diff --git a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv index 532dc45..680e94d 100644 --- a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv +++ b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv @@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1801 "pinchbeck" "1a. An alloy of zinc and copper used as imitation gold
1b. A cheap imitation or counterfeit" "noun, adj." "C. Pinchbeck, 18c. London watch- and toy-maker, developed this alloy of 3 or 4 parts copper and 1 of zinc to imitate gold " "1a. He didn't believe that a stray Government clerk with a pinchbeck chain and a weak moustache could be a worthy rival.
1b(i). I was not impressed with his pinchbeck heroism
1b(ii). I hope you observed how that pinchbeck countess was prepared to tread in her footsteps" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" -1802 "plumb" "1. exactly vertical
2a. measure the depth of something
2b get to the bottom or root of something
3.completely, in the middle, or generally used as an intensifier" "adj. verb, adv." "plumb=plomb in French=lead (Chem symbol: Pb)
Plumb used as a weight at the end of a line to measure things vertically(Senklot auf D), or measure depth of something (eg. Lake)" "1. the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb
2b. He spent a lot of time plumbing the book's complexities
3. The child fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" +1802 "plumb" "1. Exactly vertical
2a. Measure the depth of something
2b Get to the bottom or root of something
3. Completely, in the middle, or generally used as an intensifier" "adj. verb, adv." "plumb=plomb in French=lead (Chem symbol: Pb)
Plumb used as a weight at the end of a line to measure things vertically(Senklot auf D), or measure depth of something (eg. Lake)" "1. the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb
2b. He spent a lot of time plumbing the book's complexities
3. The child fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1803 "portent" "1. a sign of something about to happen, an omen
2. marvel, prodigy" "noun" "Latin portentum ""a sign, token, omen; monster, monstrosity""" "1a. A red sky in the morning can be a portent of a coming storm
1b. We took the four flat tires as a portent we should avoid a road trip.
1c. The youthful crowd clashed with police, who deployed tear gas and pepper spray in a portent of the months of protest that lay ahead.
2. A scout was sent to have a look at this teenage pitcher who was supposed to be the latest portent of the baseball world " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1804 "profligacy" "1. recklessly extravagant
2. shameless immorality" "adj." "Latin prōflīgātus, meaning ""corrupt or dissolute." "1. Both the Fed and the I.M.F. more typically act as brakes on fiscal profligacy
2. Caligula, the Roman emperor best known for his profligacy, sadism, rumored incestuous relationships and unhealthy obsession with a horse, wasn’t exactly handsome." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1805 "prolix" "tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length on unncecessary details." "adj." "Latin: prolixus pro =""forth"" + base of liquere =""to flow""=>""extended"" literally ""poured out
Syn: wordy, verbose, prolix, diffuse" "1a. A prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know
1b. I find the book by Dickens prolix reading due to its unreasonable and tedious dwelling on details" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" @@ -1987,12 +1987,12 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1953 "variegate" "To make something more irregular, especially its color." "verb" " Late Latin variegatus ""made of various sorts or colors""
Syn: motley, vary" "1a. But this particular plant was also variegated, or exhibiting different colors, which was something he’d never seen before.
1b. Such weight upon Europe would stunt her natural development as a variegated but harmonious whole." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" 1954 "voluptuous" "1. A woman who is attractive, well-figured and curvy (i.e. not model thin), often with a large bosom
2. Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses" "adj. " "Syn1: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, well-endowed
Syn2: epicurean, luxuriant, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary" "1a. Marilyn Monroe was known for her voluptuous figure.
2a. Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
2b. Their voluptuous arrangements balance pillowy blooms like oversized white anemones with smaller, denser varieties such as fuzzy yellow forsythias and cuplike hellebores" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" 1955 "admonitory" "1a. expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
1b. serving to warn" "adj. " "Latin : same root admonish=""to scold or reprimand.""" "1a(i). When I say something inappropriate, my mother gives me an admonitory stare.
1a(ii). If your piano teacher always finds fault with your playing, she is consistently admonitory.
1b. Admonitory articles abound around Halloween, warning parents of the hazards of trick-or-treating" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" -1956 "ardor" "An intense passion and fervor, often associated with love, a cause or a club" "noun" "same root as word ""ardent""(eg. Ardent supporter)
Syn: fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire" "1a. He spoke with great ardor, giving it his all.
