diff --git a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv index dd5fbe3..bd07dc4 100644 --- a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv +++ b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv @@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1510 "malingerer" "someone shirking duty by feigning illness or incapacity" "noun" "French: Malinger: to pretend to be sick
Syn: shammer, skulker, shirker, slacker" "Pike, the dog, was a clever malingerer and thief, pretending to be hurt to gain sympathy and food" " Hi Freq. GRE Hard" "Barron" 1511 "mendacious" "given to lying" "adj. " "French/Latin: given to tell ""a lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction
Syn:intentionally untrue, untruthful" "It’s an unguarded anthology her ongoing battles against depression, mendacious lovers and toxic memories. " " Hi Freq. GRE Hard" "Barron" 1512 "negate" "1. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
2. deny the truth of
3. prove negative 4. be in contradiction with" "verb" "backforming of negation:""deny, make negative or null""
Syn: neutralize, nullify, contradict, belie" "1. Sometimes getting a guard dog can negate the need for a security system.
3. The WHO’s statement would seem to negate the validity of any such document. " " Hi Freq. GRE Easy" "Barron" -1513 "officious" "intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner, being annoyingly eager to do more than is required. " "adj. " "Has nothing to do with official or office!!!. People who are officious are busybodies. They want to make their opinions known and followed, despite not having any kind of real power. " "The officious lunch lady made everyone's food choices her business, and made nasty comments when students chose cookies over carrots" " Hi Freq. GRE Medium" "Barron" +1513 "officious" "intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner, being annoyingly eager to do more than is required. " "adj. " "Has nothing to do with official or office. People who are officious are busybodies. They want to make their opinions known and followed, despite not having any kind of real power. " "The officious lunch lady made everyone's food choices her business, and made nasty comments when students chose cookies over carrots" " Hi Freq. GRE Medium" "Barron" 1514 "opprobrium" "a state of extreme dishonor" "adj. " "Syn: obloquy, infamy" "The celebrity chef earned opprobrium when she made a racial slur in front of the media. " " Hi Freq. GRE Hard" "Barron" 1515 "pate" "liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned" "noun" "French: from same word root as ""paste"", with the ""s""dissapearing again. " "He had no ethical problem eat goose liver pate" " Hi Freq. GRE Hard" "Barron" 1516 "pathological" "1. of or relating to the practice of pathology
2. caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition" "adj. " "Greek: pathologikos=pertaining to disease" "1. the lab. Technician worked in a pathological laboratory
2. The thief was a pathological liar. " " Hi Freq. GRE Hard" "Barron" @@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 4. a hotel located in a resort area
" "verb, noun" "French: re- ""again"" + sortir ""go out""=>" "1. The government resorted to rationing meat
2. An appeal to his uncle was his last resort to get him out of his difficult spot
3.
4. Following the Bucks’ decision, the NBA held a meeting at the Walt Disney World resort in Orlando to determine next steps for the season." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1819 "scurvy" "1. a disesase caused by a lack of Vit. C
2. mean; contemptible" "adj." "scurvy is Skurbut in Deutsch, but as the disease is now rare, scurvy can be also be used to mean a low, mean" "2. That was a scurvy trick you played on me!" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1820 "sere" "1. dry and withered
2. make hard and without feeling" "adj. " "1. The desert was edged with sere vegetation
1b. This is the dry side of the island with sere grasslands and free-range goats." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" -1821 "shunt" "1. a small tube that goes inside the body to drain fluid
2a. Send from one track to another
2b. push something over to someone else, evade discussion" "noun,verb" "Syn1: stint
Syn2: shove, push" "1. an arteriovenus shunt was inserted into his vein
2a. The waggons were shunted to set up new train configurations in preparation for the morning rush. 2b. President Trump abdicated leadership and shunted pandemic response to the states." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" +1821 "shunt" "1. a small tube that goes inside the body to drain fluid
2a. Send from one track to another
2b. push something over to someone else, evade discussion" "noun,verb" "Syn1: stint
Syn2: shove, push" "1. an arteriovenus shunt was inserted into his vein
2a. The waggons were shunted to set up new train configurations in preparation for the morning rush.
