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500+ Practice GRE Vocabulary Words Part 6

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To abet means to assist or encourage someone, especially in wrongdoing or illegal activities, by supporting or facilitating their actions.

prestige

(n.) esteemed status or standing;(n.) reputation

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Term
Definition

prestige

(n.) esteemed status or standing;(n.) reputation

probe

(v.) to look into and investigate a situation or individual(तहक़ीक़ात)

probity

(n.) integrity and honor;(n.) decency(ईमानदारी)( basically this word is taken from latin probus..means honesty)

prodigal

(adj.) lavish and wasteful;(adj.) uncontrolled

promulgate

(v.) to make known, particularly one's opinions or theories;(v.) to publicize;(v.) to publicly teach a doctrine or creed(Prom(promote)+ul+gate. So ...

propensity

(n.) a tendency or inclination toward something;(n.) a predisposition

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TermDefinition

prestige

(n.) esteemed status or standing;(n.) reputation

probe

(v.) to look into and investigate a situation or individual(तहक़ीक़ात)

probity

(n.) integrity and honor;(n.) decency(ईमानदारी)( basically this word is taken from latin probus..means honesty)

prodigal

(adj.) lavish and wasteful;(adj.) uncontrolled

promulgate

(v.) to make known, particularly one's opinions or theories;(v.) to publicize;(v.) to publicly teach a doctrine or creed(Prom(promote)+ul+gate. So promoting something out of the gate, i.e. to make known by opening the gate(or opening declaration) to everyone out there.))

propensity

(n.) a tendency or inclination toward something;(n.) a predisposition

propound

(v.) to put forward or offer;(v.) to propose or promote

prototype

(n.) an example or mode;(n.) a trial product

provoke

(v.) to aggravate, incite or irritate;(v.) to cause or bring about

puerile

(adj.) childish and immature

pugnacious

(adj.) characterized by an aggressive and contentious nature

punctilious

(adj.) meticulous and scrupulous in nature;(adj.) socially correct and proper

purport

(v.) to assert, claim or declare; to imply or suggest;(n.) significance, importance

putrid

(adj.) in a state of decay or decomposition;(adj.) rotten;(adj.) rank

quagmire

(n.) a situation or predicament from which disentanglement proves difficult;(n.) a swamp or marsh(दलदल)

quay

(n.) a dock or pier constructed along the edge of a body of water

queasy

(adj.) inclined to or experiencing nausea

quiescent

(adj.) at rest;(adj.) inactive

quietude

(n.) tranquility and stillness;(n.) peacefulness

quixotic

(adj.) idealistic in an unrealistic manner,(adj.) dreamy

ramification

(n.) a development, consequence or outcome that results from a problem

rancid

(adj.) sour, rotten(ran+cid..ran (rank)+cid (acid)...rank means bad smell..and a acid which smell bad)

raucous

(adj.) harsh and strident; wild,(adj.) boisterous

ravage

(v.) to devastate and destroy; (नाश करना)(v.) to plunder and ransack(लूट) recapitulate: (v.) to repeat in a concise and succinct manner;(v.) to summarize or reiterate

recession

(n.) a depression or decline

reciprocate

(v.) to return or give back to

rectify

(v.) to correct, remedy and/or make right

reek

(v.) to stink or smell in a foul manner; to show signs of or suggest(n.) a foul stench or smell( ) rhymes with Yak!...bad odour)

refulgent

(adj.) brilliantly shining and/or gleaming(refulgent sounds like detergent.. use detergent to make things shine)

relinquish

(v.) to give up or actively surrender

remiss

(adj.) careless or negligent;(adj.) thoughtless( re+MISS you miss something because of NEGLIGENCE, CARELESSNESS.)