1b. They were imbued with a revolutionary ardor1c. While Jane enjoyed spending time with John, she did not return the ardor he felt for her." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1956 "ardor" "An intense passion and fervor, often associated with love, a cause or a club" "noun" "same root as word ""ardent""(eg. Ardent supporter)
Syn: fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire" "1a. He spoke with great ardor, giving it his all.
1b. They were imbued with a revolutionary ardor
1c. While Jane enjoyed spending time with John, she did not return the ardor he felt for her." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1957 "ascertain" "to find out something with certainty, generally through some from of self-effort (eg. Experimentation, calculation, investigation, survey, study)" "verb" "Latin : a- ""to"" + certain ""sure, assured"" =>to make sure, to make assured.
Syn: determine, find out, check, learn, see, watch, assure, check, control, ensure" "1a. He logged onto his e-banking account to ascertain how much money he had on his account.
1b. Armed with data from these fossils, scientists used mathematical methods to ascertain the size and proportions of the megalodons.
1c. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1958 "auspicious" "a favorable situation or set of conditions." "adj. " "Syn: bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, likely, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, upbeat" "1a. The low unemployment figures were an auspicious beginning for the campaign.
1b. Due to the model changes at year-end, everybody knows the end of the year is an auspicious time to buy a car!
1c. With an auspicious start, the Jamaican runner was first off the block." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1959 "baneful" "causing harm or ruin; pernicious; destructive" "adj. " "Old English bana ""killer, slayer, murderer, a worker of death""
Syn: pernicious, baneful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental
Mnemonic: Think of B(ad) + painful => i.e. it is destructive and harmful to us. " "1a. The legislation could have a baneful effect on the poor.
1b. We are mired in a baneful pandemic unlike anything endured for a century, parsing our lives into 14-day increments of health and survival — or not.
1c. If not cooked properly, the fish can be baneful to humans." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1960 "beatify" "1. make blessedly happy
2. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood" "verb" "Latin beātificāre: ""making happy""" "1. In song, he projects a beatified ambivalence that turns mixed feelings into a state of grace
2. The cardinal was beatified in 2010 by Pope Benedict in an open-air Mass in his home city of Birmingham after the first miracle was recognised." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" -1961 "clinch" ">" "verb" "English: from ""clench"" fix securely (a driven nail) by bending and beating it back,""
Syn: " "1a. The Senate must work quickly and together in order to clinch the budget deal to avoid a government shutdown.
1b. His home run clinched the victory.
1c. Dad went by ferry to Newcastel and was able to clinch a deal
2. The girder was clinched into the wall" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1961 "clinch" "1. settle conclusively, finalise, bring to closure
2. secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
3. hold in a tight grasp" "verb" "English: from ""clench"" fix securely (a driven nail) by bending and beating it back,""
Syn: " "1a. The Senate must work quickly and together in order to clinch the budget deal to avoid a government shutdown.
1b. His home run clinched the victory.
1c. Dad went by ferry to Newcastel and was able to clinch a deal
2. The girder was clinched into the wall
3. The tired boxer clinched his opponent at any opportunity in order to slow the fight and prevent him from receiving further blows. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1962 "coeval" "of the same period; coexisting" "adj. " "Latin: com ""with, together"" + aevum ""an age""=>""having the same age, having lived for an equal period,""
Syn:contemporary, synchronous, simultaneous, coincident" "1a. He died at 94, his life nearly coeval with the 20th century.
1b. The two stars thought to be coeval because they have nearly the same mass and brightness " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1963 "conduce" "To lead, to bring about, be conducive to" "verb" "Latin: com ""with, together"" + ducere ""to lead""=>to lead" "1a. Last week, Turkey also announced it would be conducing a firing exercise in the eastern Mediterranean this Monday and Tuesday.
1b. The researchers who conduced the new study say they are the first to study PET’s structure and effect." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1964 "covetous" "displaying greed for another individual’s belongings" "adj. " "Syn: greedy, acquisitive, grasping, avaricious" "1a. The advertising industry’s goal is to make you covetous of the things that other people have
1b. The sister was jealous of her brother's success and covetous of his possessions
1c. He looked at his boss's new car with covetous eyes." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" @@ -2006,3 +2006,29 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1972 "heinous" "odious (of crime)" "adj. " "Same word root as ""haine"" in French, which means ""hate""" "1a. Mitchell later directed law enforcement to their bodies after confessing to the heinous killings.
1b. On appeal, the sentence was lengthened in 2012 to life in prison for his “shocking and heinous"" crimes against the Cambodian people." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1973 "highbrow" "(person) with superior tastes or higher intelligence" "noun" """person of superior intellect and taste,"" from high (adj.) + brow (n.).
