diff --git a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv index 306fb8d..12f7428 100644 --- a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv +++ b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.csv @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ 43 "abnegation" "1. repudiation; the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
2. self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others" " noun" "Latin: ab ""off, away from"" + negare ""to deny
Syn: 1. denial
2. self-denial, self renunciation" "1. abnegation of the Holy Trinity by agnostics
2. If you wish to be a monk, you must not have a problem with the abnegation of worldly possessions" "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" 44 "ambrosial" "extremely pleasing to the senses, divine (as related to the gods) or delicious (n: ambrosia)" "adj. " "The garden with its ambrosial and exotic blossoms and fruit trees is a place for relaxation and privacy" "Common GRE" "MSU" 45 "ameliorate" "make better" "verb" " French, latin: améliore" "Longer breaks significantly ameliorated the working conditions in the factory. " "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" -46 "amenable" " easily convinced or persuaded" "adj. " " French, latin: ad + mener (= to lead (F), to drive cattle (Latin)" "Group trips with amenable people are pleasant. " "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" +46 "amenable" "1a. Someone/something who is open to do something or have done to them
1b. easily convinced or persuaded
2. liable to answer to a higher authority" "adj. " " French, latin: ad + mener (= to lead (F), to drive cattle (Latin)
Syn: obedient, docile, tractable,
amenable suggests a willingness to yield or cooperate because of a desire to be agreeable or because of a natural open-mindedness" "1a(i). Peter's friend wanted to try sky diving and Peter was amenable to the idea, so 2 days later Peter was jumping out of a plane. 1a(ii). The tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment
1a(iii).“This region seems to be really amenable to finding dual professional careers,” Shaver said
2. The president is amenable to the constitutional court. " "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" 47 "amphi
" "round
" "Greek/Latin root" "amphitheater
amphibian
" "Greek/Latin " "MSU" 48 "-an, ian" "native of, pertaining to " "adj. , noun" "American
Martian
antediluvian " "Suffix" "MSU" 49 "abrade" "1. wear away by friction; scrape;
2. erode" " verb" "
Syn 1: scour.
2. wear-away, corrade, rub-off" "1. Using sandpaper, John was able to abrade the rough edges of the wood into a smooth finish.
2. The constant battering of the waves abraded the coastline away" "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ 147 "chronic" "(Of a problem) long lasting and difficult to eradicate" "adj. " "Greek: chronos=time+ic=nature of/like=>lasting a long time
Syn: constant, continuing, persistent " "Pessimists think the productivity problem is chronic. " "Least Difficult" "FT" 148 "chronological" " ordered by time" "adj. " "Latin: chrono=time+logo=theory, science, doctrine+ ic/ical=word-forming element making adj. s" "He went through the events in chronological order" "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" 149 "-cian" "having a specific skill " "noun " "magician
optician
physician " "Suffix" "MSU" -150 "cide" "kill " "Greek/Latin root" "Killer of ( ): homicide
parricide(parents)
germicidal
ecocide
suicide
fungicide
senicide (old men)
libricide(old books)
legicide(laws)
uxoricide(wife)
filicide(son/daughter)
floricide(flowers)
infanticide(infants)
genocide(race/kind)
" "Greek/Latin " "MSU" +150 "cide" "kill " "Greek/Latin root" "Killer of ( ): homicide
parricide (parents)
germicidal (germs)
ecocide (environment)
suicide (self)
fungicide (fungi)
senicide (old men)
libricide (old books)
legicide (laws)
uxoricide (wife)
filicide (son/daughter)
floricide (flowers)
infanticide (infants)
genocide (race/kind)
regicide (the king)" "Greek/Latin " "MSU" 151 "adornment" "embellishment; decoration; something that beautifies or adorns; ornament" " noun" "Latin root is adornare""equip or embellish. """ "A small adornment of parsley was added to the chef’s dish to make it look better. " "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" 152 "adroit" "skillful and adept under pressing conditions" " adj. " "French:droit: ""right"" a=to + droit=right =>do it right"", ""properly""
Deutsch Wortstamm: rechtens (aber nicht ganz die gleiche Bedeutung)
Ant:maladroit" "The child was an adroit pianist at an early age" "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" 153 "coda" "a concluding event, remark or musical composition" "noun" "Syn: ending, finale" "The final section of the song was sealed with a coda that sounded like an entirely different melody. " "Least Difficult" "FT" @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ 347 "flaunt
flout" "flaunt is to display brazenly or pretentiously whereas flout is to to show an obvious disregard or disrespect for; to treat contemptuously" "verb" "Flaunt is to show off, but flout is to ignore the rules. Rebels do both — they flaunt their new pink motorcycles by popping a wheelie, and flout the law by running a red ligh" "He came into the Church, flaunting his riches with his designer clothes, flouting all rules by dancing on the altar. " "Easily confused words" "MSU" 348 "fledgling" "1. a baby bird;
2. an inexperienced person; inexperienced. " "adj. , noun" "Same German word root as ""Flügel"", d. h. get wings.
Also implies potential to improve" "1. The fledgling storks start to leave the nest about 2 months after hatching.
2. Jill is a fledgling skater who must work on her turns more. " "Common GRE" "MSU" 349 "aseptic" "preventing infection; having cleansing effect" " adj. " "Greek: a-=not + septic= “characterized by putrefaction""(ie. Rotting of flesh)=>sterile" "Nurses stored the unused sterile syringes in aseptic containers for future use. " "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" -350 "floundering" "struggling:" "adj. " "Dutch/German roots ""flattern""" " We tried to save the floundering business. " "Common GRE" "MSU" +350 "floundering" "struggling" "adj. " "Dutch/German roots ""flattern""" " We tried to save the floundering business. " "Common GRE" "MSU" 351 "fluctuate" " to shift without apparent pattern" "verb" "Each day, the price of gold will fluctuate on the market" "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" 352 "fluke" "Unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck" "noun" "originally a lucky shot at billiards
Sometimes written: ""' flook ""
Syn: coincidence, accident, a twist of fate" "The ball sank into the net after 2 deflections in what can only be called a lucky fluke" "Least Difficult" "FT" 353 "foil" "1. n. a thin sheet made of metal.
2. n. a type of rapier or sword. foils: the sport or practice of fencing with such swords.
3. n. a person or thing used in a comparison in order to make another person or thing seem superior.
4. v. to spoil or thwart; to prevent the success of. " "noun" "1. Dad wrapped the spare ribs in aluminium foil before putting them on the grill.
2. The fencing competition took place with rubber-ball capped foils
3. She had brought so many unsuitable suitors home to her parents that these were nothing but foils, so the introduction of John led her parents to happily agree to the marriage.
