difficulty in making a decision

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An indecisive person.
An indecisive battle
The conflict ended indecisively.
The meeting was indecisive.
He has a tenuous grasp/grip/hold on reality.
A tenuous hypothesis/relationship
The local theater has a tenuous existence in recent
years.
A tenuous claim
A tenuous thread.
A/n eloquent speech/speaker/essay
He waxed eloquent on/about the pleasure of
gardening.
An eloquent dancer/reminder
The senator's eloquence is well-known.
I would like to call/bring attention to a problem
we are having.

P.O.S.
adj.
adj.

Not settling sth. (not making sth. final or certain)

adj.

Not certain, definite, or strong (flimsy, weak or

uncertain)

adj.

Very thin
Having or showing the ability to use language clearly/
effectively (opp: ineloquent)

adj.
ph. v.
adj.
n.
ph. v.

He was painfully shy.

adv.

Her jaw as painfully swollen.

He labored painfully over his work.
She had to cajole her husband into going with her.
The reporter cajoled information from the
hospital staff.
The troops were finally able to subdue rebel
forces.
She struggled to subdue her fears.

adv.
adv.

The historical drama has been embellished.

Architectural embellishment.
Arts/speech with embellishment.
'Realism' avoids embellishment.
She spoke in a subdued voice.
Subdued music/color/lighting/manner
He ha s a penchant for sea-food.
He has a penchant for asking witless questions.
She tried to shun the party as she was shy

v.
v.
v.
v.

Say many things

Clearly showing feeling, or meaning (opp: ineloquent)
The ability to speak, or write well and in an effective
way.
To make sb. aware
Very or extremely (to describe sht. that is bad,
unpleasant, or upsetting)
In a way that causes pain
In a way that requires a lot of effort
a) To persuade sb. to do sth.
b) To obtain sht. by persuading (syn: blandish,
coax, wheedle)
To get control of (a violence/dangerous person/group)
by using force punishment.
To get control of (sth. such as a strong emotion)
To make sth. more interesting by adding false
information.

n.

Decoration

n.

False/fabricated information/details.

adj.
n.
v.

The realism of play/painting (of arts)

n.

Realist (of arts)

n.

I'd like to think that these problems can be solved

easily but I am a realist.

n.

The rendering of natural forms.

The rendering into English.
The phone-call was an unwelcome intrusion.
Intrusive question/reporter/person/display
A book embellished with colorful illustration.
He embellished his speech with a few quotations.
The house was embellished.
The new drug can cause abdominal distress.
He suffered severe emotional distress.
I want to help those in distress.
The company is in distress.
Donation was given to the families in distress.
They ship/plane was in distress.

Meanings
Not decisive (not able to make choices quickly and
confidently)

n.
n.
n.
adj.

Not strong, loud, intense

A strong liking for sth. or a strong tendency to behave
in a certain way.
To avoid
A style of art or literature that shows or describes
people or things as they are in real life
An artist or writer who shows or describes people, or
things as they are in real life.
A person who understands what is real and possible in
a particular situation: a person who accepts and deals
with things as they really are.
Artistic performance
Translation
Noun of 'intrude'
Annoying

v.

To decorate (sth.) by adding special details and

features.

n.

Unhappiness or pain (suffering that affects the mind

or body)

n.

A very difficult situation in which you don't have any

food or money, etc.

n.

