{"id":914,"date":"2021-08-24T04:20:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T04:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/?p=914"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T06:59:24","slug":"vowel-words-gre-word-list-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/free-gre-online-preparation\/vocabulary-word-list\/vowel-words-gre-word-list-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Vowel Words – GRE Word List #11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello folks, welcome to another, in a series of GRE Word List Blogs we bring to you each week to help boost your GRE Verbal Score, and assist in your GRE Preparation.

If you haven’t checked out our other GRE Word List Blogs, you can do so here<\/a>.

In this week’s blog, we’re looking at Vowel words – words that contain all the vowels from the English alphabet. Worry not, these Vowel Words are still GRE-Level!
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The words for this week are Equivocal, Utopianise, Oleaginous, Tenacious, and Ambidextrous.

Let’s dive right in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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i. Equivocal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Part of Speech<\/strong> – adjective
Definition <\/strong>– open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.
Word Origins<\/strong> – from Latin aequus <\/em>\u2018equally\u2019 + vocare <\/em>\u2018to call\u2019.
Synonyms<\/strong> – uncertain, nebulous, inconclusive.
Usage<\/strong> – His answers to the attorney\u2019s questions were all equivocal.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Is This Your Card?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Equivocation is the name given to a magician’s practice where the viewer\/audience has an illusion of free will to choose a card \/ perform an action, but where the magician is controlling all outcomes. Another name for this act is ‘forcing’, which seems pretty self-explanatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An example of equivocation – A magician may ask you to pick one of two cards.

If you pick the card they want you to have, it’s all good for them. If you pick the other one, they might take it for themselves, and hand you the other one.

So, either way, the outcome is exactly what the magician wanted.

Et, voila!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ii. Utopianise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Part of Speech<\/strong> – verb
Definition <\/strong>– to idealize; to make utopian.
Word Origins <\/strong>– based on Greek ou<\/em> \u2018not\u2019 + topos <\/em>\u2018place\u2019 + –ise<\/em>; the word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More.
Synonyms <\/strong>– idealize, perfect (verb).
Usage <\/strong>– He ran for President with a dream to utopianise the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heaven On Earth?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the 1500s, Sir Thomas More wrote his magnum opus, ‘Utopia’, as a socio-political, satirical take on Christianity and medieval society. Utopia was an island with 54 cities, with each city divided into four equal parts.

Since it was satirical, it overplayed into classic Christian and conservative ideals of a perfect society, making the setting anything but perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More considered the title ‘Nusquama’ first, which is Latin for ‘no place.’ He settled on Utopia, the Greek-inspired version later. Utopia is pronounced the same as Eutopia, which is Greek for ‘good place.’ This is how\/why Utopia, a less-than-ideal city, came to be a byword for ‘paradise.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For More on this, check out this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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