Ant: lowbrow" "1a. Highbrow events such as the ballet or opera are often subsidized by the state.
1b. Guests at her elegant dinner parties are a mix of the city's highbrow and captains of industry" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1974 "inane" "silly; senseless" "adj. " "Latin inanitas ""emptiness, empty space,""
Syn: stupid, vacuous, ridiculous, pointless." "1a. When my sisters and I get together, we tend to do inane things like dressing up as cartoon characters.
1b. It’s an unsettling simulation of living in a state that denies basic facts and perpetuates the most inane claims." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1975 "ire" "anger" "noun" "Latin: ira ""anger, wrath, rage""
Syn: angriness, choler, furor, fury, indignation, irateness, lividness, mad, outrage, spleen, wrath" "1a. Our dog Honey would poop in our Gempen neighbour's garden, which drove the neighbour to want my father to feel the full force of his ire by tossing the canine waste into our garden.
1b. He directed his ire at the coworkers who reported the incident. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1976 "libel" "statement that damages reputation" "noun" "Latin: libellus ""a little book, pamphlet; petition, written accusation, complaint,""" "1a. If we didn’t have laws against libel, anyone could fall victim to malicious stories about them in print or on the internet.
1b. The girls wanted revenge against the volleyball coach for punishing them, so they wrote an editorial to libel her in the school newspaper. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1977 "lien" "legal claim until a debt on it is repaid" "noun" "French: lien ""a band or tie""=>right to hold property of another until debt is paid,""
It's pronounced like ""lean,""which might also describe your meager finances if a lien, has been placed on your home." "1a. The bank has a lien on the truck until the buyer fulfills his financial obligations.
1b. Bill will have a lien on his house until he pays his federal taxes." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1978 "luculent" "easily understood; lucid; clear" "adj. " "Latin: luculentus ""full of light, bright, splendid,""" "1a. His luculent oration is always crystal clear, both in structure and content.
1b. The district attorney's brilliant, luculent summation sealed the case for the prosecution " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1979 "obtuse" "1a. blunt/stupid when used for a person
1b. rounded, blunt" "adj. " "Syn: dull, blunt, obtuse" "1a. It would be obtuse to ignore an obvious, new revenue stream.
1b. He is too obtuse to take a hint." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1980 "odious" "repulsive; hateful" "adj. " "Latin: odiosus ""hateful, offensive, unpleasant""
Syn: hateful, contemptible, detestable, and abominable." "1a. Because Mark had an odious personality, he had very few friends.
1b. Public defenders represent their clients, who include the poor and the poorer, the odious and the innocent, none of whom they choose." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1981 "pariah" "an outcast a rejected and despised person" "noun, adj. verb" "Tamil : paraiyar, member of a low caste in southern India, shunned as unclean,"" " "1a. South Africa was treated as a pariah state during the Apartheid era.
1b. When the child molester was released from prison, he was treated like a pariah in his community." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1982 "prim" "1. neat; formal
2. to give a prim or demure expression to " "adj. " "Latin: primus ""finest,"" literally ""first"", similar to ""prime""
Prim describes someone who is so concerned with being proper it becomes almost fake. " "1. Coming across as prim and proper, Agatha was called “Prudie” behind her back
2. She made sure to prim her thin lips after every mouthful" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1983 "protracted" "prolonged, usually in a tedious way" "verb" "
Syn: drag (out), draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, outstretch, prolong, stretch" "1a. Epidemics can be short-lived or protracted, or, like the Justinianic plague, recurrent.
1b. Given the pace of progress so far, the talks are likely to be protracted, and their result is uncertain.
1c. Last January, China promised big increases in its imports from the United States as part of an agreement aimed at ending a protracted and increasingly bruising economic war" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1984 "pry" "1. To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey
2. Move or force, especially in an effort to get something open" "verb" "Syn1: ask, enquire, inquire,, intrude, nose, poke
Syn2: lever, prise, prize" "1a. The nosey woman considered how she could pry information out of the shy club member.
1b. I couldn't pry the secret out of him.
2a. Dozens of rescuers from the National Disaster Relief Force worked overnight with tools to pry apart the debris, Chaudhari said.
