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Details Title: GRE Word Smart 1 Description: Difficult words (A-E) Total Flash Cards: 124 Created: 08/30/2005 07:41:06	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term abate Definition to lessen in intensity or degree Term abjure Definition to renounce or avoid Term abrogate Definition to abolish or annul by authority Term adumbrate Definition to foreshadow vaguely Term alacrity Definition eager and enthusiastic willingness Term amenable Definition agreeable, responsive to suggestion Term apocryphal Definition spurious, of dubious authenticity Term apostate Definition one who abandons long-held religious/political convictions Term apotheosis Definition the perfect example Term apposite Definition appropriate, apropos Term arcane Definition mysterious Term arrant Definition utter, bare-faced Term artless Definition natural, without guile Term asperity Definition severity, rigor Term aspersion Definition act of defamation or maligning Term assiduous Definition diligent, hard-working Term attenuate Definition to rarefy, weaken Term augury Definition the reading of omens Term august Definition majestic, venerable Term auspice Definition protection or support, patronage Term austere Definition bare, without adornment Term avarice Definition greed, esp. for wealth Term aver Definition to state as a fact, confirm Term baleful Definition sinister, pernicious Term beatify Definition to bless, make happy Term bedizen Definition to adorn esp. in a cheap showy manner, festoon, caparision Term belie Definition to give a false impression of, to misrepresent Term bellicose Definition belligerent Term bent Definition tendency Term blandish Definition to coax with flattery Term blithe Definition carefree, merry Term boor Definition a rude person, lout, yokel Term brook Definition to tolerate Term bucolic Definition characteristic of a rural area Term burgeon Definition to grow rapidly, to flourish Term burnish Definition to polish Term byzantine Definition labyrinthe, complex Term cadge Definition mooch, beg Term calumniate Definition to slander Term castigation Definition severe punishment Term chary Definition cautious, sparing, wary Term chasten Definition to correct, subdue, chastise Term chicanery Definition trickery Term chimera Definition illusion Term churlish Definition boorish, vulgar Term coda Definition concluding section of a musical piece Term color Definition to gloss over, distort Term commensurate Definition matching Term consequential Definition self-important Term contemn Definition scorn, despise Term contentious Definition argumentative Term contiguous Definition sharing a border Term contrite Definition seeking forgiveness Term corrigible Definition capable of being set right, correctable Term countenance Definition approve or tolerate Term cozen Definition to decieve, beguile, hoodwink Term craven Definition lacking any courage Term credulous Definition tending to believe too readily, gullible Term culpable Definition deserving blame Term credulous Definition tending to believe too readily, gullible Term culpable Definition deserving blame Term damp Definition to dimish in intensity Term debable Definition rout, fiasco, complete failure Term demur Definition to question or oppose Term denigrate Definition blacken, belittle, sully, disparage Term derision Definition scorn ridicule Term depredate Definition to plunder, pillage, ravage Term derivative Definition unoriginal Term desuetude Definition disuse Term desultory Definition random, thoughtless Term detraction Definition slandering, verbal attack, aspersion Term diaphanous Definition transparant, gauzy Term diatribe Definition a harsh denunciation Term die Definition a tool used for shaping Term diffident Definition reserved, shy, lacking in self-confidence Term digress Definition to stay from a point, to go on a tangent Term dilettante Definition one with amateurish interest in the arts Term disabuse Definition to undecieve, set right Term discomfit Definition to defeat, put down Term disinterested Definition free from self-interest, impartial Term disparage Definition to slight or belitte Term disparate Definition fundamentally distinct, dissimilar Term dissemble Definition to disguise or conceal, mislead Term dissolution Definition looseness in morals, disintegration Term distrait Definition distracted, absent-minded Term doggerel Definition trivial, poorly constructed verse Term dogmatic Definition stubbornly opinionated Term dross Definition waste, slag Term ebullience Definition lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings Term edifying Definition enlightening, informative Term effrontery Definition extreme boldness Term effusive Definition gushing, excessively demonstative Term egress Definition exit Term elegy Definition mournful poem Term emollient Definition soothing Term empirical Definition based on observation Term encomium Definition glowing and enthusiastic praise Term endemic Definition indigenous Term engender Definition to cause, give rise to Term enormity Definition evilness Term epicure Definition one devoted to sensual pleasure Term episodic Definition loosely connected Term epithet Definition disparaging word or phrase Term equanimity Definition composure, self-possession Term equivocate Definition to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent Term errant Definition traveling, itinerant, peripathetic Term eschew Definition to shun or avoid Term esoteric Definition understood by a small specific group Term essay Definition to test or try Term estimable Definition worthy Term evince Definition to show clearly, indicate Term exacerbate Definition to make worse, more severe Term exact Definition to demand, call for, require, take Term excoriate Definition to censure scathingly, to upbraid Term exculpate Definition to clear of blame Term exemplar Definition model Term exhort Definition to incite, make urgent appeals Term exigent Definition urgent, pressing Term exonerate Definition to remove blame Term expatiate Definition discuss or write about at length, to range freely Term expurgate Definition to purify, censor Term extant Definition existing Term extemporaneous Definition done w/o preperation Term extirpate Definition to destroy, exterminate