GRE GRE Meaning by word 053

cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing; gaud; gewgaw; novelty; fallal

pompous or pretentious talk or writing; rant; claptrap; blah

the particular occupation for which you are trained; vocation

an event that is a beginning

any substance that can be used as food; eatable; pabulum

a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; meld

in an early stage of development

(often followed by 'to') likely to be affected with; nonresistant; unresistant

characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; slatternly; sluttish

shine brightly, like a star or a light

tell; narrate

turn away from by persuasion

inconceivably large; galactic

showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; svelte

filled with vapor; vaporous; vapourous

foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees

marked by spirited enjoyment; zesty; barmy

make stupid with alcohol

draw back, as with fear or pain; funk; cringe; shrink; wince; recoil

let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe

explain; light up; brighten; elucidate

become feeble

strong feelings of embarrassment; mortification

showing your contempt by derision; mockery; scoff; scoffing

an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics

cause aversion in; sicken; churn up

report or maintain; say

tease; drive