2b. Working with a pry bar, officials got one hand out of the person buried below the collapsed building." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1985 "putrefaction" "becoming rotten" "noun" "Latin: putrid= ""to be rotten"" + facere=""to make, do""=> to become rotten
The ending is -faction rather than -fication on the pattern of many nouns that have Latin facere in their pasts: benefaction, malefaction, and liquefaction " "1a. The putrefaction of flesh produces gases, primarily in the chest and gut, that inflate a corpse like a balloon.
1b. His macabre job had been to excavate the bomb shelters and basements to remove the rotting corpses before the entire city started to stink of human putrefaction." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1986 "rotund" "1a. Spherical in shape
1b. plump or excessively fat<.br>2. rich and deep (of sound)" "adj. " "Latin: rotundus ""rolling, round, circular, spherical, like a wheel,""
Syn1: chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, lardy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy, portly, round, tubby" "1a. He works the surface with both hands to reveal the rotund outlines of the truffle.
1b. He begins to wear the kind of “expandable webbed leather belt favored by rotund country club golfers, which grew and shrank with the size of one’s trousers.”
2. The actor's distinct baritone and his clear and rotund elocution are especially effective in dramatic readings " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1987 "ruddy" "1a. Reddish
1b. healthy looking white person(glowing red skin)
1c. Bloody or darn as a expletive" "adj. " "same word root as ""red""
""ruddy"" was a British slang euphemism for ""bloody"", which was considered horrendous until the 2nd world war." "1a. Find the rusty, ruddy Red Planet before dawn in the southeast.
1b. Cahill is white-haired and ruddy, and he wore a white linen shirt.
1c. ""The ruddy door is stuck again. I'm going to take an axe to it!""" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1988 "sanctimony" "the quality of being hypocritically devout, self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety" "adj. " "Latin: sanctimonia ""sacredness, holiness, virtuousness,"" from sanctus ""holy""" "1a. “Well, I put my energy into the community and not myself and my possessions,” I told him, without a hint of sanctimony.
1b. “And too often resentment conquers reason, anger blinds us to answers and sanctimony passes for authenticity.”
1c. Both of them constantly allow their left-wing biases to infect their ""reporting"" and even worse, do so with unmatched sanctimony and righteous indignation." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1989 "sash" "1. a wide band of fabric that either secures clothing around your waist or decorates a uniform.
2. The framework in which panes of glass are set in a window or door" "noun" "1. Arabic: shash ""muslin cloth.""
2. French: châssis ""frame"" of a window or door " "1a. The judges gave the newly elected miss world winner a crown and a sash marked ""miss world""
1b. Gros painted the extravagantly uniformed general, swathed in gilded sashes and crowned with a red-plumed hat, closer to 6 feet 8.
2. He shoved the lower sash of the guillotine window upwards to let in fresh air. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1990 "serration" "1a. having a toothed edge
1b. a row of notches
1c. A single notch in a row of notches" "noun" "Latin: serratus ""sawlike, notched like a saw,""" "1a. The wide serrations make this blade ideal for slicing bread.
1b. Long ago, carnivorous dinosaurs grew little serrations on the back of their teeth called denticles, all the better to eat prey
1c. Running along one side of the parking lot are two huge lab buildings, each topped with a long, glinting serration of greenhouses." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1991 "sketchy" " incomplete: it includes the major points but lacks detail, shortly, roughly, quickly," "adj. " "adj. from sketch, linked to German ""Skizze""" "1a. They said the shooting occurred just after midnight, but details remain sketchy.
1b. Though the data remains sketchy, the evidence suggests that most of those quitters were white and wealthy." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1992 "snub" "1a. treat with contempt, to ignore or brush off someone
1b. To check or stop with a cutting remark
2. to extinguish by stubbing
3. extremely short " "verb, noun, adj. " "same word root as snip (""schnipsen"" auf Deutsch)" "1a(i). Traders, who were previously reluctant to snub cheap Chinese imports, have now come up with a list of 3,000 items, including toys, watches and plastic products, that can easily be replaced by local manufacturing.
1a(ii) Embroiled in a bitter feud, half the family snubbed their patriarch's funeral.
2. He snubbed out his cigarette before going back inside
3. He had a short, snub nose." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1993 "telltale" "1a. That gives warning or information
1b. A person who gossips indiscreetely" "adj. " "from tell (v.) + tale
Syn1a (adj.) revealing, telling
Syn1b(noun): blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale
also spelled ""tell-tale""" "1a. The alcoholic would take a last-minute slug of vodka before leaving for work in the morning — never anything else because of the telltale breath they would give him.