2b. President Trump abdicated leadership and shunted pandemic response to the states." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1822 "sordid" "1a. Foul and run-down and repulsive
1b. morally degraded
1c. unethical or dishonest
1d. Meanly avaricious and mercenary" "noun" "Latin sordidus ""dirty, filthy, foul, vile, mean, base""" "1a. The sordid shantytowns of Chennai are difficult to bear for outsiders.
1b. The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
1c. He ran a sordid political campaign
1d. The sordid avarice of his actions made me feel repulsion all around." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1823 "splenetic" "bad-tempered;irritable" "adj." "Late Latin ""pertaining to the spleen"" " "1a. The newspaper publisher's splenetic editorials often struck fear into local politicians
1b. Matt was splenetic after his wife left him for another man." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1824 "stentorian" "extremely loud and powerful" "adj." "from Stentor, legendary Greek herald in the Trojan War, whose voice was as loud as 50 men." "1a. During boot camp, we were often awakened by the stentorian voice of our drill sergeant.
1b. The stentorian music was so loud it made my head hurt." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" @@ -1909,20 +1909,20 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1875 "victual" "anything that can be eaten" "noun" "Late Latin victualia ""provisions""
in plural form, i.e. victuals, it means food .
Syn: provisions" "1a. The rebel blockade deprived the town of victuals.
1b. The British navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown
1c. There's a fine line between WASP victuals and white-trash cuisine. " "AMB" "internet" 1876 "aleck" "obnoxiously conceited person who considers himself smarter than others," "noun" "1a. My son Alex is smart, but he is not a smart aleck
1b. I phoned him and asked him what he was doing, and the smart aleck answered that he was talking to me on the phone. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1877 "kibosh" "block, halt, stop" "noun" "normally used in the sentence ""put the kibosh on""" "1a. After realizing that the newly hired butler had a background in stealing, the rich homeowner put the kibosh on his employment immediately.
1b. Inevitably, though, another recession will come putting the kibosh on job and income growth" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" -1878 "labyrinthine" "1a. twisting or winding in a maze-like manner
1b. to entangle the state of affairs
1c. Linked to the inner ear" "adj" "labyrynth + ine =adjectival word-forming element
intricate, involved" "1a. Given the safety requirements and protocols, the setup for the graduation was labyrinthine.
1b. tThe labyrinthine politics of Central Europe left us totally befuddled.
1c. If a student wants help, the process may seem labyrinthine." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" +1878 "labyrinthine" "1a. twisting or winding in a maze-like manner
1b. to entangle the state of affairs
1c. Linked to the inner ear" "adj" "labyrynth + ine =adjectival word-forming element
intricate, involved" "1a. Given the safety requirements and protocols, the setup for the graduation was labyrinthine.
1b. The labyrinthine politics of Central Europe left us totally befuddled.
1c. If a student wants help, the process may seem labyrinthine." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1879 "macerate" "1. make or become soft by soaking in water
2. to grow thin and weak" "verb" "from Latin" "1a. To provide wine with color, red grapes are crushed and macerated with their skins.
1b. For maximum effect, he macerates his fruit in brandy for several days, then folds it into just enough white pound-cake batter to bind it all together." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1880 "malinger" "to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty" "verb" "French : mal=bad, linger=lie around" "1a. His boss suspected him of malingering because of his frequent absences from work.
1b. Anyone frequently absent from work on Mondays and Fridays will eventually raise suspicions of malingering " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1881 "molt" "lose hair/feathers before new growing" "verb" "from Latin mutare ""to change"", i.e. same word root as ""mutate'" "1a. Birds molt once or twice a year, but my father seems to have been molting for 25 years.
1b. Snakes molt as they grow, shedding the old skin and growing a larger new skin.
