GRE Vocabulary

#781

pyrrhic

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The battle was a pyrrhic victory because both sides lost too much.
2. Winning the case became a pyrrhic success after the huge legal costs.
3. Their pyrrhic victory left the team too weak for the next match.

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#782

quail

Verb

Example sentences

1. The young speaker did not quail before the large audience.
2. Even brave soldiers may quail at such danger.
3. She refused to quail when the powerful man threatened her.

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#783

qualify

Verb

Example sentences

1. I must qualify my earlier statement.
2. The new evidence may qualify our conclusion.
3. She will qualify for the final if she wins today.

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#784

qualm

Noun

Example sentences

1. He had no qualm about telling the truth.
2. She felt a qualm before signing the risky contract.
3. His only qualm concerned the high cost.

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#785

quandary

Noun

Example sentences

1. She was in a quandary about which job to accept.
2. The broken bridge placed travelers in a quandary.
3. We faced a difficult moral quandary.

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#786

querulous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The querulous customer complained about every detail.
2. His querulous voice filled the room.
3. The tired child became querulous.

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#787

quip

Noun

Example sentences

1. She made a clever quip about the weather.
2. His quick quip caused everyone to laugh.
3. The reporter ended the article with a sharp quip.

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#788

quisling

Noun

Example sentences

1. The resistance viewed him as a quisling.
2. The story's quisling secretly helped the enemy.
3. No one trusted the known quisling.

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#789

quixotic

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His quixotic plan to end all conflict seemed impossible.
2. She began a quixotic search for the perfect job.
3. The project was brave but quixotic.

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#790

quotidian

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The novel finds beauty in quotidian life.
2. Cooking and cleaning are quotidian tasks.
3. Her diary records quotidian events.

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#791

raconteur

Noun

Example sentences

1. The old raconteur entertained us with travel stories.
2. He is a gifted raconteur who makes every event sound exciting.
3. The dinner became lively when the raconteur began to speak.

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#792

raffish

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The raffish actor wore an open shirt and a careless smile.
2. He had a raffish charm that attracted attention.
3. The café had a slightly raffish atmosphere.

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#793

raft

Noun

Example sentences

1. The report contains a raft of new proposals.
2. She faced a raft of questions after the speech.
3. The law introduced a raft of changes.

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#794

raillery

Noun

Example sentences

1. The friends exchanged gentle raillery over dinner.
2. He answered their raillery with a smile.
3. The team's raillery was friendly, not cruel.

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#795

rakish

Adjective

Example sentences

1. He wore his hat at a rakish angle.
2. The rakish young man was charming but unreliable.
3. She liked his rakish smile.

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#796

rankle

Verb

Example sentences

1. The unfair comment continued to rankle him.
2. The old defeat still seemed to rankle the team.
3. Her lack of thanks began to rankle.

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#797

rapprochement

Noun

Example sentences

1. The meeting marked a rapprochement between the two countries.
2. After years of conflict, the brothers sought a rapprochement.
3. Trade talks encouraged political rapprochement.

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#798

rarefied

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The mountain's rarefied air made breathing difficult.
2. The book discusses ideas from a rarefied academic world.
3. She moved in the rarefied circles of the very wealthy.

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#799

rash

Adjective

Example sentences

1. It was rash to make a decision without the facts.
2. His rash promise caused later problems.
3. Do not take rash action when you are angry.

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#800

ravenous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The children were ravenous after the long walk.
2. He felt ravenous and ate two large meals.
3. A ravenous dog searched the street for food.

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