4. The early return of their parents foiled their plans for a party. " "Homonym" "MSU" @@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ 379 "hackneyed" "overused, so overused as to have become uninteresting, repeated too often, cliché, trite, banal" "adj. " "Named after London Borough of Hackney where small horses were let out for hire, so figuratively: ""used many times over that it has become uninteresting""" "Too often used by young girls, the word “like” has become hackneyed" "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" 380 "assimilate" "to make similar, to incorporate or absorb into" " verb" "Latin: ad ""to"" + simulare ""make similar"" " "The USA country assimilates immigrants very quickly" "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" 381 "harangue" "a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion" "noun" "Syn: tirade, diatribe, rant
Deutsch: Moralpredigt, Tirade" "State-run China Central Television (CCTV) has broadcast harsh criticisms of some multinationals, including an absurd harangue over Starbucks’ prices. " "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" -382 "headlong" "headfirst; impulsive; hasty. impulsively; hastily; without forethought:" "adj. " " They rushed headlong into marriage. " "Common GRE" "MSU" +382 "headlong" "headfirst; impulsive; hasty. impulsively; hastily; without forethought" "adj. " " They rushed headlong into marriage. " "Common GRE" "MSU" 383 "hedonism" " the pursuit of pleasure" "noun" "Freddie Mercuy was known to be a great singer and a non-stop hedonist" "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" 384 "hetero" "mixed
unlike " "Greek/Latin root" "heterogeneous
heterosexual
heterodox
heterodont
hetero atom
heterocyclic
heterozygous
" "Greek/Latin " "MSU" 385 "hierarchical" " arranged in rank order or hierarchy" "adj. " "The hierarchic structure of the company led to internal problems" "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ e) balking, balky f) refractory, stubborn g) uncontrollable, unmanageable h) u 523 "naïv" " inexperienced or gullible" "adj. " "Syn: credulous, uninformed, childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed, credulous, fleeceable, green, gullible, ingenuous, innocent, simple-minded, unsophisticated, unworldly" "He was so naive and excited to be there that he didn’t even really see an issue. " "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" 524 "benediction" "blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes" " noun" "Latin: bene ""well"" + dicere ""to say, speak""=>to bless" "Today the Pope will make a benediction for all those who are sick and hungry. " "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" 525 "nefarious" "wicked
evil " "adj. " "Latin: ne- ""not"" + fas ""right, lawful""=>""wicked in the extreme""
Syn: dastardly, villainous, wicked" "Batman and Superman are always fighting evildoers and stopping their nefarious plots" "Common GRE" "MSU" -526 "neglect" " to abandon or leave uncared-for" "verb/noun" "Latin: nec ""not"" + legere ""pick up, select""=>omit to pick up, do or perform; Syn: (verb)drop, leave out, miss, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit, fail, fail to attend to, disregard, ignore. (noun)neglectfulness, state of disuse, disregard, " "1. (as verb) He neglects his children.
2. (as noun) The house was in a terrible state of neglect" "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" +526 "neglect" " to abandon or leave uncared-for" "verb, noun" "Latin: nec ""not"" + legere ""pick up, select""=>omit to pick up, do or perform; Syn: (verb)drop, leave out, miss, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit, fail, fail to attend to, disregard, ignore. (noun)neglectfulness, state of disuse, disregard, " "1. (as verb) He neglects his children.
2. (as noun) The house was in a terrible state of neglect" "357 prevalent GRE words" "Prepscholar" 527 "-ness" "state of " "adj. , noun" "carelessness
uselessness " "Suffix" "MSU" 528 "bilious" "1. suffering from indigestion;
2. appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly, green
3. irritable" " adj. " "root word bile, a foul green fluid made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder to assist with digestion" "3. Our bilious neighbor in Gempen was known for his bad attitude. " "1000 Difficult GRE words" "Examword" 529 "nomen" "name " "Greek/Latin root" "noble
ignominy
nomenclature
nominal " "Greek/Latin " "MSU" @@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1736 "coruscate" "sparkle" "verb" "From Latin: sparkle, emit flash of light" "1a. He had a classic car from the 1950s, replete with yards of coruscating chrome
1b. The little mirrors on a disco ball coruscate as the ball twirls, making the dance floor sparkle.1c. His playing coruscated throughout the concert hall
1d. The allegations threaten to curtail a coruscating career." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1737 "countenance" "1. the appearance conveyed by a person's face, thus also their composure - often understood to be calm
2. to favor or approve of" "adj, verb" "Old French contenance ""demeanor, bearing, conduct""" "1a. The photograph showed his somber countenance
1b. He managed to keep his countenance through the ordeal.
2. He was surprised at her countenance of their unsafe amusements" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1738 "countervail" "to counter something with equal force so as to succesffully offset or mitigate its effect" "verb" "counter=rebut + vail=value=>rebut or resist with equal force/value" "In order to countervail the storm’s effect of flooding the area, the authorities built levees to hold the waters back. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" -1739 "crass" "stupid, vulgar, insensitive, without refinement or sensitivity; gross." "adj," "ähnlich (aber nicht identisch) wie ""Krass"" auf Deutsch" "While you don't have to wear black to a funeral, but showing up in clown pants is simply crass." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" +1739 "crass" "stupid, vulgar, insensitive, without refinement or sensitivity; gross." "adj." "ähnlich (aber nicht identisch) wie ""Krass"" auf Deutsch" "While you don't have to wear black to a funeral, but showing up in clown pants is simply crass." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1740 "cursory" "quick; hurried" "adj. " "From French via Latin: pp of currore= running
Syn: hasty" "1a. He gave the applicant a cursory glance and already turned her down in his mind
1b. Only a cursory inspection of the building was done - resulting in a large under-estimate of the repairs needing to be done." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1741 "deferential" "showing respect" "adj." "French déférence, itself from déférer ""to yield, comply""" "People were always deferential to the military veteran and showed him respect every time he was in uniform." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1742 "deposition" "1. the act of putting something somewhere
2. (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office
3. the act of deposing someone
removing a powerful person from a position or office" "noun" "Definitions 1 and 2 stem from the word ""deposit"", ie. Put something down
Definition 3 comes from the word ""depose"". " "1. The deposition of the sediment over centuries eventually led to filling of the lake
2. In a deposition in a separate lawsuit last year, LaPierre acknowledged he did not report any of the NRA-paid expenses as personal income
3. As soon as the people received word of the dictator’s deposition, they ran in the streets and started to celebrate. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" @@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1762 "fetter" "restrict someones's movement, either literally or metaphorically" "verb" "a Fetter is a shackle or chain that is attached to someone’s ankles
now, usually means something has been done to restrain someone’s behavior: " "1a. The prison wardens would fetter the chain gangs who built many of the railroads in the US.
1b. Her position would place new fetters on U.S. economic policy.
