Lavish GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈlæv.ɪʃ/ (adj & verb) very generous and extravagant, excessive, exuberant, fulsome, luxuriant, wasteful, immoderate, profligate – abundant and plentiful, profuse, bountiful, luxurious, copious, sumptuous, lush, prodigal, opulent I’d always had dreams of living this lavish lifestyle, with fancy trips full of high-end hotels and restaurants. I could have gotten there in…
Sully GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈsʌl.i/ (verb) to damage or destroy someone’s reputation, defile, besmirch, tarnish, vilify, mar, smear, defame, taint, disgrace, dishonor, denigrate, spoil, stain, blemish – to make something dirty, pollute, contaminate, adulterate, soil The last few years have not been good for corporate America. The reputations of many once-revered U.S. companies have plummeted…
Verbose GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /vɜːˈbəʊs/ (adj)/ using more words than needed, long-winded, talkative, wordy, effusive, loquacious, garrulous, superfluous, pompous, prolix, rambling, pretentious Verbosity means wordiness and it happens when we use more words than necessary in our writing. This is often done when we want our writing to sound formal and intelligent, but verbosity can…
Specious GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈspiː.ʃəs/ (adj) seemingly true but actually false, baseless, illusory, erroneous, sophistic, spurious, ostensible, inaccurate, unfounded, sham, fallacious, phony, deceptive, bogus, wrong, misleading Such a lame and specious excuse for a hotel… X Hotel is totally not worth their published rates. so I suggest that you find other hotels with the same…
Abdicate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈæb.dɪ.keɪt/ (verb) to resign an important position, surrender, renounce the throne, cede, quit, step down, relinquish, abandon, give up, hand over – neglect duty or responsibility After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the…