Barron 词表

Barron 词表:

Barron GRE word list - A

abase lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect abash embarrass abate subside or moderate abbreviate shorten abdicate renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility) aberrant abnormal or deviant aberration deviation from the normal; mental disorder abet assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage abeyance suspended action abhor detest; hate abide dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude people. abject (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology abjure renounce upon oath ablution washing abnegation renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation abode dwelling place; home abolish cancel; put an end to abominable detestable; extremely unpleasant abominate loathe; hate aboriginal being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine abortive unsuccessful; fruitless abrasive rubbing away; tending to grind down abridge condense or shorten abrogate abolish abscission cutting off; separation abscond depart secretly and hide absolute complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism absolve pardon (an offense) abstain refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote; abstemious sparing in eating and drinking; temperate abstinence restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote abstract theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational abstruse obscure; profound; difficult to understand abusive coarsely insulting; physically harmful abut border upon; adjoin abysmal bottomless abyss enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit academic related to a school; not practical or directly useful accede agree accelerate move faster accessible easy to approach; obtainable accessory additional object; useful but not essential thing acclaim applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval and praise acclimate adjust to climate or environment; adapt acclivity sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity accolade award of merit; strong praise and approval accommodate oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging accomplice partner in crime accord agreement accost approach and speak first to a person accoutre equip; N. accoutrement accretion growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete accrue come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual acerbity bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone) acetic vinegary acidulous slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic acknowledge recognize; admit acme peak; pinnacle; highest point acne skin disease (on the face) acoustics science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in acquiesce assent; agree passively; comply without protest acquittal deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner acrid bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent acrimonious stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior acrophobia fear of heights actuarial calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics actuary someone who advises insurance companies actuate motivate; activate; cause to act acuity sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) acumen mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen acute (of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain adage wise saying; proverb adamant hard; inflexible adapt make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel. addendum addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book) addiction compulsive habitual need addle make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg) address direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech adept expert at; very skilled adhere stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality adherent supporter; follower adjacent adjoining; neighboring; close by adjoin be next to adjourn suspend until a later time; move from one place to another adjunct something attached to but holding an inferior position adjuration solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly adjutant staff officer assisting the commander; assistant admonish warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove adore love deeply and respect highly adorn decorate adroit skillful (in using mind or hand) adulation flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved adulterate make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances Advent arrival adventitious accidental; casual; happening by chance adversary opponent; enemy adverse going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile adversity great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event advert refer advocacy support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something advocate speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for aegis shield; protection; defense aerie(aery,eyrie,eyry) nest of a large bird of prey aesthetic artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics affable easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly affected artificial; pretended affidavit written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law) affiliation joining; associating with affinity feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages affirmation positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination affliction state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on affluence abundance; wealth affront insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally afterlife life after death; later part of one's life agape openmouthed agenda items of business at a meeting agglomeration collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap aggrandize make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement aggregate sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars aghast filled with great surprise or fear; horrified agility nimbleness; ability to move quickly agitate stir up; disturb agnostic one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality agog highly excited; intensely curious agrarian pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform airy of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal alacrity cheerful promptness without reluctance alchemy medieval chemistry alcove nook; recess alias an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias alienate make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of alimentary supplying nourishment alimony payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce allay calm; pacify allege state without proof allegiance loyalty allegory story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable alleviate relieve (pain) alliteration repetition of beginning sound in poetry allocate assign; set apart for a particular purpose alloy mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness allude refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference allure entice; attract; tempt alluvial pertaining to soil deposits left by running water alms money or goods given to the poor aloft upward; high up in the air aloof apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV. altercation noisy quarrel altruistic unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism amalgam combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth amalgamate (of societies or groups) combine; unite in one body amass collect (gradually, in a very large amount) amazon female warrior ambidextrous capable of using either hand with equal ease ambience environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature ambiguous unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation ambivalence the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions amble walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly ambrosia food of the gods ambulatory able to walk ambush act of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealed position; Ex. lie in ambush; V. ameliorate improve amenable obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests amend correct; change ; generally for the better amenities convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies amiable agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly amicable peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement amiss wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV. amity friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations amnesia loss of memory amnesty pardon (allowed by government to political criminals) amok(amuck) in a state of