1c. We finally managed to fetter our sons’ computer use with bribery." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1763 "flak" "1. criticism
2. anti-aircraft guns
3. slick salesman" "verb" "Flak=Deutsche Fliegerabwehrkanone
as verb, normally used with the word ""taking""" "1a. It was notable considering the flak Hillary Clinton took for being a career woman when her husband first stepped into the political arena.
1b. He took a lot of flak from the other kids for his unusual appearance.
3. The spokesperson was a slick flak catcher, who could turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1764 "fledged" "1. of a bird = able to fly
2 trained, experienced, established, mature" "adj." "fledged=""furnished with feathers"", related to old German ""flügge""
In extended sense, often used in combination with the word ""fully"" or ""full""" "1. Semel said the birds are considered officially fledged between hatching and day 23.
2a. Netflix is trying to increase its film output and become a full fledged studio in 2020.
2b. After signing up for membership, he is now a fully fledged fan of the Jags" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" -1765 "foppish" "behaves like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes" "adj." "From 17cent German ""foppen"", where one apparently made jokes about people who paid too much attention to their clothes. " "Noble men, sullied by femininity, were foppish, wore perfume and sumptuous, bright and frivolous clothes." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" +1765 "foppish" "behaves like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes" "adj." "From 17 century German ""foppen"", where one apparently made jokes about people who paid too much attention to their clothes. " "Noble men, sullied by femininity, were foppish, wore perfume and sumptuous, bright and frivolous clothes." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1766 "forbear" "1. refrain from doing something, especially with an effort; to control oneself when provoked
2. ancestor" "verb, noun" " Old English forberan= ""control one's feelings, or tolerate" "1a. He was mad at his best friend, so he forbore from answering his text messages for a while
1b. While Helen is on a diet, she will forbear her craving for sweets.
2. My sister claims to have no interest in her ancestory, but I believe she forbears to learn about her forbears" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1767 "forge" "1. create (something of metal) by hammering
2. n. furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1829 "tamp" "tap or drive down by repeated light blows" "adj. " "1a. Before putting the coffee holder into the expresso machine, he tamped the coffee down.
1b. Word of the plan sparked concern Chicago could see the kind of controversial force used to tamp down protests in cities including Portland, Oregon, in recent weeks." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1830 "teetotal" "pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink" "adj. " "word formed from total with a reduplication of the initial T- for emphasis, ie. ""T-total""" "Lots of beer is consumed on Return Day, but one of the most convivial participants I saw was the teetotal Biden" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1831 "testy " "feeling easily irritated" "adj. " "1a. Earlier in the hearing, the judge sounded testy when attorneys asked for clarification on technical details of the injunction.
1b. On the phone, Tingley-Hock comes across as a testy fellow, the kind of guy who could get prickly about a missing Oxford comma." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" -1832 "tout" "1. advertise in strongly positive terms
1b. To show off.
2. In England, a tout is a person who gives advice about gambling. 3. someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit" "verb, noun" "Gleicher Wortstamm wie ""Tüten""" "1a. This product was touted as a revolutionary invention1b. Sarah wears tight blouses to tout her full bosom.
“He touts his relationship with the president a lot.
2. The tout asked me 10 Pounds for a racing tip, upon whose payment he informed me that the favourite was seen limping that morning.
3. Ticket touters face increasing credibility issues, as tickets sold inofficially may be forged or have already been scanned for entry." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" +1832 "tout" "1. advertise in strongly positive terms
1b. To show off.
2. In England, a tout is a person who gives advice about gambling. 3. someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit" "verb, noun" "Gleicher Wortstamm wie ""Tüten""" "1a. This product was touted as a revolutionary invention
1b. Sarah wears tight blouses to tout her full bosom.
“He touts his relationship with the president a lot.
2. The tout asked me 10 Pounds for a racing tip, upon whose payment he informed me that the favourite was seen limping that morning.
3. Ticket touters face increasing credibility issues, as tickets sold inofficially may be forged or have already been scanned for entry." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1833 "travesty" "a cheap mockery, usually of something or someone serious" "noun, verb" "French travesti ""dressed in disguise"", which became ""dressed so as to be made ridiculous, parodied, burlesque""" "1a. The travesty show about international politicians had a tall, skinny man dressed to be chancellor Merkel.
1b. ""The trial was a travesty of justice, that court case that makes a mockery of the system"", said the person who was found guilty.
1c. Yet despite the best of intentions, the virtual consultations set up for me at my hospital have been a travesty because of glitches in technology." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1834 "trencherman" "person who eats a lot" "noun" "He sits with his back to the wall, eats like a trencherman and gets acquainted with the waitress." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" 1835 "trite" "not new" "adj." "Latin tritus ""worn, oft-trodden"" of language ""much-used, familiar, commonplace""" "1a. This may sound like a trite answer, but storytelling is just part of being a human being.
1b. Will you stop using those trite clichés?
1c. Although the movie concept was unique, the character dialogue was trite and ruined the picture." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "5 Highest Level" @@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1853 "deprecate" "1. express strong disapproval of; deplore, protest against;
2a. Belittle
2b. Self-deprecate= downplay one's own achievements" "verb" "Syn: bad-mouth, belittle, decry, denigrate, derogate, dis (also diss) [slang], dismiss, disparage, play down, poor-mouth, talk down, trash, vilipend" "1. ""Those who profess to favour freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without ploughing up the ground,” said Douglass.
2. I can only speak 5 languages, she said, self deprecatingly" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1854 "desiccant" "substance used to absorb moisture" "noun" "Latin: de- ""thoroughly"" (see de-) + siccare ""to dry""=> to dry thoroughly" "Many consumer goods sent from Asia to Europe have small tea-bag-sized white bags of dessicant included in the packaging so as to prevent direct and indirect moisture damage. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1855 "discountenance" "1a. Look with disfavour on
1b. discourage by showing one's disapproval " "verb" "
Syn: deprecate, disapprove (of), disesteem, disfavor, dislike, frown upon, mislike, reprove, tut-tut (over or about)" "1a. In Darwin's times, there were social philosophers who discountenanced all programs for helping the needy, claiming that society should encourage the survival of the fittest
1b. At that his jaw dropped a little, and he stared at me utterly discountenanced that I should be so plain with him." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" -1856 "dolt" "stupid person" "noun" "Syn: airhead, birdbrain, cretin, dimwit, dodo, dork , dumbhead, dummkopf, dunce, goof, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, jackass, moron, nincompoop, nitwit, noodle, numbskull, oaf, simpleton, thickhead, turkey" "1a. What a dolt1b. I've been !
