Friday, January 2, 2009

10 frequent GRE words

Here is a list of the 10 important GRE words:

- heckle : interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.
He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the angry mob.

- prodigal : spending money or resources recklessly ; wastefully extravagant.
Prodigal habits die hard

- indigence : poverty
A life of indigence is better than a life of corruption.

- specious : superficially plausible but actually wrong.
A specious argument

- abeyance : a state of temporary disuse or suspension
Matters were held in abeyance until further inspection.

- soporific : causing drowsiness or sleepiness.
The professor's monotonous voice makes his lectures soporific.

- loquacious : talkative
Loquacious people are usually easy to get along with.

- vacillation : be indecisive ; alternate between two choices or opinions.
He vacillated between careers in academia and the industry.

- abdicate : to renounce throne
The king abdicated in 1945.

- fetter : a chain used to restrict a prisoner
The Count of Monte Cristo lay bound with fetters of iron.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi saket,
one query :-

How to calculate GPA, if someone has studied in INDIA ?
(my case is Univ of Pune)

Thanks.