1c. A crab molts its shell as it grows large" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1882 "moot" "1a. of no importance
1b. open to discussion or debate; doubtful
2. hypothetical case study of a court case for law students to practise" "adj. " """ge-moot"" was originally a court of law in England, which eventually lost its legal powers, the remnants of which ended up being a debating club for law students to practise law cases. So, whatever they discused and argured in these moot courts was irrelevant.
Syn: arguable, debatable, disputable, doubtable, negotiable, questionable" "1a(i). If your basketball team loses by 40 points, the bad call by the official in the first quarter is moot.
1a(ii). That became moot after Davidson told the court the parties agreed to resolve the case without a trial.
2. The law students committee was responsible for organising the weekly moot" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" -1883 "mulct" "1. To punish by a fine
2. to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc." "verb" "Latin mulctare: ""to punish by a fine or forfeiture""
Syn2: swindle
today, the 2nd meaning is more common" "1. Any contravention of the edict shall entail a mulct of one hundred marks, one half payable to the fisc and one half to the party injured.2a. The unethical reporter managed to mulct $500,000 from the corrupt police department.
2b. He tried to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" -1884 "numismatist" "collector and student of money, in particular of coins" " noun" "Syn: stingy, close, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly" "Paper notes and coins will be valued only by collectors and numismatists." "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" -1885 "penurious" "1. marked by or suffering from penury
2. stingy" "adj. " "Latin: Latin penuria ""want, need; scarcity""+ious=in want, needy, poverty-stricken""" "1. In Beijing, where foreign diplomats are penurious and government officials prefer Chinese restaurants, there were three distinguished Western eateries..
2a. “Warren Buffett would approve of our overhead philosophy,” he added, referring to the famously penurious investor.
2b. The penurious nicotine levels proved frustrating and costly for South Korean vapers." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" +1883 "mulct" "1. To punish by a fine
2. to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc." "verb" "Latin mulctare: ""to punish by a fine or forfeiture""
Syn2: swindle
today, the 2nd meaning is more common" "1. Any contravention of the edict shall entail a mulct of one hundred marks, one half payable to the fisc and one half to the party injured.
2a. The unethical reporter managed to mulct $500,000 from the corrupt police department.
2b. He tried to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" +1884 "numismatist" "collector and student of money, in particular of coins" " noun" "Paper notes and coins will be valued only by collectors and numismatists." "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" +1885 "penurious" "1. marked by or suffering from penury
2. stingy" "adj. " "Latin: Latin penuria ""want, need; scarcity""+ious=in want, needy, poverty-stricken""
Syn: stingy, close, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly" "1. In Beijing, where foreign diplomats are penurious and government officials prefer Chinese restaurants, there were three distinguished Western eateries..
2a. “Warren Buffett would approve of our overhead philosophy,” he added, referring to the famously penurious investor.
2b. The penurious nicotine levels proved frustrating and costly for South Korean vapers." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1886 "perspicacity" "The ability to notice and understand things that are not obvious and draw the right conclusions." "noun" "Latin perspicax ""sharp-sighted, having the power of seeing through
Syn: shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious, astute
reminds me od ""perspex"", the clear plastic" "1a. Because Warren Buffet is known for his perspicacity, many people wait to follow his stock-buying trends.
1b. I started a company to resell their product, and we owe our eventual success far more to luck and perseverance than to visionary perspicacity," "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1887 "propitiatory" "intended to reconcile or appease; having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation" "adj." "Syn: appeasing, conciliating, conciliatory, disarming, mollifying, pacific, pacifying, peacemaking, placating, placatory" "1a. He sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture
1b. And this redemption consists in the ""propitiatory sacrifice” which Christ offered in shedding His blood—a sacrifice wherein we participate “through faith.”
1c. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1888 "rancorous" "feeling bitterness; spitefulness" "adj. " "Latin: rancere= ""to stink."" This in turn led to rancorem, ""bitterness or rancidness""
Syn: acrid, acrimonious, bitter, embittered, hard, resentful, sore" "1a. While most dogs are friendly and sweet, they can become rancorous if they are treated very poorly.
