Number Word + Noun Verb Adjective

1 transitory not permanent; brief; ephemeral transitory

 High school is a transitory period.
 His fame, while great, proved to be transitory.
2 extract the essential meaning or
distill most important aspects; purify a distillation distill distilled (pure)
liquid
 They managed to distill a small quantity of water.
 My travel notes were distilled into a book.
3 understood by few; mysterious or
arcane secret; esoteric; enigmatic; arcane
obscure
 I find modern math very arcane.
 The book’s arcane content surprisingly did not hurt sales.
4 (of a person) hesitating or doubting;
dubious (of a thing or idea) not to be relied dubious
upon; untrustworthy; suspicious
 Alex looked dubious, but complied.
 These assumptions are extremely dubious and should be rethought.
5 health-giving; healthy; beneficial;
salubrious wholesome; (of a place) pleasant; salubrious
not run-down
 I found the climate salubrious.
 The salubrious town provided a great respite from city-life.
6 hold or express opinions that are at
variance with those previously,
dissent dissent dissent
commonly, or officially expressed;
to disagree; to rebel
 Two members dissented from the majority.
 There was very little dissent from this view.
7 fastidious very attentive to and concerned fastidiousness fastidious
about accuracy and detail;
 scrupulous; punctilious;
meticulous
 He chooses his words with fastidious care.
 The child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers sticky or dirty.
8 distribute or provide (a service or
information) to a number of people;
dispense dispense
manage without; get rid of; omit;
forgo
 He dispensed a gentle pat on Claude’s back.
 Let’s dispense with formalities, shall we?
9 swell out in a spherical shape;
balloon billow; increase in size balloon
dramatically;
 The trousers ballooned out below his waist.
 The number of people filing complaints has ballooned recently.
10 incapable of making mistakes or
being wrong; unerring; flawless; infallible; fallible
infallible infallibility
impeccable; never failing; always (opposite)
effective
 Doctors are not infallible.
 These cures are infallible; they always work.
11 (of language) open to more than
one interpretation; having a double
ambiguous ambiguity ambiguous
meaning; unclear or inexact;
equivocal; ambivalent; debatable
 The question is rather ambiguous.
 The whole society is morally ambiguous.
12 breaking out afresh or into renewed
recrudescent activity; revival or reappearance in recrudescence recrudescent
active existence;
 The recrudescence of his career is very surprising.
 The recrudescent nature of fashion styles never ceases to amaze me.
13 ceremonially confer divine or holy
office upon (a priest or monarch);
anoint nominate or choose someone as anointment anoint anointed
successor to or leading candidate
for a position; ordain
 He was anointed and crowned to be the next king.
 He was anointed as the organizational candidate of the party.
14 (of a person) showing a lack of
experience, wisdom, or judgement;
naïve (of a person) natural and naivety naïve
unaffected; innocent; unworldly;
unsophisticated
 The rather naïve young man had been totally misled.
 Andy had a sweet, naïve look when he smiled.
 Childhood – when we feel most confident, but are, in reality, most naïve.
15 lacking interest or excitement; dull;
mundane humdrum; monotonous; run-of- mundanity mundane
the-mill
 I am seeking a way out of this mundane, humdrum existence.
 The trip was anything but mundane; we had a blast.
16 fair and just; treating all rivals or
impartial disputants equally; unbiased; impartiality impartial
unprejudiced; disinterested
 The teacher gave me independent and impartial advice.
 The jury was anything but impartial. I sensed a strong bias.
17 the making of false and
defamatory statements in order to
calumny damage someone’s reputation; calumny calumnious
slander; libel; character
assassination
 Your false calumnies toward me reveal your true nature.
 The public will never buy the calumnies you have thrown my way.
18 having or showing a keen interest
avid in or enthusiasm for something; avid
keen; eager; ardent; zealous
 He was an avid reader of science fiction.
 The man was an avid fan of college football.
19 be or go beyond the range or limits
transcend of something; surpass (a person or transcendence transcend transcendent
achievement)
 This was an issue transcending party politics.
 His talent transcended that of mere mortals.
20 cheerful and full of energy;
ebullient ebullience ebullient
exuberant; buoyant
 She sounded ebullient and happy.