rage; Ex. run amok amoral nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong amorous moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances amorphous formless; lacking shape or definition amphibian able to live both on land and in water; N. amphitheater oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena ample enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space amplify increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph amputate cut off part of body; prune (a limb) amulet charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck anachronism an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic analgesia condition of being unable to feel pain analgesic causing insensitivity to pain; N. analogous comparable; similar analogy similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things anarchist person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority anarchy absence of governing body; state of disorder anathema solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize ancestry family descent; ADJ. ancestral anchor secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; N. anchorage ancillary serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N. anecdote short story of an amusing or interesting event anemia condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; ADJ. anemic anesthetic substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia anguish acute pain; extreme suffering angular sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner animadversion critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval animated lively; spirited animosity active enmity animus hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition annals records arranged in yearly parts; history anneal reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass) annex attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one annihilate destroy annotate comment; make explanatory notes annuity yearly allowance annul make void anodyne drug that relieves pain or trouble;opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement anoint consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony) anomalous abnormal; irregular anomaly irregularity anonymity state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous antagonism hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist antecede precede antecedents preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background antediluvian antiquated; extremely ancient anthem song of praise or patriotism; Ex. national anthem anthology book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus anthropoid manlike; resembling a human being; N. anthropologist student of the history and science of humankind anthropomorphic having human form or characteristics anticlimax letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting antidote remedy to counteract a poison or disease; Ex. antidote to the economic troubles antipathy aversion; dislike or opposition antiquated obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated antique made in an earlier period and usu. valuable; N: object that was made in an earlier period and that is rare or valuable antiquity quality of being very old; ancient times; antiseptic substance that prevents infection in a wound; ADJ. antithesis contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical antler bony growth on the head of a deer anvil iron block used in hammering out metals apathy lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic ape imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner) aperture opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light apex tip; summit; climax; highest point aphasia loss of speech due to injury or illness aphorism pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic apiarist person who keeps bees apiary a place where bees are kept apiculture bee-keeping aplomb poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence apocalyptic prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse apocryphal (of a story) widely believed but untrue apogee highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee apolitical having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs apologist one who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia apoplexy stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain apostate one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy apothecary druggist; pharmacist apothegm(apophthegm) pithy, compact saying apotheosis elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something appall dismay; shock deeply apparent evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement apparition ghost; phantom appease pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement appellation name; title append attach application diligent attention; diligence; V. apply oneself apposite appropriate; fitting appraise estimate value of; N. appraisal appreciate be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference apprehend arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. apprehension apprehensive fearful; discerning apprise inform approbation approval appropriate acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate appurtenances subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing apropos with reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV. aptitude fitness; talent aquiline curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose arable fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land arbiter person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge who is in a position ot make influential judgments; Ex. supreme arbiter of fashion in beachware arbitrary unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler arbitrate act as judge (at the request of both sides) arboreal of or living in trees arboretum place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited arcade a covered passageway usually lined with shops arcane esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener arch- chief; first; Ex. archbishop archaeology study of artifacts and relics of early mankind archaic antiquated; no longer used; belonging to the past; N. archetype prototype; primitive pattern archipelago group of closely located islands archives public records; place where public records are kept ardor heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent arduous hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work argot slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people aria operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio arid (of land) dry; barren; unproductive aristocracy hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat armada fleet of warships aromatic fragrant; having a sweet smell; N. aroma: strong pleasant smell arraign charge in court; indict array marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array arrears being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done arrhythmic lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia arrogance pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people) arroyo gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater arsenal storage place for military equipment artery blood-vessel; CF. vein artful exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice articulate effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints artifacts object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced artifice deception; trickery artisan a manually skilled worker artless without guile; open and honest ascendancy controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant ascertain find out for certain; make certain ascetic practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism ascribe refer; attribute; assign aseptic preventing infection; having a cleansing effect ashen ash-colored; deadly pale asinine stupid; Ex. asinine remarks askance with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at askew crookedly; slanted; at an angle asperity sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter aspersion slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on aspirant seeker after position or status aspire seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership assail assault assay analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore) assent agree; accept; N. assessment assert state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence assiduous diligent assimilate absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking) assuage mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) assumption something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of power; V. assume assurance firm statement that something is certainly true; promise or pledge; certainty; confidence in one's own ability; self-confidence; Ex. In spite of all his assurances, he did not come back; Ex. assurance of his loyalty; Ex. The teacher lacked assuranc asteroid small planet astigmatism eye defect which prevents proper focus; OP. stigmatism astral relating to the stars astringent binding; causing contraction (stopping bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent; Ex. astringent criticism astronomical enormously large or extensive astute wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage asunder into parts; apart; V. sunder asylum place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political) asymmetric not identical on both sides of a dividing central line atavism resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic atheistic denying the existence of God; N. atheism atone make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for atrocity brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious atrophy wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use) attentive alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration attenuate make thin; weaken attest testify; bear witness attire clothe; N: clothing; array; apparel attribute essential quality; V: ascribe; explain attrition rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition atypical not normal; not typical audacious daring; bold; N. audacity audit examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V. augment increase; add to augury omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future) august impressive; majestic aureole sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light auroral pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis auspicious favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices austere forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity authenticate prove genuine authoritarian subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian regime/father authoritative having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive autocratic having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial; N. autocrat, autocracy automaton mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself autonomous self-governing; N. autonomy autopsy examination of a dead body; postmortem; V. auxiliary offering or providing help; additional or subsidiary; N: helper; assistant avalanche great mass of falling snow and ice avantgarde group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard avarice greediness for wealth avenge take vengence for something or on behalf of someone; Ex. They avenged his death by burning the village; Ex. He swore to avenge his brother; Ex. They avenged themselves on their enemy. aver state confidently; declare as true averse reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work aversion firm dislike avert prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight. aviary enclosure for birds; large cage avid greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity avocation secondary or minor occupation avow declare openly; N. avowal avuncular of or like an uncle awe solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome awful terrible; very bad awl pointed tool used for piercing awry distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry. axiom self-evident truth requiring no proof azure sky blue  

Barron GRE word list - B

babble chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N. bacchanal noisy party with a lot of drinking bacchanalia the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus bacchanalian drunken backslide revert (to bad habits); N. reverter backwards and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights badger pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal badinage teasing conversation; banter; joking talk baffle frustrate; perplex bait harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals baleful evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look balk stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate ballast heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast balm something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees balmy soft and mild (of air); fragrant banal hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich/'ed bandy discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with bane posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous bank heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning bantering joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter bar railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister barb sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark bard poet barefaced shameless and noticeable; blatant; bold; unconcealed; having no covering on the face; Ex. barefaced lie bargain agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power baroque highly ornate barrage barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion; large number of questions or statements; Ex. a barrage of criticism barrister counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar barterer trader; V. barter: trade; exchange good for other goods rather than money base contemptible; morally bad; inferior in value or quality; Ex. base motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such as iron bask luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth bastard illegitimate child bastion stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism bate let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF. abate battalion army unit made up of four or more companies bauble trinket; cheap jewel; trifle bawdy indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd bearing deportment; connection beatific giving or showing bliss; blissful beatitude blessedness; state of great happiness bedizen dress with vulgar finery bedraggle wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled beeline direct quick route befuddle confuse thoroughly beget father; become the father of; produce; give rise to begrudge envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success. beguile deceive; mislead or delude; cheat; pass time pleasantly; charm or attract; Ex. beguiling smile behemoth huge creature; something of monstrous size or power beholden obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude behoove(behove) be suited to; be incumbent upon; be right and necessary; Ex. It behooves one to do. belabor harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically belated delayed beleaguer besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset belie contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure. belittle disparage; depreciate bellicose warlike belligerent quarrelsome bemoan lament; moan for; express sorrow or disapproval of bemused confused; lost in thought; preoccupied benediction blessing benefactor gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose beneficent kindly; doing good beneficial helpful; useful; advantageous beneficiary person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will benefit advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits benevolent generous; charitable; having a wish to do good benign kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor benison blessing bent determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination bequeath leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest berate scold strongly bereaved deprived of (someone beloved through death) bereavement state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft bereft deprived of (something valuable); lacking berserk mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited beseech beg; plead with beset harass or trouble from all directions; hem in besiege surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually besmirch soil; defile; make dirty bestial beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel bestow confer betoken signify; indicate; be a sign of betray be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety. betroth become engaged to marry bevy large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets beware be cautious (of) bewitch cast a spell over; captivate completely bicameral two-chambered as a legislative body bicker quarrel bid command; utter (a greeting); offer as a price; N: offer of a