Edify GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈed.ɪ.faɪ/ (verb) Definition to guide or educate someone, instruct someone spiritually or morally, train, teach, school, enlighten, tutor, better, inform, cultivate Example Guru is a Sanskrit term for a “mentor, guide, expert, or master” of certain knowledge or field who edifies apprentices, learners or students. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is …
Cosset GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈkɒs.ɪt/ (verb) Definition to give excessive care and attention to someone, treat with great care, indulge, pamper, overindulge, coddle, shelter, mollycoddle, cater to, wrap in cotton wool, protect, fondle, dandle, spoil, baby, pet Example Cosseted children growing up unable to cope with failure because parents are ‘not allowing them to be …
Metaphor GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈmet.ə.fɔːʳ/ (noun) Definition a figure of speech that compares two different things in a literary way, symbol, allegory, image, analogy, simile, comparison, trope, representation Example A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide (or obscure) clarity or …
English Documentary on Bears with Transcript & Flashcards to perfect your reading and listening abilities and expand your academic and scientific vocabulary Source of documentary: National Geographic YouTube Channel Listening comprehension Watch this video on YouTube Reading comprehension Beasts of the jungle In a sleepy forest, twigs snap underfoot. A wanderer stirs in the brush, moving closer …
Axiom GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈæk.si.əm/ (noun) Definition generally accepted truth, premise, self-evident truth, postulate, apothegm, gnome, truism, dictum, adage, proverb, rule, saying, maxim, aphorism Example The issues whose recent neglect Walder laments are central to the “political process” model that dominated social movements research in the late twentieth century. A key axiom in that approach …
Abyss GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /əˈbɪs/ (noun) Definition an extremely deep hole that seems to be bottomless, void, pit, bottomless pit, gulf, cavity, gorge, chasm, rift – a difficult situation that causes trouble, predicament Example Humankind has visited the tallest and most remote places on Earth as well as an increasing amount of space via piloted …
Jingoism GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdʒɪŋ.gəʊ.ɪ.zəm/ (noun) Definition extreme patriotism or nationalism with belligerent support of one’s country in hostility against other countries, xenophobia, antagonism, hostility, chauvinism, belligerence, antipathy, militarism Example Jingoism is nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country’s advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, …
Deface GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /dɪˈfeɪs/ (verb) Definition to spoil or damage the appearance of something, maim, impair, mutilate, deform, mar, blight, vandalize, ruin, disfigure, sully, injure Example Vandals broke into the historic library over the weekend and began to deface several rare books by scribbling on the pages and tearing out illustrations. Their actions not …
Lucid GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈluː.sɪd/ (adj) Definition easily understood and clear, vivid, intelligible, coherent, well-spoken, plain, comprehensible, articulate, understandable, transparent, cogent, explicit, limpid, straightforward – sane, rational, clear-headed, logical, sensible Example In low-income countries, evidence from some public-works schemes shows a sharper investment return-poverty reduction tradeoff: the greater the emphasis in generating high-quality investments from …
Collusion GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /kəˈluː.ʒən/ (noun) Definition illegal and secret cooperation of people to cheat or deceive others, conspiracy, involvement, complicity, connivance, machination, collaboration Example The RUC was superseded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in 2001. The former police force was renamed and reformed, as is provided for by the final version …