Improve your GRE Vocab:Words similar to Death

1. Annihilate (v): destroy utterly, defeat utterly
2. Cadaver (n): a corpse
   
   
   
   
3. Cadaverous (adj): resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony
4. Carnage (n): the killing of a large number of people
5. Carrion (n): rotting flesh of a dead body.
6. Catacombs (n): a series of underground tunnels used for burying dead people, esp. in ancient Rome.
7. Cenotaph (n): a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially a war memorial.
8. Decapitate (v): cut off the head of.
9. Decimate (v): kill or destroy a large proportion of; drastically reduce strength of
                       : (in ancient Rome) kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers) as a punishment for the mutiny of the whole group
10. Demise (n): the end or failure of something; a person’s death
11. Defunct (adj): no longer existing or functioning
12. Dirge (n): a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite
                  : a mournful song, piece of music, or sound
    Use: the funeral dirge stirred us to tears
13. Epitaph (n): words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.
14. Euthanasia (n): the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable disease or in an irreversible coma
15. Holocaust (n): destruction or slaughter on a mass scale; destruction by fire
16. Moribund (n): at the point of death; in terminal decline; lacking vigor
17. Massacre (n): an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people
                     (v): deliberately and violently kill (a large number of people).
18. Manslaughter (n): the crime of killing a human being without malice
19. Mausoleum (n): a building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs.
    
    
    
20. Obsequies (P noun): funeral rites
21. Pyre (n): a heap of combustible material, especially one for burning a corpse as part of a funeral ceremony.
22. Requiem(n): a mass for the repose of the souls of the dead
                      : a musical composition setting parts of such a mass
23. Regicide (n): the killing of a king; a person who does this.
24. Succumb (v): fail to resist (pressure, temptation, etc.)
                        : die from the effect of a disease or injury
25. Sepulchre (n): a small room or monument cut in rock or built in stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.

unique word pair "one word difference in the Middle"

One word different in the middle

1. veracious vs. voracious
2. sagacious vs. salacious
3. verve vs. verse
4. musky vs. musty/ murky
5. snub vs. snug/ snob
6. amble vs. ample
7. bogus vs. bonus
8. chafe vs. chase
9. condole vs. console/ condone
10. contest vs. context
11. converge vs. converse
12. coven vs. cozen

unique word pair"one word substitution in the Middle"

1. Garish vs. Garnish
   Garish (adj): obtrusively bright and showy
   Garnish (v): decorate or embellish (something, especially food).
                 (n): a small amount of food used to decorate other food
2. Repel vs. Repeal
   Repel (v): drive or force back or away
                 : be repulsive or distasteful to
   Repeal (v): revoke or annul (a law or Act of Parliament)
              (n): the action of repealing
3. Dose vs. Douse
   Dose (n): a quantity of a medicine or drug taken at one time
   Douse (v): drench with liquid; extinguish ( a fire or light).
4. Seer vs. Sheer
   seer (n): a person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future
   Analogy: SEER: PROPHECY:: sage: wisdom (Defining characteristics)
   sheer (adj): nothing other than; unmitigated: sheer hard work
5. Chase vs. Chaste
   chase (v): decorate (metal) by engraving or inlaying
   Analogy: EMBROIDER: CLOTH:: chase: metal
   chaste (adj): abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse
                      : without unnecessary ornamentation
6. Climatic vs Climactic
   Climatic (adj): the general weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period
                        : a prevailing trend or public attitude: the current economic climate
   Climactic (adj): forming an exciting climax
7. Congenial vs. Congenital
   congenial (adj): (of a person) pleasing through having qualities or interests similar to one’s own.
                            : suited to one’s taste or inclination
   Congenital (adj): (especially of a disease or abnormality) present from birth
                           : having a particular trait from birth or by established habit. A congenital liar.
8. Amiable vs. amicable
   amiable (adj): friendly and pleasant in manner
   amicable (adj): characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.

GRE VOCB: “Pertaining to Money”

1. Affluent (adj): abundant, wealthy
   Antonyms: Impecunious
2. Capital (n): pertaining to wealth, most significant
   
   
3. Destitute (adj): extremely poor and lacking the means to provide oneself.
4. Embezzle (v): steal or misappropriate (money placed in one’s trust or under one’s control).
   
   
5. Endow (v): provide or give or bequeath income or money to a person or organization
   
   
   Antonyms: Divest
   
6. Expenditure (n): payment or expense; out put.
   Antonyms: store up
7. Extort (v): get money by threatening
8. Hack: a writer of a news paper for money who does dishonest things.
   9 A. Haggle (v): dispute or bargain persistently, especially over a price
   
   

   

   
   
9. Impecunious: indigent
   
   Antonyms: Affluent, wealthy
   

GRE VOCAB: CONUNDRUM VS RIDDLE

1. Conundrum (n): a confusing and difficult problem or question.


: A riddle

2. Riddle (n): a question or statement phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning


Quote: I can not forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma. (Sir Winston Churchill).

Riddle (v): make many holes in, especially with gunshot.