1b. Daniels, the country-rock legend turned rancorous Fox News commentator, died in July at 83 after suffering a stroke.
1c. China on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu in an increasingly rancorous diplomatic conflict." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1889 "rubicund" "bearing skin that is pink or red in color; red and healthy" "adj. " "Latin: Latin rubicundus
Same word root as colour ""ruby""
Syn: blooming, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, ruddy, sanguine" "1a. The sunburn made his face rubicund in appearance
1b. The typical, model santa always has rubicund cheeks.
1c. He was described in his Daily Telegraph obituary as a liberal-minded MP with a demeanour described as ""plump, balding and rubicund""." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1890 "seminal" "Like a seed, so original, so groundbreaking and awesome that it will influence everything that comes after it." "adj. " "Old French seminal : ""of seed or semen"" " "1a. Newton’s laws are seminal in the field of physics.
1b. Ms. Allen was renowned for her seminal work in optimizing the creation of computer software programs.
1c. Until the seminal discoveries by the two Nobel laureates, progress into clinical development was modest." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" -1891 "skiff" "small boat" "noun" "Gleicher Wortstamm als ""Schiff"".
Originally, a small boat of a ship" "1. The fisherman hoped that the small skiff
would be able to hold all of the fish he caught.
1b. McCrory started fishing salmon when he was 12, using a skiff
to haul nets filled with salmon with his father." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" +1891 "skiff" "small boat" "noun" "Gleicher Wortstamm als ""Schiff"".
Originally, a small boat of a ship" "1. The fisherman hoped that the small skiff would be able to hold all of the fish he caught.
1b. McCrory started fishing salmon when he was 12, using a skiff to haul nets filled with salmon with his father." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1892 "somatic" "of the body" "adj. " "Latin : Soma=body
psychosomatic, = a physical condition or illness caused by the mind rather than a virus or a sprain" "1a. Somatic symptoms like headaches and fatigue generally resolve themselves quickly.
1b. In the meantime, we should continue to move forward with gene therapy of somatic cells." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1893 "subsume" "1a. To contain or include
1b. consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle" "verb" "Latin sub ""under"" + sumere ""to take, obtain, buy""=>to take under" "1a. This new version of XL subsumes the previous one
1b. Red, green, and yellow are subsumed under the term ""color""
2. Games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation” " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1894 "sully" "1. to be stained or discredited
2. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone" "verb" " French souiller ""to soil""" "1a. While our pool was clean yesterday, it has since been sullied thanks to all the dirt and leaves blown in by a storm.
1b. A bribery scandal surfaced in 1998 that sullied the Salt Lake City Winter Games." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" @@ -1930,5 +1930,19 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1896 "vacillation" "1. being uncertain, hesitating, constantly change your opinion.
2. swinging back and forth physically." "adj. " "Latin pp of vacillare ""sway to and fro, waver, hesitate, be untrustworthy,""
Syn: faltering, fence-sitting, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, pause, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, wavering, wobbling " "1a. The president was soundly criticized for his vacillation before responding to the crisis " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1897 "vacuity" "1a. the absence of matter
1b. a region that is devoid of matter
1c. total lack of meaning or ideas" "noun" "abstract noun derived from the adjective vacuous, which means ""like or of a vacuum""" "1a. First, after years of appalling ineptitude and moral vacuity under Corbyn’s catastrophic leadership, Britain’s opposition will be led by a credible alternative prime minister whose competence, professionalism, and patriotism are unquestioned..
1c. Even for a White House that regularly sets new records in implausible vacuity. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1898 "wan" "1a. looking ill, not bright
1b. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness" "adj." "Perhaps related to ""wane."" (like wax and wane)
Syn: ashen, sickly, blanched, cadaverous, pale, paled, pallid" "1a. A wan smile.
