Few discussed before at - Deceptive GRE Words post
Misapprehension - mistaken belief...... (Apprehension on GRE means feeling of worry or fear, other meaning for apprehension is understanding which is considered when considering the meaning of misapprehension).
Enervate - weaken; cause someone to feel drained of energy.
Deference - humble respect ..... (Defer means to put something off to a later time; OR humbly give in to....the latter verb form is kept in mind for the meaning of it as noun).
Confound - confuse
Fatuous - silly and pointless..... (adj form of noun fatuity which means foolishness)
Reproach - accuse of; express disapproval of or disappointment with.
Exorcise - drive an evil spirit from a person or place.
Cleave - stick fast to; become strongly involved with; divide or split .... (Cleaver on the other hand is a noun which means a tool with broad blade, used for chopping meat).
Invigoration - give strength.
Decried - publicly declare to be wrong.
Probity - honesty and decency.
Plaintive - sounding sad and mournful.
Complacent - uncritically satified with yourself. e.g - We must not be complacent about our achievements; there is still a lot to be done.
Complaisant - ready to please; obliging.; willing to please others or to accept their behaviour without protest.
Commensurate - corresponding or in proportion.
Showing posts with label Confusing GRE words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Confusing GRE words. Show all posts
Friday, November 03, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Few deceptive GRE Words
Words that are often thrown on the GRE to fool the test-takers as they do not resemble their meanings. e.g
Restive -- on edge (for example you would think of “rest/resting” but instead its not, that is deceptive vocabulary)
Protean -- variable
Noisome -- foul smelling
Prolix -- rambling & wordy
Tortuous -- full of plot twists
Obviate -- to make unnecessary
Ponderous -- bogged down, tedious
Equivocate -- to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent
The above is from the link below
7 must know deceptive words for GRE
Restive -- on edge (for example you would think of “rest/resting” but instead its not, that is deceptive vocabulary)
Protean -- variable
Noisome -- foul smelling
Prolix -- rambling & wordy
Tortuous -- full of plot twists
Obviate -- to make unnecessary
Ponderous -- bogged down, tedious
Equivocate -- to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent
The above is from the link below
7 must know deceptive words for GRE
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