GRE Vocabulary

n, the part of your character that affects your mood and the way you behave

"a fiery temperament"

adv, to a great or significant extent, for the most part, essentially

v, move a way from a group aimlessly, be unfaithful to a spouse or partner

"not in the right place"

adj, (of a machine, system, or technique) developed to a high degree of complexity.

syn: advanced, modern, state of the art, the latest, new, up-to-the-minute

"highly sophisticated computer systems"

innovative, trailblazing, revolutionary, futuristic, avant-garde, complex, complicated, intricate, highly evolved

ant: crude [simple and not skillfully done or made]

"sophisticated techniques"

v, make or become smaller in size or amount

    move back in fear or disgust

adj, small or insufficient in quantity or amount

adj, violent, and uncontrolled, primitive, uncivilized, wild, uncultivated

v, to find sth and bring it back

syn, recover

• adj, stubborn or unmanageable
• resistant to a process or stimulus
• syn: obstinate, stubborn, mulish, pigheaded, obdurate, headstrong, self-willed, wayward, willful, perverse, contrary, recalcitrant, obstreperous, disobedient, difficult
• ant: obedient

His refractory pony

n,v, to find a new member to work in company or army

 "raw recruit"

v,  to persuade someone to do sth for you

v, restore friendly relationship between, make or show to be compatible, make or consistent with another

n, A person who is presumptous show lack of rspect to others by doing thing they have no right to do

syn: bold, rude, impudent

• adj, inspiring respect and admiration; having high status
• syno: reputable, distinguished, respected, esteemed, eminent, august, highly regarded, well-thought-of, acclaimed, authoritative, celebrated, illustrious, leading, renowned More impressive, important, prominent, high-ranking, influential, affluential, powerful, glamorous; well paid, expensive, upmarket
• ant: obscure, minor

a prestigious academic post

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adj, Platonic relationship or emotions is affectionate but not sexual

She prefer to keep their relationship platonic

adj, (Formal) very determined and refusing to be defeated by problems

Being pertinacious and single mind

v, become aware or conscious of, regard as

syn: see, believe

n, a person who is excessively concerned with minor detail or with displaying technical knowledge.

adj, Shocking & morally unacceptable

Describe sth, so that is shocking because they are unusual or strange

adj, harsh or authoritarian

weighing heavily on the mind or spirit

n, strong disagreement

There is a lot of opposition to the proposal change

adj, not discovered or known about, uncertain, not important or well known

not clearly expressed or easily understood, hard to make out, indistinct

v, to help a plan, idea, feeling to develop, to take care of a child or planet

• n, Courage and fortitude; spirit, resilience
• A person's ability to cope with dificulties
• Inherent quality of character and temperament

Troops who showed their mettle in combat.

adj, of only average quality

n, a person who think and act in an independent way often behaving differently from the expected or in unusual way

"a political maverick"

• n, the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity, forgiving

both sides will have to show magnanimity

• n, the quality or state of being lugubrious
• full of sadness or sorrow : very sad especially in an exaggerated or insincere way
• syn:   mournfu, dismal

• n, Study, meditation
• a piece of writing, typically a pedantic or overelaborate one

after sixteen years' lucubration he produced this account

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v, to start sth usually sth big or important, to make new product

• adj, n, poor; needy, a needy person
• syn: poor, impecunious, destitute, penniless, impoverished, insolvent, vagrant

adj, (of two things) not able to exist or be used together, (of two people) unable to live together harmoniously    

syn: Irreconcilable

adj, (especially for sth unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption