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GRE bigbook test 4-2

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promptly
adv. immediately, without delay; swiftly, quickly; punctually
alacrity
n. EAGERNESS, willingness, readiness; enthusiasm, ardor
corroborate
v. to add proof or certainty to an account, confirm, reinforce
prodigious
adj. great, big, huge; enormous; wonderful, excellent, marvelous; amazing, astonishing
magnetize
v. make sth become magnetic; mesmerize, attract strongly
ferrous
adj. containing iron; pertaining or relating to iron; like iron
isolate
v. SEPARATE, set/keep apart, segregate, detach, cut off, shut away, divorce, alienate, distance
insulate
v. seal or close off with a material which blocks or retards the passage of heat
asset
n. a useful or valuable thing or person, property
expound
v. present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically.
advent
n. the arrival of a notable person or thing
ramification
n.CONSEQUENCE, aftermath, outcome, effect, upshot; branch, bough; act of branching out
stop short
v. stop suddenly or abruptly
euphoric
adj. a feeling of intense happiness and elation, rapturous, blissful, gleeful
vicinity
n. proximity, nearby area, environs, neighborhood
supernova
star that suddenly becomes much brighter because it is exploding
iconoclast
v. one who attacks sacred traditions or cherished ideals
extemporize
v. compose or perform without preparation; improvise
cogitate
v. THINK (ABOUT), contemplate, consider, mull over, meditate, muse, ponder, reflect, deliberate, ruminate
legislature
n. national lawmaking body of a country
monolithic
adj. very large and uniform or indivisible, rigid; of large rock
statutory
adj. required, permitted, or enacted by statute
tribunal
n.court of justice
cloister
v. shut away, sequester, seclude, closet
figurehead
n. one who is head (of a company, group, etc.) only in name
coagulant
v. substance which causes coagulation, substance which causes clotting
cringe
v. COWER, shrink, recoil, flinch (of fear/servility); WINCE, shudder, squirm, feel embarrassed/mortified
rehearse
v. drill, practice an action repeatedly in order to perfect it
razor
bladed tool used for shaving hair
chisel
n. tool with a sharp metal edge that is used to shape and cut wood and stone (cái đục)
stapler
n. a device for fastening papers together with staples, cái dập ghim
bolt
n. cái then, cái chốt cửa; bu-lông
nut
n. đai ốc
bit
n. mũi khoan; đầu mỏ hàn; mũi kim; mỏ chìa khoá
pleat
n. fold; gather; crease (in clothing)
vinyl
n. synthetic plastic material (used for making floor coverings, furniture, clothing, etc. or (in the past) records)
pulp
n. soft fleshy part of fruit; soft moist mass of material
caffeine
n. a drug found in coffee and tea that makes you feel more active
arson
n. the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property
jacket
n. short coat, blazer; outer covering, casing
musicologist
n. one who researches the history and science of music
cant
n. jargon, slang; hypocrisy, false piousness; slope, slant
faddish
adj. an arbitrary like or dislike particular things; trendy, of passing passion
gauge
n. standard by which something is judged, criterion; device for measuring
coterminous
adj. bordering upon, contiguous; having the same borders
impressionable
adj. easily influenced, moldable, susceptible
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