GRE Vocabulary as Synonyms - Part 3 - Master GRE Vocab Fast
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GRE Vocabulary as Synonyms - Part 3 - Master GRE Vocab Fast
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26. Pliable (pliable also means “flexible/bendable”) = manageable = tractable = malleable = impressionable = pliable teenage minds = docile = yielding = amenable (easily persuaded), resignation = unresisting submissiveness or acceptance of a situation
27. Apprehensive = trepidatious (noun is trepidation) = timorous = craven (specifically means “cowardly”) = pusillanimous (specifically means “cowardly”) = fearful, anxious, worrying = fret (to worry or be anxious) = querulous (fretful, nervous, worrying, whining)
28. Mettle = fortitude (physical and mental strength, courage in adversity) = courage = pluck = intrepid = spunk = audacity = courage and guts and fearlessness
29. Redoubtable = formidable = intimidating = fearsomely impressive = daunting
30. Preposterous = contrary to reason or common sense = absurd = ridiculous = ludicrous (laughable) (it’s ludicrous (unreasonable and thus absurd) that I have been fired) = farcical (he considered the whole idea farcical) = Chimerical = highly unrealistic and improbable idea (the chimerical idea that alien life exists) = risible (provoking laughter through being absurd) = inane (negative connotation, lacking sense or meaning and thus silly, annoying, boring and stupid, basically not sensible)
31. Pulverize = destroy/defeat completely = annihilate = obliterate = expunge = purge (get rid of, destroy) = efface (erase) = trounce = vanquish = overpower = overwhelm = subdue = subjugate (conquer) = extirpate ( = excise = uproot, eliminate, totally remove) (wolves were extirpated from England) = exterminate (destroy completely, kill) = wipe out = eliminate = eradicate = weed out = root out = decimate (not completely but a large proportion of, historically 1 in 10) = zap (zap their artillery before they can damage your units) = drub = clobber = blight (ruin/wreck) = perdition (complete ruin or complete loss)
32. Indigence (he worked towards relief of indigence) (indigent = poor) = poverty = destitution = penury (severe poverty) (adjective is penurious which means poor and also miserly) = impecuniosity (adjective is impecunious) = privation (state where food and essentials are lacking) = pauperism = vagrancy (particularly homelessness) = beggary = mendicancy (state of being a beggar) = cadger (noun, beggar) = vagabond (someone with no home or job) = squalor (noun, filth = neglected state due to poverty = dirty (they lived in squalor and disease))
33. Ebullient = cheerful = exuberant = jaunty = sanguine (optimistic, hopeful and positive) = buoyant (cheerful and optimistic) = blithe (like bliss, happy and cheerful) = levity (also means lack of seriousness especially when it’s inappropriate) = jocular (also means joking or said jokingly) = verve (noun) (spirit/enthusiasm/liveliness) = genial ( = affable = amiable = friendly = bonhomie (noun), she is amiable), exult = to rejoice, to celebrate, be happy and joyful
agog = very interested and excited about something, vivacious = lively & animated & full of life
34. Non-indulgent and restrained:
Ascetic (practicing self-denial) = austere (also means forbiddingly stern) = abstinent = abstemious = monastic = monkish = puritanical = spartan = frugal = chaste (also means abstaining from all sexual intercourse) = celibate (also means abstaining from all sexual intercourse and marriage) = thrifty
Temperance = abstinence = sobriety = abstinence from alcoholic drink
35. Beginner:
Novice = tyro = neophyte = beginner = rookie = sophomoric (from sophomore) = fresher = fledgling (youthful, immature, inexperienced) = apprentice (trainee = person under training from an expert in that field) = dilettante (amateur practitioner of an art, dabbler, someone without expertise)