price; amount offered; earnest effort to gain something; Ex. bid for freedom biennial every two years bifurcated divided into two branches; forked bigot one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics) bigotry stubborn intolerance bilious suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated bilk swindle; cheat billow large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows billowing swelling out in waves; surging biting sharply painful to the body or mind; Ex. biting wind/remarks bitter having a sharp biting taste; 敬; causing sharp pain to the body or mind; filled with resentment, disappointment, or other unpleasant feelings; Ex. bitter wind/sorrow/tears bivouac temporary encampment; camp without tents; V. bizarre fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional blackball vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote blanch bleach; whiten; make white or pale bland soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence blandishment flattery blare loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light blase bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored blasphemy irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege blatant extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy bleak cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing blemish mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished blight plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy blighted suffering from a disease; destroyed bliss complete happiness; ADJ. blissful blithe(blithesome) gay; joyous bloated (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air blotch spot; blot; CF. blot+botch blowhard talkative boaster; braggart bludgeon club; heavy-headed weapon; V. blue gloomy; depressed blues state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) bluff pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured blunder error; stupid mistake blunt having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt blurt utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement blush become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame); become red or rosy; N. bluster blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale bode foreshadow; portend bog soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud bogus counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview Bohemian unconventional (in an artistic way) boisterous violent; rough; noisy bolster support; reinforce bolt door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a | door); gobble down bombardment attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard bombast grandiloquent, pompous speech bombastic pompous; using inflated language bookish fond of books and reading boon blessing; benefit; something very helpful boor rude, insensitive person boorish rude; insensitive boost lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase botch mismanage; blow bouillon clear beef (or meat) soup bound leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to bountiful generous; graciously generous; showing bounty bourgeois middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions bout match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu bovine cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm bowdlerize expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler brackish somewhat saline brag boast braggadocio boasting braggart boaster; bragger braid plait; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; N: braided segment (as of hair) brand trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar. brandish wave around (a weapon); flourish bravado swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery brave face courageously; Ex. brave the storm brawl noisy quarrel brawn human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness brawny muscular; having well-developed muscles brazen insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence breach breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V. breadth width; extent breed produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant brevity conciseness; shortness of duration bridle harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain); curb; check; V: put a bridle on; control or restrain; show anger brim uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim (as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim brindled tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals) brink edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon brisk quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor bristle short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly bristling rising like bristles; showing irritation brittle hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation broach introduce as a subject; moot; open up brocade rich, figured(patterned) fabric brochure pamphlet broil cook by direct heat; N. bromide platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement brooch ornamental clasp; pin brood sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time brook tolerate; endure; Ex. brook no interference; N: small stream browbeat bully; intimidate browse graze; feed on growing grass; skim or glance at casually bruise injure without breaking the skin; N. brunt main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument brusque blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice buccaneer pirate bucolic rustic; pastoral buffet strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set buffoon stupid person; clown buffoonery clowning bugaboo bugbear; object of baseless terror bulge protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude bulk size or volume (esp. when very large); main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has already been done; ADJ. bulky: having great size bullion gold and silver in the form of bars bully one who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V. bulwark strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends bump hit or knock against with force; N. bungle mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior buoyant able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market bureaucracy overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic burgeon grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon burlesque give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly burnish make shiny by rubbing; polish bust piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster buttress support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress buxom full-bosomed; plump; jolly

Barron GRE word list - C

cabal small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests cache hiding place; V. cacophonous discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds cadaver corpse; dead human body cadaverous like a corpse; pale cadence rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm cadet student at a military school cajole persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle calamity disaster; misery calculated deliberately planned; likely caldron(cauldron) large kettle caliber ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber calligraphy beautiful writing; excellent penmanship callous hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind callow youthful; immature; inexperienced callus area of thick hard skin calorific heat-producing; N. calorie calumny malicious misrepresentation; slander camaraderie good-fellowship; CF. comrade cameo shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film camp group sharing a common cause or opinion canard unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report candor frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid canine related to dogs; doglike canker any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer canny shrewd in money matters; thrifty cant insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people cantankerous ill-humored; irritable cantata story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio) canter slow gallop; V. CF. trot canto division of a long poem canvass determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N. capacious spacious capacity mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president capillary having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity capitulate surrender; give up all resistance caprice whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause capricious unpredictable; fickle capsize (of a boat) turn over caption title; chapter