GRE Vocabulary as Synonyms - Part 4 - Master GRE Vocab Fast
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GRE Vocabulary as Synonyms - Part 4 - Master GRE Vocab Fast
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36. Gloomy, mournful, depressed:
Plaintive (adjective) = plangent = mournful = despondent (depressed, gloomy) = dour = glum = morose = saturnine = lugubrious = lachrymose (causing tears of emotion) = maudlin (sad, sentimental and over-emotional) = moribund (extremely depressed/dying/terminal decline) = wistful (dreamily and longingly sad and pensive)
37. Free from blame/charges:
Vindicate = exonerate = exculpate = acquit = absolve = reprieve (postpone/cancel someone’s punishment), impunity = exemption from punishment
38. Ambiguous/vague:
Equivocal (intentionally misleading) = ambivalent = indefinite = indeterminate = vague = imprecise = inexact = blurry = nebulous (hazy, vague, unclear) (nebulous air) = obscure (uncertain/unknown/undiscovered) = cryptic = enigmatic (mysterious) = gnomic = Delphic (intentionally misleading) = circumlocutory (deliberately vague by using extra unnecessary words) = periphrastic (speech or writing that is indirect and circumlocutory) = allusion (circumlocution), to waffle = to speak equivocally
39. Precise, meticulous, thorough:
Scrupulous = diligent = fastidious = assiduous = precise =nitpicky = painstaking = conscientious
40. Disgust and hatred: repugnance (her repugnance of lizards) = revulsion = abhorrence = repulsion = loathing = detestation = aversion = abomination = antipathy
41. Wise, thoughtful, cautious, careful: prudent (opposite is imprudent) = judicious (opposite is injudicious) = sagacious (sage-like, wise and shrewd) = shrewd = chary (cautious) = wary (cautious) = circumspect (officials were circumspect in their statements) (opposite of circumspect is rash) = astute (= perspicacious = wise and insightful), acumen = astuteness
42. Apt, appropriate and well-chosen:
Felicitous = suitable = propitious (favorable, fortunate, advantageous) (not propitiate = mitigate/pacify) = apposite (appropriate, fitting) = pertinent = germane = relevant = befitting = opportune (used in context of time, he arrived at an opportune moment) = providential (well-timed)
43. Approval and praise:
Approbation (opposite is disapprobation) = commendation = assent = adulation = acclamation = veneration = ovation = sanction (approval) = ratify = deference (courteous regard, in deference to father’s wishes) = capitulate (to surrender, give up) = acquiesce (to comply reluctantly but without protest, to agree passively) = homage = obeisance
Plaudits (applause) = kudos = laud (verb, to praise)
44. Gullible and innocent:
credulous = trustful = impressionable = unsuspecting = unwary = ingenuous = naïve = innocent = unworldly = as green as grass = guileless (innocent, sincere and genuine), credulity = gullibility = naivete, incredulous = skeptical
45. Regard as being of little value:
Disparage (disparate means different/distinct) = belittle = denigrate = deprecate (recall self-deprecating humor) = depreciate = downgrade = deflate (lose confidence/feel dispirited) = trivialize = disdain = dismiss = ridicule = deride = mock = scorn = decry =discredit = slander (damage someone’s reputation by making false statements) = libel (written defamation) = malign (damage someone’s reputation by making false statements) = impugn (question/challenge) = vilify (damage someone’s reputation by making/writing false statements), aspersion = insult = detraction (insult, say negative about someone) = slur (recall racist slurs means racist insults)