Essential GRE Words: Level 1 Lesson 3
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Ultimate Vocabulary's Essential GRE Words is a video lesson series specifically designed to help you boost your GRE score. This is the fastest and easiest way to improve your GRE score - because you are learning the words that appear most frequently on the GRE Exam. Includes definitions, synonym/antonyms, and examples all sourced from the Ultimate Vocabulary software. To view the video, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCuWoBVM6Z4
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Essential GRE Words: Level 1 Lesson 3
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- 6. ACUTE ADJECTIVE: having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course ANTONYM: chronic “Another way of examining acute illness prevalence is to consider specific acute health problems and the extent to which their prevalence increases (or decreases) with age.”
- 7. ANONYMOUS ADJECTIVE: having no known name or identity or known source “Perhaps my mother had received another anonymous letter which she had successfully concealed from me?”
- 8. BENEFICIAL ADJECTIVE: promoting or enhancing well-being SYNONYM: good “The department said: ‘We have no evidence to show that germanium has any nutritional value or is beneficial.’”
- 9. COMPREHENSIVE ADJECTIVE: including all or everything ANTONYM: noncomprehensive “We noted at the start of this chapter that our study of school management was not intended to be comprehensive: our concern was the management of PNP rather than that of every aspect of a school’s professional work.”
- 10. DEBUT VERB: present for the first time to the public “Long before button badges made their punk- inspired debut, Gedge and Co had realised the earning potential of such merchandise.”
- 11. DIVERSE ADJECTIVE: many and different “The book is particularly good at showing how diverse medical opinion was.”
- 12. EXISTENCE NOUN: the state or fact of existing SYNONYMS: being, beingness “Religion was the first vehicle for general thoughts about existence.”
- 13. EXTERIOR ADJECTIVE: situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building ANTONYM: interior “From the outside the hotel, which is set in beautiful gardens, looked very grand with its beamed exterior and red and cream brickwork.”
- 14. FAKE ADJECTIVE: fraudulent SYNONYMS: bogus, phony “Every picture in that gallery show was a fake.”
- 15. GENERIC NOUN: any product that can be sold without a brand name “One suggestion was that the discretion should be left to the doctors and that they should tick a box if they wanted the generic drug.”
- 16. ICON NOUN: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface SYNONYMS: picture, image “And with these words he points towards an icon of the Saviour before which he lighted lamp – ‘to be on the safe side,’ Peter suggests.”
- 17. LEGACY NOUN: a gift or personal property by will SYNONYM: bequest “If they were not employed , that did not mean that the legacy was at once void; but if it was to be saved, all depended on interpreting the words in the right way.”
- 18. NEUTRAL ADJECTIVE: having no hue SYNONYM: achromatic “More neutral tones are advised in the more modern home as that will allow the widest choice of complementary furnishings.”
- 19. PROTOCOL NOUN: forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of State “It was normal diplomatic protocol to exchange presents when delegations met, and Umanskii detects a distinct difference between these gifts and those which yasak- paying tribes gave originally voluntarily, but later only under coercion.”
- 20. REPOSITORY NOUN: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping SYNONYMS: depository, storehouse “As a repository of works by some of the country’s leading names, the walls of the Underground certainly leave an impression.”
- 21. SLIGHT ADJECTIVE: small in quantity or degree SYNONYM: little “Despite a slight rise in his approval rating during the campaign, he remains a liability.”
- 22. THEORETICAL ADJECTIVE: concerned with theories rather than their practical applications ANTONYM: applied “The former steel boss recalls that he was able to assimilate the theoretical aspects of senior management very quickly and implement them in an almost academic fashion.”
- 23. VENDOR NOUN: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money SYNONYMS: seller, marketer “If a substantial loss has been suffered you may be able to sue the vendor, and if you lack financial resources, you may qualify for legal aid.”
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