GRE Vocabulary

(v) to establish by evidence; verify; support

(n) earthen or stone embarkment to prevent flooding

• (adj) soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying;
• (n) an agent that softens or smoothes the skin

(adj) doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing

(adj) tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid

• (adj)
• of basic importance or consequence; primary

(adj) practical or workable; capable of maintaining life

(adj) uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite

(n) determination; firmness of purpose

• (n) a minor objection or complaint
• (v) cavil (to raise trivial and frivolous objection)

(adj) aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively; saying much in a few words; pithy

(v) settle down; grow quiet; descend

(adj) transparent, easy to understand, limpid

(adj) penetrable;porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through

(v) to overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse

(adj) related to the studying of disease; diseased or markedly abnormal

(adj) potential, but undeveloped; dormant; hidden

(adj) uncertain how to act; weak

(adj) peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing

(v) to make express conditions; specify

(v) to introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite

(n) lack of seriousiness or steadiness; frivolity

(adj) fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language

(v) to expand; swell out

(adj) indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

(v) to enjoy; to have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality

(adj) justified; authorized

(v) to strip, deprive

(n) introductory statement

(n) claim; thesis

(adj) lying; habitually dishonest

(adj) treacherous, disloyal

(n) power, strength

(n) poverty

(adj) dark, gloomy

(adjective) genuine, not false or hypocritical

(v) to denounce, feel loathing for, curse, declare to be evil