GRE word list2

to confront defiantly; offend

program of things to be done

to gather into a cluster, mass, or ball

• to make greater or more powerful
• to praise highly

to make worse; intensify

• to gather into a whole
• to total; sum

• the practice of attacks
• hostile feelings or behavior

• militant; assertive
• full of enterprise and initiative

one that commits or practises aggression

to give or trouble to

able to move quickly and easily

the quality or state of being agile

• to argue publicly or campaign for/against sth.
• to cause anxiety

• excited
• perturbed

noncommittal

in a state of eager anticipation or excitement

very great mental or physical pain

of land

• pleasing
• ready to agree

science of controlling the soil to produce crops

to have physical or emotional pain, discomfort, or trouble, esp. to suffer ill health

transported or carried by the air

too tight for air or gas to enter to escape

translucent, smooth and white

• cheerful readiness
• promptness in response

although

medieval form of chemistry concerned with finding a way to turn ordinary metals into gold

a recessed section of a room

an assumed name; pseudonym

• formal statement that a person was in another place at the time of a crime
• excuse of any kind

to estrange; cause to become unfriendly or indifferent

• to get or fall into line
• to join as an ally

of or relating to or nutrition

碱

to relieve; reduce the intensity

to state without proof

loyalty or devotion to a cause or a person

fable

• of allergy
• averse or disinclined

• a hypersensitivity to a specific substance
• a trong aversion

to lighten or relieve

to assign sth. for a special purpose; disribute

• amount of money allowed or given regularly
• permission

to refer in an indirect way

attractive; charming

an implied or indirect reference esp. in literature

in the air

cool and distant in manner

in the order of the alphabet

to change

• occurring or succeeding by turns
• to perform by turns or in succession
• one that substitutes for or alternates with another

unselfish regard for the welfare of others; selflessness

unselfish regard for or devoted to the welfare of others

铝

a combination or mixture

• to unite; combine
• to mix

to collect together; accumulate

one who engages in sth. as a pastime rather than as a progession

inexpert; unskillful

very skillful or versatile

not clear; uncertain; vague

simultanious and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward an object, person, or action

having simultanious and contradictory attitudes or feelings about

to saunter

• the act of lying in waiting to attack by surprise
• a sudden attack made from a concialed position

to improve

willing; submissive

• to put right
• to change or modify for the better

• a correction of errors or faults
• a revision made in a bill, law, constitution, etc.

sth. that conduces to comfort, convenience, or enjoyment

good natured; affable; genial

friendly in feeling; showing good will

friendly relationship between people or countries

loss of memory due usu. to brain injury, ilness, etc.

the act of an authority by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals

without definite form; shapeless

to put money for gradual payment of a debt

• any of a class of animals that live in water and on land
• an amphilious vehicle

• abundant
• enough; adequate

• to make larger; extend
• to develop with details

the extent or range of a quality

piece of jewelry worn as a charm against evil

being chronologically out of place

of, relating to, or being activity in which the body incurs an oxygen debt

word made by rearranging the letters of another work

insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness

• a drug that takes pain away
• relieving pain

showing an analogy or a likeness that permits one to draw an analogy

• partial resemblance
• the likening of one thing to another

to study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis

person who believes in, advocates, or promotes anarchism or anarchy

• absence of government
• political disorder

• one that is cursed
• a formal ecclesiastical ban; curse

of or relating to anatomy

one from whom a person is descended

person comprising a line of descent

• to secure firmly
• to become fixed

• subordinate; auxiliary
• aid

• a short and entertaining account
• entertaining facts of history

a lack of red blood cells

• a chemical that produces anesthesia
• relating to or resembling anesthesia, insensitive

great suffering; distress

• having angles
• thin and bony

free from water

• alive; having life
• to give life to

full of vigor and spirit

• liveliness
• technique of making animated cartoons

a feeling of strong dislike or hatred

animosity

a record of events arranged in yearly sequence

act of combining

to destroy completely; demolish

to provide critical or explanatory notes

• to proclaim
• to give notice of the arrival

• to cause slight anger
• to cause trouble to sb.

• to invalidate
• to cancel; abolish

• inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected
• irregular

• deviation from common rule
• sth. anomalous

the quality or state of being anonymous

written by a person whose name is unknown

an eating disorder or aversion to food

opposition of a conflicting force, tendency or principle

to arouse hostility; show opposition

of the regions around the South Pole

priority; precedence

• a preceding event, condition, or cause
• a person's ancestors
• preceding in time and order

• of the time before the Biblical Flood
• old fashioned, or primitive

• a sensitie feeler
• a device that collects or receives electromagnetic signals

previous; earlier

• a religious choral song
• a song of praise, as to a nation

a collection of poems, stories or songs

experts who deal with the origin, nature and destiny of human beings

substance that can destroy or prevent the growth of bacteria

fantastic and queer

characterized by anticipation

• disappointing en to a series of events
• the usually sudden transition in discourse

a remedy to counteract a poison

any of various compounds that counteract histamine in the body and that are used for treating allergic reactions and cold symptoms

strong dislike

obsolete; old-fashioned

• existing since or belonging to ealier times
• a relic or object of ancient times

• the qulity of being ancient
• the people of ancient times
• objects, buildings or work of art from the ancient past

• any substance that inhibit the action of microorganisms
• preventing infection or decay

a contrast or opposition

a steel block