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GRE words - Part 4
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Language - English
Graduate
08/16/2007

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abjure
Definition
"to renounce or reject solemnly, to recant, to avoid"
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adumbrate
Definition
"to foreshadow vaguley or intimate, to suggest or outline sketchily, to obscure or overshadow"
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anathema
Definition
a solemn or religious curse; accursed or thorouglhy loathed person
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anodyne
Definition
"soothing, something that assuages pain"
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apogee
Definition
"farthes or highest point, culmination, zenith"
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apostate
Definition
one who abandons long held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
Definition
"deification, glorification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence or perfection"
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asperity
Definition
"severity, rigor, roughness, harshness, irritability"
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asseverate
Definition
"to aver, allege, assert"
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assiduous
Definition
"diligent, hard working"
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augury
Definition
"omen, portent"
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bellicose
Definition
"belligerent, pugnacious, warlike"
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captious
Definition
"disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument"
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cavil
Definition
to find fault without good reason
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celerity
Definition
"speed, alacrity"
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chimera
Definition
an illusion
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contumacious
Definition
"insubordinate, rebellious"
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denouement
Definition
"an outcome or solution, the unraveling of a plot"
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descry
Definition
to discriminate or discern
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desuetude
Definition
a state of disuse or inactivity
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desultory
Definition
"random, aimless, marked by a lack of plan or purpose"
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diaphanous
Definition
"transparent, gauzy"
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diffident
Definition
"reserved, shy, unassuming, lacking in self confidence"
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dirge
Definition
a song of grief or lamentation
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encomium
Definition
"glowing and enthusiastic praise, tribute"
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eschew
Definition
to shun or avoid
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excoriate
Definition
to denounce or berate severely
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execrate
Definition
"to denounce, feel loating for, curse, declare to be evil"
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exegesis
Definition
"critical examination, explication"
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expiate
Definition
to atone or make amends for
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extirpate
Definition
"to destroy, exterminate, cut out"
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fatuous
Definition
"silly, inanely foolish"
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fractious
Definition
"quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, refractory, irritable"
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gainsay
Definition
"to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose"
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heterodox
Definition
"unorthodox, heretical"
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imbroglio
Definition
difficult or embarrassing situation
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indefatigable
Definition
"not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged"
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ineluctable
Definition
"certain, inevitable"
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inimitable
Definition
"one of a kind, peerless"
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insouciant
Definition
"unconcerned, carefree, heedless"
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inveterate
Definition
"deep rooted, ingrained, habitual"
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jejune
Definition
"vapid, uninteresting, childish, immature"
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lubricious
Definition
"lewd, greasy, slippery"
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mendicant
Definition
a beggar
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meretricious
Definition
"cheap, gaudy, flashy, showy"
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minatory
Definition
"menacing, threatening"
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nadir
Definition
low point
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nonplussed
Definition
"baffled, bewildered"
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obstreperous
Definition
"noisily and stubbornly defiant, aggressively boisterous"
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ossified
Definition
"tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile, and recationary with age"
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palliate
Definition
"to make something seem less serious, to gloss over"
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panegyric
Definition
"formal praise, eulogy"
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parsimonious
Definition
"cheap, miserly"
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pellucid
Definition
"transparent, easy to understand"
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peroration
Definition
"the concluding part of a speech, flowery, rehtorical speech"
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plangent
Definition
"pounding, thundering, resounding"
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prolix
Definition
"long winded, verbose"
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propitiate
Definition
to appease
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puerile
Definition
"childish, immature"
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puissance
Definition
"power, strength"
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pusillanimous
Definition
"cowardly, craven"
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remonstrate
Definition
"to protest, object"
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sagacious
Definition
"having sound judgment, perceptive, wise"
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salacious
Definition
"lustful, lascivious"
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salutary
Definition
"remedial, wholesome, causing improvement"
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sanguine
Definition
"cheerful, confident, optimistic"
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saturnine
Definition
"gloomy, dark, sullen, morose"
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sententious
Definition
"moralistic, tending to moralize excessively"
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stentorian
Definition
extremely loud and powerful
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stygian
Definition
"gloomy, dark"
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sycophant
Definition
"toady, servile, self seeking flatterer, parasite"
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tendentious
Definition
"biased, showing marked tendencies"
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tyro
Definition
novice
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vitiate
Definition
"to corrupt, spoil, make ineffective"
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voluble
Definition
"fluent, verbal, having easy use of a spoken language"
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