1c. The illiterate dolt was from a well-educated family but refused to learn to read or write himself." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" +1856 "dolt" "stupid person" "noun" "Syn: airhead, birdbrain, cretin, dimwit, dodo, dork , dumbhead, dummkopf, dunce, goof, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, jackass, moron, nincompoop, nitwit, noodle, numbskull, oaf, simpleton, thickhead, turkey" "1a. What a dolt I've been!
1b. The illiterate dolt was from a well-educated family but refused to learn to read or write himself." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1857 "dulcet" "1a. Sweet to the senses, generally pleasing or agreeable
1b. melodious; harmonious" "adj. " "Latin dulcis=""sweet to the senses"" especially of taste, also ""melodious, harmonious.
Think of ""dolce Vita"" =sweet/good life" "1a(i). A dulcet smile
1a(ii). The most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches
1b. Last night I fell asleep listening to the dulcet sounds of soft jazz." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1858 "effluvia" "a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste) (negative connotation)" "noun" "Latin, plural of effluvium ""a flowing out, an outlet""" "1a. Since the effluvium seeping out of the tire factory's chimney was invisible, park officials took months to realize fumes were killing hundreds of birds.
1b. It has now been observed that the swearing lexicon now draws less from religion and more from body effluvia." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1859 "encumbrance" "1a. Burden
1b. things that get on the way of
2. a claim (such as a mortgage) against property" "noun" "Latin incombrare= ""barricade or obstacle.""" "1a. Without the encumbrance of a heavy backpack, I could sprint along the trail.
1b. His thick knitted mittens were an encumbrance to dial his cell phone, so he took them off.
2. He wanted to make sure that the corporation's properties were free from all encumbrances before paying the full price for the company." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" @@ -1905,11 +1905,11 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1871 "imbroglio" "complicated and embarrassing situation, generally interpersonal" "noun" "similar too to ""embroil""" "1a. The scholars on the field trip found themselves in an imbroglio when two teachers began to fight over a woman, and the third had incessant diarrhea.
1b. He declined to identify the associate, saying he didn’t want to drag the individual into the current imbroglio." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1872 "ineluctable" "impossible to avoid, certain; inevitable" "adj. " "1a. So many women try to fight the ineluctable aging process by having cosmetic surgery.
1b. When the governor refused to halt the execution, the prisoner realized his fate was ineluctable
1c. The marxist came to the ineluctable conclusion that this problem, like every problem in the world, was all the white, male, capitalist's fault. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 1873 "jejune" "insubstantial, dull, immature, no content" "adj. " "Latin jejunus= “fasting,” so, figuratively something is empty — devoid of intellectual nourishment." "1a. The jejune diets of the very poor are driven more by ignorance than by lack of money.
1b. Another moralizing tale filled with jejune platitudes
2. She made empty, jejune remarks about life and art. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" -1874 "bandy" "toss many ideas around without focusing on just one. ; discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly
2. To bat, (eg. a ball) to and fro
3. ajd. bandy-legged=bow-legged" "verb, adj. " "1a. We bandy around around these difficult questions.
1b. In the area I live now, 'get a Filipino' is bandied around so easily when referring to getting a nanny.
1c. The epithet “data are the new oil” gets bandied about thoughtlessly and improperly these days.
3. When he wore shorts, his bandy-legs were visible to all." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" +1874 "bandy" "toss many ideas around without focusing on just one. ; discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly
2. To bat, (eg. a ball) to and fro
3. adj. bandy-legged=bow-legged" "verb, adj. " "1a. We bandy around around these difficult questions.
1b. In the area I live now, 'get a Filipino' is bandied around so easily when referring to getting a nanny.
1c. The epithet “data are the new oil” gets bandied about thoughtlessly and improperly these days.
3. When he wore shorts, his bandy-legs were visible to all." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 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. 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" +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" @@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1895 "tautology" "1. a repetition, a redundancy
2. Logic. A statement that is always true" "noun" "Latin: tautologia: to=""the""+ auto=""same"" + logos =saying""=> ""representation of the same thing in other words""" "1a. The phrase ""a beginner who has just started"" is a tautology. 1b. To say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology.
2. ""It will snow tomorrow, or it will not snow tomorrow"" is a logical tautology because it is inherently true. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High Level" 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" +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 (i). 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.”
1b (ii). The orchestra was sometimes wan but at other points gorgeously full." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "4 High 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" @@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 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" +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" @@ -1950,5 +1950,39 @@ Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes" "Least 1916 "legacy" "1a. Bequest or inheritance
1b.
2. of, relating to, associated with, or carried over from an earlier time, technology, business
3. Child of an alumunus to a school/university" "verb, noun" "Latin : legare ""to appoint by a last will, send as an ambassador" "1a. She left us a legacy of a million dollars.
1b. Japanese democracy, which turns 75 years old on Wednesday, is MacArthur’s greatest legacy.
2a. The legacy of the ancient Greek philosophers influenced Europe enormously in the Renaissance.
2b. The biggest problem the company faced with the new cmoputer system was the cleaning and transferring of the legacy data from the old program to the new one
3. Legacies, or children of alumni, are three times more likely to be accepted to Harvard than other high school graduates with the same (sometimes better) scores …" "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" 1918 "perjury" "the act of deliberately lying under oath" "verb" "Latin : per ""away, false"" + iurare ""to swear""=>to swear falsely" "1a. Maxwell is also charged with perjury for allegedly lying under oath during depositions in a civil lawsuit against her.
1b. John was warned by the judge to tell the truth or else be arrested for perjury." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" -1922 "retrograde" "1. moving backwards or in the direction reverse to normal- either physically or figuratively (eg. Getting worse)
2. relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past : fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned
3. affecting memories of a period prior to a precipitating event (such as brain injury or disease) " "verb, noun" "Latin : retro- ""backward"" (see retro-) + gradi ""to go, step"" => to go backwards" "1a. In tests on 11 astronauts in space after 50 days, 6 showed stagnant or retrograde blood flow in the left internal jugular vein.
1b. From this point of view, Mars’s orbit of the Sun appears erratic, for example it periodically goes 'retrograde', reversing its course.
1c. The law imposed from mainland China “is a retrograde step for Hong Kong,” says the dean of science at HKU
1d. It would be nice to think that the West was surging to triumph over a retrograde, collapsing Russia
2. The ad for ""Fischer-Bettwaren Fabrik in Au-Wädenswil"" has gained cult status in Switzerland as it is hilariously dry and retrograde.
3. The stroke caused the teenager to get retrograde amnesia, fogetting everything before the stroke. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1919 "pilferer" "to steal, especially in small quantities, often repeatedly" "noun" "Syn: steal, pilfer, filch, purloin " "1a. She pilfered highlighters, post-it notes and other stationary from work.
