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GRE Hit Parade Grp 2
GRE Hit Parade Group 2 from Princeton Review
Word | Definition |
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ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
avarice | greedm esp. for wealth |
bucolic | rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
canon | an establised set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
caustic | burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
chary | wary; cautious; sparing |
cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
complaisance | the willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
contrite | regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness |
demur | to question or oppose |
didactic | intended to teach or instruct |
disinterested | free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
ebullience | the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
emollient | soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
ephemeral | brief; fleeting |
esoteric | intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
exonerate | to remove blame |
facetious | playful; humorous |
furtive | marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
harangue | to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
heretical | violating accepted dogma or convention |
impecunious | lacking funds; without money |
incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
intransigent | refusing to compromise |
inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery |
odious | evoking intense aversion or dislike |
penurious | penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
pernicious | extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
pious | extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion |
putrefy | to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
quaff | to drink deeply |
quiescence | stillness; motionlessness; quqlity of being at rest |
redoubtable | awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
squalid | sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect |
torpid | lethargic; sluggish; dormant |