Sinecure GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Sinecure GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈsɪn.ɪ.kjʊəʳ/ US /ˈsaɪ.nə.kjʊr/ (noun) a position which involves little work, but for which the person is paid, cushy number, easy ride, plum job, soft option: The job that he has is just a sinecure. He is overpaid and reaps so many advantages. Antonyms drudgery
Effigy GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Effigy GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈef.ɪ.dʒi/ (noun) a model or other object which represents someone, especially one of a hated person which is hung or burnt in a public place, statue, image, dummy, figurine, carving, representation, figure, likeness: Crowds marched through the streets carrying burning effigies of the president.
Impetuous GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Impetuous GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪmˈpet.ju.əs/ (adj) tending to act on a sudden idea or wish, without considering the results of your actions, impulsive, rash, hasty, unthinking, sudden, reckless, spontaneous, precipitate: He’s so impetuous – why can’t he think things over before he rushes into them? She might live to regret this …
Fractious GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Fractious GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈfræk.ʃəs/ (adj) easily upset or annoyed, and tending to complain, irritable, peevish, restless, complaining, touchy, testy, grumpy: a fractious child Parts of Speech Noun: fractiousness Adverb: fractiously Antonyms amiable, agreeable
Inexorable GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Inexorable GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪˈnek.sər.ə.bļ/ US /-sɚ-/ (adj) continuing without any possibility of being stopped, unstoppable, inevitable, unavoidable, inescapable, unchangeable, relentless, inflexible, adamant, unyielding: the inexorable progress of science Antonyms flexible Parts of Speech Adverb: inexorably Noun: inexorability
Chicanery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Chicanery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nər.i/ US /-nɚ-/ (noun) clever, dishonest talk or behavior which is used to deceive people, deception, trickery, smoke and mirrors, underhandedness: Clearly there is some chicanery going on. Antonyms truthfulness, honesty, integrity
Hapless 1100 Words You Need Hapless 1100 Words You Need /ˈhæp.ləs/ (adj) unlucky and unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, wretched, miserable, ill-starred, star-crossed, doomed: The hapless father, as a pauper, now has a triplet. Antonyms happy, lucky Parts of Speech Noun: haplessness Adverb: haplessly
Plethora 1100 Words You Need Plethora 1100 Words You Need /ˈpleθ.ər.ə/ US /-ɚ.ə/ (noun) a large amount of something, an excessive amount or number of something, overabundance, excess, surfeit, surplus, superfluity: We’re receiving a plethora of online orders from our customers, and unfortunately, we cannot handle all of them at once. Antonyms shortage, paucity, deficiency …
Furtive 1100 Words You Need Furtive 1100 Words You Need /ˈfɜː.tɪv/ US /ˈfɝː.ţɪv/ (adj) done in a secretive and stealthy way, stealthy, secret, sly, clandestine, hidden, disguised, surreptitious, shifty, secretive: He took a furtive look at her while she was having lunch. Parts of Speech Adverb: furtively Noun: furtiveness Antonyms open, honest, public
Sword of Damocles Sword of Damocles If you have a sword of Damocles hanging over you/your head, something bad seems very likely to happen to you, something that threatens to cause imminent disaster, a bad and disastrous event that might occur anytime: The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over the French politics. Antonyms …