 The ebullient young girl could not wait to go to school.
21 direct one’s hopes or ambitions
aspire toward achieving something; yearn aspiration aspire
for
 We never thought that we might aspire to those heights.
 I aspire to be a professor at USC.
22 relating to worldly as opposed to
temporal spiritual affairs; secular; of or temporality temporal
relating to time; profane
 The monk’s commitment requires him to ignore the temporal pleasures of the world.
 Each of these revolutions had its own political, cultural, and temporal context which
made it distinct.
23 characterized by or showing
solicitation;
solicitous interest or concern; considerate; solicitous
solicitor (person)
attentive;
 She was always solicitous about the welfare of her students.
 The solicitors coming to my door hawking their wares are beyond irksome.
24 very surprising, astonishing, or
startling startle startling
remarkable; stunning
  He bore a startling likeness to his uncle.
 You startled me!
25 put something forward as a
hypothesize hypothesis; make an educated hypothesis hypothesize
guess, likely based on observation
 It was reasonable to hypothesize a viral causality.
 Further studies proved that my hypothesis was erroneous.
26 expressing adverse or disapproving
comments or judgements;
expressing critique or judgement of
critical critic (person) criticize critical
a work of literature, art, or music;
having the potential to become
disastrous; very important, essential
 He was critical of many U.S. welfare programs.
 She never won the critical acclaim she sought.
 Professors often find it difficult to encourage critical thinking in their students.
 The flood waters had receded, but the situation was still critical.
 Temperature is a critical factor in successful fruit storage.
27 having or showing skill in
achieving one’s ends by deceit or
cunning evasion; artful; sly; calculating; cunning cunning
skill in achieving one’s ends by
deceit
 A cunning look came into his eyes, and it was at that time that he knew how to get what
he wanted.
 He was a statesman to whom cunning had come as second nature.
28 persuade (someone) to do
something by means of deception
inveigle inveigling inveigle
or flattery; entice; tempt; lure;
beguile
 We cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper.
 The teacher attempted to inveigle the students to do their homework by commenting on
 their high intellect.
29 make (someone) feel uneasy or
discomfit embarrassed; abash; disconcert; discomfit discomfiting
discompose
 He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
 The audience felt discomfited after the presentation.
30 make or shape (a metal object) by
heating it in a fire or furnace and
beating or hammering it; produce a forger (person);
forge forge forged
copy or imitation of (a document, forgery
signature, banknote, or work of art)
for the purpose of deception
 The blacksmith forged swords for the army.
 The master forger was able to reproduce a copy of Picasso’s paintings in three days.
31 of, relating to, or affecting cattle; an
bovine animal of the cattle group, which bovine bovine
also includes buffaloes and bison
 Bovine tuberculosis is a serious disease.
 That is a beautiful bovine.
32 not harmful or offensive; harmless;
innocuous inoculate innocuous
nontoxic; benign
 It was an innocuous question.
 The children were inoculated to prevent disease.
33 persuade (an unwilling person) to
do something by using force or
coerce coercion coerce
threats; obtain something by using
force
 They were coerced into silence.
 Their confessions were allegedly coerced by torture.
34 radical (especially of change or action) radical (person) radicalize radical
relating to or affecting the
fundamental nature of something;
 far-reaching or thorough;
representing or supporting an
extreme section of a political party
 A radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework is needed.
 She was a radical activist who wanted to undo all social institutions.
35 a particular attitude toward or way
of regarding something; a point of
perspective perspective
view; standpoint; interpretation;
slant
 Most guidebook history is written from the editor’s perspective.
 She had an interesting perspective on most erudite matters.
36 the action of conceiving a child or
of a child being conceived; the way
conception conception conceive
in which something is perceived or
regarded; perception; perspective
 The child was conceived in February, 1986.
 Our conception of how language relates to reality is incorrect.
37 lacking inspiration or excitement;
pedestrian dull; tedious; monotonous; pedestrian
uninvolved
 His pedestrian life was beginning to take a toll on his mental wellbeing.
 Although the artist thought otherwise, the art was quite pedestrian.
38 nervously awkward and ungainly;
gawky gawkiness gawky
maladroit; clumsy
 He was a gawky teenager.
