GRE VERBAL..JANUARY THREAD

JANUARY THREAD - Updated regularly

Make sure to do all words from April/ May/ June/ July/ September/ October/ November/ December threads also...

1. Ignominy - Great personal dishonor or humiliation; shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character; loss of or damage to one's reputation; shame
2. Buttress - A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure; present evidence in support of; support, bolster; support built to strengthen a wall
3. Teem - To be full of things; abound or swarm; to be or become pregnant; bear young; give birth to; be abundantly filled or richly supplied
4. Abate - To lessen; to subside; in metalwork, to cut away or beat down so as to show a pattern or figure in low relief
5. Vitriol - A highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry; abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will; expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol
6. Palpable - Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible; obvious; concrete, real
7. Pyroclastic - Composed chiefly of rock fragments of volcanic origin
8. Receptive - Ready and willing to receive favorably, as new ideas; open to new ideas; of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; ready or willing to receive favorably
9. Alienate - To make distant, hostile, or unsympathetic; change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document; cause unfriendliness, hostility; cause one to leave or turn away; cause to become withdrawn or unresponsive; isolate or dissociate emotionally
10. Homogeneous - Of uniform quality, composition or structure; made up of similar parts or elements; of the same or similar nature or kind; consisting of terms of the same degree or elements of the same dimension; the same
11. Pertain - Be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; be a part or attribute of; have reference; relate; belong as an adjunct, part, holding, or quality; to be fitting or suitable
12. Choreograph - To plan out or oversee the movement, development, or details of; orchestrate; to specialize in choreography; compose a sequence of dance steps to music; plan and oversee the development and details of
13. Melodious - Of, relating to, or containing a pleasing succession of sounds; tuneful; agreeable to hear; containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
14. Upbraid - To criticize for a fault or an offense; to scold; utter a reproach to
15. Disinclined - Reluctant; unwilling; unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
16. Deplore - To feel or express strong disapproval of; feel or express sorrow for; regret; condemn
17. Vile - Very evil; unpleasant; so objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean; extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings; having or proceeding from low moral standards; offensive, horrible; loathsome; disgusting
18. Proofread - To read (copy or proof) in order to find errors and mark correction; to read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction
19. Isthmus - A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land; a narrow strip of tissue joining two larger organs or parts of an organ; narrow passage connecting two larger cavities; narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land and has water on both sides
20. Impervious - Incapable of being penetrated; incapable of being affected; having the capacity to withstand; not allowing to pass through
21. Glacial - Suggesting the extreme slowness of a glacier; extremely cold; icy; lacking warmth and friendliness
21. Drake - A male duck; mayfly used as fishing bait
22. Exponent - One that speaks for, represents, or advocates; one that expounds or interprets; expository; explanatory; advocate
23. Recess - A pause or interval, as from work or duty; interrupt regular activity for a short period; stop action; break, interval in action; any shallow depression in a surface
24. Dilettante - A dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge; lover of the fine arts; a connoisseur; superficial; amateurish; lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit
25. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
26. Transient - Temporary, fleeting, or passing phenomenon. A transient condition is of brief duration; lasting or existing only for a short time; an individual awaiting orders, transport, etc., at a post or station to which he or she is not attached or assigned
27. Quibble - To evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections; find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil; petty distinction or an irrelevant objection; objection, complaint; beat around the bush; engage in a quarrel
28. Rebuff - A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer; check or an abrupt setback to progress or action; unkind refusal or rejection; snub; turning away; ignoring
29. Mulish - Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
30. Pervasive - Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate; spreading throughout; extending; suffusing
31. Duly - In a proper manner; at the expected time; accordingly, properly
32. Iconoclast - One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions; one who destroys sacred religious images; which attacks settled beliefs or institutions; critical
33. Quisling - A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country; someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
34. Touchy - Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate; easily ignited; flammable; easily offended; irritable and looking for trouble
35. Annual - An event that occurs once a year; occurring on a yearly basis; plant that completes its entire life cycle in a single growing season
36. Trespass - Unlawful entry or possession of property; invasion, offense; infringe, offend; enter forcibly or illegally: break in; violate a moral or divine law
37. Archaic - Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past; of a style or method formerly in vogue; very old; old-fashioned, ancient
38. Belie - To give a false representation to; misrepresent; to show to be false; contradict; deceive
39. Boorish - Lacking in delicacy or refinement; crude, awkward; ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
40. Exacerbate - To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate; infuriate; make more sharp, severe, or virulent
41. Zealot - Excessive enthusiasm or u can say excessive zeal; or fanatic
42. Herd - A group of cattle or other domestic animals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose; number of wild animals of one species that remain together as a group; large number of people; a crowd; multitude of common people regarded as a mass; gather; shepherd; number of cattle or other large animals feeding or living together; urge to move along
43. Collaborate - To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort; cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country; work together; labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits
44. Cooperate - To work together toward a common end; aid, assist; work together to get something done; form an association for common, usually economic, benefit
45. Crux - The basic, central, or critical point or feature; puzzling or apparently insoluble problem; most important part; a cross; a difficulty; a stumbling-block; a puzzle
46. Ostracize - To exclude from a group; to exclude from normal social or professional activities; to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile, banish; to put into public disfavor
47. Proscribe - To denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid; banish or outlaw (a person); exclude
48. Fault - An imperfection of character; something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure; responsibility for an error or crime; blame, sin; mistake; physical defect; fracture along which there has been movement or displacement
49. Din - A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds; stun with deafening noise; instill by wearying repetition; sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable; uproar
50. Porous - Penetrated by pores and open spaces; having holes; absorbent; admitting the passage of gas or liquid through pores or interstices; easily crossed or penetrated
51. Lubricant - A substance, such as grease or oil, that reduces friction when applied as a surface coating to moving parts; one that helps reduce difficulty or conflict; a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
52. Transparency - Transparent object, especially a photographic slide that is viewed by light shining through it from behind or by projection; quality of being able to see through a material
53. Bach - A bachelor
54. Impeachable - Capable of being impeached
55. Arboreal - Relating to or resembling a tree; living in trees; pertaining to trees; of or relating to or formed by trees; inhabiting or frequenting trees; resembling a tree in form and branching structure
56. Voluptuous - Giving, characterized by, or suggesting ample, unrestrained pleasure to the senses; well-developed, erotic; having fullness of beautiful form
57. Tacit - Implied by or inferred from actions or statements; not spoken; not voiced or expressed; conveyed indirectly without words or speech; taken for granted; understood, implied
58. Garrulous - Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative; wordy and rambling; talkative
59. Austere - Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave; strict or severe in discipline; ascetic; having no adornment or ornamentation; bare; grim, barren; refraining; abstinent; severe (in manner)
60. Reconstitute - Construct or form anew or provide with a new structure; bring (a liquid in concentrated or powder form) to normal strength by adding water
61. Slipshod - Marked by carelessness; sloppy or slovenly; shabby or seedy; careless; not well done; indifferent to correctness, accuracy, or neatness
62. Meticulous - Extremely careful and precise; extremely or excessively concerned with details; detailed, perfectionist; showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details; very difficult to please
63. Perfidy - Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery; act or an instance of treachery; betrayal, especially of a moral obligation; willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust
64. Immaterial - Of no importance or relevance; inconsequential or irrelevant; having no material body or form; irrelevant; not existing in physical form; of no importance