GregMAT Word List - 16

antedate

• occur before (something) in time

His journal entry antedates the official records.

bridle

(noun) headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control

(noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

Synonyms : check , curb

Example Sentence

his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper

(verb) anger or take offense

Example Sentence

She bridled at his suggestion to elope

(verb) put a bridle on

Example Sentence

bridle horses

(verb) respond to the reins, as of horses

a bride bridles, ie, she restrains you( husband) from a lot things like friends, temper, food etc

feckless

(adj) not fit to assume responsibility

(adj) generally incompetent and ineffectual

Synonyms : inept

Example Sentence

feckless attempts to repair the plumbing

inept handling of the account

feckless:- sounds like ***less people who *** less are not effective i.e ineffective.

ultimately we want to remember the word meaning........

fester

(noun) a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus

Synonyms : suppurating sore

(verb) ripen and generate pus

Synonyms : maturate , suppurate

Example Sentence

her wounds are festering

rhymes with pester ... so if you pester someone they will get festered, meaning irritated.

iconoclastic

(adj) characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

(adj) destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited

icon = idol

clash = fragments.

So, one who destroys idols into pieces is iconoclast.

immure

(verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Synonyms : gaol , imprison , incarcerate , jail , jug , lag , put away , put behind bars , remand

Example Sentence

The suspects were imprisoned without trial

the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life

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sounds like I M YOURS....please enclose me within the walls of your heart

inscrutable

(adj) of an obscure nature

Synonyms : cryptic , cryptical , deep , mysterious , mystifying

Example Sentence

the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms

a deep dark secret

the inscrutable workings of Providence

in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life

rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands

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you cant SCRU(screw) a TABLE b'coz you can't have a penetration... may b b'coz it doesn't have a hole(a place to peek into)

profligate

(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society

Synonyms : blood , rake , rakehell , rip , roue

(noun) a recklessly extravagant consumer

Synonyms : prodigal , squanderer

(adj) recklessly wasteful

Synonyms : extravagant , prodigal , spendthrift

Example Sentence

prodigal in their expenditures

(adj) unrestrained by convention or morality

Synonyms : debauched , degenerate , degraded , dissipated , dissolute , fast , libertine , riotous

Example Sentence

Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society

deplorably dissipated and degraded

riotous living

fast women

Profligate= spend Profusely like bill Gates

superfluous

(adj) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

Synonyms : otiose , pointless , purposeless , senseless , wasted

Example Sentence

otiose lines in a play

advice is wasted words

a pointless remark

a life essentially purposeless

senseless violence

(adj) more than is needed, desired, or required

Synonyms : excess , extra , redundant , spare , supererogatory , supernumerary , surplus

Example Sentence

trying to lose excess weight

found some extra change lying on the dresser

yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant

skills made redundant by technological advance

sleeping in the spare room

supernumerary ornamentation

it was supererogatory of her to gloat

delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words

extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts

surplus cheese distributed to the needy

divide it as super+flow.. when there is large(super) flow of water, it becomes EXCESSIVE / OVERABUNDANCE of water..

synoptic

(adj) presenting a summary or general view of a whole

Example Sentence

a synoptic presentation of a physical theory

(adj) presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament

Synonyms : synoptical

Example Sentence

synoptic sayings

something like synopsis

vociferous

(adj) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

Synonyms : blatant , clamant , clamorous , strident

Example Sentence

blatant radios

a clamorous uproar

strident demands

a vociferous mob

VOICE + FURIOUS = noisy