Lumber GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈlʌm.bəʳ/ (noun & verb) Definition Verb: to move awkwardly and slowly, stumble, wobble, trudge, shamble, hulk, plod, lurch, waddle, trundle, stump, chump, galumph, stagger Noun: timber, logs, wood Example Are you lumbering through life? Every mountain I’ve climbed has what I call the trudge phase. My spirit of adventure gets me …
Divine GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /dɪˈvaɪn/ (adj & verb) Definition Verb: to predict or foresee something supernaturally, augur, foretell, surmise, presume, recognize, discover, intuit, deduce, guess, conjecture, presage, discern, realize Adjective: godly or related to a god, seraphic, saintly, deific, holy, godlike, angelic, celestial, heavenly Example How did I become interested in telling fortunes? I am …
Sublime GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /səˈblaɪm/ (adj) Definition grand or lofty, excellent, beautiful, superb, extremely good, elevated, very great, splendid, magnificent, marvelous, exalted, majestic, terrific, august, heavenly, resplendent, awe-inspiring, glorious, uplifting, transcendent Example Of all the things that are in short supply in our lives, self-control likely tops the list for most of us. When people …
Spartan GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈspɑː.tən/ (adj) Definition an austere person leading a monastic life, ascetic, abstemious, meager, frugal, plain, stern, stringent, severe, strict, harsh, grim Example How do I lead a spartan and austere life while living in a metro city? My answer would be: first remove ego from anything and everything, but live with …
Monastic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /məˈnæs.tɪk/ (adj) Definition related to or connected with monasteries and monks – (of a lifestyle) extremely simple, plain and austere, self-denying, secluded, reclusive, frugal, monkish, solitary, ascetic, celibate, hermetic, disciplined, contemplative Example Monasticism or monastic lifestyle is a way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully …
Myopic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /maɪˈɒp.ɪk/ (adj) Definition unable to see things clearly that are distant or far away, nearsighted – unable to make long-term plans, narrow-minded, unthinking, short-sighted, biased, unimaginative, lacking in foresight, bigoted, prejudiced Example Entrepreneurs who are on their way with their businesses, and are looking to succeed in the next phase of …
Augury GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈɔːg.jʊ.ri/ (noun) Definition the art, skill or activity of predicting future events, a sign or indication of what might happen in the future, prophecy, foretoken, omen, boding, portent, harbinger, auspices, prognostication, divination, forecasting, forewarning, presage, prescience Example Augury is the practice of interpreting omens from the observed behavior of birds. When …
Pugilism GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈpju:dʒɪlɪzm/ (noun) Definition sport of boxing, fighting, sparring, ring, fisticuffs, prizefighting Example Pugilism or boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing …
Libertine GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/ (noun) Definition someone especially a man who indulges in worldly and immoral pleasures e.g. having many sexual relationships with many women, philanderer, Don Juan, satyr, Romeo, lover, licentious, adulterer, womanizer, hedonist, Lothario, wanton, seducer, a man who sows wild oats, pleasure seeker Example In our everyday lives, you can see …
Scintilla GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /sɪnˈtɪl.ə/ (noun) Definition a small or tiny amount of something, jot, scrap, iota, spark, tinge, bit, ounce, speck, trace, fragment, atom, drop, particle, grain, touch Example Federal courts had rejected the “slightest doubt” approach, and held that summary judgment could not be denied based on a mere scintilla of opposing evidence as …