1b. The boy pilfered cookies from the cookie jar every day until the plentiful supply has dwindled to nothing." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1920 "poseur" "a person who attempts to impress by acting unlike himself,or who habitually pretends to be something he is not" "noun" "French: ""one who practices affected attitudes""
Mnomic: Pose+ur=Pose UR stuff to impress others" "1a. The art world is reknowned to be full of poseurs and pretentious twits.
1b. It’s just Trump — the poseur who once needed three tries to accurately spell “hereby.”" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1921 "presentiment" "anticipatory fear; premonition" "noun" "French : pre=before"" + sentire ""perceive, feel""=>to feel beforehand" "1a. Helen would not board the airplane because of her presentiment a fatal crash would occur.
1b. The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1922 "retrograde" "1. moving backwards or in the direction reverse to normal- either physically or figuratively (eg. Getting worse)
2. relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past : fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned
3. affecting memories of a period prior to a precipitating event (such as brain injury or disease) " "verb, noun" "Latin : retro- ""backward"" (see retro-) + gradi ""to go, step"" => to go backwards" "1a. In tests on 11 astronauts in space after 50 days, 6 showed stagnant or retrograde blood flow in the left internal jugular vein.
1b. From this point of view, Mars’s orbit of the Sun appears erratic, for example it periodically goes 'retrograde', reversing its course.
1c. The law imposed from mainland China “is a retrograde step for Hong Kong,” says the dean of science at HKU
2. The ad for ""Fischer-Bettwaren Fabrik in Au-Wädenswil"" has gained cult status in Switzerland as it is hilariously dry and retrograde.
3. The stroke caused the teenager to get retrograde amnesia, fogetting everything before the stroke. " "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" +1924 "tonic" "Anything (especially medicine) that helps one feel better, something giving strength or energy" "noun, adj. verb" "Greek,: Tonikus=tension" "1a. Coca Cola was originally marketed as a tonic — back when it is said to have contained cocaine as well as loads of caffeine
1b. in New England they call sodas tonics
1c. A day hiking in the Austrian Alps was a tonic for him" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1925 "writ" "1. A legal document issued by a court or judicial officer, commanding the recipient to do something- sometimes also called a ""writ of mandamus""
2. If one thing is another thing ""writ large"", it is similar to it but larger or more obvious: " "noun" "Old English writ ""something written, piece of writing""" "1. He ordered Judge Sullivan to respond within 10 days to the petition for a writ of mandamus filed by the former National Security Advisor
2. My colleague and I shared a glance at the immense sadness of it all, the sorrow writ large on his face." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "1 Lowest Level" +1926 "aloof" "reserved; indifferent, antisocial, at a distance" "adj. " "Loof (now ""luff"") is the windward side of a ship. Smart sailors wanting to avoid a hazard on the leeward side would give the order, ""A loof!"" From this command we get the idea of steering clear of something (or someone)." "1a. The aloof princess stood in a corner
1b. And even though cats have the reputation of being aloof, don't forget daily playtime, Wang says.
1c. At home, Macron is still battling a critical, if not outright hostile, French public generally unconvinced by his at times arrogant, aloof and imperious style." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1927 "apprehensive" "1. fear, anxious feeling about future
2. quick to understand, discenering" "adj. " "Syn: fearful, afraid, " "1a. Many adults who do not think twice about the risks of driving an automobile are apprehensive about flying.
1b. The education minister said that while he understood some parents were apprehensive, it was in children's best interests to get back to school.
" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1928 "arabesque" "a graceful, Arabian design usually seen in metal, ceramic, or stone that resembles vines and leaves" "adj. " "Italian: Arabo ""Arab"" with reference to Moorish architecture." "1. The arabesque stone monument was crafted with graceful, intricate designs.
" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1929 "astute" "mentally sharp or clever, often combined with shrewdness" "adj. " "Syn: shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious" "1a. The astute businessman was able to quickly assess the market and make the best buying decision.
1b. Not very astute of you running around with a sharp knife." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1930 "concord" "agreement or harmony" "adj. " "Old French concorde (12c.) ""concord, harmony, agreement, treaty,""" "1a. The concord was the name of the ultrasonic plane built in harmonious co-operation between France and the UK, yet they could not agree on how to spell ""concord(e)""
1b.“I think our findings actually concord with them,” he says.”
1c. But the family was not a place of total concord." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1931 "dawdler" "person who is slow or wastes time" "noun" "Syn: delay, procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle, dally" "1a. Hurry up! There's no time to dawdle.
1b. Come home immediately after school, and don't dawdle." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1932 "entangle" "1. to snarl, intertwine with, or get caught in
2. to involve in a perplexing or troublesome situation " "verb" "en + Gleicher Wortstamm wie ""Tang"" , seaweed, which could snarl one up. " "1a. Too often, dolphins entangle themselves in large fishing nets meant to catch tuna or swordfish.
2a. A journalist and a political aide become entangled in a larger-than-life scandal.
2b. The young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1933 "enthral" "capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection" " verb" "Latin: en- ""make, put in"" + thrall ""drallen"" in Deutsch=> encapture
Syn: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, ravish, transport" "For years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1934 "exuberance" "the quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness" "adj. " "French: exubérance""an overflowing,"" " "1a. Something about the youthful exuberance of children is contagious.
1b. Their exuberance over the new discovery was short-lived when the inventors found out that a prototype was already being patented by their rival company." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1935 "felon" "anyone who's been convicted of a serious crime" "noun" "Old French; felon ""evil-doer, scoundrel, traitor, rebel, oath-breaker, the Devil""" "1a. Karmo is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
1b. A political crusade launched and funded by the family of murder victim Keith Harrington fueled a California law requiring felons to add their DNA to a databank used to hunt criminals." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1936 "feud" "a long-standing fight, often between two families, clans or groups" "verb" "Deutsch : Fehde" "1a. The two professors have been feuding for years.
1b. Trump last year called Baltimore “a disgusting, rat- and rodent-infested mess” when he was feuding with a congressman from the city.
1c. There is a long standing feud between mine and my cousin’s families, which is why neither of us will attend the other family’s weddings." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1937 "floe" "a sheet of floating ice" "noun" "Deutsch: Eisscholle" "1a. A floe can vary in size from small to giant, but they differ from icebergs in their relative lack of depth.
1b. Trapped in sea-ice for over 10 months, his Endurance ship drifted around the Weddell Sea until ultimately it was crushed by the floes and dropped to the deep." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1938 "impending" " about to happen; expected ;imminent;" "adj. " "1a. When I refused to pay the fake fortuneteller, she warned me of impending doom in my future.