heading; text under illustration captious faultfinding; too critical carafe glass water bottle; decanter carapace shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.) carat(karat) unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold carcinogenic causing cancer; N. carcinogen cardinal chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather thatn order cardiologist doctor specializing in ailments of the heart careen lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger career rush wildly; go at full speed carefree free from worries; having no problems caricature distortion; burlesque carillon a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played carnage destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals carnal fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body carnivorous meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore carousal drunken revel; V. carouse carping petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble carrion rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture cartographer map-maker cascade small waterfall caste one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige castigation punishment; severe criticism or disapproval castrate remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person) casual happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark casualty serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle cataclysm deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change catalyst agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis catapult slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult cataract great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight) catastrophe calamity ; disaster catcall shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V. catechism book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize categorical without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute cater provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind) catharsis purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art cathartic purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. catholic (of likings and interests) universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes caucus private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston caulk(calk) make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship) causal implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality caustic burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless cauterize burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection cavalcade procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry cavalier casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight cavil quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily cede yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession celerity speed; rapidity celestial heavenly celibate abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy cemetery place for burying the dead censor (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V. censorious severely critical censure blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval centaur mythical figure, half man and half horse centigrade denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) centrifugal radiating; departing from the center centrifuge machine that separates substances by whirling them centripetal tending toward the center centurion Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers) cerebral pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum cerebration thought; working of the brain ceremonious marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy certitude certainty cessation stoppage cession yielding to another; ceding chafe warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N. chaff worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff chaffing bantering; joking chagrin annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride) chalice goblet; consecrated cup chameleon lizard that changes color in different situations champion support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.) championship position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion chancellor legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor chant tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the manner of a chant chaotic in utter disorder chapel small church (in a prison, college, or hospital) chaperon older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman chaplain clergyman attached to a chapel char make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion charisma divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism charlatan quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine) charm quality of pleasing; amulet; action or formula thought to have magical power; spell; V: attract; cast a spell on; bewitch chary cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold chase ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch chasm abyss; very deep crack chassis framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached chaste morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere chasten discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate chastise punish as by beating; criticize severely chauvinist blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin check stop motion; curb or restrain checkered(chequered) marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares cherubic angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order chicanery trickery; deception chide scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong) chimerical fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature chip lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp chisel swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting chivalrous courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry choice delicate; of very fine quality choir group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services); place for choir choleric hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera chore daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task choreography art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances chortle chuckle with delight; N. chorus phrase repeated throughout a song or poem chronic long established as a disease chronicle report; record (in chronological order) chuckle laugh quietly churlish boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo ciliated having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash cipher nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V. circlet small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration) circuit closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place circuitous roundabout circumlocution indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly) circumscribe limit; confine; draw a line around circumspect prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought circumvent outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around cistern reservoir or water tank citadel fortress cite quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record civil having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic clairvoyant having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance clamber climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble clamor loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous clandestine secret clangor loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging clap strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound; come together suddenly with a sharp sound; put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive sound; CF. applause clapper striker (tongue) of a bell clarion shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times clasp hold firmly within arms claustrophobia fear of being locked in clavicle collarbone cleave split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven cleft N: split clemency disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement clich/'e phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. clich/'ed clientele body of customers climactic relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic clime climate clip cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener clipper sailing vessel built for great speed clique small exclusive group of people cloister monastery or convent clot half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V. clout