Thursday, November 8, 2012

GRE Picture Dictionary Word list A list 170-200

(170) APOCALYPTIC - RELATED TO IMPENDING DOOM OR PROPHETIC OF AN APOCALYPSE
(Eg) The artist drew a picture on an apocalyptic theme.


(171) APOCRYPHAL - NOT AUTHENTIC, WIDELY BELIEVED BUT NOT TRUE.
(Eg) Most of the theories about UFO are apocryphal in nature.


(172) APOGEE - FARTHEST POINT
(173) APOPLEXY - LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF BLOOD IN THE BRAIN.


(174) APROPOS - WITH REFERENCE TO.
(Eg) Al gore stared in ' the inconvenient truth', the movie apropos to increasing levels of global warming.



(175) APOSTATE - TO TURN AGAINST ONE'S OWN RELIGION.
(Eg) Galileo's theories were initially dismissed and he was treated badly by the church, and he eventually became an apostate.



(176) APOTHECARY - DRUGGIST OR PHARMACIST.


(177) APPALL - DISMAY OR SHOCK.
(Eg) The girl was appalled by the court's decision.


(178) APPARITION - GHOSTLY APPEARING FIGURE.



(179) APPEASE - PACIFY.
(Eg) The sumo wrestlers are trying to appease the crying babies.



(180) APPELLATION - NAMES.


(181) APPEND - ATTACH.
(Eg) The silver string is appended to the blue rope.


(182) APPLICATION - DILIGENT ATTENTION, FOCUSSED WORK.
(Eg) The man is involved in careful application of the insecticide on the roof top to prevent termite infection.


(183) APPRAISE - ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF.
(Eg) The old man is trying to appraise the cost of the jar.


(184) APPREHEND - ARREST.
(Eg) The cops apprehended the crazy driver.


(185) APPREHENSIVE - IN FEAR OF POSSIBLE EVIL OR HARM, DISCERNING.



(186) APPRISE - INFORM
(Eg) The CEO had called the board meeting to apprise the members of the profits.


(187) APPROBATION - APPROVAL.
(188) AQUILINE - SHARP AND CURVED.
(Eg) Meat eating birds have aquiline beaks.



(189) ARABLE - LAND THAT CAN BE CULTIVATED OR LAND SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE.

(190) ARBITER (ARBITRATE / ARBITRATED) - A PERSON CAPABLE OF MAKING A DECISION IN A MATTER OF DISPUTE.


(191) ARBOREAL - LIVING IN TREES.
(Eg) The alligator lizard is an arboreal species of reptiles.





(192) ARBORETUM - PLACE WHERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES AND PLANTS ARE STUDIED AND EXHIBITED.


(193) ARCADE - A PASSAGEWAY FILLED WITH SHOPS.


(194) ARCANE - SECRETIVE, CLANDESTINE.
(Eg) The da vinci code deals with the investigation of arcane information.





(195) ARCHETYPE - PROTOTYPE, PRIMITIVE
(Eg) The symbol of the 4-sided swastika is an archetype for the rotations of time and conscousness - moving clockwise and counterwise - in upward or downward spirals 



(196) ARCHIPELAGO - A GROUP OF CLOSELY LOCATED ISLANDS.


(197) ARCHIVES - COLLECTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS OR A PLACE WHERE PUBLIC RECORDS ARE KEPT.


(198) ARDUOUS - STRENUOUS, HARD WORK.
(Eg) Sara had an arduous day at her office.



(199) ARID - DRY, BARREN LAND.


(200) ARISTOCRACY - PRIVILEGED CLASS, GOVERNMENT RUN BY PEOPLE OF THE PRIVILEGED CLASS.




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