1b. As soon as the boss arrived, the workers became silent and waited for the impending announcement about layoffs. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1939 "imperative" "urgent; essential" "adj. " "Imperative is from Latin imperare, ""to command,"" and its original use was for a verb form expressing a command: ""Do it!"" is an imperative sentence. The word is still used that way, but it's more commonly applied to something so pressing it cannot be put off
Syn: Imperative has more immediate force than pressing but less than urgent." "1a. As nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative.
1b. If you’re serious about getting healthy, it’s imperative that you follow a healthy lifestyle, make the right food choices, and exercise regularly.
" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1940 "indulge" "1a. to yield to the desire of;gratify; give way to satisfy; allow oneself
1b. to give free rein to, to take unrestrained pleasure in. " "verb" "1. please indulge me while I review the topics we covered yesterday.
1b. It's my birthday. I'm going to indulge myself and eat whatever I want to eat.
2b. The museum is an excellent place to let children indulge their curiosity about dinosaurs." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1941 "miser" "person who loves wealth and spends little" "noun" " Latin miser : miserable person, wretch," "1a. Despite his incredible wealth, the family patriarch was a infamous miser, who kept his fortune in a charitable trust to avoid taxes, but gave little if anything to charity.
1b. My uncle is a miser who complains about having to pay for anything.
1c. Dagobert Duck is a well-known miser" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1942 "nonchalant" "relaxed and calm in a way that shows you do not care or are not worried about anything" "adj. " "Latin : non- ""not"" + calēre ""to be warm.""=> ie. To be cool in the modern sense" "1a. I was nonchalant about the refinery, but then Alexa was mentioning things like asthma. And I’m like, ‘Check.’
1b. Not all the tourists were nonchalant about following health restrictions and indeed wore their masks and regulalry washed their hands.
1c. South Koreans are famously nonchalant about North Korean nuclear weapons, knowing that they are too close to North Korea to be bombed without affecting the North." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1943 "ostracism" "shut out from society refuse to meet talk" " Greek ostrakismos : A legal political method among the ancient Athenians by which men deemed dangerous to the liberties of the people or embarrassing to the state were banished for 10 years by public vote." "1a. A student at a Baptist school faces ostracism and demonization after becoming pregnant.
1b. A letter written by 153 prominent intellectuals and published by Harper’s Magazine denouncing today’s “intolerant climate” and the ”vogue for public shaming and ostracism"" was another welcome sign of a growing backlash." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1944 "palpability" "can be felt or touched" "adj." "Latin palpare ""touch gently, stroke,""" "1a. The night is starless, with a darkness so enveloping that it seems to possess palpability
1b. The weight of her frustration with our current world was palpable, from police violence to authoritarianism to hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 deaths." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1945 "perch" "take up a high position" "noun, verb" "French : rod or pole on which a bird alights and rests" "1a. The birds commonly perch on the strong cable wire before diving down to the ground below.
1b. Privacy is the property’s main draw, as the four-acre spread is perched at the end of a private road with panoramic views of the surrounding canyons and rock formations." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1946 "precepts" "life lessons that are usually passed down to children by authority figures such as parents, teachers, or religious figures." "noun" "Latin praeceptum ""maxim, rule of conduct, order,""" "1a. In Hamlet, the character Polonius dished out a few choice precepts to his son Laertes: ""neither a borrower nor a lender be"" and ""give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.""
" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1947 "precursory" "preliminary; anticipating" "adj. " "Latin praecursor ""forerunner,""
While some synonyms of precursory include preliminary and introductory, it's most common to use this adjective with a certain threatening sense of warning" "1a. This is a precursor to what will happen at other universities across the country.
1b. User groups were the precursor to the open source community, based on the values of sharing knowledge and helping one another." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1948 "procrastination" "keeping on putting off" "noun" "Latin: ""a putting off from day to day,""" "1a. Two key ways to overcome procrastination is to disconnect all electronic equipment and just get started doing something, anything
1b. The biggest cause of ruined careers is procrastination - brilliant minds have fallen to it. " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1949 "quandary" "a situation in which you are confused about what to do" "noun" "Syn: predicament, dilemma, plight, and pickle" "1a. I'm in a quandary about whether I should try to repair my stereo or buy a new one, even though I don't have the money to do either.
1b. When my husband and I were debating our vacation plans, we were in a quandary between going on a cruise and flying to New York City." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1950 "regicide" "crime of killing a king, queen or today the head of state or a leading politician" "noun" " Latin : regis=""king,"" a+ French cide= ""killer""=> killer of kings" "1a. ""This is regicide by another name, fake impeachment,"" said the FoxNews reporter
1b. After Cromwell’s act of regicide, his agents put Charles’s collection up for sale, the price scale providing a fascinating indicator of contemporary taste." "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1951 "stickler" "1. a person who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something. " "noun" "Mnemonic: read it as STICK-LER, someone who sticks to a set of rules, a perferctionist." "1a. In the first half of November, keep your nose to the grindstone and be a stickler about honoring your obligations, since you may be held accountable for any mistakes.
1b. Pedantic Paul was a stickler for the rules, his family and coworkers say.
" "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +1952 "tassel" "bunch of threads" "noun" "1a. In the U.S. it's traditional for a student to move the Graduation cap tassel from one side to the other at the end of the graduation ceremony.
