GMAS Vocabulary Quizs

Ostentatious

• a. Seeking to attract attention through subtlety and simplicity

• b. Attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness

• c. Displaying a lack of interest or concern

• d. Characterized by modesty and restraint

Excerpt

• a brief summary of a text

• a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied

• a type of literary analysis

• a collection of poems

Contribute

• to give or supply for a common purpose

• to take away from a common goal

• to ignore the needs of others

• to hoard resources for oneself

Interpret

• to explain or tell the meaning of : present in understandable terms

• to confuse or mislead someone

• to ignore or overlook details

• to summarize without explanation

Juxtaposition

• the act of placing two or more things side by side to compare or contrast

• a literary device that involves exaggeration for emphasis

• the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• a technique that involves the repetition of consonant sounds

Predominant

• the most important, obvious, or typical aspect(s) of something

• a minor detail that is often overlooked

• a rare and unusual characteristic

• a temporary or fleeting quality

Parallel

• having comparable or similar parts

• completely different in nature

• existing in isolation

• not related in any way

Conspicuous

• obvious or very easy to see

• hidden from view

• difficult to understand

• not noticeable

Paradox

• a person, thing, or situation that is contradictory

• a simple and straightforward statement

• a complex mathematical equation

• a common belief that is universally accepted

Obtain

• to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort

• to lose or forfeit something

• to give away or share freely

• to ignore or overlook something