1b. Unlike the textile worker, who brought to mind wan images of a young woman or “a sickly child,” steelworkers were often portrayed “as intensely masculine, often bare-chested, with muscles rippling.”
2. The orchestra was sometimes wan but at other points gorgeously full." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" -1900 "mephitic" "resembling mephtis, a noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalation, especially from the earth" "adj. " "from Latin mephitis" "1a. That mephitic swamp still produces the odd belch.
1b. These moments of reckoning—in which something that once felt exciting begins to seem noxious, mephitic, dangerous—are important to heed." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" 1899 "wile" "1. noun. A trick
2. Verb. To lure by or as if by a magic spell" "noun, verb" "Syn1 (Noun): artifice, dodge, gambit, gimmick, jig, ploy, ruse, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, trick
Syn2 (verb): allure, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, magnetize
noun often used in the plural form" "1a. She had to use all of her wiles to convince her guests to stay for dinner
1b. It took both wile and cajolery to talk him into it " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" +1900 "mephitic" "resembling mephtis, a noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalation, especially from the earth" "adj. " "from Latin mephitis" "1a. That mephitic swamp still produces the odd belch.
1b. These moments of reckoning—in which something that once felt exciting begins to seem noxious, mephitic, dangerous—are important to heed." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "3 Mid Level" +1901 "ail" "to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to." "verb" "Ail is used when referring to non-specific illnesses.
The verb ail is used for things that are metaphorically unwell or unhealthy" "1a. His back has been ailing him.
1b. But as the ailing economy contracted even more, officials desperate to stimulate business lifted some of the lockdown restrictions
1c. The family includes their daughter, and his ailing mother, whom Dan visits weekly." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1902 "alloy" "1. A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
2. To debase by mixing with something inferior" "verb, noun" "1. Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper
2. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1903 "anguish" "extreme pain, distress, or anxiety - either or a noun or verb" "noun, verb" "Syn (noun): affliction, agony, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe
Syn(verb): afflict, agonize, bedevil, beset, besiege, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, plague, rack, torment, torture" "1a. When my husband died, the anguish I felt was nearly unbearable.
1b. They watched in anguish as fire spread through the house. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1904 "benefactor" "a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)" "noun" "Latin: bene= ""well,"" and facere= ""to do"" =>benefactor=""to do well.""" "1a. In an economy run on private enterprise, every school, museum, and struggling artist is in search for a generous benefactor, or someone to provide the financial means to keep everything running smoothly.
1b. His endowments … placed him high among the benefactor of the convent.
1c. An anonymous benefactor gave the school a dozen new computers" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1905 "braggart" "an individual who brags a great deal" "noun" "brag+ perjorative ending ""-ard"". " "1a. My rich uncle is a braggart who constantly boasts about his possessions.
1b. When the braggart in our neighborhood got a sports car, he kept driving around so everyone would see his vehicle." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1906 "centurion" "Roman army officer, head of a centuria"" (a group of one hundred)" "noun" "cent=100" "Matthew 8:5-13: When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.  “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1907 "console" "1. v. Give comfort or sympathy to
2. n. Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television" "verb, noun" "1. French consoler ""to comfort, console,""
2. noun : Frenchbut of unknown origin. " "1. The mother did her best to console her little son when his dog was run over by a car. 1b. The priest went to the hospital to console the military widows.
2. Transforming classic video game consoles into on-the-go gadget gaming goodness is practically a time-honored tradition " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1908 "defer" "1. postpone
2. to submit to another's wishes, opinion, or governance usually through deference or respect" "verb" "Syn1: hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table" "1a. The doctor has decided to defer the surgery until my father’s health improves.