1b. I noticed that this was a fancy place because of the tassels along the edges of fancy drapery . " "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE" "2 Low Level" +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" diff --git a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx index 4194f14..ef5198e 100644 Binary files a/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx and b/GRE-Vocab_trainer.xlsx differ diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md index 79dba3c..170d562 100644 --- a/TODO.md +++ b/TODO.md @@ -1,17 +1,7 @@ :# Words that should be added/modified -| Word | Occurence | Explanation | -| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- | -| dullard | 1909 | `person.` -> `person` | -| amenable | 46 | better example, hard to remember | -| floundering | 350 | `struggling:` -> `struggling` | -| cide | 150 | `Killer of ()` -> `Killer of _`, add space between brackets and examples (some have them, some don't) | -| foppish | 1765 | `17cent` in example | -| tout | 1832 | add linebreak between 2nd and 3rd meaning | -| bandy | 1874 | add numbering to 1st meaning, third meaning: `ajd.` -> `adj.` | -| wan | 1898 | maybe renumber meanings as `1` and `2` to fit the numbering of examples | -| retrograde | 1922 | remove one of the four examples for the first meaning | -| dolt | 1856 | add linebreak between examples 1a. and 1b., `been !` -> `been!` | +| Word | Occurence | Explanation | +| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- | ---- diff --git a/deck.json b/deck.json index 9b466af..b3411f9 100644 --- a/deck.json +++ b/deck.json @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ "extendNew": 10, "extendRev": 50, "media_files": [], - "mid": 1591437929655, + "mid": 1595177823327, "name": "GRE", "note_models": [ { @@ -997,10 +997,10 @@ "fields": [ "46", "amenable", - "easily convinced or persuaded", + "1a. Someone/something who is open to do something or have done to them
1b. easily convinced or persuaded
2. liable to answer to a higher authority", "adj.", - "French, latin: ad + mener (= to lead (F), to drive cattle (Latin)", - "Group trips with amenable people are pleasant.", + "French, latin: ad + mener (= to lead (F), to drive cattle (Latin)
Syn: obedient, docile, tractable,
amenable suggests a willingness to yield or cooperate because of a desire to be agreeable or because of a natural open-mindedness", + "1a(i). Peter's friend wanted to try sky diving and Peter was amenable to the idea, so 2 days later Peter was jumping out of a plane. 1a(ii). The tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment
1a(iii).“This region seems to be really amenable to finding dual professional careers,” Shaver said
2. The president is amenable to the constitutional court.", "357 prevalent GRE words", "Prepscholar" ], @@ -2818,7 +2818,7 @@ "kill", "Greek/Latin root", "", - "Killer of ( ): homicide
parricide(parents)
germicidal
ecocide
suicide
fungicide
senicide (old men)
libricide(old books)
legicide(laws)
uxoricide(wife)
filicide(son/daughter)
floricide(flowers)
infanticide(infants)
genocide(race/kind)
", + "Killer of ( ): homicide
parricide (parents)
germicidal (germs)
ecocide (environment)
suicide (self)
fungicide (fungi)
senicide (old men)
libricide (old books)
legicide (laws)
uxoricide (wife)
filicide (son/daughter)
floricide (flowers)
infanticide (infants)
genocide (race/kind)
regicide (the king)", "Greek/Latin", "MSU" ], @@ -6829,7 +6829,7 @@ "fields": [ "350", "floundering", - "struggling:", + "struggling", "adj.", "Dutch/German roots \"flattern\"", "We tried to save the floundering business.", @@ -7747,7 +7747,7 @@ "fields": [ "382", "headlong", - "headfirst; impulsive; hasty. impulsively; hastily; without forethought:", + "headfirst; impulsive; hasty. impulsively; hastily; without forethought", "adj.", "", "They rushed headlong into marriage.", @@ -11080,7 +11080,7 @@ "526", "neglect", "to abandon or leave uncared-for", - "verb/noun", + "verb, noun", "Latin: nec \"not\" + legere \"pick up, select\"=>omit to pick up, do or perform; Syn: (verb)drop, leave out, miss, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit, fail, fail to attend to, disregard, ignore. (noun)neglectfulness, state of disuse, disregard,", "1. (as verb) He neglects his children.
2. (as noun) The house was in a terrible state of neglect", "357 prevalent GRE words", @@ -31390,7 +31390,7 @@ "1739", "crass", "stupid, vulgar, insensitive, without refinement or sensitivity; gross.", - "adj,", + "adj.", "ähnlich (aber nicht identisch) wie \"Krass\" auf Deutsch", "While you don't have to wear black to a funeral, but showing up in clown pants is simply crass.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", @@ -31859,7 +31859,7 @@ "foppish", "behaves like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes", "adj.", - "From 17cent German \"foppen\", where one apparently made jokes about people who paid too much attention to their clothes.", + "From 17 century German \"foppen\", where one apparently made jokes about people who paid too much attention to their clothes.", "Noble men, sullied by femininity, were foppish, wore perfume and sumptuous, bright and frivolous clothes.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "5 Highest Level" @@ -33048,7 +33048,7 @@ "1. advertise in strongly positive terms
1b. To show off.
2. In England, a tout is a person who gives advice about gambling. 3. someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit", "verb, noun", "Gleicher Wortstamm wie \"Tüten\"", - "1a. This product was touted as a revolutionary invention1b. Sarah wears tight blouses to tout her full bosom.
“He touts his relationship with the president a lot.
2. The tout asked me 10 Pounds for a racing tip, upon whose payment he informed me that the favourite was seen limping that morning.
3. Ticket touters face increasing credibility issues, as tickets sold inofficially may be forged or have already been scanned for entry.", + "1a. This product was touted as a revolutionary invention
1b. Sarah wears tight blouses to tout her full bosom.
“He touts his relationship with the president a lot.
2. The tout asked me 10 Pounds for a racing tip, upon whose payment he informed me that the favourite was seen limping that morning.
3. Ticket touters face increasing credibility issues, as tickets sold inofficially may be forged or have already been scanned for entry.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "5 Highest Level" ], @@ -33498,7 +33498,7 @@ "stupid person", "noun", "Syn: airhead, birdbrain, cretin, dimwit, dodo, dork , dumbhead, dummkopf, dunce, goof, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, jackass, moron, nincompoop, nitwit, noodle, numbskull, oaf, simpleton, thickhead, turkey", - "1a. What a dolt1b. I've been !
1c. The illiterate dolt was from a well-educated family but refused to learn to read or write himself.", + "1a. What a dolt I've been!
1b. The illiterate dolt was from a well-educated family but refused to learn to read or write himself.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "4 High Level" ], @@ -33819,7 +33819,7 @@ "fields": [ "1874", "bandy", - "toss many ideas around without focusing on just one. ; discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly
2. To bat, (eg. a ball) to and fro
3. ajd. bandy-legged=bow-legged", + "toss many ideas around without focusing on just one. ; discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly
2. To bat, (eg. a ball) to and fro
3. adj. bandy-legged=bow-legged", "verb, adj.", "", "1a. We bandy around around these difficult questions.
1b. In the area I live now, 'get a Filipino' is bandied around so easily when referring to getting a nanny.
1c. The epithet “data are the new oil” gets bandied about thoughtlessly and improperly these days.
3. When he wore shorts, his bandy-legs were visible to all.", @@ -33892,7 +33892,7 @@ "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", + "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", @@ -34254,7 +34254,7 @@ "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.", + "1a. A wan smile.
1b (i). 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.”
1b (ii). The orchestra was sometimes wan but at other points gorgeously full.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "4 High Level" ], @@ -34449,7 +34449,7 @@ "fields": [ "1909", "dullard", - "A dumb person.", + "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.", @@ -34650,7 +34650,7 @@ "1. moving backwards or in the direction reverse to normal- either physically or figuratively (eg. Getting worse)
2. relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past : fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned
3. affecting memories of a period prior to a precipitating event (such as brain injury or disease)", "verb, noun", "Latin : retro- \"backward\" (see retro-) + gradi \"to go, step\" => to go backwards", - "1a. In tests on 11 astronauts in space after 50 days, 6 showed stagnant or retrograde blood flow in the left internal jugular vein.
1b. From this point of view, Mars’s orbit of the Sun appears erratic, for example it periodically goes 'retrograde', reversing its course.
