Ahora bien, una vez que nos hemos presentado, aquí viene mi primer post.
Por si en alguna ocasión tienen la necesidad de presentar el exámen Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test, les dejo las palabras más frecuentes que preguntan en la parte verbal del exámen. Las palabras están acomodadas de mayor a menor probabilidad en que son preguntadas.
Anormaly: deviation form what is normal.
Equivocal: ambiguous, open to two interpretations.
Lucid: clear and easily understood.
Precipitate: to throw violetly or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation.
Assuage: to make sth unpleasant less severe.
Erudite: learned, scholarly, bookish, wise.
Opaque: impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light.
Prodigal: lavish, wasteful, extravagant, opulent, luxuriant.
Enigma: a puzzle; a mystery.
Fervid: intensely emotional; feverish.
Placate: to soothe or pacify.
Zeal: passion, excitement.
Abstain: to choose not to do sth.
Audacious: fearless and daring.
Dessicate: to dry out thoroughly.
Gullible: easily deceived.
Laudable: worth of praise.
Pedant: someone who shows off learning.
Vacillate: to sway physically; to be indecisive.
Adulterate: to make impure.
Capricious: changing one's mind quickly and often.
Engender: to produce, cause, bring about, generate.
Homogenous: of a similar kind.
Loquacious: talkative, convincing speaking.
Pragmatic: practical, as opposed to idealistic, to problem solving.
Volatile: easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive.
Apathy: lack interest or emotion.
Corroborate: to provide supporting evidence; verify; confirm.
Ephemeral: lasting a short time.
Laconic: using few words, pithy, taciturn.
Mitigate: to soften, to lessen, alleviate, assuage, ease.
Propriety: correct behavior; obedience to rules and custom.
Advocate: to speak in favor of.
Cacophony: harsh, jarring noise; disharmony.
Enervate: to reduce in stregth.
Ingenuous: showing innocence or childlike simplicity.
Misanthrope: a person who dislake others.
Paradox: dilemma.
Venerate: to respect deeply.
Antipathy: extreme dislake.
Deride: to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock.
Eulogy: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.
Lethargic: acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner.
Obdurate: hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion.
Philanthropic: charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness.
Waver: to fluctuate between choices.
Bolster: to support; to prop up.
Dissonance: a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds.
Garrulous: tending to talk a lot.
Malleable: capable of being shaped.
Ostentation: excessive showiness.
Prevaricate: to lie or deviate from the truth.
Chauvinist: someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs.
Por si en alguna ocasión tienen la necesidad de presentar el exámen Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test, les dejo las palabras más frecuentes que preguntan en la parte verbal del exámen. Las palabras están acomodadas de mayor a menor probabilidad en que son preguntadas.
Anormaly: deviation form what is normal.
Equivocal: ambiguous, open to two interpretations.
Lucid: clear and easily understood.
Precipitate: to throw violetly or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation.
Assuage: to make sth unpleasant less severe.
Erudite: learned, scholarly, bookish, wise.
Opaque: impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light.
Prodigal: lavish, wasteful, extravagant, opulent, luxuriant.
Enigma: a puzzle; a mystery.
Fervid: intensely emotional; feverish.
Placate: to soothe or pacify.
Zeal: passion, excitement.
Abstain: to choose not to do sth.
Audacious: fearless and daring.
Dessicate: to dry out thoroughly.
Gullible: easily deceived.
Laudable: worth of praise.
Pedant: someone who shows off learning.
Vacillate: to sway physically; to be indecisive.
Adulterate: to make impure.
Capricious: changing one's mind quickly and often.
Engender: to produce, cause, bring about, generate.
Homogenous: of a similar kind.
Loquacious: talkative, convincing speaking.
Pragmatic: practical, as opposed to idealistic, to problem solving.
Volatile: easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive.
Apathy: lack interest or emotion.
Corroborate: to provide supporting evidence; verify; confirm.
Ephemeral: lasting a short time.
Laconic: using few words, pithy, taciturn.
Mitigate: to soften, to lessen, alleviate, assuage, ease.
Propriety: correct behavior; obedience to rules and custom.
Advocate: to speak in favor of.
Cacophony: harsh, jarring noise; disharmony.
Enervate: to reduce in stregth.
Ingenuous: showing innocence or childlike simplicity.
Misanthrope: a person who dislake others.
Paradox: dilemma.
Venerate: to respect deeply.
Antipathy: extreme dislake.
Deride: to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock.
Eulogy: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.
Lethargic: acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner.
Obdurate: hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion.
Philanthropic: charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness.
Waver: to fluctuate between choices.
Bolster: to support; to prop up.
Dissonance: a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds.
Garrulous: tending to talk a lot.
Malleable: capable of being shaped.
Ostentation: excessive showiness.
Prevaricate: to lie or deviate from the truth.
Chauvinist: someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs.
