Barrons_GRE_A-D_Part_07.txt

trickery; deception

scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)

fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature

swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting

lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp

courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry

hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera

art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances

daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task

chuckle with delight; N.

laugh quietly

long established as a disease

report; record (in chronological order)

boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo

having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash

nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.

small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration)

roundabout

closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place

indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)

limit; confine; draw a line around

prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought

outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around

reservoir or water tank

fortress

quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record

having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic

having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance

understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened

climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble

loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous

secret

older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging

striker (tongue) of a bell

strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound; come together suddenly with a sharp sound; put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive sound; CF. applause

shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times

fear of being locked in

collarbone

disorderly fight between two or more people

split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven

N: split

disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement

phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. clich\'ed

platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement

body of customers

relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic

climate

small exclusive group of people

monastery or convent

great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist

distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess

congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant

half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V.

hot sweet dish

combine; fuse; N. coalescence

partnership; league; union of separate political parties

concluding section of a musical or literary composition

treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs

supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will

arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs

use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce

living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age

tooth projecting from a wheel

convincing

think over; ponder

having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.

having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing

knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware

live together

stick together

tendency to keep together

group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome)

hairstyle

make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented

the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental

utensil with perforated bottom used for straining

work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy

work of art put together from fragments

small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel

leftover food

quarrelsome

examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)

security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters

a light meal; collating

pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression

informal discussion; conversation

conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude

huge

gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance

in a coma; extremely sleepy

deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow

easily burned; N. CF. combustion

attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance

not good-looking; unattractive

something fit to be eaten

deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke

what someone deserves

courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations

take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes