GRE PICTURE DICTIONARY (PICTIONARY)

GRE WORDS 723-724

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JOSTLE:

■Verb

To come into rough contact with while moving;To force by pushing or elbowing.A rough shove or push.

eg. As soon as the train stopped the crowd jostled its way through the doors.

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JUBILATION:

■noun

The act of rejoicing.A celebration or other expression of joy.

eg.My emotions went from depression to sheer jubilation within 5 minutes.

GRE WORDS 721-722

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JOCOSE:

■Adj.
Given to joking; merry.Characterized by joking; humorous.

eg.The jocose man soon had the guests laughing.

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JOLLITY:

■noun
Convivial merriment or celebration.A state of joyful exuberance.

eg.There will be lots of food and drink and general jollity.

GRE WORDS 719-720

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JETTISON:

■ Verb

To cast overboard or throw overboard;To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome.

eg.Before landing on an aircraft carrier, planes jettison any remaining fuel.

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JIBE:

■ Verb

To agree; to harmonize.

Also,

Shift from one side of the ship to the other

eg. The group, after a few half-hearted jibes at Brown's expense reformed their ranks and resumed their homeward journey.

GRE WORDS 717-718

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JAUNT:

■ noun

A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing.

eg.We take many summer jaunts to the shore.

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JEOPARDIZE:

■ Verb

Pose a threat to; present a danger to

Put at risk.

eg.I will jeopardize my good reputation for this.

GRE WORDS 715-716

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JABBER:

■ Verb
To talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly.

eg.How can someone jabber on for so many years and not really say anything?

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JARGON:

■ noun

Special language of a particular work or group.

A hybrid language or dialect.

eg.The jargon of the computer programmers left him totally baffled as to what they were talking about.

GRE WORDS 713-714

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TURBID:

■ Adj.
Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy.

eg.In the UK, waters are often turbid and so obtaining a broad scale photograph is almost impossible.

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TUXEDO:

■ noun

A man's dress jacket, usually black with satin or grosgrain lapels, worn for formal or semi formal occasions.

eg. The high school student wore a tuxedo to the prom.

GRE WORDS 711-712

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TUMULT:

■ noun
A disorderly commotion or disturbance
A tempestuous uprising; a riot. Agitation of the mind or emotions.

eg.The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose in the city.

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TUNDRA:

■ noun
A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation such as lichens, mosses, and stunted shrubs.

eg.Love is like racing across the frozen tundra on a snowmobile which flips over, trapping you underneath.

GRE WORDS 709-710

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TYCOON:

■ noun

A wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; a magnate.Used formerly as a title for a Japanese shogun.

eg.The real estate tycoon was never seen without his expensive car.

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TYRO:

■ noun

A beginner in learning something.Someone new to a field or activity.

eg. He was a sensitive, fine soul alert to the pleasures of being green, a tyro, an amateur, unwilling to close his mind before it had been tempted.

GRE WORDS 707-708

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TRAPPINGS :

■ noun

Articles of dress or adornment, especially accessories.

Also,Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

eg.The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile.

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TREK:

■ noun

A journey especially an organized migration by a group of settlers.Any long and difficult trip.

■ Verb

Journey on foot, especially in the mountains.

eg. They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis.

GRE WORDS 705-706

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TILLER:

■ noun
1.A horizontal bar fitted to the head of a boat's rudder post and used for steering.

2.One that tills land.
3.Shoot, especially one that sprouts from the base of a grass.

eg. Firstly, you can have a tiller installed in the place of the wheel.

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TRANSMUTE:

■ Verb

To change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform.

eg.Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold.

GRE WORDS 703-704

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TAINT:

■ noun

The state of being contaminated.

■ Verb
To contaminate the reputation;To become or cause to become rotten;To make morally impure.

eg.The cork industry have done a huge amount of work to find the causes of cork taint.

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TARANTULA:

■ noun

Large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites.

eg.In the wild, pink Chilean tarantulas kill prey such as toads, frogs and mice painlessly.

GRE WORDS 701-702

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TACIT:

■Adj.

Implied by or inferred from actions or statements;Not spoken.

eg.Management has given its tacit approval to the plan.

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TACTILE:

■Adj.

Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible;
Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sense of touch.

eg.Like Tantrix, it was invented in New Zealand and uses wonderfully tactile Bakelite tiles.

GRE WORDS 699-700

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MISSILE:

■ noun
An object or weapon that is fired, thrown, dropped, or otherwise projected at a target; a projectile.

eg.If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.

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MISSIVE:

■ noun
A written message; a letter.

eg.It is Christmas Eve and I am in my study writing this final missive before starting Christmas with my family.

GRE WORDS 697-698

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MISCREANT:

■ noun

An evildoer; a villain;an infidel; a heretic.

eg. The miscreant was hauled before the judge to be sentenced for the crime.

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MISOGYNIST:

■ noun
One who hates women.

eg. Martha's husband is a misogynist who abuses her every chance he gets.

GRE WORDS 695-696

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MIASMA:

■ noun
A poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from swamps and putrid matter and cause disease.A thick vaporous atmosphere or emanation.
A noxious atmosphere or influence .

eg.One does not argue or contend with the foul miasma that settles over stagnant water; one leaves it and climbs to a higher region, where the air is pure and the sunshine fair.

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MIGRANT:

■ noun

One that moves from one region to another by chance, instinct, or plan.

An itinerant worker who travels from one area to another in search of work.

eg.I am talking here of skilled economic migrants who can afford expensive housing.

GRE WORDS 693-694

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MESMERIZE:

■ Verb
To spellbind; enthrall;To hypnotize.

eg.The magician was able to mesmerize the young audience with the intricate magic tricks.

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METTLE:

■ noun

Courage and fortitude; spirit

eg.It takes a lot of mettle to run in the Boston Marathon.

GRE WORDS 691-692

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MERCENARY :

■ Adj.
Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain;Hired for service in a foreign army.

■ noun
One who serves or works merely for monetary gain; a hireling;A professional soldier hired for service in a foreign army.

eg. It seems very mercenary to charge your guests for their dinner and drinks.

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MERGER:

■ noun

The union of two or more commercial interests or corporations.

The absorption of a lesser estate, liability, right, action, or offense into a greater one.

eg.The overriding problem with transatlantic mergers is the difference in profitability and the way partners are remunerated.

GRE WORDS 689-690

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MELEE:

■ noun
Confused, hand-to-hand fighting.

eg.A melee broke out in front of the theater before the controversial film started.

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MENTOR:

■ noun
An older, trusted, more experienced advisor or counselor who offers helpful guidance to younger, less experienced colleagues.

■ Verb

Serve as a teacher or trusted counsellor.

eg.The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school.

GRE WORDS 687-688

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MALADY:

■ noun

Illness; Any physical disease or disorder.

Any unwholesome or desperate condition.

eg.What maladies afflict our nation?

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MALEDICTION:

■ noun

The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)

eg. A malediction was pronounced against the town and ever since there has been no fresh water there.

GRE WORDS 685-686

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MAELSTROM:

■ noun
A whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence.
A violent or turbulent situation.

eg.The swirling hype, promises of opportunity and mandates for change have created a maelstrom of uncertainty.

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MAGNANIMITY:

■ noun

Extremely liberal and generous of spirit;

Liberality in bestowing gifts.

eg.His enemies he treated with the greatest magnanimity; no bloody executions followed the victory of the Milvian Bridge.

GRE WORDS 683-684

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MISOGAMY:
■ noun
Hatred of marriage.

eg. Misogamy drives the plot. Marriage itself is seen as a series of ratty exchanges in which partners gnaw at past infidelities.

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MNEMONIC:

■ noun

A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.

■ Adj.

Relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory.

eg. The students learned the mnemonic, Never Eat Soggy Waffles, in order to remember the order of the directions on a compass.

GRE WORDS 681-682

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MISERLY:
■ Adj.
Greedy, stingy;Relating to one who stores riches selfishly.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious or penurious.

eg.The mayor had a reputation for being miserly with the city's money.

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MISHAP:

■ noun.

An unfortunate accident;Bad luck.

eg.The adventurers had one mishap after another but they arrived at their destination intact.

GRE WORDS 679-680

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MIRAGE:

■ noun

An optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of water, often with inverted reflections of distant objects, and results from distortion of light by alternate layers of hot and cool air.

Something illusory or insubstantial.

eg. As they were driving, they saw a mirage that looked like water on the road ahead.

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MIRTH:

■ noun

Gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter.Joyfulness with laughter.

eg.Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds and glitters for a moment.

GRE WORDS 677-678

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MENDACIOUS:

■ Adj.
Telling lies, especially as a habit;Untruthful.

eg.The child was known to be mendacious and so could not be trusted.

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MENIAL:

■ Adj.
Of or relating to work or a job regarded as servile;Of, relating to, or appropriate for a servant.

■ noun.

A servant, especially a domestic servant.

eg.There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

GRE WORDS 675-676

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MAXIM:

■ noun

A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.A succinct formulation of a fundamental principle, general truth, or rule of conduct.

eg. It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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MEMENTO:

■ noun

A reminder of the past; a keepsake.

eg.I try to pick up a special memento from every place we visit on our trips.

GRE WORDS 673-674

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MATRICULATE:

■ verb
To admit or be admitted into a group, especially a college or university.

■ noun

One who is admitted as a student to a college or university.

eg.To be granted matriculation in this university, one has to present a certificate of good moral character from previous school.

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MAUSOLEUM:

■ noun
A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

eg.The cemetery had one very large mausoleum right in its center.

GRE WORDS 671-672

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LAMPOON:

■Verb

Ridicule with satire.A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.

eg.The writer lampooned the politician's proposal.

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LITHE:

■Adj.

Moving and bending with ease.Flexible and supple.Marked by effortless grace.

eg. Gymnasts must be quite lithe to do all of their routines.

GRE WORDS 669-670

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LAGOON:

■ noun
A shallow body of water, especially one separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs.

eg.The Maldives is an enchanted paradise on the equator, a necklace of tiny palm studded coral islands, surrounded by sparkling lagoons.

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LINGUISTIC:

■ Adj.

Of or relating to language.

eg.The line-up was not linguistic, but religious.

GRE WORDS 667-668

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LOQUACIOUS:

■ Adj.
Very talkative; garrulous;Full of trivial conversation.

■ noun.
loquacity.

eg.I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

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LURID:

■ Adj.

Causing shock or horror; gruesome.Marked by sensationalism;Glaringly vivid and graphic.

eg. There was a lurid story about that section of town in the newspaper yesterday.

GRE WORDS 665-666

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LONGEVITY:

■ noun

Long life; great duration of life;Length or duration of life.

Long duration or continuance, as in an occupation

eg. The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

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LIBRETTO:

■ noun

The text of a dramatic musical work,opera.

eg.The libretto was very well sung during the opera performance.

GRE WORDS 663-664

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LANCET:

■ noun

A surgical knife with a short, wide, pointed double-edged blade, used especially for making punctures and small incisions.

Also A lancet arch;A lancet window.

eg. The nurse used a lancet to extract just a drop of blood from the patient's finger.

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LEXICOGRAPHER:

■ noun

One who writes, compiles, or edits a dictionary.

eg.Unlike most modern lexicographers, Johnson introduced humor or prejudice into many of his definitions.

GRE WORDS 661-662

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LARGESS:

■ noun

Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.

Money or gifts bestowed.
Generosity of spirit or attitude.

eg.Bill Gates should be complimented for his largess in giving so much money to medical research.

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LEVITATE:

■ Verb

Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity .

eg. The guru claimed that he could levitate.

GRE WORDS 659-660

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LAMENT:

■ Verb
To express grief for or about; mourn;To regret deeply; deplore

■ noun
A feeling or an expression of grief; a lamentation.

eg.We lamented the death of the child.

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LINEAGE:

■ noun

Lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction;The descendants of one individual.

eg.She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.

GRE WORDS 657-658

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LECTERN:

■ noun
Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.

eg.My hands were still gripping the battered wooden lectern on which he had placed the book for my inspection.

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LEGERDEMAIN:

■ noun

Sleights of hand;
A trick or set of tricks performed by a juggler or magician so quickly and deftly that the manner of execution cannot be observed;
Skill in performing conjuring tricks.

eg.The banker's cunning legerdemain enabled him to steal from his customers for many years.

GRE WORDS 655-656

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LILLIPUTIAN:

■ Adj.

Very small; diminutive;Trivial; petty.

eg.Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war.

■ noun

A very small person or being.

A 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

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LUSTROUS:

■ Adj.

Having a sheen or glow;shining; bright; glorious;glossy.

eg. Lustrous beauty with timeless elegance, sapphires are a unique gift that can be treasured forever.

GRE WORDS 653-654

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LUCID:

■ Adj.

Easily understood; intelligible;Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner.

eg.The essay was very lucidly written.

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LUCRE:

■ noun

Money,Riches.

eg.In the end neither Tom or Cheryl got their hands on the lucre.

GRE WORDS 651-652

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LAUD:

■ verb

To give praise to; glorify.

eg. Lauded by the critics, he still isn't a household name.

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LUNAR:

■Adj.

Of or relating to or associated with the moon.

eg. The lunar eclipse began at moonrise and ended at about nine o'clock.

GRE WORDS 649-650

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SASH:

■ noun

1.A band or ribbon worn about the waist as part of one's clothing or over the shoulder;sometimes as a symbol of rank.

2. A frame that contains the panes of a window or door.

eg.She accessorized her folk dancing skirt with a bright, orange sash.

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LUCRATIVE:

■ Adj.

Profitable; moneymaking; remunerative

eg. She signed a very lucrative contract with the basketball association.

GRE WORDS 647-648

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REEK:
■ verb
emit(odor)
eg.You will reek of garlic for days but it shouldn't matter if she loves you.

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ROCOCO:
■ Adj.
Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.

eg.What an exquisite rococo bed!

