GRE Vocabulary as Synonyms - Part 8 - Master GRE Vocab Fast
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GRE Vocabulary as Synonyms - Part 8 - Master GRE Vocab Fast
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77. Spending money (or resources) unwillingly or wisely: parsimonious (stingy) = niggardly (stingy) = clos-fisted = penny-pinching = cheese-paring = penurious (also means extremely poor) = frugal (thrift, careful with money, economy) = stingy = mingy = money-grubbing, stint (verb) = to be thrifty and use something sparingly
78. Indignation = wrath = exasperation = fury = ire = pique (anger arising out of wounded pride) (also means arouse or provoke, good teacher can pique your interest in things)= umbrage (sense of injury or insult and bitterness)(noun, usurp = oust = forcefully overthrow someone from power/position= supplant) = scorn = acrimony = animosity = disapprobation = vex(vexation) (to annoy) = gall (to annoy and irritate) (as a noun gall means shamelessness or rude boldness) = nettle (to annoy, to vex) = petulance (adjective is petulant which means touchy, peevish, easily offended) = irate (extremely angry) = antipathy = aversion = rancor = abhorrence = malevolence = BELLIGERENCE = repugnance = asperity = odium (widespread hatred/disgust incurred by someone as a result of their actions), odious(unpleasant and repulsive) = repugnant = horrid
79. Predictions about the future: Clairvoyant = forecaster of the future = fortuneteller = psychic = soothsayer = prophet, Prognosis = forecast = prediction, to portend = to predict = to presage (a presage is an omen/a portent/a sign/a warning) = to foretell, augury = a sign of what will happen in the future = omen = prophecy = forewarning = portent = harbinger (this bird is harbinger of spring) …. Prescience (noun) = ability to foretell the future, presentiment = a feeling that something will happen or an anticipatory fear
80. Series of shots fired or missiles thrown at the same time and in quick succession: fusillade = salvo = volley = barrage = cannonade = blitz = hail = shower = burst