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GRE Words 9/20
Word groups (S, T)
47
Language - English
Graduate
09/20/2007

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Term
ASTUTE
Definition
adj
clever and quick to see how to take advantage of a situation
Term
CANNY
Definition
adj
1 thinking quickly and cleverly, especially in business or financial matters
2 good or pleasant
Term
PERSPICACIOUS
Definition
adj
quick in noticing, understanding or judging things accurately
Term
DISCONSOLATE
Definition
adj
extremely sad and disappointed
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DOLEFUL
Definition
adj
very sad
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DOLOR
Definition
adj
sorrow; grief
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FORLORN
Definition
adj
1 alone and unhappy; left alone and not cared for
2 [before noun] very unlikely to be achieved or to succeed
Term
LUGUBRIOUS
Definition
adj
sad, especially in a slow or serious way
Term
MELANCHOLY
Definition
n
sadness which lasts for a long period of time, often without any obvious reason

adj
sad
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MOROSE
Definition
adj
unhappy, annoyed and unwilling to speak or smile; sullen
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PLAINTIVE
Definition
adj
describes something which sounds slightly sad
Term
THRENODY
Definition
n
a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, esp. for the dead; dirge; funeral song
Term
INEXORABLE
Definition
adj
continuing without any possibility of being stopped
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INTRACTABLE
Definition
adj
very difficult and seeming to be impossible to control, manage or solve
Term
RECALCITRANT
Definition
adj
(of a person) unwilling to obey orders or to do what should be done, or (of an animal) refusing to be controlled
Term
REFRACTORY
Definition
adj
1 hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient
2 resisting ordinary methods of treatment
3 difficult to fuse, reduce, or work, as an ore or metal

n
a material having the ability to retain its physical shape and chemical identity when subjected to high temperatures
Term
RENITENT
Definition
adj
1 resisting pressure; resistant
2 persistently opposing; recalcitrant
Term
UNTOWARD
Definition
adj
unexpected and inconvenient or unpleasant
Term
COMPENDIOUS
Definition
adj
of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise
Term
CURT
Definition
adj
1 rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner
2 brief; concise; terse; laconic
3 short; shortened
Term
PITHY
Definition
adj
(of speech or writing) short and clever; expressing an idea cleverly in a few words
Term
SUCCINCT
Definition
adj
said in a clear and short way; expressing what needs to be said without unnecessary words
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TACITURN
Definition
adj
saying little, especially habitually
Term
ANTECEDE
Definition
v
to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede
Term
ANTEDATE
Definition
v
predate
Term
ANTERIOR
Definition
adj
1 positioned at or towards the front
2 going before in time or sequence; preceding; earlier
Term
DIURNAL
Definition
adj
happening over a period of a day, or being active or happening during the day rather than at night
Term
EON
Definition
n
a period of time which is so long that it cannot be measured
Term
EPOCH
Definition
n
a long period of time, especially one in which there are new advances and great change
Term
FORTNIGHT
Definition
n
a period of two weeks
Term
MILLENNIUM
Definition
n
a period of 1000 years, or the time when a period of 1000 years ends
Term
PENULTIMATE
Definition
adj
second from the last
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SYNCHRONOUS
Definition
adj
1 occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous
2 going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together
Term
TEMPORAL
Definition
adj
relating to practical matters or material things, rather than spiritual ones
Term
CRAVEN
Definition
adj
extremely cowardly
Term
PUSILLANIMOUS
Definition
adj
weak and cowardly; frightened of taking risks
Term
RECREANT
Definition
adj
1 cowardly; craven
2 unfaithful; disloyal
Term
TIMOROUS
Definition
adj
nervous and lacking confidence; timid
Term
TREPIDATION
Definition
n
fear or anxiety about what is going to happen
Term
FEALTY
Definition
n
1 (historical) fidelity to a lord
2 fidelity; faithfulness
Term
FRANKNESS
Definition
n
the quality of being honest, sincere and truthful, even when this might be awkward or make other people uncomfortable
Term
INDISPUTABLE
Definition
adj
true, and impossible to doubt
Term
INDUBITABLE
Definition
adj
that cannot be doubted
Term
LEGITIMATE
Definition
adj
1 allowed by law
2 reasonable and acceptable
3 a legitimate child is one whose parents are legally married at the time of his or her birth
Term
PROBITY
Definition
n
complete honesty
Term
SINCERE
Definition
adj
(of a person, feelings or behavior) not pretending or lying; honest
Term
VERITY
Definition
n
1 the quality of being true
2 a belief, idea or principle that is generally accepted as being true
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