A state of danger or desperate need

Additional GRE Vocabulary

Selfstudy
Nine
Choose the felicitous word or phrase which represents the nice meaning of the Underlined part.
1.
A/n __(n.)___is a layperson.
16.
'To wear a frown' means to show__(n.)___
(A) virtuoso (B)nonspecialist (C)diva (D)encomiast
(A) bad-temper (B) sweet-temper (C) amity
(E) braggart
(D) indolence (E) zeal
2.
__(adj.)____disposition is calm (not easily 17.
Someone who is __ (adj.)___ is badtempered
and doesn't speak much.
angry/equable/not mercurial).
(A) amicable (B) affable (C) sullen (D)boisterous
(A) Surly (B)Churlish (C)Implicit (D)Even-tempered
(E) reluctant
(E) Saturnine
3.
If you are ___(adj.)__, you are filled with horror 18.
Someone who is __ (adj.)___ behaves in a bad
or surprise (shock).
tempered way.
(A) aghast (B) bemused (C) amused (D) euphoric
(A) amicable (B) affable (C) sullen (D) indolent
(E) mournful
(E) rousing
4.
If you __(v.)___sb., you resist him/her.
19.
__(adj.)___ theories/demands are conflicting.
(A) deify (B) defy (C) countermand (D) dupe
(A) Sedate (B) Explicit (C) Competing (D)Loath
(E) gull
(E) Indifferent
__(adj.)___evidence/statements/theory
is/are
5.
If you are __(adj.)___ by something, it gives you 20.
indisputable (because they can't be shown incorrect).
satisfaction or pleasure.
(A)skeptical (B) hypocritical (C) gluttonous
(A) irked (B) riled (C) antagonized (D) gratified
(D) voracious (E) Irrefutable
(E) cozened
6.
We got a chance and we won. It is__ (adj.) ___.
21.
__(adj.)___ theories are debatable.
(A) irksome (B) indulgent (C) plausible
(A) Conclusive (B) Complex (C) Contending
(D) credible (E) gratifying
(D) Zealous (E) Fanatical
7.
If you __ (v.)___ a child's whim/desire/curiosity, 22.
The__(adj.)___ account of history expresses the
you do whatever is necessary to please.
ideas or facts clearly and in few words.
(A) dwindle (B) swindle (C) hoodwink (D) gratify
(A) succinct (B) prolix (C) verbose (D) autocratic
(E) glut with
(E) despotic
8.
A/n__(adj.)___
practice
is
relating
'to 23.
To __ (v.)___retail-stores/to____ language is to
change sth./sb. so that sth./sb. seems different
supernatural or magical force'.
and new.
(A) occult (B)encomiastic (C) elegiac (D) boastful
(A) stabilize (B) reinvent (C) brag (D) loathe
(E) humane
(E) abhor
9.

A/n__(n.)___ is a person that is the antonym of

ancestor.
(A) glutton (B) descendant (C) ascetic (D) hermit
(E) zealot

24.

10.

A/n__ (n.) ___ is a quickly or roughly made figure,

25.

often ugly or amusing that represents someone

you abhor or contempt.

(A) bard (B)effigy (C)skeptic (D)braggart (E) swindler

11.

12.

13.
14.

15.

A/n ___ (n.)___ is sth. modern that has been

developed from an older thing.
(A) descendant (B) awl (C) domicile (D) refectory
(E) dormitory
A/n__ (adj.)___ person is very careful to do
his/her work carefully.
(A) ornate (B) conscientious (C) ostensible
(D) ostentatious (E) tacit
If you ___(v.)__ beer, you drink it quickly and
greedily.

(A) sip (B) quench (C) sate (D) satiate (E) guzzle
If you __(v.)___ an alcoholic drink, you drink a lot
of it in a short time.
(A) satiate (B) quaff (C) sip (D) ingest (E) slake
If your motor-bike __(v.)__ petrol, it uses a lot of it.
(A) sips (B) guzzles (C) quaffs (D) imbibes (E) quaffs

26.

27.

28.

If a dead-body is__(v)___, it is officially

announced by the catholic church that he or
she is a saint.
(A) lionized (B) canonized (C) democratized
(D) despised (E) detested
If you are in a __(n.)___, you have to make a
decision but can't decide what to do.

(A) quandary (B) aridity (C) encomium

(D) panegyric (E) hoax
If you describe someone's work and activities as
___ (adj.) ___, you mean that they have been
done in a careless and lazy way.
(A) sloppy (B)brisk (C)muggy (D)crisp (E) snowy
Someone who __ (v.)___things goes place to
place to sell them.
(A) husbands (B) stewards (C) peddles
(D) impedes (E) inhibits
A person who __ (v.)__drugs sells illegal drugs.
(A) impedes (B) expedites (C) peddles
(D) procures (E) chisels

29.

If you say that the soldier died __(ph.)___, you

mean that the soldier died in vain.
(A) For good (B) at large (C) at best (D) for naught
(E) in the best light

30.

If you say that sth. is a/n __(n.)___ for a

particular set of problems, you mean that it will
solve all the problems.
(A) unguent (B) balm (C)salve (D)panacea (E) poultice

Additional GRE Vocabulary

Selfstudy: Ten
Choose the felicitous word or phrase which represents the nice meaning of the Underlined part.
1.

2.
3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.
14.

15.