1c. The law imposed from mainland China “is a retrograde step for Hong Kong,” says the dean of science at HKU
1d. It would be nice to think that the West was surging to triumph over a retrograde, collapsing Russia
2. The ad for \"Fischer-Bettwaren Fabrik in Au-Wädenswil\" has gained cult status in Switzerland as it is hilariously dry and retrograde.
3. The stroke caused the teenager to get retrograde amnesia, fogetting everything before the stroke.", + "1a. In tests on 11 astronauts in space after 50 days, 6 showed stagnant or retrograde blood flow in the left internal jugular vein.
1b. From this point of view, Mars’s orbit of the Sun appears erratic, for example it periodically goes 'retrograde', reversing its course.
1c. The law imposed from mainland China “is a retrograde step for Hong Kong,” says the dean of science at HKU
2. The ad for \"Fischer-Bettwaren Fabrik in Au-Wädenswil\" has gained cult status in Switzerland as it is hilariously dry and retrograde.
3. The stroke caused the teenager to get retrograde amnesia, fogetting everything before the stroke.", "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", "1 Lowest Level" ], @@ -34658,6 +34658,618 @@ "guid": "rb:UeJ_G=B", "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1919", + "pilferer", + "to steal, especially in small quantities, often repeatedly", + "noun", + "Syn: steal, pilfer, filch, purloin", + "1a. She pilfered highlighters, post-it notes and other stationary from work.
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1b. in New England they call sodas tonics
1c. A day hiking in the Austrian Alps was a tonic for him", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "1 Lowest Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "eK*>6ML@^t", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1925", + "writ", + "1. A legal document issued by a court or judicial officer, commanding the recipient to do something- sometimes also called a \"writ of mandamus\"
2. If one thing is another thing \"writ large\", it is similar to it but larger or more obvious:", + "noun", + "Old English writ \"something written, piece of writing\"", + "1. He ordered Judge Sullivan to respond within 10 days to the petition for a writ of mandamus filed by the former National Security Advisor
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1b. And even though cats have the reputation of being aloof, don't forget daily playtime, Wang says.
1c. At home, Macron is still battling a critical, if not outright hostile, French public generally unconvinced by his at times arrogant, aloof and imperious style.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "2 Low Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "yPcBO;2. quick to understand, discenering", + "adj.", + "Syn: fearful, afraid,", + "1a. Many adults who do not think twice about the risks of driving an automobile are apprehensive about flying.
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2. to involve in a perplexing or troublesome situation", + "verb", + "en + Gleicher Wortstamm wie \"Tang\" , seaweed, which could snarl one up.", + "1a. Too often, dolphins entangle themselves in large fishing nets meant to catch tuna or swordfish.
2a. A journalist and a political aide become entangled in a larger-than-life scandal.
2b. The young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "2 Low Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "F60uIFcIH]", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1933", + "enthral", + "capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection", + "verb", + "Latin: en- \"make, put in\" + thrall \"drallen\" in Deutsch=> encapture
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1b. Trump last year called Baltimore “a disgusting, rat- and rodent-infested mess” when he was feuding with a congressman from the city.
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Syn: Imperative has more immediate force than pressing but less than urgent.", + "1a. As nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative.
1b. If you’re serious about getting healthy, it’s imperative that you follow a healthy lifestyle, make the right food choices, and exercise regularly.
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1b. to give free rein to, to take unrestrained pleasure in.", + "verb", + "", + "1. please indulge me while I review the topics we covered yesterday.
1b. It's my birthday. I'm going to indulge myself and eat whatever I want to eat.
2b. The museum is an excellent place to let children indulge their curiosity about dinosaurs.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "2 Low Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "Co#EE)@Qpr", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1941", + "miser", + "person who loves wealth and spends little", + "noun", + "Latin miser : miserable person, wretch,", + "1a. Despite his incredible wealth, the family patriarch was a infamous miser, who kept his fortune in a charitable trust to avoid taxes, but gave little if anything to charity.
1b. My uncle is a miser who complains about having to pay for anything.
1c. Dagobert Duck is a well-known miser", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "2 Low Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "tvq<9znw:l", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1942", + "nonchalant", + "relaxed and calm in a way that shows you do not care or are not worried about anything", + "adj.", + "Latin : non- \"not\" + calēre \"to be warm.\"=> ie. To be cool in the modern sense", + "1a. I was nonchalant about the refinery, but then Alexa was mentioning things like asthma. And I’m like, ‘Check.’
1b. Not all the tourists were nonchalant about following health restrictions and indeed wore their masks and regulalry washed their hands.
1c. South Koreans are famously nonchalant about North Korean nuclear weapons, knowing that they are too close to North Korea to be bombed without affecting the North.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "2 Low Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "QD8Ugph3?^", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1943", + "ostracism", + "shut out from society refuse to meet talk", + "", + "Greek ostrakismos : A legal political method among the ancient Athenians by which men deemed dangerous to the liberties of the people or embarrassing to the state were banished for 10 years by public vote.", + "1a. A student at a Baptist school faces ostracism and demonization after becoming pregnant.
1b. A letter written by 153 prominent intellectuals and published by Harper’s Magazine denouncing today’s “intolerant climate” and the ”vogue for public shaming and ostracism\" was another welcome sign of a growing backlash.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "2 Low Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "A75]]}3g2H", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1944", + "palpability", + "can be felt or touched", + "adj.", + "Latin palpare \"touch gently, stroke,\"", + "1a. The night is starless, with a darkness so enveloping that it seems to possess palpability
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1b. Privacy is the property’s main draw, as the four-acre spread is perched at the end of a private road with panoramic views of the surrounding canyons and rock formations.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "2 Low Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "u#H&m.iq&C", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1946", + "precepts", + "life lessons that are usually passed down to children by authority figures such as parents, teachers, or religious figures.", + "noun", + "Latin praeceptum \"maxim, rule of conduct, order,\"", + "1a. In Hamlet, the character Polonius dished out a few choice precepts to his son Laertes: \"neither a borrower nor a lender be\" and \"give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.\"
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1b. Pedantic Paul was a stickler for the rules, his family and coworkers say.
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1b. Such weight upon Europe would stunt her natural development as a variegated but harmonious whole.", + "Grad Hotline 1300 GRE", + "2 Low Level" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "dC+CEiH!Wv", + "note_model_uuid": "868688d2-a7fe-11ea-8360-9cb6d013a4a3", + "tags": [] + }, + { + "__type__": "Note", + "data": "", + "fields": [ + "1954", + "voluptuous", + "1. A woman who is attractive, well-figured and curvy (i.e. not model thin), often with a large bosom
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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" + ], + "flags": 0, + "guid": "cc0NY&np