Sunday, June 29, 2014

Gre Freq words - Vocabulary 10


Renege - To refuse to do something that u promised to do
syn - deny, back-off.
Eg: Gandhi never reneged the principles that he promised to carry all his life.

Prosaic - dull or ordinary
Eg: The author gave prosaic details about the country life in his latest novel.

Resilient - able to become strong, healthy or successful again after some downfall,
            or regain original shape or elasticity.
Eg: This bed is with resilient cushioning

Insipid - not interesting or exciting, dull, life less.
Eg: This is an insipid movie with all the prosaic stuff about teenagers in love.

Rapacious - wanting more than in need, greedy
syn - ravenous, voracious
Eg: Many rapacious plunderers despoiled the tombs in the ancient pyramids.

Grumpy(adj) - easily annoyed or angered, short-tempered.
Eg: Our neighbour is a grumpy old man.

Sullen(adj) - often used to describe an angry or unhappy person, gloomy or resentfully silent
Eg: a sullen crowd
      a sullen morning(gloomy, gray and dark)

Astute(adj) - ability to notice and understand things or accurately assess situations.
Eg: an astute businessman

Specious - misleading in appearance, seeming plausible but actually wrong.
synonyms : unsound, fallacious
Eg: A specious argument.

Fathom - understand after much thought.
Eg: I couldn't understand why she made such a foolish decision.
Opp: unfathomable - incapable of being fully explored or understood.

Scathing - scorching, scornful.
Eg: he made scathing comments on the local govt.

Belie - to give a false idea, disguise.
Eg: His bright smile belied his mood.

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