If you __(v.)___ your idea/piece of information, you

try hard to get people to accept it.
(A) expedite (B)peddle (C) upend(D) distinguish
(E) articulate
A/n__(n.)___ is a piece of music, writing or film
that expresses praise, admiration or happiness.
(A) lament(B)paean (C)ballad (D) madrigal(E) idyll
If you say that you are__(adj.)___, you are
extremely surprised.
(A) flabbergasted (B)despotic (C)autocratic
(D)tyrannical (E) stinting
If you are__ (adj.)___ by someone/something, you
are so surprised and impressed that you feel
confused.
(A) bedraggled (B) bedazzled (C) aggravated
(D) exacerbated (E) ameliorated
If you __(v.)___ sth. (such as idea/case/good), you
turn it upside down.
(A) refute (B) upend (C)repudiate (D)meliorate
(E) ameliorate
A sincere person/expression is __(adj.)___.
(A) genuine (B) obedient (C) easy-going (D) affable
(E) warm
A/n__(adj.)___ problem/issue has to be dealt
immediately.
(A) pressing (B) perennial (C) tenable (D) untenable
(E) mediocre
If the problem is __(adj.)___, it needs to be dealt
urgently.
(A) ineluctable (B) pedestrian (C) futile (D) pointless
(E) critical
__(n.)___ is the state of being no longer needed
because sth. newer or more efficient has been
invented.
(A) Caprice (B) Whim (C) Prescience (D) Obduracy
(E) Obsolescence
If you are __(v.)__ on something, you think about
it to an extreme and excessive degree. (you
are obsessed with it).
(A) fixated (B)disquieted (C)ascertained
(D)exacerbated (E)diagnosed
__(n.)___ is something such as a short piece of
music, an idea or a phrase that is repeated many
times throughout an opera, book, story, etc.
(A) Opera (B) Crescendo (C) Cadency (D) Aria
(E) Leit-motive/liet-motive
A/n __(n.)___ is sth. that is done or given to
someone in order to prevent trouble, gain
support, etc.
(A) sop (B) makeshift (C) nostrum (D) nuance
(E) nuisance
If the lyrics __ (v.)___ sb., it pleases or excites
them, esp. in a sexual way.
(A) flirt (B) titillate (C) enamor (D) court (E) leer
A/n__(n.)___ is a person who helps or
encourages a person to do sth. criminal or
wrong.
(A) felon (B) accomplice (C) abettor (D) reprobate
(E) dissolute
A/n__(adj.)___ attempt or action is unsuccessful.
(A) gauche (B) inept (C) adept (D) abortive
(E) android

16. A/n__(adj.)__ criminal/mind is very evil (having or

showing an evil and immoral character).
(A) pliable (B) depraved (C) ascetic (D) seasonal
(E) brazen
17. A comprehensive analysis is __(adj.)___.
(A) exhaustive (B) rustic (C) pastoral (D) idyllic
(E)bucolic
18. If you say sth. (such as views/ scenery) is ___(adj.)___, it
is extremely beautiful or amazing.
(A) painstaking (B) ghostly (C) aghast
(D) macabre (E) breathtaking
19. A/n__(adj.)___ person spends a lot of time drinking
alcohol, and enjoying other physical pleasures,
and probably unhealthy.
(A) tangential(B)unchallenged(C)dissipated
(D) demonized (E) lavish
20. If you do your work with__(n.)___, you do it with
swiftness (haste).
(A) delusion (B) celerity (C) dementia
(D) hysteria (E)crown
21. If you are __(adj.)___ a particular disease, you can't be
affected by it.
(A) sidereal (B) contrastive (C)prescient (D)preposterous
(E) immune to
22. A/n__(n.)___ is a title or naming.
(A) epitaph (B)complement (C) simulacrum
(D) titillation (E) epithet
23. If you hurl __(n.)___at another, you hurl an offensive,
mane, or word to abuse others.
(A) epithet (B)epitaph (C)dissent (D)assent
(E) lavishness
24. A/n___(adj.)__ airplane/actor/figure is slim in an
attractive or graceful way (slender)
(A) figurative (B) sublime(C)svelte (D) green
(E) diminutive
25. __(adj.)___ (such as ~ society) means supporting or
following the idea that all people are equal, and
should have the same rights and opportunities.
(A) Egalitarian B)Justifiable(C)Unconscionable
(D) Scrupulous (E) Unavailed
26. If you are __(adj.)___by the delay, you are not
confused, worried or shocked by the delay.
(A) unfazed (B)bland (C) insipid (D) deadpan
(E) pliant
27. If the police__(v.)___ the investigation, they make
mistake while investing (or the do not investigate
successfully or well).
(A) dismiss (B) deify (C) ruminate (D) aver
(E)bungle
28. The __(n.)___ of the student is his stupidity.
(A) detriment (B) touchstone (C)inanity (D) rationality
(E) rationale
29. The __(n.)___ of the hotel/landscape is its great and
impressive quality.
(A) grandeur (B)probity (C) leniency (D) contortion
(E) asseveration
30. __(adj.)___ remarks strongly favor a particular
print of view that causes argument.
(A) Rich(B)Verdant(C)Abstract(D)Tepid(E)Tendentious

Additional GRE Vocabulary

Selfstudy: nine
Drill: one

Match the following words with their meanings. (Some words have more than one meaning.)

