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GMAT Word List # GMAT/M86

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Explanation of effrontery (noun)
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; impudence; insolence; audacity; nerve

Sample of effrontery
The effrontery of the young man was offensive.



   
Explanation of tribute (noun)
expression of admiration; gift; levy; compliment

Sample of tribute
Her performance was a tribute to her retiring teacher.



   
Explanation of alchemist (noun)
person who studies chemistry

Sample of alchemist
The alchemist's laboratory was full of bottles and tubes of strange looking liquids.



   
Explanation of perjury (noun)
practice of lying under oath

Sample of perjury
The already sensational trial of a star athlete turned all the more so when it turned out that a police detective had committed perjury.
Lying while on the witness stand is perjury.



   
Explanation of tribunal (noun)
place of judgement; court of justice

Sample of tribunal
The tribunal heard the case of the burglary.



   
Explanation of fissure (noun)
cleft; crack

Sample of fissure
The earthquake caused a fissure which split the cliff face.



   
Explanation of depravity (noun)
moral corruption; badness; degeneracy; perversion; immorality

Sample of depravity
Drugs and money caused depravity throughout the once decorous community.
The depravity of the old man was bound to land him in jail one day.



   
Explanation of jeopardy (noun)
danger; peril; hazard

Sample of jeopardy
The campers realized they were in potential jeopardy when the bears surrounded their camp.



   
Explanation of resignation (noun)
quitting; submission; abdication

Sample of resignation
He submitted his resignation because he found a new job.
You could see the resignation on his face: Things just weren't working out as he'd expected.



   
Explanation of paean (noun)
song of praise or triumph

Sample of paean
A paean was written in honor of the victorious warrior.



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