cozenage - act of cozening, cheating, deceiving, convincing
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - depurate lustrate
depurate - cleanse, purify
lustrate - to purify ceremoniously, by means of a ritual
GRE Vocabulary - enucleate
enucleate - to remove the nucleus of (without cutting)
enucleate - remove the eye, retaining the eye muscles and orbital contents
enucleate - to explain
GRE Vocabulary - interstice
interstice - gap or break in continuous thing
interstice - short time span or gap between events
GRE Vocabulary - paranoia
paranoia - delusion of persecution or grandeur
paranoia - excessive, irrational suspicion and distrust of others
GRE Vocabulary - empiric
empiric - unqualified or dishonest practitioner, charlatan
empiric - one who relies on practical experience
GRE Vocabulary - proletariat
proletariat - member of the industrial working class, lowest social or economic class
GRE Vocabulary - peremptory
peremptory - putting an end to, final, categorical, haughty, imperious, dictatorial
GRE Vocabulary - matriculate
matriculate - to enroll as a member of body especially at college or university
GRE Vocabulary - clement
clement - lenient, mild,
inclement - harsh, unmerciful, stormy
clement x inclement
GRE Vocabulary - blight
blight - extremely adverse condition, disease, anything that injures or destroys
GRE Vocabulary - blaspheme
blashpeme - to speak swear words against, say irreverent things, abuse, revile
GRE Vocabulary - amatory
amatory - relating to or expressing sexual love, designed to promote sexual love or desire
GRE Vocabulary - alluvion
alluvion - flood, inundation,
alluvion - accession of land due to alluvium deposited gradually on the shore
GRE Vocabulary - appropriate expropriate
appropriate - annex, take exclusive possession of without authority or permission, set aside for particular use
appropriate - fit
expropriate - deprive of rightful possession using official authority
GRE Vocabulary - apocalypse
apocalypse - prophetic revelation, especially concerning the end of the world or great disaster
GRE Vocabulary - amnesty
amnesty - pardon given to a group of people especially for political offenses
GRE Vocabulary - aesthete
aesthete - one with extremely great sensitivity to beauty especially in art
GRE Vocabulary - amoral
amoral - without moral feelings, lacking a sense of right or wrong, neither moral nor immoral
GRE Vocabulary - scrimping niggardly
scrimping - frugal or stingy
scrimp - to make too small, short or scanty
niggardly - stingy, providing meanly in limited supply
Monday, June 9, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - aerostat aerodyne
aerostat - lighter than air aircraft (hot air balloon or airship)
aerodyne - heavier than air aircraft (airplane, helicopter)
aerostat x aerodyne
GRE Vocabulary - aspiration
aspiration - strong desire or ambition
aspiration - inhalation, sucking in
aspiration - audible breath (exhalation) that accompanies speech
GRE Vocabulary - articulate
articulate - segments united by means of joints
articulate - speak clearly and distinctly
GRE Vocabulary - upstart
upstart - to jump from a lower position
upstart - parvenu - presumptuous and aggressive newly rich person ,
upstart - one who does not know his/her proper place
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