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Vocab for GRE 2
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Term | Definition |
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abeyance | temporary inactivity |
abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking |
aggregate | sum total |
apostate | one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs |
apprise | inform |
asperity | sharpness of temper |
aspersion | slandering remark |
assiduous | persistent |
attenuate | weaken or lessen in density, force, or degree |
baleful | deadly |
banality | lack of originality |
bane | cause of ruin or misery |
blithe | carefree |
boor | someone who acts rude |
brook | allow, tolerate |
burnish | make shiny |
cacophonous | unpleasant sounding |
commensurate | proportionate |
compendium | comprehensive though brief summary of a larger work |
compliant | conforming to requirements |
contention | claim or thesis |
craven | cowardly |
denigrate | belittle |
desultory | aimless haphazard |
diffidence | timidity |
diffuse | wordy, verbose, scattered |
discrete | separate |
disingenuous | insincere |
dissemble | feign |
distend | expand |
divest | strip, deprive |
encomium | high praise |
engender | cause |
equanimity | composure, equilibrium |
fatuous | brainless, inane |
felicitous | appropriate |
flag | wane |
foment | stir up, incite |
forestall | hinder |
gainsay | contradict, dispute, oppose |
harangue | tirade |
heterodox | unorthodox beliefs |
hyperbolic | excessively exaggerated |
idiosyncrasy | individual trait |
imperiousness | overbearing manner |
impregnable | invulnerable |
insularity | narrow mindedness |
inundate | overwhelm |
invective | abuse |
irresolute | unsure of what to do |
lassitude | lack of energy |
lumber | move heavily |
malinger | feign illness to evade work |
mendacious | untruthful |
officious | interfering, meddlesome |
palpable | tangible, obvious |
panegyric | eulogistic oration |
paucity | scarcity, dearth |
peccadillo | minor sin |
perfidious | treacherous |
perfunctory | superficial |
precarious | dangerous, risky |
propitiate | appease |
proscribe | condemn |
pundit | learned authority |
refractory | unruly |
reprobate | an evil person |
stint | be frugal |
stipulate | make express conditions |
supposition | assumption |
torpor | apathy |
welter | bewildering jumble |
zenith | highest point |