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GRE Vocab - 3rd Tier
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Undergraduate 4
12/25/2008

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Term
advocate
Definition

N. person who supports a cause publicly

V. to publicly speak/support a cause

 

synonyms (n): apostle, supporter, spokesperson, exponent

 

antonyms: assailant, antagonist, opposer 

 

synonyms (v): vindicate, uphold

antonyms: impugn, excoriate, revile, equivocate, gainsay

Term
antipathy
Definition

n. strong dislike, disgust

 

synonyms: abohorrence, rancor

 

antonyms: someone laudable, approval, adoration 

Term
bolster
Definition

V. help

 

synonyms: corroborate, support, aid 

 

antonyms: obstruct, hinder, berate

Term
cacophony
Definition

n. noise, dissonance

 

synonyms: din

 

antonym: quiet, silence 

 

 

Term
deride
Definition

V. criticize, insult, make fun of 

 

synonyms:defame, denounce, impugn, pillory

 

antonyms: make laudable, revere 

 

 

Term
dissonance
Definition

N. cacophony, noise

 

synonyms: din

antonyms: silence

 

N. disagreement, incongruity 

 synonym: conention, confrontation

antonyms: agreement, reconciliation 

 

Term
enervate
Definition

V. to tire, wear out

synonyms: devitalize, dessicate

antonyms: strengthen, corroborate, renew

Term
eulogy
Definition

N. praise, acclamation

synonyms:planygeric, salutation 

 

antonyms:  calumny, obloquy, opprobrium

Term
garrulous
Definition

ADJ. talkative

 

synonyms: loquacious, verbose

 

antonyms: laconic, brisque, quiet

 

 

Term
ingenous
Definition

ADJ: honest, trustful, gullable, naive

 

synonyms: trusting, credulous

 

antonyms: incredulous, suspecting, mendacious 

Term
lethargic
Definition

ADJ. apathetic, uninspired, lazy, sluggish

 

synonym: having lassitude, stoic, complacent, dispassionate

 

antonyms: fervid, having arbor/zeal

Term
malleabe
Definition

ADJ. pliable, yielding, adaptable

 

synonyms: impressionable 

 

antonyms: rigid, firm 

Term
misanthrope
Definition

N. a misanthropist, person who hates mankind, hater

 

synonyms: skeptic, egotist

 

antonyms: philantrhope, humanitarian

Term
obdurate
Definition

ADJ. pigheaded, stubborn

 

synonyms: inexorable, obstinate 

 

antonyms: malleable, yielding

Term
philanthropic
Definition

Adj: charitable, giving

 

synonyms: altruistic, beneficent 

 

antonyms: misanthropic, miserly

Term
ostentation
Definition

Adj. showy, flashy

 

synonym: exhibitnionism , showiness, affectation 

 

antonym: reserve 

Term
paradox
Definition

N. contradiction, puzzle

 

synonym: enigma, bewilderment, mystery, oddity

 

antonym: statement, declaration 

Term
prevaricate
Definition

V. strecsth the truth; deceive

 

 synonyms: equivocate, pillory, feign

 

antonyms: 

Term
prevaricate
Definition

V. stertching the truth; deceive

 

synonym: equivocate, feign, impugn 

 

antonym: telling the truth; being ingenous 

Term
venerate
Definition

V. admire, revere

 

synonyms: extol, praise

 

antonyms: impugn, revile, rebuke, decry, lambaste

Term
waver
Definition

V. to change, shift back and forth, be decisive

 

synonym: vacillate 

 

antonym: remain, sojourn 

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