1b. One of the Covid pandemic support measures implemented by governments was to allow companies to defer the payment of their taxes2. She deferred to her father's wishes" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1909 "dullard" "A dumb person." "noun" "somewhat old fashioned word" "1a. Neanderthals were, she writes, “not dullard losers on a withered branch of the family tree, but enormously adaptable and even successful ancient relatives”
1b. The dullard carried on conversations that made no sense. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1910 "embezzle" "use in a wrong way for one's own benefit" "verb" "1a. The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family”
1b. Embezzling is a so-called ""white-collar crime"" which often involves some sort of cover-up, like falsifying financial records or stealing small amounts of money over a long period of time. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1911 "fidelity" "1a. the quality or state of being faithful
1b.the degree to which an electronic device (such as a record player, radio, or television) accurately reproduces its effect (such as sound or picture)" "noun" "Syn: adhesion, allegiance, attachment, commitment, constancy, dedication, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, loyalty, piety, steadfastness, troth" "1a. Despite his apparent fidelity, she was never able to get over the feeling that he had another girlfriend on the side.
1b. These speakers reproduce sound with such high fidelity, you’d think you were actually in a concert hall." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1912 "foster" "1. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
2. nurture, help develop, help grow" "noun, verb" "Gleicher Wortstamm wie ""fördern"" auf Deutsch" "1. John was given up for adoption at a young age and unfortunately was placed in several foster homes durnig his life.
2. It is important to foster proper obedience in a dog early on. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1917 "patron" "1. regular customer
2. person who gives support" "noun" "1a. If you have a patron who orders an alcoholic beverage, please ask to see his identification.
1b. ""We wish to thank all patrons for their custom"", was written on the old sign in the store
2. He was a patron of the arts because he show edhis appreciation to the arts by donating money to the Metropolitan museum of Art." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1923 "tadpole" "a baby frog, basically the larval form of the animal afte the eggs hatch. " "noun" "Tadpole comes from roots meaning ""toad"" and ""head.""" "During its life cycle, the toad will grow from a tailed tadpole into a land amphibian with lungs and legs." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" diff --git a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx index bbbcc9a..519fde9 100644 Binary files a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx and b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx differ diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md index b08f756..170d562 100644 --- a/TODO.md +++ b/TODO.md @@ -1,16 +1,7 @@ :# Words that should be added/modified -| Word | Occurence | Explanation | -| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- | -| officious | 1513 | remove `!!!.`, replace with bold | -| labyrinthine | 1878 | `1b. tThe` -> `1b. T` | -| malinger | 1880 | we already have `malingerer` which has the exact same meaning | -| mulct | 1883 | add linebreak between 1. and 2a. | -| numismatist | 1884 | synonyms appear to be incorrect, may be the synonyms of penurious (no.1885) | -| propitiatory | 1887 | maybe combine with propiate examples-wise to get rid off this feeling of deference in propitiate | -| skiff | 1891 | end of bold delimiter missing | -| shunt | 1821 | add linebreak between 2a. and 2b. in examples | -| vacillation | 1896 | we already have vacillate with the same meaning | +| Word | Occurence | Explanation | +| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- | ---- diff --git a/deck.json b/deck.json index ad3245b..d6d06c6 100644 --- a/deck.json +++ b/deck.json @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ "delays": [ 10.0 ], - "leechAction": 0, + "leechAction": 1, "leechFails": 8, "minInt": 1, "mult": 0.0 @@ -22041,7 +22041,7 @@ "officious", "intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner, being annoyingly eager to do more than is required.", "adj.", - "Has nothing to do with official or office!!!. People who are officious are busybodies. They want to make their opinions known and followed, despite not having any kind of real power.", + "Has nothing to do with official or office. People who are officious are busybodies. They want to make their opinions known and followed, despite not having any kind of real power.", "The officious lunch lady made everyone's food choices her business, and made nasty comments when students chose cookies over carrots", "Hi Freq. GRE Medium", "Barron" @@ -25775,7 +25775,9 @@ "flags": 0, "guid": "Dgc}],m^Of", "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", - "tags": [] + "tags": [ + "leech" + ] }, { "__type__": "Note", @@ -32842,7 +32844,7 @@ "1. a small tube that goes inside the body to drain fluid
2a. Send from one track to another
2b. push something over to someone else, evade discussion", "noun,verb", "Syn1: stint
Syn2: shove, push", - "1. an arteriovenus shunt was inserted into his vein
2a. The waggons were shunted to set up new train configurations in preparation for the morning rush. 2b. President Trump abdicated leadership and shunted pandemic response to the states.", + "1. an arteriovenus shunt was inserted into his vein
2a. The waggons were shunted to set up new train configurations in preparation for the morning rush.
