Study GRE Vocabulary

with pictures
Day 1

abattoir

abound

Well abounds with frogs, the pond is not
safe for swimming.

absolve

You should absolve people for hurting
you, it effects you in the end.

abstemious

accompaniment

Her voice sounds rough without any

musical accompaniment.
Sauce is a usual accompaniment for fried
prawns.

ameliorate

Try this medicine, it should help ameliorate

the pain.
The situation in Jammu and Kashmir has
ameliorated over the years.

anathema

Math is an anathema to her, despite her hard

work she never gets good marks.
He is an anathema to me.

antiquated

The Indian Air Force is becoming notorious for
its antiquated equipments and gadgets.

appalled

The teacher was appalled to know that her
students had committed a murder.

acquiescence

It was the acquiescence of the world with U.S.A that
averted the III world war.

assiduous

Her assiduous attempts to learn French failed
miserably.

asunder
-

au courant
)

Constant revision of members details helps keep the
records au courant.

aureole

austere
-
His manner and swagger were both austere and
organized.

belligerent

He was belligerent towards his son.

Being a belligerent he refused to bow down)

besiege

The kings army sought to besiege the castle before
nightfall.

bestial

The bestial treatment of prisoners is a pretty common

sight and one that needs to undergo reform.
The bestial nature of serial killers.

blase

brigand

The Chamba Valley is notorious for providing a
safe haven to some of the most wanted brigands
in the country.

cabal

Some secret cabal is supposedly trying to set up
a world government to take away their freedoms.

candor

capitulate

Despite its weakening army and decreasing
resources, the country has refused to capitulate.

carillon

carnage

His strategy for stopping the carnage in India

failed in the very beginning.

Carpe diem

carnage (car rage )

True love is imaginary, just like Santa Claus and
centaurs.

cognition

coiffure

Coiffures come in all shapes and sizes, you
have to choose one that suits you.

comestible

It can be taken raw and is therefore a favorite
comestible for fast days when cooked food is
forbidden.

concomitant

Critical recognition is unfortunately not a

concomitant of box-office recognition for any
movie.

conflagration

The woods were set on fire by the bursting
shells, and the conflagration raged.

connubial

The couple proudly celebrated their 50th

anniversary of connubial bliss.

consternation

A protest caused consternation in the police
department, as there werent many officials to
handle it.

consternation

corpulent

The doctor advised his corpulent patient to lose
the excessive weight that he had put on over the
years.

dapper

Sharon in the habit of walking with a dapper step.

He looked very dapper in his new tuxedo.

debilitate

debilitate

decapitate

The motive behind their movement was to
decapitate the government.

declaim
-

The speakers declaimed on a variety of issues.

decrepit

Even though his wrist watch is decrepit now, he

still loves it.

defenestrate

The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated
the President.

delineation

delve

The answer lies somewhere in the puzzle itself,
you just need to delve deeper.

demur

He demurred on my suggestion to work on a
Saturday.

denouement

depict

deplorable

We will not tolerate such deplorable behavior in a
house of worship.

desist


Despite orders from the police, the protesters
would not desist.

destitution

The third world countries have become a

breeding ground for widespread destitution.

diminutive

His diminutive stature meant that no one in the

council paid heed to his suggestions.

disdain

I have disdain for people who lie.

He disdained his juniors for the meagre
salary that they earn.

dishevelled

The teacher punished them for their dishevelled
uniforms.

disseminate
-
The government requested that the press not
disseminate information related to the ongoing
investigation.

doddering

His mother was doddering and frail.

dogmatic

doleful

Burnished doves moan their doleful love songs

and young mens fancies turn.

druid

Druid priests made human sacrifices to appease

their gods.

dulcet

They shouted encore on hearing her dulcet

voice.
As the dulcet music reached his ears, his
anger subsided.

ebbing

efface

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces
from your mind what is unnecessary.

effrontery

He had the effrontery to claim he was the son of
God and the king of the Jews.

emaciated

For one thing, the prisoners are far from

emaciated;
He is severely emaciated, physically abused,
and terrified of mostly everything.