1a(ii). A telltale sign of having got otherwise symptomless Corona was losing the ability to smell or taste for weeks
1b. The telltale told the teacher who cheated on the test" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1994 "tepid" "1a. Lukewarm
1b. Half-hearted." "adj. " "Latin: tepidus ""lukewarm,""
Syn1b.: halfhearted, lukewarm, uneager, unenthusiastic" "1a. He didn't like his water too hot, but rather preferred a tepid bath
1b(i). Trump faced criticism for his tepid response to the Skripal poisoning
1b(ii) He gave a tepid performance, which was by all. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1995 "thrift" "very careful about how much money you spend" "adj. " "
Ant: spendthrift" "1a. With little money, the showroom was decorated with thrift store furniture, which was covered in white muslin.
1b. For thrift shoppers, Frohm says, it’s a gold mine: “The quality of stuff right now is amazing.”
1c. Most rich persons are excellent in thrift. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1996 "tocsin" "a signal, especially of alarm" "noun" " Middle French : toquassen ""an alarm bell, the ringing of an alarm bell""
Has NOTHING to do with ""toxin""" "1a. The tocsin rang out, warning us of the approaching tornado
1b. These statistics should prompt all rationalists to sound the proverbial tocsin with unrelenting fury." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1997 "unfeigned" "not pretended, sincere" "adj. " "un + fein = ""disguise or conceal""
Syn: sincere, wholehearted, heartfelt, hearty" "1a. Most reality shows are scripted and are not unfeigned.
1b. Her interest in people was unfeigned so she chose to become a nurse" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1998 "vain" "1 without use or result
2. conceited" "adj. " "Latin vanus: ""empty,""" "1a. His vain attempt to learn 500 words in a day was not met with success
1b. He tried to in vain to convince the teacher that the dog had eaten his homework.
1c. In vain, the police watched as the escaped prisoner jumped onto the moving train.
2a. The teenager spent all day admiring themselves in reflective surfaces — mirrors, pools of water, the backs of spoons — so thought him to be conceited and vain>/b>
2b. She was vain about here clothes." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1999 "wean" "to turn away (from a habit)" "verb" "Old English : to train (an infant or animal) to forego suckling
Same word root as ""ge-wöhnen"" in Deutsch
Syn1: ablactate" "1a. We are trying to wean my toddler from sucking a pacifier, but she hasn’t let go yet.
1b. Whatever we Californians and all Americans do to wean ourselves off fossil fuel, however, it isn’t going to stop wildfires for the foreseeable future.
1c. Oxygen is the key treatment that patients with the Corona virus are taken into hospital for and is used when weaning patients off ventilator support." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +2000 "abut" "border on" "verb" "French : abouter : to border on, to end
The term is often used in real estate to refer to a lot line.
think of ""butt"" for a crude way to remember that this word has to do with ending on something " "1a. Their property abuts our land.
1b. The fact that so many of these fires abut suburban communities reveals why the damage is so expensive — and that additional logging would not solve the whole problem." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" diff --git a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx index c9d374e..4480a39 100644 Binary files a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx and b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx differ diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md index a05253b..8586efa 100644 --- a/TODO.md +++ b/TODO.md @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ :# Words that should be added/modified -| Word | Occurence | Explanation | -| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- | -| ardor | 1956 | add linebreak between 1b. and 1c. | -| plumb | 1802 | `3.completely`-> `3. completely` | -| clinch | 1961 | meaning just reads `>` | +| Word | Occurence | Explanation | +| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- | ---- diff --git a/deck.json b/deck.json index 9d01a18..ecef302 100644 --- a/deck.json +++ b/deck.json @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ "extendNew": 10, "extendRev": 50, "media_files": [], - "mid": 1595177823327, + "mid": 1591437929655, "name": "GRE", "note_models": [ { @@ -21097,7 +21097,9 @@ "flags": 0, "guid": "O4?lxZlJOf", "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", - "tags": [] + "tags": [ + "leech" + ] }, { "__type__": "Note", @@ -32505,7 +32507,7 @@ "fields": [ "1802", "plumb", - "1. exactly vertical
2a. measure the depth of something
2b get to the bottom or root of something
3.completely, in the middle, or generally used as an intensifier", + "1. Exactly vertical
2a. Measure the depth of something
2b Get to the bottom or root of something
3. Completely, in the middle, or generally used as an intensifier", "adj. verb, adv.", "plumb=plomb in French=lead (Chem symbol: Pb)
Plumb used as a weight at the end of a line to measure things vertically(Senklot auf D), or measure depth of something (eg. Lake)", "1. the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb
2b. He spent a lot of time plumbing the book's complexities
3. The child fell plumb in the middle of the puddle", @@ -35298,7 +35300,7 @@ "An intense passion and fervor, often associated with love, a cause or a club", "noun", "same root as word \"ardent\"(eg. Ardent supporter)
Syn: fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire", - "1a. He spoke with great ardor, giving it his all.