 The woman, usually known for her grace, was surprisingly gawky in her dancing.
39 the conclusion that can be drawn
from something, although it is not
implication explicitly stated; insinuation; the implication imply implied
action or state of being involved in
something;
 The implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible.
  We were implicated in the corruption scandal at the bank.
40 showing or suffering from
timorous nervousness, fear, or a lack of timorous
confidence
 His timorous voice could hardly be heard three rows back, let alone the back of the
auditorium.
 The animal’s timorous nature made it difficult to spot.
41 belonging to hereditary class with
high social or political status;
aristocratic; high-born; having or
noble noble noble
showing fine personal qualities or
high moral principles and beliefs;
virtuous; ethical
 The Duchess of Kent and other noble ladies will be at the ball.
 The promotion of human rights was a noble aspiration.
42 summarize and state again the main
recapitulate recapitulation recapitulate
points of; summarize; sum up
 He began to recapitulate his argument with care.
 The student recapitulated his presentation for the new class.
43 having a limited or narrow outlook
parochial or scope; narrow-minded; parochial
provincial; intolerant
 This worldview seems incredibly naïve and parochial.
 Residents of small towns tend to be more parochial in their thinking.
44 the state of being annoyed,
frustrated, or worried; irritation;
vexation vexation vex vexed
exasperation; something that
causes frustrations
 Jenny bit her lip in vexation.
 We all deal with the vexations of life.
45 apostle each of the twelve chief disciples of apostle
Jesus Christ; a messenger or
 representative; a vigorous and
pioneering advocate or supporter
of a particular policy, idea, or cause
 Despite growing resentment, the boss’s core group of apostles kept him in power.
 I consider myself an apostle of capitalism.
46 an assistant or follower; underling;
acolyte acolyte
minion; lackey; henchman
 The professor dined with a few of his acolytes.
 He was a highly influential professor whose acolytes could be found at any university.
47 fail to notice (something); have a
overlook overlook
view from above
 He seems to have overlooked an important fact.
 The chateau overlooks fields of corn and olive trees.
48 lack of moral principles; bad
baseness baseness
character
 We must be wary of the baseness of human nature.
 His baseness had causes all manner of scandals.
49 a conception or belief about
something; idea; an impulse or
notion notion
desire, especially one of a
whimsical kind; inclination
 Children have different notions about the roles of their parents.
 She had a notion to call her friend at work.
50 increasing or reviving after a
resurgent period of little activity, popularity, resurgence resurge resurgent
or occurrence
 The resurgence of nationalism in the country should worry us all.
 The resurgent popularity of the singer is not surprising; she is very gifted.
51 refuse to accept or be associated
repudiate with; renounce; deny the truth or repudiation repudiate
validity of; controvert; rebut
 She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.
  The minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses.
52 having a red or flushed complexion;
elaborately or excessively intricate
florid floridity florid
or complicated; extravagant;
flamboyant
 He was a stout man with a florid face.
 The florid operatic-style music was out of fashion.
 No one wanted to buy the floridly decorated house.
53 the time that something of quality
was produced; denoting something
of high-quality, especially
vintage vintage vintage
something from the past or
characteristic of the best period of
person’s work
 Soldiers in the Civil War utilized rifles of various sizes and vintages.
 This story reminds me of a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure.
54 surprise or impress someone
astonish astonishment astonish
greatly; amaze; astound; startle
 You never fail to astonish me.
 His astonishment at the size of the library surprised his wife.
55 very fine in texture or structure; of
intricate workmanship or quality;
delicate delicacy (food) delicate
exquisite; easily broken or
damaged; fragile
 The spider’s web was strong, yet delicate.
 Children must not play around delicate china.
56 capable of working successfully;
viable viability viable
feasible; practicable
 The proposed investment was economically viable.
 Your plan is not viable.
57 mendacity untruthfulness; dishonesty mendacity mendacious
 The people were publicly castigated for mendacity.
  The mendacious man simply could not bring himself to tell the truth.
58 throw or drop something from an
jettison aircraft or ship; abandon or jettison jettison
discard; dump
 Six aircraft jettisoned their loads into the sea.