great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist clown act stupidly; play the fool; N. cloying distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess coagulate congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant coalesce combine; fuse; N. coalescence coalition partnership; league; union of separate political parties coax persuade by flattery coda concluding section of a musical or literary composition coddle treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs codicil supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will codify arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs coercion use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce coeval living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age cog tooth projecting from a wheel cogent convincing cogitate think over; ponder cognate having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N. cognitive having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing cognizance knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware cohabit live together cohere stick together cohesion tendency to keep together cohorts group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome) coiffure hairstyle coin make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented coincidence the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental colander utensil with perforated bottom used for straining collaborate work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy collage work of art put together from fragments collate examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound) collateral security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters collation a light meal; collating collected composed; calm; self-possessed colloquial pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression colloquy informal discussion; conversation collusion conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude colossal huge colossus gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance coma deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow comatose in a coma; extremely sleepy combustible easily burned; N. CF. combustion comeback retort; quick clever reply; return to former status comely attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance comestible something fit to be eaten comeuppance deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke comity courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations commandeer take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes commemorate honor the memory of; serve as a memorial to; Ex. commemorate the 100th anniversary/those who died in the war commemorative remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp commensurate equal in extent; of the same size commiserate feel or express pity or sympathy for commodious spacious and comfortable commonplace ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark commonwealth nation governed by the people; republic; people of a nation communal held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune commune small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature compact agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement compartment one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided compassion sympathy for the suffering of others; ADJ. compassionate compatible harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together compelling overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one's attention; that compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel compendium brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious compensatory making up for; repaying compilation listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling compile assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary complacency self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent complaisant trying to please; obliging; willing to please others complement complete; consummate; make perfect; N. complementary serving to complete something compliance conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; V. comply compliant readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements complicity participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime) component element; ingredient comport bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment compost mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer; V: put or make compost composure mental calmness compound combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; comprehend include; understand comprehensive broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive compress force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc. comprise include; consist of compromise adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one's principle; N. compulsion compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse compulsive resulting from compulsion compulsory obligatory; that must be done compunction remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt compute reckon; calculate concatenate link as in a chain concave hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex concede admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal conceit vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry) concentric having a common center conception beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception concerted mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together concession an act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point, right, etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire conciliatory reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings (by removing anger) concise brief and compact conclave private secret meeting conclusive decisive; ending all debate concoct prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction concomitant that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else concord harmony; accord concordat formal agreement concur agree; coincide; happen at the same time concurrent happening at the same time; in agreement condescend (derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior condign adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved condiments seasonings; spices condole express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow condone overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse conducive helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards conduit aqueduct; passageway for fluids confidant(confidante) trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret) confide tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about confidence self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I'm telling yo confidential spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex. confidential secretary confine shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement confiscate seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer conflagration great fire confluence flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together conformist person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group; OP. nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norms conformity harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance confound confuse; puzzle congeal freeze; coagulate congenial pleasant; friendly; in agreement with one's tastes and nature; Ex. congenial weather congenital existing at birth conglomerate corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V. conglomeration mass of material sticking together congruence correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship; CF. congruity congruent in agreement; harmonious; corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF. congruous conifer pine tree (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen conjecture surmise; guess; V. conjugal pertaining to marriage conjure cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat. connivance pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire connoisseur person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art connotation suggested or implied meaning of an expression; V. connote connubial pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state consanguineous(consanguine) having a common ancestor consanguinity kinship; relationship by birth conscientious scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker conscript draftee; person forced into military service; V. consecrate dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor consensus general agreement; opinion reached by a group consequential self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent conservatory(conservatoire) school of the fine arts (especially music or drama); glass-enclosed area; CF. conservancy consign send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special purpose); N. consignment; CF. consignor, consignee consistency absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous console lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation consolidation unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen consonance harmony; agreement consonant harmonious; in agreement; N. consort associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler) conspiracy treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people) conspire take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties. consternation great shock; dismay constituency voters represented by an elected official; district so represented; group of supporters (or constituents) constituent supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component constitution constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions constraint restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison construe explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue consummate complete; V. contagion infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air contaminate pollute contempt scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible contend struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly contention assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition contentious quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments contest dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N. context writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs contiguous adjacent to; touching upon continence self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent contingent dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency contortions twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist violently out of shape; CF. contortionist contraband illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ. contravene contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention contrite penitent; repentant; N. contrition contrivance something contrived; machine or apparatus; clever deceitful plan; scheme contrive invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention contrived unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived. controvert oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy contumacious stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court) contusion bruise conundrum riddle; difficult problem convene come together; assemble; call to meet; Ex. convene the council convention social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement conventional ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons converge approach; tend to meet; come together conversant familiar with; having knowledge of converse opposite; ADJ. convert one who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief convex curving outward conveyance vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance conviction judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief convivial pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial convoke call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation convoluted coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain convulsion violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive copious plentiful coquette flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V. cordial warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome cordon extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress; V. cornice projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars); cornucopia horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance; horn of plenty corollary natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else) coroner public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes corporeal bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible corpulent very fat; N. corpulence corpus collection (of writings or information); Ex. the corpus of Shakespear's works; Cf. corpse corpuscle red or white cell in the blood correlate either of the correlated things; V. correlation mutual relationship corroborate confirm; support; strengthen corrode destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period) corrosive eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce corrugated wrinkled; ridged cosmic pertaining to the universe; vast coterie group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests countenance approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance countermand cancel; revoke (an order) counterpart thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system coup highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) d'/'etat; CF. coup de gr/^ace: deathblow or shot which kills couple join; unite; OP. uncouple courier messenger court attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster covenant binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise covert secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt covetous avaricious; desirous of (someone else's possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else's possessions) cow terrorize; intimidate cower shrink quivering as from fear; cringe coy shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer cozen cheat; hoodwink; swindle crabbed sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting craft skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning crass very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior crave desire; want intensely craven cowardly credence belief credential evidence concerning one's authority; written proof of a person's position; Ex. The new ambassador presented his credentials to the court. credo creed credulity belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet/'e; ADJ. credulous creed system of religious or ethical belief creep move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N. cremate incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory, crematorium crescendo increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent crest top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird crestfallen dejected; dispirited crevice crack; fissure cringe shrink back as if in fear; cower crinkle wrinkle criteria standards used in judging; CF. criterion crochet make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet crone hag; ugly old woman cross bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry crossbreed hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed crotchety (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion crust hard outer covering (as of earth or snow) crux essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance crypt secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church) cryptic mysterious; hidden; secret cubicle small chamber used for sleeping or work cue word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance); reminder or hint; V: give a cue to cuisine style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine culinary relating to cooking or kitchen cull pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject; select; collect (information); N. culmination highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war culpable deserving blame; blameworthy culprit one guilty of a crime culvert artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road cumbersome heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform cumulative growing by addition; accumulative cunning clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in deceiving; deceit cupidity greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid curator superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library) curb chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain curfew regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew curmudgeon churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person cursive (of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined cursory casual; hastily done with little attention to detail curtail shorten; reduce cynical skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness cynosure object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor

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