GRE Vocabulary # GRE/M79

n. bulwark
(a) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
(b) exceeding in heaviness
(c) a complex system of interconnecting cavities
(d) a protective structure of stone or concrete; groyne; mole; seawall; jetty
 
n. unanimity
(a) everyone being of one mind
(b) a stopping
(c) a brilliant and notable success
(d) a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
 
n. vagary
(a) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding; ravage
(b) an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
(c) the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
(d) the close of a musical section; meter; metre; measure; beat
 
n. vigilance
(a) a small carved or molded figure
(b) a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
(c) vigilant attentiveness; weather eye
(d) assistance in time of difficulty; succour; ministration
 
n. sherbet
(a) a small stream; run; runnel; streamlet
(b) voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing; self-abasement
(c) a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
(d) a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin

n. modulation
(a) the property of giving off bubbles; frothiness
(b) a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier); criminal; felon; crook
(c) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
(d) variation
 
n. vagabond
(a) an accidental occurrence
(b) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals; steward
(c) substance which supposedly prolongs life
(d) floater
 
n. maxillary
(a) the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
(b) a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure
(c) fate; destiny
(d) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; junk; rubble; detritus
 
n. amebiasis
(a) infection by a disease-causing ameba; amebiosis; amoebiosis
(b) poor and often mischievous city child
(c) unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
(d) jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck; lavalliere
 
n. swerving
(a) the appearance of truth
(b) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble; lightness; lightsomeness; nimbleness
(c) the act of turning aside suddenly; veering
(d) an offensive disrespectful impudent act