 Individuals are often forced to jettison certain attitudes and behaviors.
59 interpret a word or action in a
construe construe
particular way; interpret; regard
 His words could hardly be construed as an apology.
 He construed the events quite differently than I did.
60 a fault or failure to meet a certain
standard; typically in a person’s
shortcoming shortcoming
character, a plan, or a system; flaw;
deficiency
 He is so forthright about his shortcomings, it’s hard to chastise him.
 My wife thankfully overlooks my shortcomings.
61 to prepare or make ready for a
prime (verb) particular purpose or operation; to prime
supply or equip with information
 The politician was primed by his aides for the press conference.
 The student was primed for university by his parents.
62 resistant to a particular infection or
toxin owing to the presence of
immune immunity immunize immune
specific antibodies; protected or
exempt; not affected or influenced
 They were naturally immune to hepatitis B.
 No one is immune to his immense charm.
63 a small quantity of a particular
thing, especially something
modicum modicum
considered desirable or valuable;
speck; fragment; morsel
 His statement had more than a modicum of truth.
  There was only a modicum of financing left.
64 belief in or acceptance of
credence something as true; reliance; faith; credence
trust
 The government placed little credence in the scheme.
 I had much credence in the profitability of the plan.
65 accept or admit the existence or
truth of; of a body of opinion)
acknowledge acknowledgement acknowledge
recognize the fact or importance or
quality of
 The plight of the refugees was acknowledged by the authorities.
 The art world has begun to acknowledge his genius.
66 speak or act in an evasive way;
prevaricate prevarication prevaricate
equivocate; waffle
 He seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions.
 The child prevaricated when asked where he had been.
67 (of a gift or sum of money) larger
or more generous than is usual or
munificent munificence munificent
necessary; (of a person) very
generous; bountiful
 That was a munificent gesture.
 The munificent man donated millions of dollars.
68 disagree with; challenge; be at
take issue with take issue with
odds with
 I take issue with your characterization of my personality.
 The students took issue with the frequency of the assessments.
69 additional to what is required for
ordinary use; supplementary; give
spare (something of which one has spare spare
enough) to (someone); afford to
give to;
 Few people had spare cash for inessentials.
  She asked if I could spare her a dollar or two.
70 treating serious issues with
deliberately inappropriate humor;
facetious facetiousness facetious
flippant; frivolous; tongue-in-
cheek
 I probably I sound like I’m being facetious, but I'm generally curious about who would
be interested in a vehicle like this.
 That was a facetious remark.
71 contrary to intuition or to common-
counterintuitive sense expectation (but often counterintuitive
nevertheless true)
 This result is counterintuitive.
 My dad’s reluctance to me becoming a musician is counterintuitive because he’s a
musician himself.
72 invent or devise (a new word or
coin (verb) coin
phrase)
 He coined the term “desktop publishing.”
 I coined the phrase “play the game” in reference to the GRE test.
73 present, appearing, or found
ubiquitous everywhere; omnipresent; ubiquity ubiquitous
pervasive; universal
 His ubiquitous influence was felt by the whole family.
 Flies in summer are ubiquitous.
74 having a harmful effect, especially
pernicious in a gradual or subtle way; pernicious
injurious; detrimental
 The pernicious influences of the mass media cannot be understated.
 The pernicious disease had already killed 100.
75 having or showing very little
simpleminded simplemindedness simpleminded
intelligence or judgement
 The idea, showing little forethought, was simpleminded.
 Please do not waste my time with simpleminded solutions.
76 optimistic or positive, especially in
sanguine an apparently bad or difficult sanguine
situation; bullish; buoyant
 He is sanguine about prospects for the global economy.
 Her sanguine nature was welcome during times of distress.
77 regard as probably; expect or
anticipate anticipation anticipate
predict; foresee
 She anticipated scorn on her return to the theater.
 He anticipated Bates’s theories in cosmology.
78 an activity involving skill in
craft making things by hand; exercise craft craft crafty
skill in making something
 The craft of bookbinding is dying.
 He crafted the chair lovingly.
79 soon passing out of sight, memory,
evanescent or existence; quickly fading or evanescence evanescent
disappearing; ephemeral
 The rainbow was evanescent and soon disappeared.
