GRE Vocab: Common GRE Words (Part-4)

arfaqur-rahman (32)in #gre • 7 years ago (edited)

Hello, guys! This is another post to ease up the pressure of your rigorous gre vocab building journey. Hope you will have fun learning these words and the video context will help you comprehend them perfectly. Let's dive in!

Prolific (adjective):

(of an artist, author, or composer) intellectually productive
A prolific writer, artist, or composer produces a large number of works. A prolific sports player scores a lot of goals or wins a lot of matches or races. An animal, person, or plant that is prolific produces a large number of babies, young plants, or fruit.
—He was immensely prolific, producing more than 1,000 paintings and a great many drawings.
—The prolific scorer netted a hat-trick in this win over Brooklands.

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Rustic (adjective):

characteristic of rural life; awkwardly simple and provincial
You can use rustic to describe things or people that you approve of because they are simple or unsophisticated in a way that is typical of the countryside.
—The unblemished charm of rustic life has always been a great source of inspiration for the painter.
—We stayed in a cabin, with no electricity, but it had its charms—the bare plaster walls and terracotta floor gave a rustic feel.

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Sullen (adjective):

bad-tempered and sulky
Someone who is sullen is angry and does not want to speak or smile much. When one is showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve, he/she is being sullen.
—She turned her back to him and stared sullenly out of the window.
—Being disappointed by her mom's refusal to buy her the barbie dress, little Chloe became sullen and did not talk all the way home from the mall.

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Travesty (noun):

a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something
If you describe something as a travesty of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing. Travesty is something that fails to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent, in a way that is shocking or offensive.
—Langdale described the court ruling as a travesty of justice.
—Their production of "Sweeney Todd" was the worst I've ever seen—it was a travesty.

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Underscore (verb):

to stress or emphasize the importance of something
If something such as an action or an event underscores another, it draws attention to the other thing and emphasizes its importance.
—Addressing the jogging class, Kim underscored the importance of good nutrition to the runners.
—The recent tragedy underscores the danger of disregarding safety rules.