Princeton Review -- GRE Extra Vocab 1

alloy

v. to debase by mixing with something inferior

appropriate

v. to take for one’s own use; to confiscate

arrest

v./adj. to suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention, as if in a portrait

august

adj. majestic, venerable

bent

n. leaning, inclination; proclivity or tendency

broach

v. to bring up; to begin talk with

brook

v. to tolerate; to endure

cardinal

adj. major, as in a ____ sin

chauvinist

n. a blindly devoted patriot

color

v. to change as if by dyeing (ie to distort)

consequential

adj. pompous, self-important

damp

v. to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

die

n. a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-___ shop

essay

v. to test or try; to attempt

exact

v. to demand; to require

fell (v)

v. to cause to fall by striking

fell (adj)

adj. inhumanly cruel

flag

v. to sag or droop; to become spiritless

flip

adj. sarcastic, as in flippant; a ___ remark

ford

v. to wade across the shallow part of a river

grouse

v. to complain or grumble

guy

n./v. a cope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide

intimate

v. to imply, suggest, or insinuate

list

v. to tilt or lean to one side

lumber

v. to move heavily and clumsily

meet

adj. fitting, proper

milk

v. to exploit; to squeeze out every last ounce

mince

v. to pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully; to take tiny steps and tiptoe

nice

adj. exacting; extremely precise

occult

adj. hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

pedestrian

adj. commonplace, trite, unremarkable

pied

adj. multicolored, usually in blotches

pine

v. to lose vigor (as in grief); to yearn

plastic

adj. moldable; not rigid

pluck

n. courage, fortitude

prize

v. to pry, to press or force with a lever

rail

v. to complain about bitterly

rent

v./n. an opening caused by a tear (past tense of rend)

quail

v. to lose courage; to turn frightened

qualify

v. to limit

sap (v)

v. to enervate or weaken the vitality of

sap (n)

n. a fool or nitwit

scurvy

adj. contemptible, despicable

singular

adj. exceptional, unusual, odd

stand

n. a group of trees

steep

v. to saturate or completely soak; as in to let a tea bag ____

table

v. to remove from consideration

tender

v. to proffer or offer

waffle

v. to change one’s position; to equivocate

wag

n. wit, joker