Part Seven: GRE Resources
532 Appendix B
confer: to grant, bestow
referendum: to vote on political question open to
the entire electorate
proffer: to offer
proliferate: to reproduce; produce rapidly
FERV: to boil; to bubble
fervor: passion, zeal
fervid: ardent, intense
effervescent: with the quality of giving off
bubbles of gas
FID: faith, trust
confide: to entrust with a secret
affidavit: written statement on oath
fidelity: faithfulness, loyalty
fiduciary: of a trust; held or given in trust
infidel: disbeliever in the supposed true religion
FIN: end
final: at the end; coming last
confine: to keep or restrict within certain limits;
imprison
definitive: decisive, unconditional, final
infinite: boundless; endless
infinitesimal: infinitely or very small
FLAG/FLAM: to burn
flammable: easily set on fire
flambeau: a lighted torch
flagrant: blatant, scandalous
conflagration: a large destructive fire
FLECT/FLEX: to bend
deflect: to bend or turn aside from a purpose
flexible: able to bend without breaking
inflect: to change or vary pitch of
reflect: to throw back
genuflect: to bend knee, esp. in worship
FLU/FLUX: to flow
fluid: substance, esp. gas or liquid, capable of
flowing freely
fluctuation: something that varies, rising and
falling
effluence: flowing out of (light, electricity, etc.)
confluence: merging into one
mellifluous: pleasing, musical
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FORE: before
foresight: care or provision for future
foreshadow: be warning or indication of (future
event)
forestall: to prevent by advance action
forthright: straightforward, outspoken, decisive
FORT: chance
fortune: chance or luck in human affairs
fortunate: lucky, auspicious
fortuitous: happening by luck
FORT: strength
fortify: to provide with fortifications; strengthen
fortissimo: very loud
forte: strong point; something a person does well
FRA/FRAC/FRAG/FRING: to break
fracture: breakage, esp. of a bone
fragment: a part broken off
fractious: irritable, peevish
refractory: stubborn, unmanageable, rebellious
infringe: to break or violate (a law, etc.)
FUS: to pour
profuse: lavish, extravagant, copious
fusillade: continuous discharge of firearms or
outburst of criticism
suffuse: to spread throughout or over from within
diffuse: to spread widely or thinly
infusion: infusing; liquid extract so obtained
GEN: birth, creation, race, kind
generous: giving or given freely
genetics: study of heredity and variation among
animals and plants
gender: classification roughly corresponding to
the two sexes and sexlessness
carcinogenic: producing cancer
congenital: existing or as such from birth
progeny: offspring, descendants
miscegenation: interbreeding of races
GN/GNO: know
agnostic: person who believes that the existence
of God is not provable
ignore: to refuse to take notice of
ignoramus: a person lacking knowledge,
uninformed
recognize: to identify as already known
incognito: with one’s name or identity concealed
prognosis: to forecast, especially of disease
diagnose: to make an identification of disease or
fault from symptoms
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