1b. They were imbued with a revolutionary ardor1c. While Jane enjoyed spending time with John, she did not return the ardor he felt for her.", + "1a. He spoke with great ardor, giving it his all.
1b. They were imbued with a revolutionary ardor
1c. While Jane enjoyed spending time with John, she did not return the ardor he felt for her.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "3 Mid Level" ], @@ -35385,10 +35387,10 @@ "fields": [ "1961", "clinch", - ">", + "1. settle conclusively, finalise, bring to closure
2. secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
3. hold in a tight grasp", "verb", "English: from \"clench\" fix securely (a driven nail) by bending and beating it back,\"
Syn:", - "1a. The Senate must work quickly and together in order to clinch the budget deal to avoid a government shutdown.
1b. His home run clinched the victory.
1c. Dad went by ferry to Newcastel and was able to clinch a deal
2. The girder was clinched into the wall", + "1a. The Senate must work quickly and together in order to clinch the budget deal to avoid a government shutdown.
1b. His home run clinched the victory.
1c. Dad went by ferry to Newcastel and was able to clinch a deal
2. The girder was clinched into the wall
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1b. He directed his ire at the coworkers who reported the incident.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "DWady3w)o)", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1976", + "libel", + "statement that damages reputation", + "noun", + "Latin: libellus \"a little book, pamphlet; petition, written accusation, complaint,\"", + "1a. If we didn’t have laws against libel, anyone could fall victim to malicious stories about them in print or on the internet.
1b. The girls wanted revenge against the volleyball coach for punishing them, so they wrote an editorial to libel her in the school newspaper.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "iUP/[sV}bf", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1977", + "lien", + "legal claim until a debt on it is repaid", + "noun", + "French: lien \"a band or tie\"=>right to hold property of another until debt is paid,\"
It's pronounced like \"lean,\"which might also describe your meager finances if a lien, has been placed on your home.", + "1a. The bank has a lien on the truck until the buyer fulfills his financial obligations.
1b. Bill will have a lien on his house until he pays his federal taxes.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "vRluculent oration is always crystal clear, both in structure and content.
1b. The district attorney's brilliant, luculent summation sealed the case for the prosecution", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "$hMb*>$HR", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1979", + "obtuse", + "1a. blunt/stupid when used for a person
1b. rounded, blunt", + "adj.", + "Syn: dull, blunt, obtuse", + "1a. It would be obtuse to ignore an obvious, new revenue stream.
1b. He is too obtuse to take a hint.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "ou;ps@VGdy", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1980", + "odious", + "repulsive; hateful", + "adj.", + "Latin: odiosus \"hateful, offensive, unpleasant\"
Syn: hateful, contemptible, detestable, and abominable.", + "1a. Because Mark had an odious personality, he had very few friends.
1b. Public defenders represent their clients, who include the poor and the poorer, the odious and the innocent, none of whom they choose.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "Q6}Q.a4c:T", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1981", + "pariah", + "an outcast a rejected and despised person", + "noun, adj. verb", + "Tamil : paraiyar, member of a low caste in southern India, shunned as unclean,\"", + "1a. South Africa was treated as a pariah state during the Apartheid era.
1b. When the child molester was released from prison, he was treated like a pariah in his community.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "e+-aqlX`:F", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1982", + "prim", + "1. neat; formal
2. to give a prim or demure expression to", + "adj.", + "Latin: primus \"finest,\" literally \"first\", similar to \"prime\"
Prim describes someone who is so concerned with being proper it becomes almost fake.", + "1. Coming across as prim and proper, Agatha was called “Prudie” behind her back
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Syn: drag (out), draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, outstretch, prolong, stretch", + "1a. Epidemics can be short-lived or protracted, or, like the Justinianic plague, recurrent.
1b. Given the pace of progress so far, the talks are likely to be protracted, and their result is uncertain.