GRE WORDS 645-646

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Click above to get MISGIVING: ■ noun A feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension. eg.I know that many of you have misgivings about the way Council Tax works. TALISMAN: ■ noun A trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease. eg.He had a talisman, the use of which he would not divulge, saying the stone could speak for itself. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

GRE WORDS 643-644

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TOGA: ■ noun A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.

eg.The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.

GRE WORDS 641-642

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Click above to get TUREEN: ■ noun Large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews. eg.The America's Cup, yachting's great and garish grail, is a tumorous tureen no handsomer than a camel. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

TIGHTWAD: ■ noun A miserly person. eg.Jill called Jack a tightwad because he never picked up the check.

GRE WORDS 639-640

2010-06-23T12:13:00.006+05:30

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GRE WORDS 637-638

2010-06-23T00:22:00.003+05:30

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Click above to get MODISH: ■ Adj. In the current fashion or style. eg.They also have a modish, edgy look to them which lends them an air of unfamiliar exoticism. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

MARSUPIAL: ■ noun Mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried. eg. The opossum is the only native North American marsupial.

GRE WORDS 635-636

2010-05-26T02:13:00.002+05:30

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COTERIE: ■ noun An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. eg.A very small coterie formed within the science club because only a few of the students were interested specifically in genetics. Also visit Killt hegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

CONIFER: ■ noun Any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees or shrubs such as pines, spruces, and firs. eg. The forest was filled with many conifers.

GRE WORDS 633-634

2010-05-25T01:37:00.003+05:30

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Click above to get COW: ■ verb To frighten with threats . eg.The little boy was so so cowed by the hulking bully that he gave up his lunch money without a word of protest. Also visit Killthegre.blogsp ot.com for latest verbal threads

CORRUGATED: ■ Adj. Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges. eg.The surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated.

GRE WORDS 631-632

2010-05-24T01:55:00.000+05:30

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Click above to get EERIE: ■ Adj. Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious Inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening. eg.Look at the tree,we can feel an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods. Also visit Kill thegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads ELUCIDATE: ■ verb Make clear and comprehensible;Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. eg.He is here to elucidate the mystery surrounding her death.

GRE WORDS 629-630

2010-05-23T01:31:00.001+05:30

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ELYSIAN:
■ Adj.
Excellent, beautiful ,creative,blissful; delightful;like paradise.

eg.At the party we had an elysian meal.

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EMACIATE:

■ verb

Cause to grow thin or weak;Grow weak and thin or waste away physically.
eg.She emaciated during the chemotherapy.

GRE WORDS 627-628

2010-05-22T12:40:00.002+05:30

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Click above to get REBUS: ■ noun A puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words. eg.These materials focus around the story of the nativity and use black and white rebus symbols. ROSTER: ■ noun A list of names;A schedule of times for members of an organization to do tasks or to be on duty. eg.His name was struck off the rosters. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

GRE WORDS 625-626

2010-05-19T01:25:00.000+05:30

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Click above to get GUSTY: ■ adj. Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts;characterized by sudden bursts or outbursts. eg.A gusty breeze ranging from force 4 to force 6 prevailed. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads GRUFF: ■ adj. 1. Rough or surly in manner or speech; 2.Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting, illness or emotion. eg.Here she begins to see the real man shine through his gruff exterior.

GRE WORDS 623-624

2010-05-18T12:10:00.000+05:30

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Click above to get GYROSCOPE: ■ noun Apparatus used to maintain balance,ascertain direction etc., Rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction. eg.They successfully completed their main objective of removing and replacing a faulty gyroscope on the International Space Station. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads GUFFAW: ■ noun A burst of deep loud hearty laughter;a boisterous laugh. eg.In fact we had a discreet guffaw regarding the matter when I met him on Saturday afternoon for High Tea.

GRE WORDS 621-622

2010-05-18T01:43:00.001+05:30

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GUSTO:

■ noun

Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.

eg.They sing their praises to God with great gusto or in a quieter meditative manner.

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GUSTATORY: ■ adj. Of or having to do with tasting or the sense of taste. eg.The Thai restaurant offered an unusual gustatory experience for those used to a bland cuisine.

GRE WORDS 619-620

2010-05-17T13:29:00.002+05:30

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FISSURE:

■ noun

A long narrow depression in a surface;crevice.

eg.Some cracks in old pipe can leak for decades causing large fissures running through the ground.

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FELON: ■ noun Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. eg.Trying to provoke a large, dangerous-looking felon from across the room is not funny.

GRE WORDS 617-618

2010-05-17T01:04:00.001+05:30

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Click above to get FETTER: ■ noun A shackle for the ankles or feet. ■ verb Restrain with fetters eg.Oh, that God would help us to bind King Drunkenness with chains, and King Infidelity with fetters of iron! Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

FILIGREE: ■ noun Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold, silver or other fine twisted wire) eg.Malta is renowned for its gold and silver filigree work and handmade lace.