2b. President Trump abdicated leadership and shunted pandemic response to the states.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "5 Highest Level" ], @@ -33886,7 +33888,7 @@ "1a. twisting or winding in a maze-like manner
1b. to entangle the state of affairs
1c. Linked to the inner ear", "adj", "labyrynth + ine =adjectival word-forming element
intricate, involved", - "1a. Given the safety requirements and protocols, the setup for the graduation was labyrinthine.
1b. tThe labyrinthine politics of Central Europe left us totally befuddled.
1c. If a student wants help, the process may seem labyrinthine.", + "1a. Given the safety requirements and protocols, the setup for the graduation was labyrinthine.
1b. The labyrinthine politics of Central Europe left us totally befuddled.
1c. If a student wants help, the process may seem labyrinthine.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "4 High Level" ], @@ -33976,7 +33978,7 @@ "1. To punish by a fine
2. to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc.", "verb", "Latin mulctare: \"to punish by a fine or forfeiture\"
Syn2: swindle
today, the 2nd meaning is more common", - "1. Any contravention of the edict shall entail a mulct of one hundred marks, one half payable to the fisc and one half to the party injured.2a. The unethical reporter managed to mulct $500,000 from the corrupt police department.
2b. He tried to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened", + "1. Any contravention of the edict shall entail a mulct of one hundred marks, one half payable to the fisc and one half to the party injured.
2a. The unethical reporter managed to mulct $500,000 from the corrupt police department.
2b. He tried to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "4 High Level" ], @@ -33993,7 +33995,7 @@ "numismatist", "collector and student of money, in particular of coins", "noun", - "Syn: stingy, close, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly", + "", "Paper notes and coins will be valued only by collectors and numismatists.", "1000 Difficult GRE words", "Examword" @@ -34011,7 +34013,7 @@ "penurious", "1. marked by or suffering from penury
2. stingy", "adj.", - "Latin: Latin penuria \"want, need; scarcity\"+ious=in want, needy, poverty-stricken\"", + "Latin: Latin penuria \"want, need; scarcity\"+ious=in want, needy, poverty-stricken\"
Syn: stingy, close, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly", "1. In Beijing, where foreign diplomats are penurious and government officials prefer Chinese restaurants, there were three distinguished Western eateries..
2a. “Warren Buffett would approve of our overhead philosophy,” he added, referring to the famously penurious investor.
2b. The penurious nicotine levels proved frustrating and costly for South Korean vapers.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "4 High Level" @@ -34120,7 +34122,7 @@ "small boat", "noun", "Gleicher Wortstamm als \"Schiff\".
Originally, a small boat of a ship", - "1. The fisherman hoped that the small skiff
would be able to hold all of the fish he caught.
1b. McCrory started fishing salmon when he was 12, using a skiff
to haul nets filled with salmon with his father.", + "1. The fisherman hoped that the small skiff would be able to hold all of the fish he caught.
1b. McCrory started fishing salmon when he was 12, using a skiff to haul nets filled with salmon with his father.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "4 High Level" ], @@ -34290,6 +34292,258 @@ "guid": "Jkem@t){A1", "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1901", + "ail", + "to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.", + "verb", + "Ail is used when referring to non-specific illnesses.
The verb ail is used for things that are metaphorically unwell or unhealthy", + "1a. His back has been ailing him.
