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GRE vocal
Term | Definition |
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Solicitous | Concerned, attentive, eager |
Censure | Officially rebuke, severely criticize |
Deposition | Official testimony |
Tout | Publicly praise |
Imbroglio | Difficult situation |
Mercurial | Unpredictable mood changes |
Diffident | Shy, not confident |
Desultory | Random, disconnected |
Belligerent | Argumentative, warlike |
Insouciance | Disregard, indifference |
Minatory | Menacing, threatening |
Sanguine | Cheerful, optimistic |
Repudiate | To disown |
Ingenuous | Artless, unsophisticated, candid |
Spurious | False, counterfeit |
Doggerel | Comical, irregular verse |
Ambivalent | Unable to decide |
Obtuse | Lacking sharpness of intellect |
Obsequious | Fawning attentiveness |
Specious | Misleadingly attractive |
Fastidious | Difficult to please |
Trenchant | Sharply perceptive |
Blithe | Joyous, carefree, indifferent |
Cogency | Being persuasive |
Nebulous | Vague, cloudy |
Impugn | To challenge or question |
Edifying | Enlightening |
Beleaguer | Beset and beseige |
Precipitate | Cause something to happen |
Modicum | Small amount |
Inveterate | Habitual |
Exculpate | To exonerate |
Disparate | Fundamentally different |
Immutable | Incapable of change |
Inveigle | To obtain by deception |
Aggrandize | Increase in power or intensity |
Ameliorate | To improve or cure |
Phlegmatic | Calm, sluggish, unemotional |
Punctilious | Overly concerned with details and etiquette |
Onerous | Troubling or burdensome |
Dilettante | Amateur |
Ratiocination | Exact thinking |
Salutary | Favorable to health |
Enormity | Evil |
Boor | Rude and insensitive |
Dissemble | Disguise or conceal |
Verisimilitude | Truth |
Ostensible | Seeming or appearing as such |
Cadre | Small group |
Incipient |