 My time as chair of the department was evanescent, but fruitful.
80 defeat thoroughly; conquer;
vanquish vanquish
trounce
 Mexican forces vanquished the French army in a battle in Puebla.
 The enemy was soon vanquished after the weather cleared.
81 including or covering all the
services, facilities, or items
inclusive inclusion include inclusive
normally expected or required;
containing as part of a whole
 The price is inclusive, with few incidentals.
 All prices are inclusive of taxes.
82 a lack of compatibility or similar
discrepancy between two or more facts; discrepancy
disparity; inconsistency
  The discrepancy between the two sets of figures is hard to reconcile.
 It’s hard to reconcile this apparent discrepancy.
83 accept or support (a belief or
embrace theory) willingly and embrace embrace
enthusiastically
 Besides traditional methods, artists are embracing new technology.
 The employees embraced the new boss.
84 not likely to be true or happen; improbable;
improbable improbability
doubtful; dubious probable
 This account of events was seen by the jury as most improbable.
 The fact that you made it here in 10 minutes is improbable.
85 the action or crime of making a
false spoken statement damaging
slander someone’s reputation ; make false slander slander
accusations or comments about;
libel; tarnish; smear
 He is suing the TV network for slander.
 They were accused of slandering the head of state.
86 deceitfulness; double-dealing;
duplicity duplicity duplicitous
deception; fraud; dishonesty
 I initially assumed he was honest, but his duplicitous manner soon shone through.
 My girlfriend’s duplicity only came to light years later.
87 not being what it purports to be;
false or fake; bogus; (of a line of
spurious spurious
reasoning) apparently but not
actually valid
 I’m trying to separate authentic and spurious claims.
 This spurious reasoning is nonsense.
88 conforming to or following what is
modish currently popular and fashionable; modish
stylish; chic; contemporary
 It seems sad that such a scholar should feel compelled to use this modish jargon.
  Your teacher clearly does not adhere to modish fashion.
89 a person who engages in a pursuit,
amateur especially a sport, on an unpaid amateur amateur
basis; inept or unskillful; artless
 The team was nothing but a bunch of stumbling amateurs.
 This amateur performance insults the senses.
90 publicly acknowledge or praise;
credit credit credit credited
acclaim; recognize; give kudos
 He’s a credit to his mother.
 He never got the credit he deserved.
 She was credited with curing the disease.
91 of or relating to tailoring, clothes,
sartorial sartorial
or style of dress
 These sartorial matters are unimportant.
 She had a great sense of sartorial elegance.
92 looking or feeling dejected;
glum glum
morose; gloomy; downcast
 They looked glum but later cheered up.
 The dog was glum after its owner died.
the using of a resource; an amount
93 consumption of something that is used up or consumption consume
eaten; the purchase of goods
 Industrialized countries should reduce their energy consumption.
 Liquor is sold only for consumption on the premises.
94 of, affecting, or done by all people
or things in the world or in a
universal universality universe
particular group; applicable to all
cases; ubiquitous
 I believe in universal voting.
 The problem is universal – not isolated to a single geographic region.
95 be inclined to feel willing or favorably disposed be inclined to
toward (an action, belief, or
 attitude); have a tendency to do
something
 He was inclined to accept the offer
 She’s inclined to gossip with complete strangers.
96 convenient and practical, although
expedient possibly improper or immoral; expedience expedient
advantageous
 Either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so.
 It’s expedient to take the train to work.
97 partial or total darkness; a state of
gloom gloom gloomy
depression or despondency
 He strained his eyes peering into the gloom.
 A year of economic gloom for the car industry is coming.
98 without guile or deception; without
artless effort or pretentiousness; simple; artless; artful
without skill or finesse
 She was an artless, naïve girl.
 The awkward, artless prose was difficult to read.
99 cause surprise or confusion in
(someone), especially by acting
confound confound
against their expectations; confuse;
befuddle; bewilder
 The inflation figure confounded economic analysts.
 I was confounded by the dense book.
100 describe or regard as worthy of
stigmatize disgrace or great disapproval; stigmatization stigmatize
denounce
 The institution was stigmatized as a last resort for the destitute.
 I was stigmatized for going against the grain.