1c. Last January, China promised big increases in its imports from the United States as part of an agreement aimed at ending a protracted and increasingly bruising economic war", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "l_MK^yBL{L", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1984", + "pry", + "1. To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey
2. Move or force, especially in an effort to get something open", + "verb", + "Syn1: ask, enquire, inquire,, intrude, nose, poke
Syn2: lever, prise, prize", + "1a. The nosey woman considered how she could pry information out of the shy club member.
1b. I couldn't pry the secret out of him.
2a. Dozens of rescuers from the National Disaster Relief Force worked overnight with tools to pry apart the debris, Chaudhari said.
2b. Working with a pry bar, officials got one hand out of the person buried below the collapsed building.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "M}:vR&?vqc", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1985", + "putrefaction", + "becoming rotten", + "noun", + "Latin: putrid= \"to be rotten\" + facere=\"to make, do\"=> to become rotten
The ending is -faction rather than -fication on the pattern of many nouns that have Latin facere in their pasts: benefaction, malefaction, and liquefaction", + "1a. The putrefaction of flesh produces gases, primarily in the chest and gut, that inflate a corpse like a balloon.
1b. His macabre job had been to excavate the bomb shelters and basements to remove the rotting corpses before the entire city started to stink of human putrefaction.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "lWi;$rw6mJ", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1986", + "rotund", + "1a. Spherical in shape
1b. plump or excessively fat<.br>2. rich and deep (of sound)", + "adj.", + "Latin: rotundus \"rolling, round, circular, spherical, like a wheel,\"
Syn1: chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, lardy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy, portly, round, tubby", + "1a. He works the surface with both hands to reveal the rotund outlines of the truffle.
1b. He begins to wear the kind of “expandable webbed leather belt favored by rotund country club golfers, which grew and shrank with the size of one’s trousers.”
2. The actor's distinct baritone and his clear and rotund elocution are especially effective in dramatic readings", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "cG6kWwVmKF", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1987", + "ruddy", + "1a. Reddish
1b. healthy looking white person(glowing red skin)
1c. Bloody or darn as a expletive", + "adj.", + "same word root as \"red\"
\"ruddy\" was a British slang euphemism for \"bloody\", which was considered horrendous until the 2nd world war.", + "1a. Find the rusty, ruddy Red Planet before dawn in the southeast.
1b. Cahill is white-haired and ruddy, and he wore a white linen shirt.
1c. \"The ruddy door is stuck again. I'm going to take an axe to it!\"", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "ze9[Lt(v3@", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1988", + "sanctimony", + "the quality of being hypocritically devout, self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety", + "adj.", + "Latin: sanctimonia \"sacredness, holiness, virtuousness,\" from sanctus \"holy\"", + "1a. “Well, I put my energy into the community and not myself and my possessions,” I told him, without a hint of sanctimony.
1b. “And too often resentment conquers reason, anger blinds us to answers and sanctimony passes for authenticity.”
1c. Both of them constantly allow their left-wing biases to infect their \"reporting\" and even worse, do so with unmatched sanctimony and righteous indignation.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "L8y^%f)QF0", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1989", + "sash", + "1. a wide band of fabric that either secures clothing around your waist or decorates a uniform.
2. The framework in which panes of glass are set in a window or door", + "noun", + "1. Arabic: shash \"muslin cloth.\"
2. French: châssis \"frame\" of a window or door", + "1a. The judges gave the newly elected miss world winner a crown and a sash marked \"miss world\"
1b. Gros painted the extravagantly uniformed general, swathed in gilded sashes and crowned with a red-plumed hat, closer to 6 feet 8.
2. He shoved the lower sash of the guillotine window upwards to let in fresh air.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": ",)~oNc:rW", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1990", + "serration", + "1a. having a toothed edge
1b. a row of notches
1c. A single notch in a row of notches", + "noun", + "Latin: serratus \"sawlike, notched like a saw,\"", + "1a. The wide serrations make this blade ideal for slicing bread.
1b. Long ago, carnivorous dinosaurs grew little serrations on the back of their teeth called denticles, all the better to eat prey
1c. Running along one side of the parking lot are two huge lab buildings, each topped with a long, glinting serration of greenhouses.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "oWWSI3h8yK", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1991", + "sketchy", + "incomplete: it includes the major points but lacks detail, shortly, roughly, quickly,", + "adj.", + "adj. from sketch, linked to German \"Skizze\"", + "1a. They said the shooting occurred just after midnight, but details remain sketchy.
