GRE: KNOW SOME UNIQUE WORD PAIRS 1ST

1) Amble vs. Ramble
Amble (v): walk or move at a leisurely pace
            (n): a leisurely walk
Ramble (v): walk for pleasure in the country side
             (n): a walk taken for pleasure in the country side

2) Anguish vs. Languish
Anguish (n): severe mental or physical pain or suffering
              (v): be very distressed.
Languish (v): grow weak or feeble
                : be kept in an unpleasant place or situation:
he was languishing in jail

3) Arable vs. Parable
Arable (adj): (of land) suitable for growing crops
              (n): arable land or crops
Parable (n): a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.

4) Artisan vs. Partisan
Artisan (n): a skilled worker who makes things by hand
Partisan (n): a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.
           (adj): prejudiced in favour of a particular cause.

GRE vocab: “Different Types of Government”

1. Theocracy (n): a system of government in which priests rule in the name of god.
2. Oligarchy (n): a small group of people having control of a country or organization.
                         : a country governed by an oligarchy.
3. Plutocracy (n): government by the wealthy
                         : a state or society governed in this way
                         : an elite or ruling class whose power derives from their wealth.
4. Gerontocracy (n): a state, society or group governed by old people
                              : government based on rule by old people.
5. Junta (n): a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.

Gre Vocab:study of the subjects and specialists

Study of the Subject (n) Specialist (n)

1. Anthropology anthropologist
Anthropology (n): the study of humankind, including the comparative study of societies and cultures and the science of human zoology and evolution.

2. Alchemy alchemist

the medieval forerunner of chemistry, concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir
: a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation etc

3. Cardiology cardiologist
The branch of medicine concerned with diseases and abnormalities of the heart

GRE Vocab: “words related with age”

1. Senility (n): old age; feeblemindedness of old age.
   
2. Hoary (adj): greyish white
                       : having grey hair; aged
                       : overused and trite
3. Coeval (adj): having the same age or date of origin; contemporary
                (n): a person of roughly the same age as oneself; a contemporary
4. Superannuated: retired by age
5. Dotage (n): the period of life in which a person is old and weak
6. Gnarled (adj): knobby, rough, and twisted, especially with age.
7. Doddering (adj): slow and unsteady. 

GRE VOCAB: “words related to journey”

1. Wanderlust: excessive desire for travel

2. Peregrination (n): travel or wander form place to place

3. Sojourn (n): a temporary stay
(v): stay temporarily.

4. Odyssey (n): a long and eventful or adventurous journey or process