Barrons_GRE_A-D_Part_06.txt

story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)

slow gallop; V. CF. trot

division of a long poem

determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N.

spacious

mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president

having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity

surrender; give up all resistance

whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause

unpredictable; fickle

title; chapter heading; text under illustration

faultfinding; too critical

glass water bottle; decanter

shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.)

unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold

causing cancer; N. carcinogen

chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather thatn order

doctor specializing in ailments of the heart

lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger

rush wildly; go at full speed

swing from side to side; influence (someone) to change one's opinion; N.

distortion; burlesque

a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played

destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals

fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body

meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore

drunken revel; V. carouse

petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble

rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture

map-maker

small waterfall

one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige

punishment; severe criticism or disapproval

serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle

happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark

deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change

agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis

slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult

throw forcefully; shout out violently

great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight)

calamity ; disaster

shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V.

book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize

without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute

reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated

purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art

purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ.

(of likings and interests) universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes

private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston

make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)

implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality

burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless

burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection

procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry

casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight

quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily

yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession

speed; rapidity

heavenly

life after death

life after death; later part of one's life

abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy

(in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V.

severely critical

blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval

mythical figure, half man and half horse

denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

radiating; departing from the center

machine that separates substances by whirling them

tending toward the center

Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum

thought; working of the brain

marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy

not done politely without due formalities

certainty

stoppage

yielding to another; ceding

warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.

worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff

bantering; joking

annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride)

goblet; consecrated cup

lizard that changes color in different situations

support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.)

position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion

in utter disorder

divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism

quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)

cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold

ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch

abyss; very deep crack

framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached

morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere

discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate

punish as by beating; criticize severely

blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin

stop motion; curb or restrain

marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares

angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order