inglorious - shameful, ignominious, lacking fame or honor, disgraceful
inglorious - not famous, obscure
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - inglorious
GRE Vocabulary - palimpsest
palimpsest - writing material used more than one times after incompletely erasing earlier writing
palimpsest - object, place or area that reflects/reminds of earlier history
palimpsest - something having diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - demarche
demarche - procedure, step, maneuver, course of action
demarche - procedure or protest through diplomatic channel
Monday, July 7, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - dunk
dunk - dip food temporarily into beverage before eating
dunk - form of torture and punishment given by submerging temporarily into water
Sunday, July 6, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - demitasse
demitasse - small cup of strong black coffee, half cup -- demi = half, tasse = cup
Saturday, July 5, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - hamlet
hamlet - small village, rural community smaller than a village usually without a church
GRE Vocabulary - butt
butt(v) - hit or push with head or horns, ram, push outward
butt - person or object of ridicule or contempt, a target
GRE Vocabulary - pulpit
pulpit - elevated platform for preaching or conducting a workshop service
pulpit - prominent public position of preaching
Friday, July 4, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - ignoble
ignoble - of lowly birth or common origin, plebeian
ignoble - base, low, mean,
GRE Vocabular - grisly
grisly - gruesome, inspiring repugnance, horror, disgust, distaste, shocking, repellent
GRE Vocabulary - begrudge
begrudge - give reluctantly with displeasure
begrudge - envy the possession or enjoyment of some pleasure
begrudge - to look upon with disapproval
GRE Vocabulary - crotchet
crotchet - odd, whimsical, eccentric, stubborn person
crotchet - quarter note
GRE Vocabulary - rejoinder
rejoinder - answer especially to a reply
rejoinder - defendants answer to a plaintiff's replication
GRE Vocabulary - explicate
explicate - to make a detailed explanation of, analyze logically, develop the implications of
GRE Vocabulary - montage
montage - composite juxtaposition of heterogeneous elements, collage
montage - rapid succession of successive shots of a movie to illustrate an association of ideas
GRE Vocabulary - exacting
exacting - extremely demanding, requiring great care, effort and attention
GRE Vocabulary - cavalier
cavalier - armed horseman, knight, gallant, aristocratic, debonair
cavalier - carefree, nonchalant, offhand disdainfully dismissing important matters
Thursday, July 3, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - grate
grate - abrade, reduce to small particles by something rough
grate - fret, irritate,
grate - barred iron frame for cooking over fire
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - emigrate
emigrate - move out to a new country, expatriate
immigrate - move into ones own country
GRE Vocabulary - egalitarian
egalitarian - promoting social, economical and political human equality
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - doctrinaire
doctrinaire - dogmatic, committed inflexible supporter of doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality
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