1b. Though the data remains sketchy, the evidence suggests that most of those quitters were white and wealthy.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "P)tI7x>Ja+", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1992", + "snub", + "1a. treat with contempt, to ignore or brush off someone
1b. To check or stop with a cutting remark
2. to extinguish by stubbing
3. extremely short", + "verb, noun, adj.", + "same word root as snip (\"schnipsen\" auf Deutsch)", + "1a(i). Traders, who were previously reluctant to snub cheap Chinese imports, have now come up with a list of 3,000 items, including toys, watches and plastic products, that can easily be replaced by local manufacturing.
1a(ii) Embroiled in a bitter feud, half the family snubbed their patriarch's funeral.
2. He snubbed out his cigarette before going back inside
3. He had a short, snub nose.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "QF,u~WOh)[", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1993", + "telltale", + "1a. That gives warning or information
1b. A person who gossips indiscreetely", + "adj.", + "from tell (v.) + tale
Syn1a (adj.) revealing, telling
Syn1b(noun): blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale
also spelled \"tell-tale\"", + "1a. The alcoholic would take a last-minute slug of vodka before leaving for work in the morning — never anything else because of the telltale breath they would give him.
1a(ii). A telltale sign of having got otherwise symptomless Corona was losing the ability to smell or taste for weeks
1b. The telltale told the teacher who cheated on the test", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "fv^&eV_@dn", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1994", + "tepid", + "1a. Lukewarm
1b. Half-hearted.", + "adj.", + "Latin: tepidus \"lukewarm,\"
Syn1b.: halfhearted, lukewarm, uneager, unenthusiastic", + "1a. He didn't like his water too hot, but rather preferred a tepid bath
1b(i). Trump faced criticism for his tepid response to the Skripal poisoning
1b(ii) He gave a tepid performance, which was by all.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "GP<.3,a`*h", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1995", + "thrift", + "very careful about how much money you spend", + "adj.", + "
Ant: spendthrift", + "1a. With little money, the showroom was decorated with thrift store furniture, which was covered in white muslin.
1b. For thrift shoppers, Frohm says, it’s a gold mine: “The quality of stuff right now is amazing.”
1c. Most rich persons are excellent in thrift.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "k.+HW!@:H[", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1996", + "tocsin", + "a signal, especially of alarm", + "noun", + "Middle French : toquassen \"an alarm bell, the ringing of an alarm bell\"
Has NOTHING to do with \"toxin\"", + "1a. The tocsin rang out, warning us of the approaching tornado
1b. These statistics should prompt all rationalists to sound the proverbial tocsin with unrelenting fury.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "w.32+5)H}G", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1997", + "unfeigned", + "not pretended, sincere", + "adj.", + "un + fein = \"disguise or conceal\"
Syn: sincere, wholehearted, heartfelt, hearty", + "1a. Most reality shows are scripted and are not unfeigned.
1b. Her interest in people was unfeigned so she chose to become a nurse", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "r].oS@iZbr", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1998", + "vain", + "1 without use or result
2. conceited", + "adj.", + "Latin vanus: \"empty,\"", + "1a. His vain attempt to learn 500 words in a day was not met with success
1b. He tried to in vain to convince the teacher that the dog had eaten his homework.
1c. In vain, the police watched as the escaped prisoner jumped onto the moving train.
2a. The teenager spent all day admiring themselves in reflective surfaces — mirrors, pools of water, the backs of spoons — so thought him to be conceited and vain>/b>
2b. She was vain about here clothes.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "xs^;,pFJ(b", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1999", + "wean", + "to turn away (from a habit)", + "verb", + "Old English : to train (an infant or animal) to forego suckling
Same word root as \"ge-wöhnen\" in Deutsch
Syn1: ablactate", + "1a. We are trying to wean my toddler from sucking a pacifier, but she hasn’t let go yet.
1b. Whatever we Californians and all Americans do to wean ourselves off fossil fuel, however, it isn’t going to stop wildfires for the foreseeable future.
1c. Oxygen is the key treatment that patients with the Corona virus are taken into hospital for and is used when weaning patients off ventilator support.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "3 Mid Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "c:N6<2HCoi", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "2000", + "abut", + "border on", + "verb", + "French : abouter : to border on, to end
The term is often used in real estate to refer to a lot line.
think of \"butt\" for a crude way to remember that this word has to do with ending on something", + "1a. Their property abuts our land.
1b. The fact that so many of these fires abut suburban communities reveals why the damage is so expensive — and that additional logging would not solve the whole problem.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "4 High Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "uD#+CsP).d", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] } ] } \ No newline at end of file