GRE Vocabulary

#141

burgeon

Verb

Example sentences

1. Small businesses began to burgeon after the new road opened.
2. Her interest in science continued to burgeon.
3. The town's population may burgeon in the next decade.

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#142

buttress

Verb

Example sentences

1. The new facts buttress her claim.
2. Strong beams buttress the old roof.
3. Regular practice can buttress your confidence.

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#143

byzantine

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The tax system is so byzantine that few people understand it.
2. They became lost in a byzantine set of rules.
3. The company has a byzantine process for simple requests.

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#144

cadaverous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The sick man looked thin and cadaverous.
2. The actor used makeup to create a cadaverous face.
3. After weeks without proper food, he appeared cadaverous.

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#145

callow

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The callow young worker made several careless mistakes.
2. His callow confidence disappeared after the first challenge.
3. She was too callow to understand the risks.

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#146

calumny

Noun

Example sentences

1. The article was full of calumny against the honest official.
2. She sued him for spreading a harmful calumny.
3. A single calumny can damage a person's reputation.

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#147

canard

Noun

Example sentences

1. The claim that the medicine causes blindness is a canard.
2. He repeated an old canard about immigrants.
3. The report proved that the popular story was a canard.

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#148

candid

Adjective

Example sentences

1. She gave a candid answer about her mistake.
2. We had a candid discussion about the problem.
3. His candid opinion helped the team improve.

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#149

candidness

Noun

Example sentences

1. I appreciated her candidness during the meeting.
2. His candidness made the difficult conversation easier.
3. The interviewer was surprised by the applicant's candidness.

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#150

capitulate

Verb

Example sentences

1. The army refused to capitulate to the enemy.
2. After hours of debate, he finally chose to capitulate.
3. The company would not capitulate to unfair demands.

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#151

capricious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The capricious weather changed from sun to rain in minutes.
2. A capricious manager makes decisions without clear reasons.
3. Her capricious moods confused her friends.

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#152

cardinal

Adjective

Example sentences

1. Safety is a cardinal rule in this factory.
2. Honesty is a cardinal value of the organization.
3. The plan failed because it ignored one cardinal fact.

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#153

carping

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His carping comments made the team feel discouraged.
2. She grew tired of his constant carping.
3. The carping critic found fault with every small detail.

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#154

castigate

Verb

Example sentences

1. The newspaper began to castigate the officials for their failure.
2. The coach did not castigate the young player after one mistake.
3. Many citizens castigate the company for polluting the river.

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#155

cataclysm

Noun

Example sentences

1. The earthquake was a cataclysm for the entire region.
2. War brought social and economic cataclysm.
3. The novel imagines a global cataclysm caused by climate change.

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#156

catalyst

Noun

Example sentences

1. The new manager was a catalyst for positive change.
2. Her question became the catalyst for a long discussion.
3. The protest served as a catalyst for reform.

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#157

catholic

Adjective

Example sentences

1. Her reading interests are catholic and include science, art, and history.
2. The museum has a catholic collection from many cultures.
3. He has a catholic taste in music.

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#158

cavalier

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His cavalier attitude toward safety worried the workers.
2. She was cavalier about the risks of the trip.
3. The company took a cavalier approach to customer complaints.

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#159

cede

Verb

Example sentences

1. The country agreed to cede the island to its neighbor.
2. He refused to cede control of the project.
3. The team had to cede first place after losing the match.

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#160

celerity

Noun

Example sentences

1. The firefighters responded with great celerity.
2. She completed the urgent task with celerity.
3. The message spread across the town with surprising celerity.

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