GRE Vocab

a law or code of laws

accompanied by or eager for bloodshed, bloody

to examine carefully, or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize

to overcome distrust or animosity; to appease

to compare carefully, to find points of disagreement; to arrange or assemble in a careful order

to marry or to take in marriage' to give one's loyalty to (especially to a cause or principle)

to travel from one place to another

a fit of nausea, sickness or faintness

withered and dry

to give a sketchy outline of or foreshadow

something considered necessary or highly desirable

to relieve of blame

to cut out

finicky

to take care of a young bird until it can fly; to cover with feathers

a gesture or movement that expresses homage or deference

of or relating to money

to divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions

marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan

attractive

to renounce or repudiate under oath

to abolish or repeal through authority

to take or claim something for oneself without justification or authority

harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony

to liquidate a debt by installment payments into a sinking fund (liquid fund)

the utterance of criticusm or censure

insincere speech full or platitudes or pious expressions; singsongy speech

to raise trivial objections or find fault unnecessarily

someone or something having no value; a non-entity. from arabid sifr 'zero'

to catch sight of; to detect through careful observation

self-distrust

to draw out, to deduce

a person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something

steady or unvarying

to wander freely or to write or talk at length

a small bundle; one section of a book published in many parts

to kill as a sacrifice, especially by burning

urgent in character

to attribute or credit; to charge with responsibility or fault

to supplicate or entreat

to turn so as to present another side to, to alter the appearance of

a formal, public eulogy; elaborate praise

complete in all respects; fully attended by all qualified members

relating to or expressing entreaty or supplication

resisting control

pithy; abounding in or given to pompous moralizing

a calculated misrepresentation through concealment of the facts

to substitute (one person) for another

a beginner in learning anything; a novice. from L. for a young soldier or a recruit

mercenary or corrupt; open to bribery

easily excused or forgiven; pardonable

to reduce the value, validity or purity of; to debase

to move or sit as if in or on water; a confused mass or jumble

completely or thoroughly

to declare seriously or positively; to affirm

inclined to melancholy; peevish or surly

having many bushes, shrubs or trees. from ME 'bosk' variant of 'bush'

of or relating to winter

disposed to find and point out trivial faults

appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved

to scorn or despise

an object that serves as the focal point of attention or admiration. from Gk 'the tail of the dog' or the location of Polaris in Ursa Minor

intricate in design or function. from the same Gk word that gave Daedalus his name.

to pull up by the roots, to displace from a native location

a discussion on a theme

a state of disuse or inactivity

characterized by voracity

a usually invisible emanation or exhalation; waste

a recluse or hermit (esp. a religious recluse)

of or relating to fate; prophetic

fleeting or tending to disappear

offensively flattering or insincere; offensive to one's sensibilities

the art of preaching or writing sermons

to write in a scholarly fashion

easily understood; clear or lucid

to make to become soft by steeping in a liquid; to emaciate

attracting attention in a vulgar manner; plausible but false or insincere; of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution

the external appearance or manner of a person

threatening or menacing

pertaining to a marriage between a person of noble birth and a partner of lower rank. 'morganatic' because the 'morning gift' (matrimonium ad morganaticam) was the wife's sole entitlement in a marriage of this kind

bad smelling

a medicine whose effectiveness is unproved; a quack remedy

of little or no importance; triffling

abusive language; calumny

juxtaposed side-by-side, as the clauses in 'Tell me, how are you?'

a sudden change of events or reversal of circumstances

light, good-natured banter or talk

of or involving clever rogues

related to, connected with or occuring during childbirth. 'Puerperal fever'

lacking courage; cowardly

a disreputable young woman; a prostitute

the real nature of a thing; its essence. qv. Hamlet's graveside speech: "Where be his quiddities now, his quillets, his cases, his tenures"

to break out anew or come into renewed activity

to be disconnected or in low spirits; to complain, fret or yearn for

to oppose or contend against

persisting in a continuous intellectual or stylistic direction; disposed to follow others

extremely loud

1. of, relating to, or characterized by conjecture; conjectural;

2. randomly determined; having a random probability distribution that may be analysed statistically but which may not be predicted precisely

gloomy, dark or hellish; infernal. The stygian mode.

a nation that controls another but allows it domestic sovereignty

excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife

a wmoan regarded as noisy, scolding or domineering; a large, strong, courageous woman. The Robert Crumb paragon.

to swerve off course temporarily

very small in size or amount

eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

(of a person or their actions) criminal; villainous.

holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action

serving no practical purpose or result