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GMAT Word List # GMAT/M72

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Explanation of objurgate (verb)
to chide vehemently; to reprimand

Sample of objurgate
The girls disliked those boys who objurgated the group.



   
Explanation of foray (verb)
to raid for spoils; to plunder; to invade; to attack

Sample of foray
The soldiers were told not to foray the town.



   
Explanation of preponderate (verb)
to outweigh; to be superior in amount, weight, etc.; to surpass; to predominate; to control

Sample of preponderate
His positive qualities are the preponderate ones over his occasional rudeness.



   
Explanation of seethe (verb)
to be violently disturbed; to soak; to rage; to steep

Sample of seethe
By the time I arrived, she was seething with anger.
He seethed at the prospect of losing the business to his conniving uncle.



   
Explanation of covetous (adjective)
greedy; very desirous; envious; grasping

Sample of covetous
Lonnie, covetous of education, went to almost every lecture at the university.
Covetous of her neighbor's pool, she did everything she could to make things unpleasant..



   
Explanation of indict (verb)
to charge with a crime; to criticize; to accuse

Sample of indict
The grand jury indicted her and her husband for embezzlement and six other lesser counts.



   
Explanation of commiserate (verb)
to show sympathy for; to empathize; to feel sorrow for; to pity

Sample of commiserate
The hurricane victims commiserated about the loss of their homes.



   
Explanation of illuminate (verb)
to make understandable; to adorn; to explain; to elucidate; to illustrate

Sample of illuminate
I asked a classmate to illuminate the professor's far-ranging lecture for me.



   
Explanation of salvage (verb)
to rescue from loss; to save from destruction

Sample of salvage
The family tried to salvage their belongings after their home was destroyed by a tornado.



   
Explanation of encroach (verb)
to trespass; to intrude; to invade; to infringe

Sample of encroach
It is unlawful to encroach on another's private property.



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