'Verbs'
Meanings (with examples)
Words/phrases
1. Procure
a) To develop carefully over a long period of time so that it is
exactly right for your purpose (to~ skills/mind/techniques
/ideas).
2. Beseech
b) To sharpen (to~ blade/weapon/tool.)
3. chide
c) To insult deliberately by ignoring or behaving rudely. (He ~
bed me in the public).
4. Snub
d) To obtain (to ~ food/fuel.)
5. Beat the drum
e) To give permission to do sth. (to ~ a celebration.)
6. Supplicate
f) To answer or to deal with (He was ~ing a question.)
7. Abrogate
g) To scold in a mild way (The parents ~d their child.)
8. Hone
h) To introduce a prostitute to a client (to ~ a prostitute.)
9. Field
i) To support strongly.
10. Consent
j) To ask very anxiously (His father ~ed him to cut his
drinking and smoking.)
k) To request God or a powerful person for help
l) To bring to end (to~ a treaty)

Ans.
8

Drill: two

Match the following words with their meanings. (Some words have more than one meaning.)

'adjectives'
Ans.
Meanings
(with
examples)
Words/phrases
1. Indeterminate a) Miserable, bad-tempered and unwilling to talk very much.
(He is ~ about his future.)
2. Importunate
b) Amusing in a clever way (~ plays/remarks/speaker)
3. Barbaric
c) Indefinite/that can't be said exactly(~ period)
4. Morose
d) Irrelevant; unimportant. (It is ~ to talk of his career.)
5. Monological
e) Annoying because he/she tries to get sth. from you; asking for 2
sth. repeatedly and annoyingly. (~ beggar)
6. Witty
f) Not much work or without activity. (~ period in business)
7. klutzy
g) Not doing sth. properly. (He is ~ in his work.)
8. Immaterial
h) Loose; not firmly stretched. (~ rope)
9. Explosive
i) Extremely cruel and uncivilized. (~treatment of
animals/~ act of violence)
10. Slack
j) Expressing violent anger (~ temper )
k) Sudden/rapid in (In size/quantity) (~ growth)
l) Clumsy or stupid (~ student)
7
m) Relating to monologue
Drill-1
A
8
Drill-2
A
4

B
8
B
6

C
4
C
1

D
1
D
8

E
10
E
2

F
9

G
3

H
1

F
G
H
I
10
10
10
3
Additional GRE Vocabulary

I
5

J
2
J
9

K
6
K
9

L
7
L
7

M
5

Selfstudy: ten
Drill: three
Match the following words with their meanings. (Some words have more than one meaning.)

'adjectives'
Words/phrases Meanings (with examples)
1. Fledgling
a) Advancing (~nature of science)
2. Vacillating
b) Mentally or physically inactive (lazy or sleepy) ( ~ student)
3. Determinable
c) Behaving very morally and disapproving others' behaviors.
(~ priest; -ve)
4. Evolving
d) Calm, cheerful, fair (even in difficult circumstances)
(~ temper/ mood)
5. Torpid
e) Repulsive (~ spectacle/person/crime)
6. Hale
f) Emerging (~ democratic countries/ birds)
7. Loathsome
g) Healthy (He is ~ and hearty)
8. Equable
h) Keeping changing between two alternatives (~on the
question)
9. Priggish
i) Able to be definitely decided or ascertained. (~ market
value)

Ans.

Drill-4

Match the following words with their meanings. (Some words have more than one meaning.)

'verbs'
Words/phrases
1. Distinguish
2. Indict
3. Sprint
4. Gallivant
around
5.
Stipulate
6.

Furnish

7. Metabolize
8. Lurk
9. Sabotage
10. Deter

Drill-3
A
B
4
5
Drill-4
A
B
10
6

Ans.
Meanings (with examples)
a) To discourage (To ~ criminals from carrying guns)
b) To provide (He was ~ed with equipments)
c) To see or understand how they are different (To ~ right
from)
d) To specify (international rules ~ the number of foreign
entrants.)
e) To charge officially (He has been ~ed for possessing
cocaine)
f) To wait somewhere so that others can't see (intended to do sth.
bad.) (He was ~ ing under the bush.)
g) To exist but not obvious or easily recognized (A danger/doubt
fear ~s)
h) Deliberately damage (as a war or protest) (The railway line
was~ d.)
i) To spoil (prevent from being successful (to ~election/plan
meeting )
j) To go to a lot of different places looking for amusement or
entertainment (He was ~ing around the city.)
k) To run or ride as fast as you can over a short distance
l) To be affected by chemical process in your body so that it is
broken down, absorbed, and used. (Diabetics can't ~
glucose.)

