GRE GRE Meaning by word 171

conformity with rules or standards

a broken piece of a brittle artifact; fragment

statement that seems to be self-contradictory

a theatrical performer; player; thespian; role player

belief in a single God

a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers

a servile or fawning dependant

overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness

a contorted facial expression

an upward slope or grade (as in a road); rise; raise; climb; upgrade

having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound; stridency

a medicine used to relieve pain; painkiller; pain pill

a display of bad temper; scene; conniption

a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold; oddment

the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability; comradeliness; comradery; comradeship

influencing strongly; impact

using words that imitate the sound they denote

a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

a manuscript on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible

a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources; pastiche

desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer

decorated metal band worn around the head

paper reed; ancient document

depressant; downer

a confused multitude of things; muddle; fuddle; smother

something of little value or significance; frivolity

a specialist in wine making; fermentologist

a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)

a person holding a fief; liegeman; liege subject; feudatory