Shared Flashcard Set

Details

GRE Orthography - Opalescent Pg. 199
GRE Vocabulary Pg 199
30
General Vocab
Graduate
12/23/2010

Additional General Vocab Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Orthography
Definition
Correct Spelling
Term
ornithologist
Definition

scientific student of birds

The police arrested him and told him that being an ornithologist wasn't sufficient excuse to climb onto someones roof with a telescope. 

Term
orifice
Definition
small opening
Term
orient
Definition
adjust
Term
ordain
Definition
grant holy orders
Term
oratorio
Definition
dramatic poem set to music
Term
opus
Definition
work
Term
opulence
Definition
extreme wealth
Term
optician
Definition
maker and seller of eyeglasses
Term
opprobrium
Definition

infamy, vilification

He defended himself against the slander and opprobrium hurled on him.

Term
oligarchy
Definition
government by a privileged few
Term
olfactory
Definition
concerning the sense of smell
Term
officious
Definition

excessively pushy

 

Officious means: too eager to tell people what to do and having to high an opinion of your own importance. 
 

-the skin doctor 

Term
offhand
Definition

casual

 

She informed her date in an offhand way that she wasn't going out with him again.

Term
odium
Definition
detestation
Term
oculist
Definition
physicians specialize in eyes
Term
occult
Definition
mysterious; secret
Term
occlude
Definition
shut, clse
Term
Occident
Definition
The west
Term
obviate
Definition
make unnecessary; get rid of
Term
obstreperous
Definition

boisterous; nosiy

 

The obstreperous children made it hard for their parents to take them any where.
 

Term
obstinate
Definition
stubborn
Term
obstetrician
Definition
physician specializing in delivering of babies
Term
obsidian
Definition
black volcanic rock
Term
obsequey
Definition
funeral ceremony
Term
obloquy
Definition
slnder; gdisgrace
Term
obliterate
Definition
destroy completely
Term
oblique
Definition
indirect; slanting perpendicular or from straight line.
Term
obligatory
Definition
binding
Term
obligatory
Definition
binding
Supporting users have an ad free experience!