Blight GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /blaɪt/ (noun & verb) Definition Verb: to destroy and damage something, ruin, spoil, disfigure, mar, afflict, wreck, plague, shatter, impair, maim, deface Noun: disfigurement, destructive force, damage, scar, stain – a plant disease Example When late snow and ice storms happen after new growth has begun, tender new buds and leaves …
Ribald GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈrɪb.əld/ (adj) Definition humorous but rude use of language, vulgar, lewd, gross, coarse, funny, indelicate, obscene Example So what’s your experience? Can you tell a funny story, which is not too ribald? Why not? What is the difference between you and that charismatic colleague? Does your social anxiety limit you to …
Coalesce GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /kəʊ.əˈles/ (verb) Definition to unite and merge things into a larger group, amalgamate, blend, combine, mingle, join together, fuse, come together, meld, condense, homogenize, converge, consolidate, integrate Example Brown dwarfs are substellar objects which are not massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion of ordinary hydrogen into helium in their cores, unlike …
Mirth GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /mɜːθ/ (noun) Definition enjoyment or happiness, laughter, hilarity, high spirits, jollity, fun, gaiety, humor, amusement, entertainment, joviality, buoyance, merriment, joy, delight, blitheness, joyfulness, euphoria, exhilaration, glee Example If you think that the ultimate source of happiness lies in money, people, or power, you are mistaken. Real happiness lies within you. I …
Antagonize GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ænˈtæg.ə.naɪz/ (verb) Definition to arouse hostility in, make people feel hostile toward you, upset, vex, provoke, irritate, anger, annoy, alienate, pester, rile, incite, rub up the wrong way, oppose Example Pets that share our homes are typically “incredibly tolerant” to young children’s pokes and prods, said Tania Lanfer, owner and head …
Panoply GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈpæn.ə.pli/ (noun) Definition a wide array of various things, collection, range, exhibition, show, display, parade, fanfare, spectacle Example Particularly vulnerable are patients with immune deficiency or dysregulation whose inability to fight infections leads to increased risk of disseminated infection and greater dependency on antimicrobial therapy. While these factors likely put HLH …
Doctrinaire GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˌdɒk.trɪˈneəʳ/ (adj) Definition rigid and inflexible, sticking to one single theory or idea, dogmatic, stern, intolerant, strict, authoritarian, unbending, dictatorial, uncompromising, dyed-in-the-wool, narrow-minded, peremptory Example Teaching means instructing a student so that (s)he can learn. Responsibility of a teacher is to correlate the relevant information that (s)he wants to teach, with …
Quiescent GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /kwiˈes.ənt/ (adj) Definition dormant and inactive temporarily, inert, latent, at rest, passive, stagnant, inoperative, sluggish, motionless, idle, quiet, deactivated, immobile Example There’s a lot of conflicting information about whether or not turtles hibernate or go quiescent, and just like the argument about squirrels, it all comes down to the type of …
Militate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈmɪlɪteɪt/ (verb) Definition to be an influential factor in preventing something, change, tend to prevent, affect, work against, influence, exert influence, hinder, impede, have an effect on, discourage, act on, be detrimental to, weigh Example Factors militating against gender mainstreaming in Nigeria Nigeria is essentially a patriarchal society. This entails that …
Ossify GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/ (verb) Definition (of habits or ideas) to harden, stagnate, fossilize, become rigid, become inflexible – (of body tissues) to harden and change into bone, turn into bone, harden into bone, become bony, solidify, petrify, rigidify Example Ossification in bone remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by …