1100 Words You Need to Know has been one of the top-rated and best-selling vocabulary books in the market for over 4 decades published by Barron’s Educational Series and written by Murray Bromberg and Melvin Gordon. This advanced vocabulary book helps you to learn advanced academic words and idioms in context with answer keys by the end of the book. Many students and SAT / ACT candidates have been satisfied with this book and its various sections, especially analogy exercises in real context, such as novels, magazines, TV shows, etc.
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Lapidary GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /lap·i·dary/ (adj) Definition relating to precious stones or gemstones and polishing or engraving on them, pebble, engraved on a gemstone Example Lapidary is the practice of shaping stone, minerals, or gemstones into decorative items such as cabochons, engraved gems (including cameos), and faceted designs. A person who practices lapidary is known…
Cursory 1100 Words You Need Cursory 1100 Words You Need /ˈkɜː.sər.i/ (adj) done in a quick and superficial way, passing, brief, hasty, hurried, perfunctory, rapid, desultory, fleeting: From the 1970s onwards, photographs as documentary evidence soon became established as a social research technique more widely across the social sciences. However, popularity over time has both…
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Congenial 1100 Words You Need Congenial 1100 Words You Need /kənˈdʒiː.ni.əl/ (adj) friendly and amicable, pleasant, amiable, cordial, sympathetic, agreeable, affable, genial, good-natured, hospitable Our changing demographics in the workplace is taking on a new look as people from diverse cultural backgrounds come together under one roof. And it is important that congenial communication be…
Landmark 1100 Words You Need Landmark 1100 Words You Need /ˈlænd.mɑːk/ (adj & noun) Definition a noticeable feature or structure that can easily identify a particular location, attraction, marker, sight, pointer a significant stage or event in the development of something, milestone, breakthrough, benchmark, revolution, innovation Adjective: highly significant, pioneering, historic, innovative, revolutionary, innovatory, momentous…
Schism 1100 Words You Need Schism 1100 Words You Need /ˈskɪz.əm/ (noun) Definition a division into two groups caused by a disagreement about ideas, especially in a religious organization, division in religious denomination, split, break, rupture, rift, breakup, faction: Example a schism in/within the Church The East–West Schism, also called the Great Schism and the Schism of 1054, was…
Machiavellian Machiavellian (adj)/ˌmæk.i.əˈvel.i.ən/ Definition using clever trickery to get what you want, esp in politics – cunning – tricky – amoral – unscrupulous – treacherous – deceitful – guileful – devious: Example He has achieved this level of success in business and entrepreneurship only by using Machiavellian plots. Antonyms honest Parts of speech Noun: Machiavellianism
Cause Célèbre 1100 Words You Need Cause Célèbre 1100 Words You Need /ˌkɔːz.selˈeb.rə/ (noun) Definition an event, such as a famous legal trial, which attracts a lot of public attention, famous case or controversy, public heated controversy, in French it means: celebrated case Example Global warming has become a cause célèbre especially among fanatical environmentalists.
Fallacious 1100 Words You Need Fallacious 1100 Words You Need /fəˈleɪ.ʃəs/ (adj) Definition misleading and not correct, containing mistaken belief, erroneous, wrong, deceptive, false: Example Argumentum abusi fallacia (Latin for “argument of the abused fallacy”) is the incorrect use of a formal or informal logical fallacy. As there is an absolute myriad of fallacies to…
Coup de Grâce 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 4 /ˌkuː.dəˈgrɑːs/ (noun) Definition the final blow or shot to kill a person in suffering and agony, finishing blow, kiss of death, mercy killing, death blow, finishing stroke, finishing touch, last straw, breaking point, an act that assures victory, euthanasia Example A coup de grâce…