1b. But as the ailing economy contracted even more, officials desperate to stimulate business lifted some of the lockdown restrictions
1c. The family includes their daughter, and his ailing mother, whom Dan visits weekly.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "mF@lfLQW$M", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1902", + "alloy", + "1. A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
2. To debase by mixing with something inferior", + "verb, noun", + "", + "1. Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper
2.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "j#*nQ:UjDn", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1903", + "anguish", + "extreme pain, distress, or anxiety - either or a noun or verb", + "noun, verb", + "Syn (noun): affliction, agony, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe
Syn(verb): afflict, agonize, bedevil, beset, besiege, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, plague, rack, torment, torture", + "1a. When my husband died, the anguish I felt was nearly unbearable.
1b. They watched in anguish as fire spread through the house.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "qZi)X=H&Yy", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1904", + "benefactor", + "a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)", + "noun", + "Latin: bene= \"well,\" and facere= \"to do\" =>benefactor=\"to do well.\"", + "1a. In an economy run on private enterprise, every school, museum, and struggling artist is in search for a generous benefactor, or someone to provide the financial means to keep everything running smoothly.
1b. His endowments … placed him high among the benefactor of the convent.
1c. An anonymous benefactor gave the school a dozen new computers", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "qY&rRvn=.F", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1905", + "braggart", + "an individual who brags a great deal", + "noun", + "brag+ perjorative ending \"-ard\".", + "1a. My rich uncle is a braggart who constantly boasts about his possessions.
1b. When the braggart in our neighborhood got a sports car, he kept driving around so everyone would see his vehicle.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "dc<.[`v7@2", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1906", + "centurion", + "Roman army officer, head of a centuria\" (a group of one hundred)", + "noun", + "cent=100", + "Matthew 8:5-13: When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.  “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "D4doY7Ia?_", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1907", + "console", + "1. v. Give comfort or sympathy to
2. n. Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television", + "verb, noun", + "1. French consoler \"to comfort, console,\"
2. noun : Frenchbut of unknown origin.", + "1. The mother did her best to console her little son when his dog was run over by a car. 1b. The priest went to the hospital to console the military widows.
2. Transforming classic video game consoles into on-the-go gadget gaming goodness is practically a time-honored tradition", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "E~FXN(D5ti", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1908", + "defer", + "1. postpone
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1b. One of the Covid pandemic support measures implemented by governments was to allow companies to defer the payment of their taxes2. She deferred to her father's wishes", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "u%~{zKF9l", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1909", + "dullard", + "A dumb person.", + "noun", + "somewhat old fashioned word", + "1a. Neanderthals were, she writes, “not dullard losers on a withered branch of the family tree, but enormously adaptable and even successful ancient relatives”
1b. The dullard carried on conversations that made no sense.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "MQv{}FwOar", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1910", + "embezzle", + "use in a wrong way for one's own benefit", + "verb", + "", + "1a. The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family”
1b. Embezzling is a so-called \"white-collar crime\" which often involves some sort of cover-up, like falsifying financial records or stealing small amounts of money over a long period of time.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "H;7kbKY;g6", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1911", + "fidelity", + "1a. the quality or state of being faithful
1b.the degree to which an electronic device (such as a record player, radio, or television) accurately reproduces its effect (such as sound or picture)", + "noun", + "Syn: adhesion, allegiance, attachment, commitment, constancy, dedication, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, loyalty, piety, steadfastness, troth", + "1a. Despite his apparent fidelity, she was never able to get over the feeling that he had another girlfriend on the side.
1b. These speakers reproduce sound with such high fidelity, you’d think you were actually in a concert hall.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "O9@>2i|gWs", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1912", + "foster", + "1. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
2. nurture, help develop, help grow", + "noun, verb", + "Gleicher Wortstamm wie \"fördern\" auf Deutsch", + "1. John was given up for adoption at a young age and unfortunately was placed in several foster homes durnig his life.
2. It is important to foster proper obedience in a dog early on.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "BGxqoKd3kX", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1917", + "patron", + "1. regular customer
2. person who gives support", + "noun", + "", + "1a. If you have a patron who orders an alcoholic beverage, please ask to see his identification.
1b. \"We wish to thank all patrons for their custom\", was written on the old sign in the store
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