renunciation

(adj.) the act of turning away from, rejecting or denying(self denial)

repository

(n.) a place in which things are safely kept;(n.) a warehouse;(n.) a tomb

reprisal

(n.) retaliation and/or an act of vengeance

reprobate

(n.) a degenerate;(n.) a depraved person

resplendent

(adj.) brilliantly shining and gleaming

retaliate

(v.) to revenge a wrong;(v.) to counterattack

revelry

(n.) festivities and celebrations;(n.) partying

reverberate

(v.) to echo, resound;(v.) to ring

rigor

(n.) strictness or severity in temperament or action

robust

(adj.) strong, healthy and hearty in physical condition

rococo

(adj.) ornate, decorative

ruddy

(adj.) reddish or rosy

rustic

(adj.) rural, country; pastoral

sacrilegious

(adj.) expressing of irreverence toward what is held sacred

sagacious

(adj.) showing keen discernment and exemplary judgment

salient

(adj.) prominent, markedly conspicuous

salubrious

(adj.) favorable to and fostering of body and/or mind health

salutary

(adj.) beneficial, constructive

sangfroid

(n.) coolness and composure, especially amidst trying and challenging circumstances

sanguine

(adj.) confident and optimistic, upbeat

sardonic

(adj.) characterized by a scornful and derisive attitude or nature

satiate

(v.) to supply in excess,(v.) to more than fully satisfy( I SAT & ATE till I was full)

scrupulous

(adj.) characterized by a conscientious and meticulous nature

seethe

(v.) to churn, boil;(v.) to fume or boil with rage;(v.) to teem, swarm

sequester

(v.) to remove or withdraw into solitude;(v.) to remove or separate

serrated

(adj.) possessing a jagged or saw-like edge

shoal

(n.) a place in which a body of water is shallow; any large number of people or things(v.) to cause to become shallow

simulate

(v.) to create a model, representation or recreation of

skeptic

(n.) one characterized by a cynical and doubting nature

skimp

(v.) to sparingly withhold

slander

(n.) defamation; words falsely spoken that damage someone's reputation

sloth

(n.) laziness and apathy, a disinclination toward work

slough

(n.) the out layer of the skin;(v.) to shed or cast off

smattering

(n.) a superficial knowledge of something

somatic

(adj.) of or related to the body, physical

sophomoric

(adj.) immature or overconfident and conceited

spate: (n.) a sudden outpouring or overwhelm

specious

(adj.) false, bogus

squalid

(adj.) unclean to the degree of filth;(adj.) seedy or immoral

squander

(v.) to waste or throw away

stalemate

(n.) a situation in which further action is obstructed and not possible

stigma

(n.) a mark or token of infamy;(n.) disgrace and dishonor

stipend

(n.) a periodic payment or schedule of fixed pay

stupor: (n.) a daze or state of unconsciousness

stymie

(v.) to present an obstacle, to stand in the way of

subversive

(adj.) undermining; dissident or rebellious, particularly against an established authority or government

succinct

(adj.) brief, concise and to the point

sully

(v.) to smear and dishonor;(v.) to pollute or contaminate

sumptuous

(adj.) luxurious and costly,(adj.) extravagant

supersede

(v.) to replace in power or authority; to surpass

surmise

(v.) to infer or guess without conclusive evidence

surreptitious

(adj.) sly, sneaky and covert

swathe

(v.) to wrap or enfold;(n.) a strip, ribbon or band

swelter

(v.) to suffer from excessive and overbearing heat

symmetry

(n.) balance and proportion

synchronous

(adj.) occurring at the same time, simultaneous

taciturn

(adj.) characterized by a reserved and quiet nature, uncommunicative

tactile

(adj.) tangible and concrete

tantalize

(v.) to torment and/or torture ;(v.) to excite or entice

tantamount

(adj.) equivalent in value and/or force

taut

(adj.) tight, rigid and staff;(adj.) tense, worried

tedium

(n.) the quality or state of being worrisome

temporal

(adj.) chronological and sequential;(adj.) earthly and secular

tenebrous

(adj.) dark or gloomy

tenet

(n.) an opinion, principle or doctrine

tepid

(adj.) lukewarm, halfhearted; moderate

terrestrial

(adj.) earthly and worldly

testy

(adj.) bad-tempered, crotchety, touchy

throes

(n.) a violent spasm or pain;(n.) a condition of agonizing struggle

timidity

(adj.) lacking in self-assurance or courage;(n.) nervousness and apprehensiveness

timorous

(adj.) fearful