C
9
C
1

D
8
D
5

E
7
E
2

F
1
F
8

G
8

G
6
H
9

H
2
I
9

I
3
J
4

K
3

L
7

S.N

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Words
The cost-guard responded to the ship's
distressing signal/call.
The news distressed (disturbed) her.
I was distressed to learn that the hospital had
closed.
There are beautiful thorough-fares.
Arboreal creatures/arts
Impressionism

P.O.S.
v.

Sing or call for help.

v.
v.

To worry or upset sb.

To worry or upset sb.

n.
adj.

v.

A main road.
Living on the tress/relating to trees.
A style of painting that began in France announced
1870s, that uses spots of color to show the effects of
different kinds of lights, and that attempts to capture
that feelings of a seen rather than speech details
Relating to impressionism.
a painter who practices impressionism
an entertainer who does impressions.
To bend (a body part)

v.
v.

To move or tighten (a muscle)

To show strength or power

n.
n.

A box for holding or other valuables

Money that is available for spending

n.
7.
8.

An impressionist art
Impressionist

9.

Flexing a leg
Flex your fingers
He flexed the muscles of his right arm.
The election will give us a chance to flex our
political muscles.
Coffer
The city's confers (treasury)
Corporate coffers (funds)
Timorous voice/teen ager
A lavish home/fest/party
A lavishly (richly) illustrate book.
Lavish praise
A lavish donation
Lavish donor
The cook is known for her lavish use of
condiments
A lavish display of flowers
She is lavish in giving praise
The cook is lavish with spice
The lavished attention or their children.
He lavished gifts upon/on us
They lavished us with fits.
The parents lavished the children with attention.
I could not believe their audacity
He had the audacity to suggest that it was all my
fault.
They have audacious plans/hopes
This is her most audacious plan so far.
She made an audacious decision to quit her job
Audacious behavior
He was accused of brazenness

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

18.
19.
20.
21.

22.
23.
24.

25.

26.
27.

Social ineptitude
The team's poor play is being lamed on the
ineptitude of the coaching staff.
Her relative treat one another with deference
He is shown much deference by his colleagues
The children were taught to show proper
deference the their elders.
He decided not to get a tattoo in deference to his
mother
The police have not yet revealed the victims name
out of deference to his family
The customs are used in deference to traditional
She bowed deferentially
Deferential attention
She reddened at her flaws

Meanings

adj.
n.

adj.

Easily frightened: fearful

Having a very rich and expensive quality
Given in large amount
Giving or using a large amount of sth.

v.

To give a large amount of sth. to sb.

v.

To give a large amount of sth. to (sb./sth.)

n.

A confident and daring quality

A confident and daring quality that is seem as
shocking or rude.
Very confident and daring
Very confident and daring (that is shocking)

adj.

v.
n.

Activity that is shamelessly open (that doens not show

respect)
A lack of skill or ability
A way of behaving that shows respect for sb./sth.

In order to show respect for the opinions or influence

of sb./sth.

adv./
adj.
v.

Respectful
In due time
Due care/kudos
To feel ashamed

28.
29.
30.

Breathing and circulation are involuntary press.

Involuntary (forced labor)
Involuntary unemployment
Terrestrial wireless networks
A terrestrial radio station

adj.

Not done or made consciously

Not done by choice.

adj.

Sending a broadcast signal from the earth

Additional GRE Vocabulary

Selfstudy
List: ten
S.N

1.
2.

3.

4.
5.
6.
7.

Words
The toad has terrestrial habit, spending most of
the time on shore.
Terrestrial birds
Terrestrial life forms

P.O.S.
Adj.

The police have announced a breakthrough in

the murder case
Researchers say they have made/achieved a major
breakthrough in cancer treatment.
The recession of the floodwaters

n.

Many people lost their jobs during the recent

recession.
She succeeded in the face of great difficulty
I was just being facetious.
A facetious remark
She was speaking facetiously

Adj.

Adj.

Meanings
Living or growing on land instead of in water or air
Relating to occurring on the earth
Scientific breakthrough
I pad is a breakthrough product
A person first-important success
A sudden increase in knowledge, understanding, etc:
an important discovery that happens after trying for a
long time to understand and explain sth.
The act of moving-back or away slowly (the act of
receding)
A period of time in which there is a decrease in
economic activity.
Despite
Used to described speech that is meant to be funny
but that is usually regarded as annoying/sill or not
proper.