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GRE Vocabulary # GRE/M1

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v. immure
(a) fuse or cause to grow together
(b) confine; imprison
(c) leave or give by will after one's death; leave
(d) make sense of; see
 
v. granulate
(a) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; expurgate; castrate; shorten
(b) advance beyond the usual limit; impinge
(c) form granulating tissue
(d) turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)
 
v. broach
(a) give moral or emotional strength to; solace
(b) behave unnaturally or affectedly; act
(c) bring up a topic for discussion
(d) cause to grow or increase rapidly
 
adj. ethereal
(a) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; odd; peculiar; queer; singular
(b) heavenly; light; airy
(c) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; pathologic; pathological
(d) characterized by extravagance and profusion; lush; plush; plushy
 
n. sluggard
(a) an idle slothful person
(b) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
(c) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand; chiromancy
(d) the act of ordaining

 

v. rail
(a) shift; divert; alter the course of
(b) emit long loud cries; wail; roar; yawl
(c) send by train; construct a fence
(d) make imperfect; spoil; deflower; vitiate
 
n. trappings
(a) decorations; ornaments; adornments
(b) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; morass; slack
(c) violent pangs of suffering
(d) voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing; self-abasement
 
v. expiate
(a) strike with an axe
(b) induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
(c) spend extravagantly; waste
(d) make amends for; abye; atone
 
v. jolly
(a) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods; manage
(b) be silly or tease one another; josh; banter
(c) refuse to comply; jib
(d) make obscure or unclear
 
adj. fain
(a) having a low center of gravity
(b) having made preparations; prepared
(c) sticking out
(d) used of persons or behavior

v. immure (b) confine; imprison
v. granulate (c) form granulating tissue
v. broach (c) bring up a topic for discussion
adj. ethereal (b) heavenly; light; airy
n. sluggard (a) an idle slothful person
v. rail (c) send by train; construct a fence
n. trappings (a) decorations; ornaments; adornments
v. expiate (d) make amends for; abye; atone
v. jolly (b) be silly or tease one another; josh; banter
adj. fain (b) having made preparations; prepared

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